Hi. My name is zenderella and I'm addicted to movies.

[zenderella]

Hey MoFo's,

I'm zenderella, you are welcome to call me zen. I'm 29 and have had a life long passion of movies. I'm actually a theatre lighting technician, but I've dabbled as a gaffer in a few short films, and cinema projection. Even though I've enjoyed these jobs, I just love nothing more than watching and sharing movies I like with my friends.

I guess I should try and give you an idea of the movies I like, but I will start of by saying its more than difficult, as I like most movies, though I am getting more selective as I get older. I will quote myself after seeing 'Twilight' recently: "Oh my god, that was the funniest movies I've seen in ages, what was that? One long movie trailer? a 2 hour cheezy music video? I think it was bad directing, is it just me, or was that bad directing.."

Ok when asked what my favourite movies are, it usually goes something like this:
"Oh The Goonies would have to be Top 5, and Breakfast at Tiffany's, oh Almost Famous, wait.. Amelie, The Breakfast Club, oh Harvey, The Royal Tenenbaums, oh thats more than 5? Ok put Amelie in the top 10 and put Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in, wait Singin' in the Rain has to be in there.. oh *sigh*"

So heres a selection in neat alphabetical order:

A Scanner Darkly, The Addams Family, Almost Famous, Amelie, Big, Breakfast Club, Death Proof, Desperately Seeking Susan, Dirty Dancing, Empire Records, Fast and the Furious (1 & 3), Ferris Buellers's Day Off, Forces of Nature, Garden State, Girl Interrupted, The Goonies, Hackers, Harvey, Heart and Soul, He Died with a Felafel in His Had, High Fidelity, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, Iron Man, Juno, Jurassic Park, Kill Bill (Part 1 & 2), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Ladyhawke, Lilo & Stich, Mean Girls, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Nikita, Office Space, Pitch Black, Planet Terror, The Princess Bride, Pump Up the Volume, Real Genius, Rear Window, The Royal Tenenbaums, Sahara, Scream, Serenity, Shaun of the Dead, Singin' In the Rain, Snatch, Sneakers, Tank Girl, They Call Me Trinity, Transformers, Untamed Heart, War Games, Weird Science, Withnail & I, X-Men.

and many many more.

Oh and its pretty much standard form that no matter how intelligent the movie may or may not be, I will like it if its got any of the following people in it:
Robert Downey Jr., Vin Diesel, Neil Patrick Harris, Magyver, Wolverine, Elvis, and anything from the 80's with Mathew Broderick.

Well I should stop now.

Regards

zenderella
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin and Hobbes

[MovieMan8877445]

Hey, welcome to MoFo.

[Harry Lime]

Welcome Zen! What a great introduction.

[Silas]

Welcome to Mofo and St Paddys day to you. I also love Office Space and Shaun of the Dead

[Yoda]

Welcome to Movie Forums, zend. :)

[Slug]

Welcome Zen! What a great introduction.
That goes for me tooo.
How exciting!

[spudracer]

Welcome fellow High Fidelity fan! I don't think I run into too many people that have seen or care for that movie, so it's always a privilege when someone else comes along!

Hope you plan on sticking around. Sounds like you'll fit in quite nicely here.

[zedlen]

Welcome Zen

"Oh my god, that was the funniest movies I've seen in ages, what was that? One long movie trailer? a 2 hour cheezy music video? I think it was bad directing, is it just me, or was that bad directing.."
Haha

[Powdered Water]

High Fidelity kicks ass.

Warning. May contain language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVv5sIY57TA

[zenderella]

Movieman, Thanks! Great icon by the way.
Go Ash! "We can take these Deadites, we can take 'em! With science"

[zenderella]

harrylime, Thanks for the welcome. You say you like Sexy Beast, tell me what I missed. I'd love for you to try and convince me to give it another go!

[Lennon]

Welcome. I'm loving the avatar.

[Caitlyn]

Hi there and welcome to MoFo again... :)

[zenderella]

ok this is taking to long individually, so Apologies to all for the bulk message:

Silas, Happy St Pats Day to you too! Oh how awesome is Office Space and Shaun of the Dead. I have to be careful not to watch Office Space too often or I get into a strange mind space. Lucky I don't have an office job, or I would quit shortly after to many viewings.

Yoda and Slug, Thanks! All the welcomes are lovely.

Spudracer, Oh now that I'm thinking about it High Fidelity.. has to be in my Top 5! *laugh* Oh man High Fidelity, thats why I do Top 5's! I do plan on sticking around, I love the general topics, choc full of fun.

zedlen, Haha thanks. My point about it being bad directing in Twlight will hopefully be validated! I heard that the 2nd one is being directed by someone else.

Powdered Water, It sure does.
"I can't fire them. I hired these guys for three days a week and they just started showing up every day. That was four years ago."

Anyway thanks for all the welcomes!

[spudracer]

"I made that special Monday morning tape for you!"

"It's f**kin Monday afternoon! You should get out of bed earlier!"

Oh, and PW, it DOES contain language. :D

Oh, and this ain't the Grill a MoFo thread ladies and gentlemen, tone it down a notch on the 20 questions...:D

[Lennon]

zedlen, Haha thanks. My point about it being bad directing in Twlight will hopefully be validated! I heard that the 2nd one is being directed by someone else.


Yup, Chris Weitz (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51270)

[zenderella]

Oh two more, how will I keep up!

Lennon, Thanks! Juno is the movie in my dvd player the most at the moment. fo' shizzle!

Caitlyn, thanks for the 2nd welcome!

[Harry Lime]

harrylime, Thanks for the welcome. You say you like Sexy Beast, tell me what I missed. I'd love for you to try and convince me to give it another go!

Well I can't tell you what you missed, people like different movies. I haven't seen it for a good seven years or so. If I were to give you a solid review of the film I would have to watch it again, and I'm not that good of a reviewer anyway. I believe what I found to be the central theme of the movie is the futility of attempting to hide from your past, despite what you may surround yourself with to distract from it. It will always be there, 'burried' deep beneath unless you confront it. This applies more so to those who have a past that may not be of the usual sort, such as a life of crime.

"Just when i thought I was out, they pull me back in."

[Harry Lime]

Oh ya, and Ben Kingsley was undeniably good in this movie.

[mikeython1]

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/yourspacecooment/funny/hello/07.jpg

[TheUsualSuspect]

Mikey.....upgrade to pro.

[nebbit]

http://bestsmileys.com/welcome/2.gif

[Sedai]

Hiya Zen - I have seen you posting on the boards, but I am just getting a chance to pop in here and say Hi! :)

Welcome to MoFo!

[r3port3r66]

Welcome from me too. See you around!

[Ðèstîñy]

Welcome! :)

[Justin]

Welcome.

[KasperKristensen]

You see that, see that! That's truly an ideal introduction. No bad grammatically, incoherent sentences. No creating an account just to figure out which movie it is, you can't remember... This is great! :p
Expect a friendship invitation from me any minute now.
Welcome to the site!

[Used Future]

http://www.drjeffcornwall.com/welcome.jpg

[r3port3r66]

Oh, is your name Matt?

[zenderella]

Here comes another fun group message!

nebbit - Cute Monkey!

Sedai - Hi to you too! Thanks for the welcome. Sin City Avatar right? Love it.

r3port3r66 - Thanks! That wasn't a creepy horror movie "See you around" was it? *chuckle*

Destiny - I love your Grill-A-MoFo game. I will have to add my my name to the list.

JustinW - Thanks!

KasperKristenson - I accepted the Friend request. Thanks for the warm welcome. Yes I am really enjoying becoming part of this movie community. I enjoyed reading your Grill-A-MoFo answers!

Used Furture - Very cute *laugh*. Thanks.

[TheUsualSuspect]

Oh, is your name Matt?


My name is Matt.

Do I win a prize?

[mack]

welcome welcome welcome Zends :D I would say sit back, relax and have fun, but I think you got that covered! :p

[zenderella]

Mack, Thanks. *laugh* yes I love this place. Its fun.

[honeykid]

I don't visit this part of the site often enough and, as I've already said "hello" in another thread (as well as declaring my love and proposing marriage. My apologies, your dvd collection got me all overexcited) I'm thinking this is both late and unnecessary. However, as it's your official "welcome" thread and everything...

Welcome. I hope you enjoy your stay. :)

Not sure exactly what can be shown here but, if blood and violence turns you off, don't watch the following. Also, if you haven't seen Death Race 2000 and don't want to see all the choice cuts, then you should skip this... Otherwise, enjoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbKKCCmh7GU

[zenderella]

honeykind, *laugh* I've actually seen talked about Deathrace 2000 briefly in another thread and have seen the movie about 50 times. Its an awesome movie. Euthanasia Day is my favourite bit.

[n3wt]

Sorry I missed this, Welcome to MoFo's mate :up: :up:

[honeykid]

honeykind, *laugh* I've actually seen talked about Deathrace 2000 briefly in another thread and have seen the movie about 50 times. Its an awesome movie. Euthanasia Day is my favourite bit.

Yes, I think it was me that you mentioned it to (I "no-no'ed" your "fo' shizzle" :D )

I genuinely couldn't tell you how many times I've seen Death Race 2000. I first saw it when I was 9 or 10 and loved it ever since. My favourite scene changes (much like it does with This Is Spinal Tap. Currently, it's Derek trapped in the pod) but at the moment it's the Carradine/Stallone fight.

Best line never changes though... "It's a hand grenade." Superb. :D

[B-card]

Hey welcome whats up ? ;)

[zenderella]

n3wt - heh thanks :)

B-card - Thanks, and um not much is up. Chillin'.

[B-card]

good good chill as much as you like here :)

[zenderella]

I should apologise in advance on here. I say words like chillin', yo, word, and forshizzle. a fair bit these days. I realise it doesn't come across very well in a written format. If you picture Juno saying any of these words, thats pretty much the right context. I'm a fairly middle class caucasian australian girl with absolutly no "flavour". I don't know when I started using these words, its only been in the last year, and I guess it just stuck because it makes people (aka my mates) laugh. Now I don't even notice most of the time.

end rant.
*grin*