While I've been sadly sporadic with my participation with these scavenger hunts. I'm still always excited to make the list and watch a couple new films. Most of these films have appeared on other lists I have made so eventually the pressure will get to me and I'll finally watch them.
Original List: boxd.it/hpuzY
Top 5:
1. The Jungle Book
2. If Beale Street Could Talk
3. Winter's Bone
4. Amanda Knox
5 Timecop
1. Let's do introductions! My name is Amanda, watch a movie with a character named Amanda!
2. Nothing beats the love of my life, New York! Watch a movie filmed there!
3. I'm an education major. Watch a movie with a great teacher!
4. I love…
While I've been sadly sporadic with my participation with these scavenger hunts. I'm still always excited to make the list and watch a couple new films. Most of these films have appeared on other lists I have made so eventually the pressure will get to me and I'll finally watch them.
Original List: boxd.it/hpuzY
Top 5:
1. The Jungle Book
2. If Beale Street Could Talk
3. Winter's Bone
4. Amanda Knox
5 Timecop
1. Let's do introductions! My name is Amanda, watch a movie with a character named Amanda!
2. Nothing beats the love of my life, New York! Watch a movie filmed there!
3. I'm an education major. Watch a movie with a great teacher!
4. I love Dark Horse comics, but the Marvel/DC fanwars are funny. Out of spite, watch a comic book movie that's not Marvel or DC!
5. Fifth grade kickstarted my lifelong Jim Carrey obsession. Watch a movie with one of your fictional/real-life crushes! Bonus points if they're your first, and tell me who they are in the notes!
6. I'm a theatre kid dropout. Watch a musical (pro-shots count)!
7. In honor of my friend, Melvin, watch any hand-drawn Disney movie!
8. Stop-motion is my favorite medium, hands down! Watch a stop-motion movie! (bonus points for rankin/bass).
9. As a cringy goth teenager, I'm contractually obligated to include this prompt: Watch a Tim Burton movie!
10. I see you shiver with antici....pation for this next prompt! Rocky Horror is my favorite movie of all time, so watch a cult movie!
11. I started getting seriously into film in junior year, and I personally thank my film teacher, Mrs. Pendley, for that. Pick a movie from her recommendation list!
12. Beware of falling chandeliers! I'm currently reading Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, watch any adaptations of/films inspired by Phantom of the Opera! There's surprisingly more of these than I thought.
13. Often, I watch movies that I know I would've gone crazy over if I saw them as a little kid. Watch a movie that you think your younger self would've loved!
14. My dear letterboxd user, you're not immune to my emotional support late 2000's childhood entertainment. Case in point, pick your poison because you're watching either a Barbie, Bratz, or Monster High movie.
15. I watched my first horror movie at 15, the 1974 Dracula with Jack Palance! Watch a vampire movie!
16. I'm a sucker for John Hughes. Watch a movie starring any members of The Brat Pack!
17. My friends like to bully me for not seeing their childhood classics. Watch a movie from this list of flicks that I apparently missed out on (and tell me if they're good).
18. Peak Amanda culture is watching Madagascar 2 at my grandma's house. Pick a movie from my grandma's dvd rack.
19. Mermaid mythology always fascinates me! Watch a mermaid movie!
20. I'm pretty sure Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon altered my brain chemistry in sixth grade and onwards. Watch a movie where a character wears a mask!
21. My biggest pet peeve in movies is forced romances. Watch a movie where the protag has NO love interest!
22. In honor of my friend, Lauren, watch an Ewan McGregor movie!
23. My ultimate comfort show is M*A*S*H*, I'm a Father Mulcahy stan first and human being second. Watch a movie that got a tv show adaptation or vice versa!
24. My brother's all-time favorite movie is Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Watch a movie where cartoons interact with humans/"the real world"!
25. Because I love him so much, I dedicate two prompts to my brother. Watch a movie with a sister/brother duo! Bonus points for older sister/younger brother dynamic.
26. In honor of my friend, Ace, watch a Studio Ghibli movie! Or any Ace Ventura movies.
27. It's my sleepover, I get to choose the movie! Choose a movie from my comfort movies list!
28. August 28th is Jack Black's birthday, which in my opinion should be a national holiday. Watch a Jack Black movie!
29. My birthday is in February! Watch a movie that was released in a February from any year!
30. My aunt worked at DC comics for a long time. Watch a Batman movie!
31. I'm the kind of person who brainstorms my Halloween costume months in advance. Watch a movie with a character you would dress up as for Halloween (bonus points if you say who)!
