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For 10 days, post a picture (DVD cover/poster) of a movie you like.

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Today's movie is Galaxy Quest (1999).
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For 10 days, post a picture (DVD cover/poster) of a movie you like.

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Today's movie is The Mummy.
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For 10 days, post a picture (DVD cover/poster) of a movie you like.

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Today's movie is Hobson's Choice.
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For 10 days, post a picture (DVD cover/poster) of a movie you like.

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Today's movie is The Truman Show. (Spoilers alert!)
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For 10 days, post a picture (DVD cover/poster) of a movie you like.

Today's movie is Singing in the Rain.
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30. A recommendation from someone you care about

Office Space. A number of people recommended it and I found it completely boring. It's amazing the amount of people who love it and quote it, but it does nothing at all for me.

And that's the end of the movie meme! I finished! \o/

28. A film sequel that doesn't have a number in the title

The Return of the King.

It's the 3rd of the Lord of the Rings films, though you probably already knew that.

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This is a meme I'm trying to finish off.

26. A film that starts with 'the' and then uses it again.

The Slipper and the Rose. *sighs happily* It's a lavish, beautifully filmed musical version of Cinderella. It's one of my favourite films and it's the first film I owned on video.

You all know the tale: Cinderella, Prince, glass slipper, etc. However, there's a slight twist in the tale in that the King is trying to ally the small and vulnerable Kingdom of Euphrania with a more powerful country that can protect them. The Prince finds Cinderella only for her to be sent into exile, far beyond Euphrania's borders, and he faces a loveless marriage with a princess who's been chosen for him so there can be an alliance made through marriage.

Of course there's a happy ending, but I won't spoil it.

The film is gorgeous to look at, as the story's set in the Georgian period. It's outright hilarious at times with the King having some wonderful lines. The King and his ministers also sing the tongue twisting song "Protocoligorically Correct". Btw, one of the ministers was in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as a singing and dancing scientist.

The songs are written by the Sherman brothers and they're all wonderful. There are funny ones (the above "Protocoligorically Correct" and "A Bride Finding Ball"), romantic ones ("Secret Kingdom" and "S/He Danced With Me") and heartbreaking ones ("Tell Him" and "I Can't Forget the Melody").

There's also a subplot about the Prince's companion and his love for the Lady Caroline - a hopeless love for he's a servant and she's out of his reach.

If you like the story of Cinderella, give this version a go. Heck, if you like romance or musicals, give it a go. I don't think you'll be sorry.