# Let's do personality profiles on each other based on our favorite movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 20, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276 "2004-06-20T05:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/21 "2004-06-20T15:09:52Z")
Try to guess what makes this mod tick: 1. _Flight Of The Phoenix_ 2. _Brainsmasher: A Love Story_ 3. _Oscar_ 4. _Man Bites Dog_ 5. _Brain Donors_ 6. _Pulp Fiction_ 7. _Love’s Labour’s Lost_(Branagh’s musical version) 8. _Xanadu_ 9. _Berlin Alexanderplatz_ 10. _‘Manos’, The Hands Of Fate_ ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/22 "2004-06-20T15:15:05Z")
In no particular order, my top ten I would be: 1. LOTR Trilogy 2. The Sound of Music 3. Shogun 4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 5. Sholay 6. Earth 7. Casino 8. Bridget Jones Diary 9. Matchstick Man 10.The Terminal ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/23 "2004-06-20T15:19:12Z")
My thoughtful, carefully thought out and digrammed analysis of each and every one of you is as follows: YOU ARE ALL LUNATICS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGH!!! GET ME OUTTA HERE!!! 😛 Except Hot Buttered Toast. Apart from an irrational belief that modern technology will cure all of society’s ills, she’s pretty normal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/24 "2004-06-20T15:22:05Z")
Hmmm, thought we were supposed to analyze the previous poster? I guess I am too sanguine to be analyzed? ::pout:: ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/25 "2004-06-20T15:22:25Z")
There will probaby be more lists than profiling so here’s my list: Cruel Intentions Empire Records Under the Tuscan Sun Stalag 17 City of Angels The Little Mermaid Goonies Romeo and Juliet (the 90’s version) Austin Powers 2 The Breakfast Club ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/26 "2004-06-20T15:27:28Z")
1. Casablanca (1943) 2. Fight Club (1999) 3. Ghostbusters (1984) 4. L.A. Confidential (1997) 5. True Romance (1993) 6. Goodfellas (1990) 7. A Night At the Opera (1935) 8. The Godfather (I prefer the edited-together version of 1 and 2) (1972, 1974) 9. Raiders Of the Lost Ark (1981) 10. Pulp Fiction (1994) ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/27 "2004-06-20T15:41:25Z")
**Lou** seeks adventure and danger! He is the romantic hero of the tale who loves the ladies but can kick ass, too. He’s fearless and at times, a bit reckless but that’s ok. He’s quick enough to escape the traps with time enough to snatch his favorite hat before the tomb seals forever! ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/28 "2004-06-20T15:44:44Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > M’kay, here’s my list (no particular order): > > 1. Goodfellas > 2. Young Frankenstein > 3. Pulp Fiction > 4. Moonstruck > 5. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory > 6. Billy Elliot > 7. The Usual Suspects > 8. Contact > 9. My Fair Lady > 10. L.A. Confidential > > What say you? I see a lot of confusion in your life. Reading over this list I note the prominence if Kevin Spacey with The Usual Suspects and LA Confidential, to add to this confusion you list movies like Billy Elliot and Young Frankenstein, all about doing what they love and dancing. There is a definite Jungian appeal to your list, though I must say Kirkegaard would probably have a hissy fit. And Freud is without a doubt that your Mother might be in peril of your advances and seeking an adult relationship with her. Your bill is in the mail, Dr. Ronin ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/29 "2004-06-20T15:46:47Z")
Okay, not just out of order, but probably not truly indicative of my favorites as I’m sure to leave something out. I can’t even limit it to ten! \*Casablanca Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Forbidden Planet The Day The Earth Stood Still Young Frankenstein Star Wars IV: A New Hope Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Blade Runner \* (the voiceover version, damn it!) \*Fright Night (I & II) Blues Brothers It Happened One Night Strangers On A Train Lost Boys Fugitive Alien (MST3K) Aliens Dogma Willard Pirates of the Carribean - The Curse of the Black Pearl\* ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/30 "2004-06-20T15:49:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Try to guess what makes this mod tick: > > 1. _Flight Of The Phoenix_ > 2. _Brainsmasher: A Love Story_ > 3. _Oscar_ > 4. _Man Bites Dog_ > 5. _Brain Donors_ > 6. _Pulp Fiction_ > 7. _Love’s Labour’s Lost_(Branagh’s musical version) > 8. _Xanadu_ > 9. _Berlin Alexanderplatz_ > 10. _‘Manos’, The Hands Of Fate_ You are obsessed with food and roller skating. Though you hate your mother, you want to be just like her. Loyalty is more important than truth in your life. Airplanes scare you. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/31 "2004-06-20T15:58:07Z")
1. Paths of Glory 2. The Desperate Hours (Frederick March) 3. Key Largo 4. Goodfellas 5. The Lady Eve 6. Auntie Mame (Rosalind Russell) 7. Psycho (A 8. To Be Or Not To Be (Jack Benny) 9. Charlie’s Aunt (Jack Benny) 10. Johnny Come Lately Not Necessarily in order. Subject to change without notice or forethought. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/32 "2004-06-20T16:14:15Z")
> [@SanguineSpider](#): > > My list: not in order except for the LOTR films > > 1. Equilibrium (Bale is GOD) > 2. Labyrinth > 3. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King > 4. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship > 5. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers > 6. Excalibur > 7. Blade Runner > 8. The Color Purple > 9. Life of Brian > 10. The Holy Grail Vewwwwwwwwy interesting. I detect a love for combat, and epic stories of good versus evil. I see a strong spirit and a believe in honor and chivalry. I see a love for all things purple. Perhaps you were born in the wrong era, with Exaclibur and the Holy Grail both being on your list. But then again you have a love for the future as shown in Blade Runner. Yes, lots of confusion. Though Freud solemnly swears you are not confused about your lust for she who bore you to this world. That’ll be three easy payments of 49.95 – Dr. Ronin ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/33 "2004-06-20T16:19:38Z")
(Not necessarily in order) 1. The Godfather 2. Office Space 3. Babette’s Feast (Denmark) 4. Bossa Nova (Brazil) 5. Monsoon Wedding (India) 6. Best in Show 7. West Side Story 8. Sleepless in Seattle 9. Godfather part II 10. Drop Dead Gorgeous ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/34 "2004-06-20T16:29:03Z")
> [@SanguineSpider](#): > > **twickster** likes control (_Godfather I, II_\*) and can get gangsta’ when angry but when you look at all the older films on the list, you’ll realize she really wants life to be like it used to be; simple, easy, and with values that mean something. An old-fashioned gal at heart is our **twickster**. A control freak who’s a softie at heart? Damn. You sure we don’t know each other IRL? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/35 "2004-06-20T16:56:02Z")
Hmm. The people with lists of movies I’ve actually seen enough of to do an effective analysis have already been analyzed. Anyhoo, if anyone wants to try to peel the Mango… in no particular order Eating Raoul Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills Tough Guys Don’t Dance The Last Temptation of Christ (please don’t tell Fr. Francis…) Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Great Rock and Roll Swindle Lord of the Rings (trilogies count as one) Star Wars (see above) Lawrence of Arabia The Ring ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/36 "2004-06-20T17:21:34Z")
I don’t go to movies much, but I came up with these: [ol] [li] **A Man for All Seasons** (Paul Scofield, not Charlton Heston)[/li][li] **Shakespeare in Love** [/li][li] **Attack of the Killer Tomatoes** [/li][li] **Beauty and the Beast** (the Disney version)[/li][li] **The Lion in Winter** [/li][li] **The Great Train Robbery** [/li][li] **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** [/li][li] **Glory** [/li][li] **The Princess Bride** [/li][li] **Galaxy Quest** [/li][/ol] I’ll save you the trouble of analyzing the above—I’m terminally wierd. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/37 "2004-06-20T19:05:38Z")
1. _Miller’s Crossing_ 2. _Star Wars_ 3. _Singin’ in the Rain_ 4. _The Return of the King_ 5. _The Big Lebowski_ 6. _Lilo and Stitch_ 7. _Aliens_ 8. _Yojimbo_ 9. _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ 10. _Young Frankenstein_ Mine’s pretty easy, actually. I’m still basically a little kid and I like to see shit blow up. No charge necessary. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/38 "2004-06-20T20:00:17Z")
I’ll save the armchair psychologists a lot of trouble. My list of movies will indicate that I am, in fact, _super-sane_… 1. Apocalypse Now 2. Brazil 3. Big Trouble In Little China 4. Bedazzled _(Moore/Cook version… of course)_ 5. Arsenic and Old Lace 6. The Big Lebowski 7. Straight to Hell 8. Resevoir Dogs 9. Duck Soup 10. Heavy Metal Parking Lot ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/39 "2004-06-20T20:14:59Z")
Going by what I watch the most frequently: 1. Room With A View 2. Lord of the Rings (especially “Fellowship…”) 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 5. Dr. Zhivago 6. Rebecca 7. The Best Years of Our Lives 8. All About Eve 9. The Haunting (the 1963 version) 10. Beauty and the Beast (Disney) ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/40 "2004-06-20T20:22:50Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > I don’t go to movies much, but I came up with these: > [ol] > [li] **A Man for All Seasons** (Paul Scofield, not Charlton Heston)[/li][li] **Shakespeare in Love** [/li][li] **Attack of the Killer Tomatoes** [/li][li] **Beauty and the Beast** (the Disney version)[/li][li] **The Lion in Winter** [/li][li] **The Great Train Robbery** [/li][li] **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** [/li][li] **Glory** [/li][li] **The Princess Bride** [/li][li] **Galaxy Quest** [/li][/ol] > I’ll save you the trouble of analyzing the above—I’m terminally wierd. On the contrary I think I can put you in the medium average of the general populous, I see a love for the romances as shown by Killer Tomatoes and Galaxy Quest. Though the oddness of your personality comes from the consecutive listing of Glory and a Princess Bride, these two movies show deeply emotional conflict due to the feng shui of your movie collection. And of course we must hear from Freud, and he thinks your ugly duckling complex might be overcome by approaching your mother about your feelings for her. – Dr. Ronin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276.md?page=3)