How are your movie chops?

I hated tests at school, so I'm not quite sure why I am a sucker for online quizzes. However, because of online quizzes I know what my spirit animal is, I know what century I am really from, and I know I am above average in pointless geography.
So I wanted to make a movie quiz and challenge you to see how you do! No cheating! Not that I could enforce that rule, but the online quiz gods will know, and you don't want to cross them... I'm speaking from experience.
Let's see if you've got what it takes!

Loading How much do you know about movies?

Well there goes a $100

Movies and I have a special relationship. I love them, and they make me spend too much money.  I was on Thinkgeek.com the other day and I stumbled upon these treasures. Which ones are your favorites?




Back to the Future!
People in the film industry say this film's script is perfect, in fact it is studied by film students at USC and UCLA.

Batman!

Billions of dollars in merchandise sold. Batman is iconic. Plus, there are few franchises that have a better arch villain than the Joker. Perhaps Darth Vader? What's your thoughts?

Bill Murray in 3 movies!

Zombieland, Kingpin & Life Aquatic. Bill's hair in Kingpin was spectacular. He just let loose in that movie and it was so much fun.

Ghostbusters!

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man as your climactic nemesis... YES PLEASE! 

"Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"

Thriller with Michael Jackson!

I know this dates me, but I can remember when MTV was cool and nothing was cooler than Michael Jackson's Thriller video. It was just under 14 minutes and filmed by John Landis who is the director of such movies as American Werewolf in London, Three Amigos and Coming to America.

Napoleon Dynamite!
Moon Boots and Ringer tees became cool again... sort of. What a peculiar movie, but somehow worked itself into the psyche of America. There have been lovable losers before, but none that had Napoleon's dance moves. I love Napoleon Dynamite and it's sequel Nacho Libre...

Sherlock!

Talk about sending an actor into the stratosphere. Sherlock launched Benedict Cumberbatch into stardom with his brilliant portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in our modern era. One of my favorite tv shows of all time.

SPINAL TAP!

"Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
…These go to eleven." I have to be honest these three guys might be my front-runners for my first purchase of these vinyl dolls. I loved Spinal Tap... I think I might like quoting it even more than watching it. It has become a part of me.

TOM HANKS!

I actually think in order for this to work you need all three of Tom Hanks characters next to each other. I loved all three of these movies, Catch me if you can, Forrest Gump and Castaway... The Castaway doll (Action figure) is actually my favorite of the three.

Young Frankenstein!

In my top ten of funniest movies of all time. Gene Wilder and Cloris Leachman were fantastic! The whole cast was so much fun. Gene actually wrote the script and enlisted his good friend and "discoverer" Mel Brooks to direct. They created comedy gold. 

"You know, I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump."

"What hump?"

I would eventually like to get all of these, but which ones are your favorites?

You can find even more of them here. http://vinylsugar.com/product-category/products/vinyl-idolz/

Inspiration through Music

Music - the track, hill, loop, and turn of my emotional roller coaster. I am not musically inclined, not even a little bit. The only reason why I know the difference between a c scale and a g scale is because my Mother forced me to take piano lessons for 3 years.
How did it go? Well… My Mother is an angel and will probably be whisked through the pearly gates without a second glance. With that in mind, I have only been slapped by my Mother twice in my life, even though I deserved it countless more times, and each one was at the piano. In conclusion, piano lessons didn’t go well.

Nevertheless, the enjoyment of music has played a significant role in my life since I was young. Wether it was listening to the Peer Gynt Suite No.1 over and over again while running in circles when I was six or rollerskating to Staying Alive on 70’s night at the roller rink during college. I’ve always felt connected to music as I am sure many of you do.
But for me, the love of music has gone beyond appreciation. Music is the spark that sets my imagination into motion. Every single movie, book or story I’ve ever created has been born from a song that I heard.
Many years ago, I was perusing some of my dad’s old bossa nova CDs. Why did he have bossa nova CDs? To this day it is a mystery. He isn’t Cuban, he isn’t from Miami, nor does he have an affinity for Latin dancing. But there I was, listening to the bristling brass sections of Beny More and Perez Prado when on pops ‘Patricia’, a peculiar and ridiculous song. Instantaneously my imagination was transported to a sunny retirement village where plump retirees dressed in tropical colors are playing heated croquet matches.

Mallets are swinging, croquet balls racing along the manicured grass and I think, wouldn’t be amazing and silly if there was professional croquet? (There is!) And wouldn’t be even better still if a former champion succumbed to pressure and threw a championship match. The words “Black Croquet: The Story of Herman Strazinski” formed in my head and I was off!
That idea formed into a film script that never got made, but the idea was later incorporated into my new book Fremont Rosenbloom: Party Assassin for Hire.
So when I think back to every story I’ve created I can tie it to a song that helped me take flight. I’ve created a playlist of songs that have sparked stories.

What are some of the songs that have transported your imagination away?

Here are a few of the stories I’ve created and their corresponding song.
Funk Down (Movie) - Get Down Tonight
Crossovers (Movie) - Subterranean Homesick Alien
Crossovers (Book) - Hand Covers Bruise
Fremont Rosenbloom (Book) - Patricia and Wait
My new book I am working on (Book) - A La Lumiere Des Diamants  I hope you enjoy them!