Welcome to week two of the newly revamped Double Feature Friday here at Man, I Love Films. First of all can I say how thrilled I am that so many of you took the time to compete – here’s hoping you tell all your friends and we have an even bigger turn out this week!
I’ll get to this rounds films in just a second, but before I do that, I’ve got to announce the first week of winners! As I’m sure you’re acutely aware, we’ll be keeping a close count on the competition leaders via the Double Feature Friday’s Leaderboard (see the bottom of this post, and after three months, the film fan on top will be awarded a DVD prize. So, without further distraction, let all give a (virtual) round of applause to the five people who’ve jumped out to an early lead.
ROUND 1 WINNERS:
Dan Heaton, who really stretched himself by pairing Project X with…Project X (1987).
Courtney Small, who paired The Lorax with another film in which Danny DeVito plays a bizzare looking monster…Batman Returns.
Helen Geib, who paired Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie with another film about movie-making mishaps…Lost in La Mancha
Simon Columb, who whipped out a thesaurus and paired Jaws with…Teeth.
Squasher88, who depressed the lot of us with his divorce double feature, pairing A Separation with…Kramer vs. Kramer
Congratulations again to the five of you. There wasn’t a single bad entry, and it was an extraordinarily difficult task for Kai, Dylan and I to pick the winners…here’s hoping you all make it just as difficult each and every week! Special shout out to Dan Heaton, who came awfully close to scoring a second point with what was probably the funniest suggestion of the week: A Separation with Stuck on You.
Now, on to this weeks films. If you’ve read this far and don’t know the rules on the game (in which case, quite frankly, I admire your persistance), here’s how it works: I give you five titles – a combination of the weeks new releases and a couple of older films – and you try and come up with the most interesting or esoteric pairing for a double feature. We also ask that you get your answers in by Thursday March 15, so the judges have enough time to make their decision.
Simple enough? Then let’s get into it!
John Carter
Silent House
A Thousand Words
Bonus: Assault of Precinct 13
Bonus: All About My Mother
Time to put on those thinking caps! Sound off in the comments section below as to what movie you’d like to see paired – and why – with each of this weeks selections.
DOUBLE FEATURE FRIDAY LEADERBOARD:
Courtney Small (1)
Dan Heaton (1)
Helen Geib (1)
Simon Columb (1)
Squasher88 (1)
Wayne (6)
Mette (4)
Nic Cage (4)
Sebastian (4)
steve (4)
John (3)
Nick (3)
Chip Lary (2)
Dan (2)
John Carter with Avatar (big budjet sci-fi adventure)
Silent House with The Blair Witch Project (atypical horror films)
A Thousand Words with Liar Liar (comedies about speech)
Assault on Precinct 13 with La Haine (police against gangs)
All About My Mother with Talk To Her (because Almodovar’s films are unlike anyone else’s)
John Carter with Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (Edgar Rice Burroughs FTW!)
Silent House with Quarantine (remake of Spanish-language horror)
A Thousand Words with The King’s Speech (Watch what you say and how you say it)
Assault on Precinct 13 with Halloween (John Carpenter remade)
All About My Mother with Ordinary People (dealing with the death of a child)
Twitter: kaiderman
March 9, 2012 6:49 am
So, I can’t play cuz I’m a judge but I gotta say it:
Silent House with 1000 Words
Twitter: manilovefilms
March 9, 2012 7:01 am
Nice!
John Carter/Mars Attacks (those damn Martians)
Silent House/The House of the Devil (Small horror films that look awesome)
A Thousand Words/Drive (basically what you want to do after watching an Eddie Murphy film, no talking and shoot him in the face)
Assault on Precinct 13/Escape from New York (going Full Carpenter)
All About Mother/Mother (When in doubt just go with the title game)
John Carter with The Shadow- Reboots of early 20th century heroes
Silent House with Silent Movie- Movies with the word Silent in the title
A Thousand Words with Holy Man- Eddie Murphy movies revolving around holy men
Assault on Precinct 13 with The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3- Remakes of 1970s action/thrillers
All About My Mother with Psycho- Movies that are all about mothers
Twitter: ptsnob
March 9, 2012 9:31 am
John Carter with Black Knight – guy out of place in new land
Silent House with The Exterminating Angel – they can’t leave!
A Thousand Words with Big Fat Liar
Assault on Precinct 13 with Rio Bravo (pretty much the same movie)
All About My Mother with Monster-in-Law
Twitter: twitter.com/kloipy
March 9, 2012 4:06 pm
John Carter with Waterworld (big budget flops)
Silent House with Saw 2 (both trapped in a house and torturous
A Thousand Words with Mute Witness
Assault on Precinct 13 with Assault on Precinct 13 (because that worked last week haha)
All About my Mother with oedipus rex because haha
Twitter: fandangogroover
March 10, 2012 5:29 am
John Carter and Battlefield Earth – which will lose the most money?
Silent House and Rope (1948) – two connections, both movies appear to be a single take but are actually about 10 takes with hidden edits. Both are very loosely based on the real-life events.
A Thousand Words and Tree of Life
Assault on Precinct 13 and Outland (1981) – both are remakes of classic westerns, Rio Bravo and High Noon.
All About My Mother and Three Colours: Blue – a woman dealing with the loss of a child.
John Carter with Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (From PIxar to Live Action)
Silent House with Andy Warhol’s ‘Sleep’ (apparently silent and ACTUALLY silent… for 5-hours 20-mins)
A Thousand Words and The Kings Speech (Talking?)
Assault on Precinct 13 with District 13 (Two different ‘areas’ which are numbered 13)
All About My Mother with [obviously] All About Eve (the influenced and the influence/women coping with getting-old)