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I’m thinking about adding a film page. I have been thinking about a film page for a very long time, but a couple of things have been holding me back. 1) I’m not nearly as comfortable writing about film as I am about literature; 2) I would feel the need to rate the films I watch and I can’t come up with a decent and equitable rating scale; 3) I find numbered scales to be very difficult to deal with because of the relativity factor: I saw film X last week and liked it a lot so I gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and then I saw film Y this week and I liked it way more, so I want to give it more stars than the film I saw last week, but 5 out of 5 stars is probably too good a rating, and it leaves no room for film Z that I will see next week and probably like even MORE. A rating scale presupposes relative judgements and, as you can see, I am no good with relative judgements. I have been inspired by the people over at the four word film review though, and I will probably end up swiping that idea and transforming it into something terribly original like the “five word film review.”

Today’s five is completely unfair. I usually detest those “if you were the last person on earth…” or “if you only had three months to live…” scenarios, and these questions aren’t all that different. Here’s my attempt all the same, although there is at least one question I refuse to answer.

1. If you could only choose 1 cd to ever listen to again, what would it be? The Bends – Radiohead.

2. If you could only choose 2 movies to watch ever again, what would they be? The Graduate and Heat.

3. If you could only choose 3 books to read ever again, what would they be? Wuthering Heights, Life After God, and anything by Beckett.

4. If you could only choose 4 things to eat or drink ever again, what would they be? Cheese (I refuse to choose which kind), MJ’s fetuccine with portobello mushrooms, red wine, and anything from my mum’s kitchen.

5. If you could only choose 5 people to ever be/talk/associate/whatever with ever again, who would they be? Remember I said I might refuse to answer at least one question…? Besides, you know who you are.