7 X 7 Link Award

Almost six months back I was honored by Dan from Top 10 Films with the 7 X 7 Link Award. As the saying goes, “better late than never”, here I am finally officially accepting and passing on the award.

The 7 x 7 Award highlights a blogger’s favourite pieces of work and is passed on to others so that they too can do the same as a way to promote posts and/or blogs.

As is the case with such awards, there are certain rules;

1.Tell everyone something that no one else knows about you.

2. Link to one of the posts that I think best fits the following categories;

a. Most Beautiful Piece.

b. Most Helpful Piece.

c. Most Popular Piece.

d. Most Controversial Piece.

e. Most Surprisingly Successful Piece.

f. Most Underrated Piece.

g. Most Pride-Worthy Piece.

3. Pass this award on to seven other bloggers.

Tell everyone something that no one else knows about you.

I have done a few of these awards/blogathons that I honestly don’t know if there is anything that I can tell you without having to kill you afterwards. In short, and these are repetitions, I like to watch movies late at night to avoid any disturbance, I have a number of films that I have owned for a considerable period of time but have not yet seen, and lastly I want to one day visit the San Diego Comic-Con (then again who doesn’t?).

Most Beautiful Piece – Mary & Max

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/mary-max.html

My review of Mary & Max is for me the most beautiful piece because it is about one of the most beautiful films ever. It was by chance that I watched the film and was completely left speechless and in tears by the end of it.

Most Helpful Piece. – Demystifying Indian Cinema

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/demystifying-indian-cinema.html

In my little attempt to make Indian cinema more interesting for the “foreign” public I tried to compile a list of Hindi films that have negligible song/dance sequences in them. Since talking to a number of people, the one aspect of Indian cinema that made them not watch it were the songs and “dancing around trees”, this was to inform that our industry have a lot more to offer. It is not a detailed post, but more of a list of the films.

Most Popular Piece – The Poor Memorabilia Collector

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/poor-memorabilia-collector.html

Although I have another post that has had more “hits”, this one has been the most popular in terms of comments which was mainly due to the fact that the post was featured in the IMDB Hit List. It’s a look at some cheap and easy ways to collect memorabilia of your favourite films.

Most Controversial Piece – Where Should I Blog?

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/bloggers-dilemma-where-should-i-blog.html

This post asked the question if the address of your blog was one of the reasons for others to take you seriously or not. I felt quite strongly about the issue and thus published this blog across my blogs. It raised quite a few discussions with both sides being supported and disagreed upon.

Most Surprisingly Successful Piece – Despicable Me

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/despicable-me.html

The review of Despicable Me, a movie that I surprisingly loved, is at present the most viewed review on my blog. I was quite taken aback by how many people actually liked this film as I hadn’t heard anyone really talk about it before.

Most Underrated Piece – Keep Calm

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/keep-calm-goes-to-movies.html

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/return-of-keep-calm-to-movies.html

My two posts on all the Keep Calm posters inspired by films which I made. I wish more people would have seen/shared/commented on them.

Most Pride-Worthy Piece – What is #MTOS?

http://tickertalksfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/what-is-mtos.html

Again, this is no intellectual post, but one I am extremely proud of simply because it is about the little Twitter weekly chat that my friend Rachel and I conceived and started. Movie Talk on Sunday has grown steadily over the year, promoting fellow bloggers, and just building up on the film community in general. The post is an introduction to the event and is still used to inform newcomers about that little hashtag (#MTOS) they see pop up on their twitter timeline event Sunday evening at 20:00 GMT.

As for passing on the blogging love, here are the seven who deserve all the fame they are getting…

Nostra with MyFilm Views 

Nuts4R2 who is the brain behind, well... Nuts4R2 

Ruth with FlixChatter 

Lesya and her blog Eternity of Dream 

Haricharan writing about films on Movie Roundup 

Russell who hosts at 1:37 exactly 

Lastly, the team behind Max and Tom Squared 

Cabin in the Woods with Rachel Horn

It’s time for some movie fun. It’s a new concept that’s based on the idea of “Dessert Island” and a “Top Ten Films List” combined. Some of my friends from the Twitterverse have been kind enough to take on the challenge of telling us about 5 movies that they would want with them if they were in a Cabin in the Woods under different scenarios. Someone is snowed in while another is confined to the cabin as a toxic gas is leaked around them. Would you want to scare the people you are with or maybe get comfy with your better half with your choice of films? 
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Staring the series with Rachel Horn, she was given the following scenario, and her choice of movies have quite the variety;

“You have gone to your Cabin in the Woods with the family for the weekend. But, a Bear scare has resulted in everyone being confined to the cabin till further notice. Which 5 films would you want to have with you and why?”

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Top 5 films I would want to watch while trapped in a cabin are in no particular order and are not my favourite films of all time these are films that make me happy and I always enjoy watching them again and again

Sex and the City -I can already hear the boos from the boys, well sex and the city is a great film. What’s not to like? There’s fashion, sex, sexy men. For me it’s all about the fashion. I sometimes pop Sex and the City on before I go out for a night out. There is just something while watching it makes you wanna wear the highest heels possible and look glamorous, don’t know if any girls out there agree but always makes me feel better before I go out. The story ain't bad either. Love the way they handled her getting over the heart ache... felt very real (shush boys).

National Treasure- For me Nic Cage in a fabulous role. I love both the films. I guess it’s trying to be a modern day Indiana jones (which I LOVE). I think the story is awesome and I feel all the characters have great chemistry. I remember going to the cinema thinking I was gonna end up watching a pile of poop but I was gladly very surprised and the story line had me hooked. I think when it came out on DVD I watched it like 20 times and you have gotta love Sean Bean as a baddie.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding - There are soooo many reasons I love this film. This film is so cleverly written and so true to how life is like that. When I lived in turkey which is very similar to Greece the same chaos happened with me. It was like watching what I had gone through but made funny! Having John Corbett in the film is another fab reason. I love it I mean I want to marry this guy! His character Aiden from Sex and the City should so have been the one Carrie ended up with not Big *spits*.

Ghostbusters - One of my fav childhood films. Man I had a huge crush on Dan Aykroyd, please don’t ask me why, my sister still takes the mickey to this day that I had a crush on him. When I was growing up I think I owned every piece of Ghostbusters merchandise. I remember sneaking into my brothers bedroom one day before Christmas and finding loads of Ghostbusters stationary. I was such a happy girl my mum wondered why I was prancing around all happy. Little did she know I was a huge geek as a young child. I also loved the cartoon Ghostbusters but it always bugged me that slimer was a main character lol. Also thought Sigourney Weaver was hot when she was possessed I wanted her makeup!! Fav scene has to be the Stay Puff Marshmallow man. Love his face when he gets zapped.

Overboard - a Goldie Hawn classic she plays both characters so well she’s just a really funny actress. I remember owning it on VHS and wearing the tape out. I watched it that much. It’s a heart-warming story which is always nice to watch. My dad watched it so much so he could see Goldie’s butt!! I love what the kids did to her. I think I was a very cheeky little child and probably would love to have played tricks too.


What did you think of Rachel's choices? Would you have selected something else? Do tell...

Rachel has been a film geek since she can remember. She's slightly obsessed with Lord of the Rings and considers herself to be a 31 year old child. Rachel co- founded #MTOS with Raghav as they both have a passion for films and want to bring the film community together. She have 2 children that mean the world to her, and she is currently fundraising for her autistic son who also has learning difficulties and a rare disorder called Pica. Rachel's main aim is to within the next year become the first Pica charity and help out other families.

You can find out about Rachel's noble efforts on www.facebook.com/GivingZachASafeFuture

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