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Karin Schill

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Sorry about the delay in posting the results. It seems like your favorite Howard Keel movie is:

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
This is an american musical about seven brothers who lived in Oregon in the 1850's. The men want to get married but don't have much luck with the ladies so they kidnap 7 young women who after some proper courting with lots of singing and dancing agree to become their wives. The movie stars: Howard Keel and Jane Powell in the leads and it was directed by Stanley Donen.

You gave it a total of 45 points.

Here's a trailer for the winning movie:


Then here's the rest of the list:


Show Boat (1951) 37 p.
Kiss Me Kate (1953) 30 p.
Calamity Jane (1953) 27 p.
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) 26 p.
Lovely To Look At (1952) 18 p.
The Day of the Triffids (1963)12 p.
Three Guys Named Mike (1951) 10 p.

Kismet (1955) 9 p.
Callaway Went Thataway (1951) 6 p.
Ride Vaquero! (1953) 6 p.
Jupiter´s Darling (1955) 5 p.
Rose Marie (1954) 5 p.
The War Wagon (1967) 3 p.
The small voice (1948)1 p.
Armored Command (1961) 1 p.

Thank you to everyone who's taken part in this round. :)
 
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Karin Schill

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Okay so next up is a contemporary star:

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Colin Firth is an English actor. He was born on 10th September, 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. He is the oldest of three children and both his parents worked at teachers at a University. Due to that his father also worked as an education officer for the Nigerian government Firth spent some years of his childhood in Nigeria. He also lived briefly in Missouri, USA. When he returned to England he didn’t fit in at school and was bullied by his classmates.

Colin Firth started taking drama classes at the age of ten and by the time he was 14 he knew he wanted to become an actor. So after graduating from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College in Eastleigh he joined the National Youth Theatre and went on to study at the Drama Centre London. It was there he was spotted by a talent agent and offered his first role in a professional production in 1983, which was Another Country in the West End. He made his film debut in the movie a year later. In 1987 he was considered to be a part of the “Brit Pack” a group of young promising actors. His International breakthrough came in 1995 when he portrayed Mr. Darcy in Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice. It made him a household name and lead to further success.

Colin Firth has won an academy awards for The King’s Speech (2010). He has also starred in a number of commercially successful movies. All together he’s starred in approximately 60 movies so far. But which one is your favorite?


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Thanks to @Emelee for suggesting this star. :)
 
Emelee

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Colin Firth...

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1. The King's Speech
2. Bridget Jones's Diary
3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4. Love Actually
5. A Single Man
6. Bridget Jones - Edge of Reason
7. King's Men - Secret Service
8. Railway Man
9. Before I Go To Sleep
10. Girl with a Pearl Earring

And an honorable loving mention to mini-series Pride and Prejudice.

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Hi to all here. First time posting my list though I’ve been reading here off and on.

Colin Firth has appeared in some duds, but he’s always entertained me in some fashion and to varying degrees each time. I don’t have a favoured Top 10 movie list of his, so I’ve gone for a sampling of his movies beyond the rom-coms.

In no order of preference or excellence:

1. Steve (a short film with a social message, a vignette seemingly distilled from Apartment Zero)

2. Apartment Zero (set in Argentina, and also stars the son of Dynasty’s Lloyd Bochner as the character who is the catalyst for events)

3. When Did You Last See Your Father

4. My Life So Far (set in 1920s Scotland, based on the (childhood) memoirs (of life on the family estate) of Sir Denis Forman, a former director of the Royal Opera House. He is represented by the child character Fraser, whose dad Edward Pettigrew (CF) is “a mechanical genius” and inventor at heart who runs Europe’s only sphagnum moss factory. I howled when Fraser said: “The only language me and my dad really understood was dog.” ….Alas, Edward is only the son-in-law; and the reappearance of his brother-in-law back at the family home, sets the scene/tone for the rest of this movie.

5. Master of the Moor (a Ruth Rendall mystery adaptation) A moor-loving man raised alone by his father after his mother deserts the family sees his childhood precognition of 3 murders on the moor come true. …Oh! Not a true movie? ….Okay, I’ll substitute it with a bereavement movie, A Summer in Genoa. It’s a movie made with just the camera men and little else; where the director chose not to say “action” or “cut”. Where the scripts ended, the dialogue was left to continue improvised.

6. Wings of Fame (there’s no mistaking that some events in the life of the character Bianca in the movie and the actress who played her, Marie Trintignant, are the inspiration for Nicole Kidman’s character in Before I Go to Sleep)

7. Trauma (which features a female tarantula, whom the cast named Colin)

8. The Secret Laughter of Women …Not surprising CF wanted to act in this. He was raised in Nigeria from 2 weeks old for some 3+ years, was well integrated with the locals and has made almost yearly pilgrimages to Africa to introduce it to his children. (And not surprising that he badly wanted to produce a movie about a couple arrested in Virginia in 1958 for the crime of interracial marriage. http://ew.com/article/2016/11/16/colin-firth-loving-interview )

9. A Single Man

10. The King’s Speech
 
Toni

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My "Top" Colin:

1 - A Single Man (2009)
2 - Valmont (1989)
3 - The Railway Man (2013)
4 - The King´s Speech (2010)
5 - A Month in the Country (1987)
6 - Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
7 - The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
8 - A Thousand Acres (1997)
9 - Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
10 - Easy Virtue (2008)
 
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My list:

1. Mamma Mia! (2008)
2. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
3. The King's Speech (2010)
4. Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)
5. Love Actually (2003)
6. The Railway Man (2013)
7. Shakespeare in Love (1998)
 
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Karin Schill

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I'm sorry that I've gotten behind with calculating the points of this round.

If anyone else wants to join in, you have until friday! ;)
 
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Okay so when all is said and done. Your favorite Colin Firth movie is by a landslide:

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The King's Speech (2010)
This is a British historical drama movie based on a true story. King George VI reluctantly becomes the King after his older brother Edward VIII abdicates to marry his love Wallis Simpson, a divorced American woman who was not approved to be queen. George VI feels insecure in his new role and has a horrible stutter. But luckily he also have a loyal wife who knows exactly who to turn to for help. The movie stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham-Carter and Claire Bloom. It is directed by: Tom Hooper. The movie won 4 academy awards for best actor, best script, best director and best movie.

You gave it a total of: 43 points.

Here's a trailer for the winning movie:


Then here's the rest of the list:

The Railway Man (2013) 25 p.
A Single Man (2009) 24 p.
Mamma Mia! (2008) 19 p.
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) 18 p.
Love Actually (2003) 18 p.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) 15 p.
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) 14 p.
A Month in the Country (1987) 12 p.
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004) 12 p.
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) 11 p.

Steve (2010) 10 p.
Apartment Zero (1988) 9 p.
Valmont (1989) 9 p.
Fever Pitch (1997) 8 p.
Conspiracy (2001) 8 p.
When Did You Last See Your Father (2007) 8 p.
My Life So Far (1999) 7 p.
Master of the Moor (1994) Mini Tv-series 6 p.
Wings of Fame (1990) 5 p.
Trauma (2004) 4 p.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) 4 p.
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) 4 p.
A Thousand Acres (1997) 3 p.
The Secret Laughter of Women (1999) 3 p.
Before I Go To Sleep (2014) 2 p.
Magic in the Moonlight (2014) 2 p.
Easy Virtue (2008) 1 p.

Thank you to everyone who's taken part in this round. :)

Emelee said:
I haven't cheated by counting the votes, but I do hope that The King's Speech wins. Colin won an Oscar for that role, and I am always moved by his portrayal in this excellent biography flick.
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So you got your wish! :)

 
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Monster Films

Okay so with Halloween right around the corner I figured it was time for a theme and since we’ve already done horror films I thought we’d focus on the sub-genre “Monster Films” this week.

A Monster Film is a genre where a monster is at the focus of the plot. The monster can be giant animals, aliens, mutants, supernatural creatures or creatures from folklore.

Totals: Friday

Thanks for @Emelee for the suggestion. :)
 
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I really liked Medusa but the movie wasn't only about her, so...

1. Alien (1979) - I also liked all the sequels but I want to give the other monsters a chance to appear in my top 10 too.
2. Cloverfield (2008)
3. The Faculty (1998)
4. Piranha (1978) - is it a monster movie? Or lots of mini-monsters?
5. King Kong (2005)
6. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
7. War Of The Worlds (2005)
8. Anaconda (1997)
9. Jurassic Park (1993)
10. Razorback (1984)
 
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My Top Ten:

1- King Kong (1933)
2- Frankenstein (1931)
3- The Host (2006)
4- Cloverfield (2008)
5- Nosferatu (1922)
6- The Birds (1963)
7- The Descent (2005)
8- Mimic (1997)
9- The Fly (1986)
10- It´s Alive (1974)
 
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