Character Meme
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la_samtyr1. Leave a comment to this post - specifically saying that you would like a letter.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.
I was given the letter "P" byliriel1810.
1. Pip (Philip Pirrip, "Great Expectations", 1946) Not much to say here but I always liked Pip. I read the book about the same time I saw this movie (probably during what I refer to as "my Ealing Studio summer") and it was then I realized how much books were changed when adapted to film. (Well, plays too but that's another meme.)
2. Professor Marcus ("The Ladykillers", 1955 Ealing Studio version) Another charming scoundrel for me to fall in love with. He's very witty and clever -- and absolutely no match for Mrs. Wilberforce. The whole film is just about as perfect as it gets. For some reason, one of the local tv programmers -- back in the days *before* cable -- ran the entire Ealing Street catalog during summer.
3. Peter Blood ("Captain Blood", 1935) If you ever wondered about where my fascination with dashing pirates comes from, look no further. I don't remember exactly when I first saw this, only that I was probably in grade school. Of course, I was enchanted by it and I still watch it a few times a year.
4. Paul (Paul McCartney, as Himself in "A Hard Day's Night" 1964) This probably comes as no surprise if you've ever checked any of my music memes. Well, what can I say? Of course I loved Paul (and all the rest but this is a meme, ok?) Who wouldn't back then? I never saw this on its first theatre run and I hope someday to catch it at a film festival so I can see it on the silver screen. This film, more than any other listed here, is very much a 'generational' film. To see it now makes me realize just how much more innocent the time was (though it had many *serious* flaws and was *very* far from perfect) and just how much the world has changed (not really for the better.)
And last but by no means least:
5. Patrick Verona ("10 Things I Hate About You", 1999) The first time I ever saw Heath on film and in a theatre at that. I fell in love the minute I saw him. Need I say more?
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Post the names of five fictional characters whose names begin with that letter, and your thoughts on each. The characters can be from books, movies, or TV shows.
I was given the letter "P" by
liriel1810.1. Pip (Philip Pirrip, "Great Expectations", 1946) Not much to say here but I always liked Pip. I read the book about the same time I saw this movie (probably during what I refer to as "my Ealing Studio summer") and it was then I realized how much books were changed when adapted to film. (Well, plays too but that's another meme.)
2. Professor Marcus ("The Ladykillers", 1955 Ealing Studio version) Another charming scoundrel for me to fall in love with. He's very witty and clever -- and absolutely no match for Mrs. Wilberforce. The whole film is just about as perfect as it gets. For some reason, one of the local tv programmers -- back in the days *before* cable -- ran the entire Ealing Street catalog during summer.
3. Peter Blood ("Captain Blood", 1935) If you ever wondered about where my fascination with dashing pirates comes from, look no further. I don't remember exactly when I first saw this, only that I was probably in grade school. Of course, I was enchanted by it and I still watch it a few times a year.
4. Paul (Paul McCartney, as Himself in "A Hard Day's Night" 1964) This probably comes as no surprise if you've ever checked any of my music memes. Well, what can I say? Of course I loved Paul (and all the rest but this is a meme, ok?) Who wouldn't back then? I never saw this on its first theatre run and I hope someday to catch it at a film festival so I can see it on the silver screen. This film, more than any other listed here, is very much a 'generational' film. To see it now makes me realize just how much more innocent the time was (though it had many *serious* flaws and was *very* far from perfect) and just how much the world has changed (not really for the better.)
And last but by no means least:
5. Patrick Verona ("10 Things I Hate About You", 1999) The first time I ever saw Heath on film and in a theatre at that. I fell in love the minute I saw him. Need I say more?
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