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QuarryMan said 

Film: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, no question. The most entertaining film I’ve ever seen, and the kind I can watch no matter how I am feeling and enjoy it just as much. Plus the Twist And Shout parade scene is just amazing,

  

Apparently Paul liked the film but hated the addition of horns to that song, even if they were meant to be diegetic. That really bothered me, too…

Ahhh Girl said
@Von Bontee, does @vonbontee agree with the above choices?

  

Ahhh Girl, would you ask Ringo Starr if his tastes in film/literature differed from those of Richard Starkey?? 

AppleScruffJunior said
So Von Bontee either thinks he’s Ringo or he is Ringo. Either way I would be calling for a medical evaluation- as you’re either mentally unhinged, or an extreme narcissist. 

  

…or was speaking metaphorically! And is definitely not Ringo, not even in my dreams. Traces of mental unhingement are definitely present, however.

Enough of this! 

Page-to-screen adaptation: It’s accepted wisdom among some that great works of literature don’t generally become good films, whereas a pulpy page-turner like “The Godfather” or “Jaws” can be made into a masterpiece that transcends its source if everything is done right. Whether or not I (or you) agree with that, I can’t presently think of an adaptation I hated more than the 1984 film version of Steven King’s “Firestarter”.

TheWalrusWasBrian said
I don’t watch a lot of book/movie adaptations because IMO books are better in every way. 

  

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. 

Beatlebug said

@50yearslate said

Nice  Ravenclaw’s the best

(Just out of curiousity which test did you take?)  

Not Pottermore, then?

@Von Bontee said

Film – It’s a little embarrassing to admit that the original 1977 Star Wars is probably still the one I call favourite. It may have been made largely with a young audience in mind, but so what: I still think it’s a technically stunning exhibit of sound, light, motion and story, aside from being fun and funny.

 

I almost said Star Wars – A New Hope myself. No shame there.

Agreed. Star Wars (especially the originals) is amazing.

I feel so out of the loop when people talk movies and TV, I almost never watch either

  

Haha same!!! I hardly ever watch movies because my brother is incredibly picky about them and he doesn’t like it when I watch stuff without him.

Well after a good deal of derailment and three days of silence, I think it’s time for a new question: which two colors go together the best?

I think orange and purple make a fine combination, but then again I’m biased (“George” is orange and “Harrison” is purple so… don’t know what else to expect… 😉 )

@Beatlebug  said
I’ve always been fond of green and pink. (Coincidentally, I always thought Pink Floyd was rather green, but it’s got ‘pink’ in it so it turns out that my favourite {??!1&??%!?$!!#?!?} band’s name is green and pink.)

Well, that’s not terrifying at all… seeing as Pink Floyd is pink and green for me as well… (…favourite band? 🙁 )

(Actually, technically it’s yellow and green, but I think of it as being pink and green because, well, it’s Pink Floyd….)

Beatlebug said 
Honourable mention goes to black and white and silver… I know they’re not technically colours as such, but monochrome is so striking.

  

White isn’t just a colour– it’s all the colours.