HAPPY FRIDAY all! For this Friday, I’m inspired by my friend Josh’s newest idea of doing a minimalist but thought-provoking post…
Five Movies. In Five Words.
I’ve sort of have a thing with the number five so hey, why not try this out. I know Fassy, er Magneto would agree 😀
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Astute
The Secret of Kells
Ethereal
The Heiress
Crestfallen
Legally Blonde
Vivacious
Le Samouraï
Taciturn
Well, I try to mix up the genres and capture the essence of the film, or at least one of the main themes, in one word. Thanks again Josh for coming up with the idea! 😀
Well, any thoughts on these films and/or the five words?
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Nice little post Ruth, enjoyed that 🙂
Thanks Chris! Going a bit minimalist today as I’ve been so swamped. When I saw this at Josh’ blog I just had to *steal* his idea 😀
Ruth’s post – Cool! 😉
Why thanks Kevin!
That is one cool idea. Well done, Ruth.
I’d love to see you do one too Michael! You’re much more of a wordsmith than I am. I might *expand* this concept and do three words instead.
Great use of magneto there 😀
I dunno why but I thought of him right away when I needed a picture for this post. Fassy is sooo cool as Magneto!
Days of futures past 😀
Can’t waiiiiiiiiit!!! I know Xavier and Magneto are gonna rock again!!
LOL. I like it.
Worked too, even though they’re just one word. 😀 Now I recalled that I never finished “Secret of the Kells”, and your one word made me think I should!! 😀
Fun post Ruth
Well then my work here is done!! 😀 Secret of Kells is enchanting Fogs, hey that’s another word I could use to describe that movie!!
Nice post. Love this idea 🙂
Thanks Fernando, glad you like it!
Ethereal is a perfect word for The Secret of Kells 🙂 It felt like a very spiritual movie as well, so….mystical.
Hi Ruth!! I love that word and I’ve been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use it. It’s so perfect for The Secret of Kells! Yes, it’s mystical and spiritual indeed, quite rare in an animated movie.
Awesome post! I love Fassy hand porn in the beginning 🙂
Ahahaha, hand porn! Never heard that term before, too funny Sati!
tumblr education 🙂
Very cool and varied selections! Le Samourai is high on my “to see” list. Legally Blonde is another film I’ve been told to see. Oh by the way, hope you’ll check out my “Chocolat review from Friday and more importantly my “To the Wonder” review. 🙂
Thanks Keith! Le Samourai was my first Alain Delon & Melville film, suffice to say I’m curious to see more of Delon’s films. I remember my late mom used to have a crush on him 😀 Great reviews, Keith, that’s great that you enjoyed To The Wonder!
interesting post…and you have chosen words I have never heard of 😉
I have to search them in google translate.
He..he.. well I use my Thesaurus at all times. I love interesting word, so this is a perfect time to use it 😀
hah interesting post. I think I’ve only seen the word “crestfallen” about one or twice before. Thank you for making me get out my dictionary.
I may try doing a post based on this idea. Perhaps I’ll do it for my TOP 250 favorite films.
Thanks Niels! I was going to use heartbroken but I think what the Heiress went through is deeper than that, so I went with crestfallen. Yes, do that on your Top 250, make sure you’ve got your Thesaurus handy 😀
Thanks again for the mention, Ruth. 🙂 Love your “Five” picture. Those words seem spot-on with their respective films, except I haven’t seen The Secret of Kells and Le Samourai yet.
Hey thank YOU! As soon as I saw you did that post, I was looking for a quick post idea and I thought it was perfect. I really thought you’d have seen all of these, esp. Le Samourai.
I love these word choices! Beautifully done.
Thanks Steph! Glad you like it.
Don’t think I’ve ever heard a film being labelled as “astute” before. That’s a new one for me. Love the concept, though, keep it up!
It’s the one thing that came to mind when I thought of George Smiley 😀
I like this minimalistic approach Ruth. Sometimes a single word is all you need.
Yeah, sometimes less is more isn’t it? I’ll probably make this a monthly feature 😀
Great post Ruth!
Thank you James!
Nice words there, Ruth. Now I’d like to see you use all of them in one review. 😀
Ahah, is that a challenge? 😀 Well I don’t know if there is a movie that could fit into all the descriptions, maybe a trilogy?? Hmm, now I’m curious if I really could fit ’em all in one review!!
Interesting little idea. I like it.
Glad to hear Mark! I might do this once a month now 😀
Great. You pick three films I haven’t seen. I feel shame.
When I think of Legally Blonde the only words that come to mind are “Bend… and Snap! Bend… and Snap!” LOL.
Tinker, Tailor… didn’t do much for me. Just not a big fan of Le Carre’s fiction and the cold war stuff. That said, someone gave me a non-fiction book back in ’87 entitled Spycatcher by Peter Wright which was co-written by Paul Greengrass before he became the acclaimed director he is today. I’m not really a reader, I’m a visual guy, but I read straight through it. Terrific read.
http://www.amazon.com/SpyCatcher-Candid-Autobiography-Intelligence-Officer/dp/0440201322/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1366429662&sr=1-1&keywords=Spycatcher
Hi Dave! Ahah, so true about Legally Blond, that scene is so hilarious!!
TTSS was quite tedious at times, I agree, but Oldman’s performance was very good. I had no idea Greengrass co-wrote a book, very interesting! I wonder if they’d turn that into a film one day.
I think Thatcher banned the book in Britian for quite some time so they’re not real eager to see it on screen. I would make a pretty good movie.