# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/61 "2004-06-23T17:15:09Z")
Try this list, with no particular order: _Kelley’s Heroes Brazil LOTR trilogy The Usual Suspects Blazing Saddles Airplane Shrek The Quiet Man Excalibur Harry Potter Series_ ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/62 "2004-06-23T17:52:33Z")
> [@jastu](#): > > It was so difficult cutting my favourite movies down to a list of 10 > > Clerks > LOTR Trilogy > Fight Club > The Castle > Aliens > Braveheart > Ferris Bueller’s Day Off > Dances with Wolves > Gone with the Wind > Office Space I sense an anti-authority streak in this case, you’re independent and struggling to break free of your oppressors (Kings, principals, bosses.) And would be willing to become violent if it were neccessary. You want to lead an army, however, you’d prefer to lead things from behind the curtain. Like every good leader, you feel love is neccessary, but only when times are calm. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/63 "2004-06-23T17:59:46Z")
And mine, in no particular order: Battle Royale MASH Fight Club FUBAR Payback Reservoir Dogs Clockwork Orange Dr Strangelove Star Wars (Ep 4 or the original trilogy) Indiana Jones (Raiders or Holy Grail) ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/64 "2004-06-23T19:01:48Z")
> [@St\_Ides](#): > > And mine, in no particular order: > > Battle Royale > MASH > Fight Club > FUBAR > Payback > Reservoir Dogs > Clockwork Orange > Dr Strangelove > Star Wars (Ep 4 or the original trilogy) > Indiana Jones (Raiders or Holy Grail) You love war and battle, violence is your middle name. Along with the thrill of glory and victory over the odds, you have a somewhat cruel, twisted sense of humor. I suggest Anger Management classes and some green tea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/65 "2004-06-23T20:45:26Z")
Originally posted by \*\*PookahMacPhellimey \*\* > [@](#): > > - > > Caro Diario (Dear Diary) > Fargo > Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon > Monty Python & the Holy Grail > The Unbearable Lightness of Being > Labyrinth > A Clockwork Orange > The Godfather > Reservoir Dogs\* The love of snow, [Fargo] silly Englishmen whom gets farted to in their directions by the French, [MP] The “gezelligheid” of the Italian Cuisine, [Godfather] and the total lack of respect for the police, [Res.D.] makes me very doubtful about your personality. Then, ofcourse, there’s the Clockwork _Orange_! I fear to say it, but might you be DUTCH? ! ---
**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 23, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/66 "2004-06-23T23:24:32Z")
Ya know? Waaaaaay back on the first page, I both supplied my list _and_ did a reading. Perhaps someone can return the favor. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/67 "2004-06-23T23:30:55Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > 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_ You can’t limit it to ten, which shows you have a problem following directions and have a problem with authority. Much like VH-1, you love the 80’s. Your fondest memories are from these years. You refer to the first _Star Wars_ film as _Episode IV: A New Hope_. You are, unfortunately, a nerd. However, you include _Aliens_, _Young Frankenstein_, and an MST3K episode on your list, indicating that you’re a nerd with exquisite taste. “Captain Joe!” “Rocky! (again?)” “You don’t have to be destroyed by a black hole… but it helps!” ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/68 "2004-06-23T23:35:14Z")
**NoClueBoy** , IMHO… you’ve got no clue as to the mystery of Life and all its wonders. You want love, you want a Big Mac, you want all life has to offer on a silver platter. But you ain’ goan git it, honey! You gots ta work hard fo’ tha money or you betta treat her right! Your sense of humor is sick, just sick… just really bad. I’d like to see you back for another session where we can delve into the depths of your maternal bonding and perhaps figure out where it all went so very, very wrong. DUDE! I was too lazy to go back and read your list. I’m going off the top o’ me head. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/69 "2004-06-23T23:40:41Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > It’ll be great. Everybody list your ten favorite movies, then somebody else will come along at random, read the list, and create a profile!!! Wow, has this game thread gone awry. Everyone is just rattling off their movies without analyzing the previous poster. C’mon people, you gotta give if you want to take. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/70 "2004-06-24T00:05:09Z")
> [@sofia](#): > > Only 10? _sigh_ > > Ok…here goes: > > (in no particular order…I reserve the right to change it according to my mood…woman’s prerogative and all…) > > 1. The Royal Tennenbaums > 2. A Mighty Wind > 3. The Matrix > 4. Brazil > 5. LotR trilogy (that’s how I watch it) > 6. The Producers (original with Zero and Gene) > 7. Almost Famous > 8. Shadow of a Doubt (Hume Cronyn version) > 9. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory > 10. The Fifth Element > > (substitutions would include Ghostbusters, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Singin’ in the Rain, The Last Emperor, and City of Lost Children) I haven’t seen #1 or #8, but the rest fall into two camps, either wild adventurous fantasies, or flicks that have themes about fighting the powers that be. I’d say that you’re a flighty revolutionary. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/71 "2004-06-24T00:09:57Z")
> [@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? #s 1, 3, 7, and 10 are dark movies about criminals. 2, 5, 6, nd maybe 8 have themes about youth and innocence. Did you do time as a juvenile delinquent? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/72 "2004-06-24T00:19:49Z")
In no particular order… The Last of the Mohicans The Shawshank Redemption Pirates of the Caribbean A Few Good Men Interview With The Vampire Armageddon City of Angels Stand by Me LOTR Trilogy (ROTK, TTT, FOTR) Fight Club ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/73 "2004-06-24T00:52:11Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > As for my favorite 10: > > 1. Lord of the Rings, Return of the King > 2. The Matrix > 3. The Godfather > 4. Shrek > 5. Shawshank Redemption > 6. Seven Samurai > 7. Fight Club > 8. Kill Bill Vol 2 > 9. Almost Famous > 10. Pirates of the Caribbean Lots of action on this list. However, you went for volume two of **Kill Bill** rather than volume one, so you’re not a total splatter fan. You like a little plot with your violence. This is kind of a man’s man kind of list, isn’t it? All battle and honor and nobility and the like. You like red meat and drink beer. You build things. Oh, and you want to sleep with your mom. ---
**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 24, 2004, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/74 "2004-06-24T01:16:06Z")
> [@Delly](#): > > In no particular order… > > The Last of the Mohicans > The Shawshank Redemption > Pirates of the Caribbean > A Few Good Men > Interview With The Vampire > Armageddon > City of Angels > Stand by Me > LOTR Trilogy (ROTK, TTT, FOTR) > Fight Club Hmm… you identify with the underdog and have a strong sense of Karma happens. You value your eccentric individuality, yet you desperately want to fit in somewhere. And you want to do your mom. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/75 "2004-06-24T01:50:59Z")
This isn’t my top 10 so much as a random sample of my DVD collection, but here goes: Amelie Dogma Finding Nemo Lilo & Stitch O Brother, Where Art Thou? Pirates of the Caribbean Princess Mononoke The Triplets of Belleville Waking Life Zoolander ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276/76 "2004-06-24T07:55:32Z")
> [@gum](#): > > I fear to say it, but might you be DUTCH? ! Oh dear, there’s no known cure for that is there, doctor? But now that I think about it… Caro Diario=Italian film + Godfather. You mention the silly English and French in Holy Grail. The Orange from the Clockwork. Unbearable Lightness of being is set in Prague (!) and in Fargo many people appear to be of Swedish (and possibly Danish?) origins. I think I’ve analysed myself here. 😃 Oh and you supplied the running Germans themselves, but they were running on empty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-personality-profiles-on-each-other-based-on-our-favorite-movies/251276.md?page=3)