Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Movie Meme

Okay, my friend Aaron tagged me with this one:


The Movie Soundtrack of Your Life!
The meme asks:
If your life is a movie, what songs are on the soundtrack?
1. Open iTunes; 2. Put it on shuffle and press play; 3. For every stock movie scene listed, note the song that's playing; 4. Make up a title; 5. Choose cast


And now for the movie:

TITLE:
She Wakes Up...

STARRING:
Franka Potente as Debbye
Jake Gyllenhaal as her love interest
Al Pacino as Paul, the father
Helen Mirren as Katie, the mother
Laura Linney as Rebecca, the sister
Sacha Baron Cohen as Milan, the brother in law
Christina Ricci as Kathy
Rob Zombie as Michael
Jennifer Garner as Becky
Jack Black as Jack, Becky’s love interest
Drew Barrymore as Jen
Ben Foster as Brian
and
Colin Farrell as Steve


The Songs

Opening Credits:
All She Wants Is – Duran Duran.
Very eighties with syntheses drums and sexy moaning. This will be a movie about a woman who is dangerous, sexy and complicated.

Waking Up:
Get Off- Foxy.
The star is waking up with eyeliner smeared next to a young stud. Next shot is the star walking around the room in her undies and tank top gathering up her stuff to make a quick exit.


First Day At School:
Good Morning, Good Morning – The Beatles
School is Debbye’s second life…Here she majors in Chemistry, Psychology, History and Art. She wears glasses and is always carrying a book. But it’s all a cover…

Falling In Love:.
If it Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow
Love isn’t the top priority for Debbye as she moves from man to man. Yet she longs for the right guy who will love her for the fucked up mess/goddess she is and not try to change her. She just doesn’t think that guy exists, hence the cynicism.

Fight Song:
Stand – Liquid Jesus
All of Debbye’s fights have to do with principle as well as fisticuffs. She leads major protests against everything from anti-choice legislation to fair trade practices. Always able to get the arm-chair activists to action and unite the masses, Debbye fights for what she believes in.

Breaking Up:
Life is a Scream – Violent Femmes
Debbye found out her man works for the bad guys and proceeds to kick his ass. He lands some good punches and kicks, but she’s the better fighter and quickly knocks him on his back. The fight is brief, but gets the message across. Don’t. Fuck. With. Me.

Prom:
Open Your Heart – Madonna
Since Debbye has been out of high school for a while this is a flashback. After having her heart and nose broken by her last boyfriend, she remembers the sweet, lovely boy who took her to her prom. He was about to tell her he loved her and wanted to settle down. But on a trip to the bathroom she sees her best friend being attacked by the quarterback. She accidentally kills him and has to go on the run, leaving her date alone and brokenhearted.

Life:
Hear Me – Kelly Clarkson
Her prom date grew up to be an FBI agent who was kidnapped by some terrorist organization. By freak chance she has been assigned to go save him.

Mental Breakdown:
In the Meantime – Mary J. Blige
All the years of suppressing her past catches up with her and Debbye has an emotional breakdown. She realizes that her past is something that can make her stronger because she has the strength to overcome anything. She is filled with a new resolve and goes save her ex from the terrorists.

Driving:
Blue Eyes – Cary Brothers
A quite moment after Debbye saves her old boyfriend. They are safe for the time being and have a touching conversation about the past and their feelings. Debbye realizes that she still loves him as she looks in his blue eyes…

Flashback:
30 Minutes – t.A.T.u
Debbye remembers how she became a secret agent for the secret government organization. She hooked up with an older gentleman who thought she had the “stuff” to become a secret agent. Plus she had no choice as she was on the run for murder, so she started her double life. Now as her ex sleeps in the bed as she realizes that she has missed out on a “normal” life. It leaves her thinking…

Wedding:
Parasol – Tori Amos
Debbye imagines her wedding with a beautiful dress in a big church, then…

Birth of Child:
Go – Tones on Tails
…the frantic rush as she goes into labor and is in the delivery room, but she is quickly jarred out of her daydream when the terrorists start shooting through the window. Debbye and her ex make their escape

Final Battle:
Cleaning Out My Closet – Eminem
Debbye gets some back-up from her secret agent girlfriends. They get their arsenal all ready and there are many shots of loading and preparing weapons. There are many slow motion shots of ass-kicking and terrorists being mowed down. The ladies are ultimately triumphant…

Death Scene:
Take it from Here – Justin Timberlake
Debbye and her friends are celebrating when she realizes that her ex has been shot. She runs to him and cradles his head as he slowly dies. She tells him that she always loved him and kisses his lips. He gives her a little smile and dies.

Funeral Song:
Something I Can Never Have – Nine Inch Nails
After his body is laid to rest and all his friends and family left, Debbye walks up to his grave. There was a rose on his grave. A lone tear slides down her cheek. Then she picks up the flower and crushes angry at the waste. Finally, she gets on her motorcycle and leaves.

End Credit:
Armageddon It – Def Leppard
After the funeral Debbye realized that she isn’t the cold heartless bitch she thought she was, but marriage and a normal life aren’t in the cards for her. She rolls off to her next adventure secure in the knowledge that she has loved and be loved in return as Def Leppard lays down a nasty face melting solo. Roll Credits.


I tag: Kathy, Becky, Brian and Steve...Have fun!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is a fun movie. It's like Kill Bill but starring my friend.

4:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you, thank you, thank you for having Christina Ricci play me...oh and for Rob Zombie being Michael...*tee hee*

And I would totally see this movie.

8:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm so not coming back to your blog since you didn't include me in your movie soundtrack. Sniff, sniff! J/k. I've done this meme before on someone else's blog. It's pretty fun!

1:17 AM  

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