My “30 Day Movie Challenge” Complete

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I'm not usually one for "30 day picture challenges", but after seeing @cinephilereviews' "30 Day Movie Challenge", I felt inspired to do one. Day 1 is Favourite Drama – my choice is 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' – Nicholson's best performance, but not my favourite. #Film #Cinema #30daychallenge #OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest #JackNicholson #Movie #OscarWinner #70sCinema #LouiseFletcher #DannyDeVito #WillSampson #ChristopherLloyd #Drama

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"Where are you from…originally?" Continuing yesterday's start of the 30 Day Movie Challenge, here is Day 2 – Favourite Comedy. 'Ghostbusters' is the undisputed choice for this one, folks. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Ghostbusters #Comedy #BillMurray #DanAykroyd #HaroldRamis #ErnieHudson #SigourneyWeaver #RickMoranis #AreYouAGod #80sCinema #NewYork #Slimer

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Day 3 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Most Iconic. Not to everyone's taste, and sometimes second best to its sequel/prequel, 'The Godfather' is in my preference, the most iconic film – a true gem and masterpiece of 70s American cinema. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #TheGodfather #MarlonBrando #AlPacino #70sCinema #Iconic #ItalianAmerican #Mafia #FrancisFordCoppola #JamesCaan #RobertDuvall #DianeKeaton #OscarWinner

A post shared by Dominic Hastings (@thisisthedom) on Mar 5, 2016 at 12:29pm PST

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"Not a flying toy." Day 4 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Nostalgia. 'Toy Story' is the film that defined my early childhood. Woody is forever my animated hero. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #ToyStory #Woody #BuzzLightyear #Disney #Pixar #Animated #90sCinema #Nostalgia #Toys #TomHanks #TimAllen

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"I'm gonna blow your two inch dick off." Day 5 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Guilty Pleasure. Steven Seagal, action superstar, stars in my guilty pleasure, the 2005 direct-to-video spectacle, 'Today You Die' – one of his better home video outings. #Film #Movie #DirectToVideo #DVD #StevenSeagal #TodayYouDie #2000s #GuiltyPleasure #Action #30daychallenge

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"Why would a man leave his apartment three times on a rainy night with a suitcase and come back three times?" Day 6 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Hitchcock Movie. Since re-watching 'Rear Window' in uni, it's gradually surpassed 'The Birds' and 'Vertigo' as my favourite Hitchcock movie. Excellent stuff. #Film #Movie #Cinema #Hitchcock #Favourite #50sCinema #50s #JamesStewart #RearWindow #Classic #CreepyNeighbour #GraceKelly #30daychallenge

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"The Uzi 9mm." Day 7 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Performance (Actor) The truth: Arnold's best performance in his best film. Some may argue that T2 is the superlative Terminator film, but for me, Arnold's performance as the original Terminator is his most convincing and chilling. Every time I watch The Terminator, I buy into the concept that Arnold will kill with no remorse, sympathy, guilt, bargaining or mercy. As the original Terminator, Arnold is the ultimate heel. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Terminator #Schwarzenegger #80sCinema #BestPerformance #Actor #SciFi

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"God I love you." Day 8 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Performance (Actress) Wow, Bates was a total frightening bitch in this film – totally deserving of her Oscar. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Misery #BestPerformance #Actress #KathyBates #JamesCaan #Crazy #Obsession

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"Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me." Day 9 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Best Picture (Winner) Now, 'The Silence of the Lambs' is not the best Best Picture winner, but it's my favourite – slightly edging past the likes of 'The Godfather' (and part II) and 'Unforgiven'. Also: In this shot, Hopkins looks like my grandad…slightly. #Film #Cinema #Movie #30daychallenge #BestPicture #Winner #Oscar #90sCinema #TheSlienceOfTheLambs #Thriller #AnthonyHopkins #Hannibal #JodieFoster #BuffaloBill

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"Kill a child?!" Day 10 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Horror For many years, 'The Omen' has been my favourite horror. A British-American classic with a chilling score, and starring an older Gregory Peck, 'The Omen' is incredible. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Favourite #Horror #70sCinema #British #American #TheOmen #666 #Damien #GregoryPeck

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"You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill." Day 11 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite War Wow, what a great film – possibly Coppola's last great. Preferring the Redux version, 'Apocalypse Now' is both my favourite long movie and favourite war movie. The horror… #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #War #WarFilm #Favourite #ApocalypseNow #Redux #70sCinema #MartinSheen #MarlonBrando #FrancisFordCoppola #DennisHopper #Classic #Long #TheHorror

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"Why are you pushing me?" Day 12 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Score Jerry Goldsmith's score for 'First Blood' is consistently brilliant at being both beautiful and exciting – making 'First Blood' an audio great as much as a visual great. Over the years, at both college and university level, I've listened to Goldsmith's score when producing assignments. Cheers, Jerry. #Film #Cinema #Movie #30daychallenge #Favourite #Score #Music #JerryGoldsmith #FirstBlood #Rambo #Stallone #80sCinema #80sMusic #1982 #Soundtrack

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Day 13 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Director Well, this was difficult. Despite not being overly fond of most of his post-2000 films, Martin Scorsese just edged past Lynch, Gilliam, Eastwood, and Nolan as my favourite director. There are too many Scorsese films I like to have chosen a different director as my favourite. 'Goodfellas' and 'Taxi Driver' are his top 2, obviously. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #MartinScorsese #Scorsese #Director #Favourite #Goodfellas #TaxiDriver #ItalianAmerican

A post shared by Dominic Hastings (@thisisthedom) on Mar 15, 2016 at 11:51am PDT

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"New card." Day 14 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Scene Ha, did you expect any different? Possibly the most memorable scene (and my favourite) is the "business card scene" from 'American Psycho'. In this scene, we see a Pat Bateman of which we can all relate to… #Film #Cinema #30daychallenge #Movie #AmericanPsycho #BusinessCard #Scene #FilmScene #Favourite #ChristianBale #PatrickBateman #2000s #BlackComedy

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"There's a fella that can't hold his liquor." Day 15 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Western. I'm deadly serious about this one… I love 'Back to the Future Part III' – what a fun film – a fun filming respecting the Western movie and tying up a wonderful trilogy. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #BTTF #Western #Favourite #90sCinema #GreatScott #BackToTheFuture #1885 #DeLorean

A post shared by Dominic Hastings (@thisisthedom) on Mar 17, 2016 at 4:16pm PDT

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"Froot Loops?!" Day 16 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Foreign A particularly tough one to chose, I've gone for Norway's 2014 black comedy 'Kraftidioten' aka 'In Order of Disappearance'. Stellan Skarsgård is ice cool. #Film #Movie #Cinema #Favourite #Foreign #Norway #2014 #2010sCinema #30daychallenge #StellanSkarsgård #BlackComedy #Thriller #InOrderOfDisappearance #Kraftidioten

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"I wonder if you wonder." Day 17 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Film Noir Truthfully I'm not a big lover of film noir, but a preferrer of the later neo-noir, however, 'Double Indemnity' is can only be my undisputed favourite of this style of film. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Favourite #FilmNoir #DoubleIndemnity #40sCinema #BlackAndWhite #Crime #Classic #BarbaraStanwyck #FredMacMurray #BillyWilder

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"I'm German-Irish." Day 18 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Gangster Film For this, there can be only one, and that is 'The Godfather'. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Favourite #Gangster #Mob #Mafia #ItalianAmerican #MarlonBrando #FrancisFordCoppola #AlPacino #RobertDuvall #JamesCaan #TheGodfather #70sCinema #OscarWinner #Crime #Adapted #DonCorleone

A post shared by Dominic Hastings (@thisisthedom) on Mar 20, 2016 at 12:37pm PDT

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"Now that, my friend, is a shared moment." Day 19 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Romance Well, this was easy. As I'm not overly fond of many romance or rom-com films, 'Chasing Amy' stands out as the premier option for the 'favourite romance' day. The themes of sexuality and friendship really make this 1997 Kevin Smith-directed flick…decent. Affleck is nice and a sympathy-beg in this, but Lee is cool, hence why he's in the picture. #Film #Movie #Cinema #90sCinema #Romance #Favourite #Comedy #ChasingAmy #BenAffleck #JasonLee #JoeyLaurenAdams #Friendship #Sexuality #Lesbian #Inker #Tracer #KevinSmith

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"I could have killed 'em all, I could've killed you. In town you're the law, out here it's me. Don't push it! Don't push it or I'll give you a war you won't believe. Let it go. Let it go…" Day 20 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite quote. My favourite quote from my favourite film. What a great time! #Film #Cinema #30daychallenge #Movie #FirstBlood #Favourite #Quote #FilmQuote #Rambo #SylvesterStallone #Stallone #80sCinema #Woodland

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"Hey, arsehole! Arsehole, can't do that!" Day 21 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Fight Sequence 'Kickboxer' is one of the funniest 80s movies out there, and an early one in the career of JCVD. The fight sequence between characters Tong Po and Eric Sloane in the 2nd round of their fight is disgustingly hilarious – what Van Damme says during the sequence maintains the comedy. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Kickboxer #80sCinema #JCVD #VanDamme #Favourite #Fight #Sport #Violence

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"Greetings from The Humungus! The Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!" Day 22 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Costume 'The Road Warrior', the second film involving the "Mad Max" character, features Max's best costume. Max's torn former police/MFP outfit and added knee brace makes the character look rough and ready to fight for fuel… #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Favourite #Costume #80sCinema #MelGibson #Outfit #PostApocalypse #Australia #PoliceUniform #MFP #Gasoline #Leather #TheRoadWarrior #MadMax2

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"Where's the girl?!" Day 23 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Cinematography For me, 70s movies have the most beautiful of visuals, and 'Dirty Harry' is at the top of the tree. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Favourite #Cinematography #Visual #Camera #DirtyHarry #70sCinema #ClintEastwood #Cop #SanFrancisco #Imagery

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"Do you enjoy working in the laundry?" Day 24 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Overrated Well, for this day, I had 'Forrest Gump', 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Star Wars' in mind alongside 'The Shawshank Redemption', of which I have used. I don't hate "Shawshank", but I'm not particularly fond of its overrating and adoring shown by folk aged between 17 and 29. Go away. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Overrated #90sCinema #Shawshank #TheShawshankRedemption #TimRobbins #MorganFreeman

A post shared by Dominic Hastings (@thisisthedom) on Mar 26, 2016 at 1:01pm PDT

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"He'll start doing things…he wouldn't have done before." Day 25 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Underrated Uncle Clint plays a cop, but not Harry Callahan. (Dirty) Harry Callahan loved to kill the bad guy, where as Wes Block loves to sleep with the lady. One-by-one, the film's killer is murdering the sexual partners of Wes, but can he prevent the next murder? 'Tightrope' was released in 1984 on the back of four 'Dirty Harry' films – often ignored, 'Tightrope' explores more daring themes than majority of the DH films, but shows less emphasis on the villain throughout – essentially, 'Tightrope' focuses on Clint's character, and is slightly out-of-type for the veteran actor/director. #Film #Cinema #Movie #30daychallenge #Underrated #Eastwood #ClintEastwood #80sCinema #1984 #Thriller #Mystery #Tightrope #Sex #Murder

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"I'm not wearing hockey pads." Day 26 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Sequel I loved 'The Dark Knight' in 2008, and I love it now. Arguably the best live action comic book/superhero movie. Of course, there are other sequels that I love, but for me, 'The Dark Knight' holds a different kind of love and appreciation. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #2000sCinema #2000s #2008 #TheDarkKnight #Batman #TheJoker #Comics #DCComics #ChristianBale #HeathLedger #TwoFace #HarveyDent #AaronEckhart #ChristopherNolan #Favourite #Sequel

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"My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you!" Day 27 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Biopic Like Penn or not, he really gave a beautiful performance as Harvey Milk in 'Milk' – a biopic that is both informing and entertaining. Brilliant film. #Film #Cinema #Movie #30daychallenge #Favourite #Biopic #Biographical #Milk #2008 #2000sCinema #SeanPenn #JoshBrolin #JamesFranco #HarveyMilk #GayRights

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"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." Day 28 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Epic '2001: A Space Odyssey' – the ultimate space epic. Despite dividing opinion, '2001' features an array of memorable shots, quotes and scores. Epic. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Favourite #Epic #FavouriteEpic #60sCinema #2001 #2001ASpaceOdyssey #Kubrick #Space #SciFi #HAL

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Day 29 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Silent Film Well, I'm not particularly keen on silents, but 'Nosferatu' has been my preferred viewing of silents since first watching it in college. It's nice? #Film #Cinema #Movie #30daychallenge #Favourite #Silent #SilentCinema #20sCinema #Nosferatu #Vampire #BlackAndWhite #Iconic #Horror

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"The ghosts are moving tonight, restless…hungry." Day 30 of the 30 Day Movie Challenge – Favourite Classic Well, I've finally come to the end of this "challenge" – it's been fun. 1959's original 'House on Haunted Hill' is my selection for favourite classic – a delightful creepy classic starring Vincent Price. #Film #Movie #Cinema #30daychallenge #Favourite #Classic #HouseOnHauntedHill #Original #50sCinema #1959 #Horror #VincentPrice #Creepy #BlackAndWhite #Ghosts

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