Synaptic Misfires For Fun And Profit

1. A movie you’ve seen most times in cinema.
2. Your most rewatched movie.
3. A movie you quote on a daily basis.
4. Favorite movie soundtrack.
5. Top 5 films of your favorite actor and actress.
6. Top 5 performances of your favorite actor and actress.
7. A movie storyline you wish you had actually lived.
8. A movie that reminds you of your mom.
9. A movie that reminds you of your dad.
10. Favorite movies from your childhood.
11. Favorite quote(s).
12. Top 5 favorite female performances.
13. Top 5 favorite male performances.
14. Favorite year for movies.
15. Your favorite movies from [insert year].
16. Favorite [insert actor/actress/director] movies?
17. List all you’ve seen from [insert actor/actress/director].
18. An underrated actor.
19. An underrated actress.
20. An underrated director.
21. An overrated actor.
22. An overrated actress.
23. An overrated director.
24. A film you wish you had seen on the big screen.
25. A movie you’ve seen that you think no one else’s here will have heard of?
26. Favorite movie characters.
27. A film that was better than the book.
28. Best remake.
29. Your first favorite actor.
30. Your first favorite actress.
31. Favorite animated film.
32. Your most anticipated films.
33. Last movie you were disappointed with.
34. Last movie that surpassed your expectations.
35. Actor in need of new agent.
36. Actress in need of new agent.
37. Share an unpopular film opinion you have.
38. Favorite Oscar win/speech.
39. Biggest Oscar snub(s).
40. Who do you think is overdue for another nomination/win?
41. How many movies have you seen (rough estimation, of course)?
42. A movie that made you go ‘wtf was that’.
43. A film that scarred you.
44. Most movies watched in a single day.
45. A film that always makes you cry.
46. A film that always makes you laugh.
47. Movies that you think everyone should watch (not necessarily your favorites).
48. A movie that took you a couple of viewings to appreciate.
49. A book you want to see adapted to the big screen.
50. A book you really, really, really don’t want to see made into a film.
51. Favorite child performance.
52. Favorite pre-code.
53. Favorite silent film.
54. Favorite coming of age film.
55. Favorite superhero film.
56. Best cinematography.
57. Movies you know you should watch but you can’t bring yourself to do it?
58. Favorite genres.
59. Least favorite genres.
60. Biggest movie pet peeve.

Ailurophile A cat-lover.
Assemblage A gathering.
Becoming Attractive.
Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.
Brood To think alone.
Bucolic In a lovely rural setting.
Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.
Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.
Comely Attractive.
Conflate To blend together.
Cynosure A focal point of admiration.
Dalliance A brief love affair.
Demesne Dominion, territory.
Demure Shy and reserved.
Denouement The resolution of a mystery.
Desuetude Disuse.
Desultory Slow, sluggish.
Diaphanous Filmy.
Dissemble Deceive.
Dulcet Sweet, sugary.
Ebullience Bubbling enthusiasm.
Effervescent Bubbly.
Efflorescence Flowering, blooming.
Elision Dropping a sound or syllable in a word.
Elixir A good potion.
Eloquence Beauty and persuasion in speech.
Embrocation Rubbing on a lotion.
Emollient A softener.
Ephemeral Short-lived.
Epiphany A sudden revelation.
Erstwhile At one time, for a time.
Ethereal Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
Evanescent Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
Evocative Suggestive.
Fetching Pretty.
Felicity Pleasantness.
Forbearance Withholding response to provocation.
Fugacious Fleeting.
Furtive Shifty, sneaky.
Gambol To skip or leap about joyfully.
Glamour Beauty.
Gossamer The finest piece of thread, a spider’s silk.
Halcyon Happy, sunny, care-free.
Harbinger Messenger with news of the future.
Imbrication Overlapping and forming a regular pattern.
Imbroglio An altercation or complicated situation.
Imbue To infuse, instill.
Incipient Beginning, in an early stage.
Ineffable Unutterable, inexpressible.
Ingénue A naïve young woman.
Inglenook A cozy nook by the hearth.
Insouciance Blithe nonchalance.
Inure To become jaded.
Labyrinthine Twisting and turning.
Lagniappe A special kind of gift.
Lagoon A small gulf or inlet.
Languor Listlessness, inactivity.
Lassitude Weariness, listlessness.
Leisure Free time.
Lilt To move musically or lively.
Lissome Slender and graceful.
Lithe Slender and flexible.
Love Deep affection.
Mellifluous Sweet sounding.
Moiety One of two equal parts.
Mondegreen A slip of the ear.
Murmurous Murmuring.
Nemesis An unconquerable archenemy.
Offing The sea between the horizon and the offshore.
Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like its meaning.
Opulent Lush, luxuriant.
Palimpsest A manuscript written over earlier ones.
Panacea A solution for all problems
Panoply A complete set.
Pastiche An art work combining materials from various sources.
Penumbra A half-shadow.
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain.
Plethora A large quantity.
Propinquity An inclination.
Pyrrhic Successful with heavy losses.
Quintessential Most essential.
Ratatouille A spicy French stew.
Ravel To knit or unknit.
Redolent Fragrant.
Riparian By the bank of a stream.
Ripple A very small wave.
Scintilla A spark or very small thing.
Sempiternal Eternal.
Seraglio Rich, luxurious oriental palace or harem.
Serendipity Finding something nice while looking for something else.
Summery Light, delicate or warm and sunny.
Sumptuous Lush, luxurious.
Surreptitious Secretive, sneaky.
Susquehanna A river in Pennsylvania.
Susurrous Whispering, hissing.
Talisman A good luck charm.
Tintinnabulation Tinkling.
Umbrella Protection from sun or rain.
Untoward Unseemly, inappropriate.
Vestigial In trace amounts.
Wafture Waving.
Wherewithal The means.
Woebegone Sorrowful, downcast.

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