Happy Friday!
Yesterday's post about personal themes really got me thinking. I love delving into questions like that, the deeper layer of why we do what we do. (okay, you got me, I did start out as a psych major. {g})
So some of you came up with your themes already. Excellent! For those, you can still play along today and see how well you fit. For the others, let's do a game to start to figure it out, if you're up to it! Kreek and I did this yesterday, and it was kinda fun.
The Game (What's My Theme):
1. List 5 of your favorite movies. From any era, the ones you would willingly watch over and over and over.
2. List 5 of your favorite books from childhood. These should be ones you treasure, those that really meant something to you.
3. Look at the lists, and try to see a theme.
4. I'll look at the lists, and see if I see a theme as well--the same or different. {s}
Ready? Play!
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The 5 movies I do watch over and over:
ReplyDelete1. Star Wars: A New Hope
2. SW: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Casablanca
4. 10 Things I Hate About You
5. The Princess Bride
The 5 books I treasure:
1. Anne of Green Gables
2. Outlander
3. Voyager
4. Wuthering Heights
5. the Harry Potter series
It would appear I like timeless love with a dash of fantasy.
Sara:
ReplyDeleteHmmm. Yep, except for Harry Potter those all include great romantic love stories. Love that is fated, and overcomes all?
Dear Susan:
ReplyDeleteI've done some thinking about this, and here are my lists. I don't think they'll help, but that's ok. I think Ive figured it out.
Books:
1. Titanic (I know...)
2. Gone with the Wind
3. Pirates of the Carribean
4. Gladiator
5. Second Hand Lions
Books:
1. Outlander Series
2. Potter Series
3. The Birth House
4. Kit's Law
5. Homestead
You'd be hard pressed to find a central theme, methinks.
So, sometimes I want adventure. Other times, I want humanity, told to me in a new and interesting voice.
What do you make of it?
Cindy:
ReplyDeleteHum. I can't do much with the adult books, though. What are your books from childhood?
Hum. Children's books. Lesee.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I don't remember my childhood! I read CONSTANTLY, and I don't remember...
Here are some I liked, there might be others, but these stand out.
The Borrowers
Black Beauty
The Black Stallion
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret
A Wrinkle in Time
Cindy:
ReplyDeleteYou're right, yours IS hard. {g} I'd have to say there are a few outliers, but mostly there is a strong current of overcoming difficulties, even impossible-seeming situations, to succeed. That makes for a lot of good fiction!
Hmm. Let's see...
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Wuthering Heights
Pride & Prejudice
Zorro
Captain Blood
The Enchanted Cottage
Books I read as a child:
Put Me In The Zoo (earliest fave)
Fifty Famous Fairy Tales (read them all over and over)
The Velvet Room (girl finds a secret library as I recall [g])
Nancy Drew / Hardy Boys
The Adventures of Robin Hood
My theme... Love conquors all? Or maybe love and cleverness conquor all? [g]
Interesting--Kate Elliott just recently blogged that she's a sucker for the "stranger in a strange land" theme. I like those, too.
ReplyDeleteSo, childhood books, huh? I read so voraciously as a child (and mostly about horses) that it's hard to pick five individual books. But I'll try. Lessee...
Books--
1. Charlotte's Web
2. Black Beauty
3. Beautiful Joe
4. The Black Stallion, et al
5. fairy tales of all kinds
Movies--
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Shakespeare in Love
3. A Knight's Tale
4. Star`Wars
5. LadyHawke
And boy, there's a bunch that want to crowd into that number 6 slot. [g]
Maureen:
ReplyDeleteHmmm, there's an adventure theme in there too somewhere. Forging relationships in the midst of trauma/adventure? Finding love in trauma/adventure?
Geez, you guys' themes are harder than mine and Kreekie's. {g}
Beth:
ReplyDeleteHuh. Interestingly, several of yours do NOT end happily--a little bit of tragedy in there. Even some of those that do, like Ladyhawke, have tragedy in there. I see a theme of selflessness in your picks; giving up the self for other a greater cause, or for love.
It's odd, because I love happy endings. The hero(ine) must triumph in some way.
ReplyDeleteI think, if there's a common theme in all those movies, it's about honor. Sticking to one's principles and doing what's right or what has to be done, no matter the cost.
You're good, Susan. [s] I think you've nailed it, for me. Both of my WIPs are along those lines, too. :)
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