Getting To Know Søren

This is the third in a new series of “Getting to Know”  Pages from Ultimate Movie Rankings.com.   Our interview this time around is with UMR Hall of Famer (Class of 2014) Søren.   Søren has been commenting on our movie pages for almost a decade now.   So we figured it was time to learn a little more about Søren.

Cogerson –  It has always interested me in knowing which thespian made the first impact on a person. Who was the first actor or actress that you knew by their actual name?

Søren–  My father was a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, and Buster Keaton. Of those three I would say seeing Chaplin as the Little Tramp is the first time I put an actor to a role.

Cogerson – So we can assume your father is a big reason you like movies so much?  My dad, mom and grandmother are the ones that got me going down this movie path.

Søren–  Gotta put the blame on my father, I was always watching movies with him.  He could not get enough of Chaplin, Keaton and Stan & Ollie.

Cogerson – When I was younger, I was convinced that Disney’s Gus was the greatest movie of all-time.  Today, I realize, though it might be the best mule playing football movie, it is not very good.  What movies did little Søren think were awesome when he was a kid?

Søren –  I remember watching a lot of movies with Terence Hill & Bud Spencer. They were huge in Europe in the late seventies & I loved them – not so much today.

Cogerson –  Buying my first ticket to an R-rated movie was a big deal back in the day.  Do you remember the first R-Rated movie you got a ticket for?

Søren – I think it was Halloween (1978) – it was scary.

Cogerson – You are not the only person to feel that way.  I did not watch horror movies for years because of the original Halloween.

Cogerson –  What are your Top 3 movies of all-time?

Søren –  Difficult, but let’s say 1972’s The Godfather, 1966’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,
1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1985’s  Back to the Future. And yes, I know I just gave you four movies.

Cogerson – It’s ok to sneak an extra movie in….especially when all four of your favorite movies made my personal Top 100 Movies Of All-Time list.

Cogerson –  What are some of your other favorite movie genres?

Søren –  I will go with action and comedy movies as my favorites genres.

Cogerson – Do you have any favorite actors or actresses?

Søren –  That is the easiest question so far….I will go with Clint Eastwood.

Cogerson – I would say you, Steve and Flora have been reading these pages the longest.  At least of the people not related to me.   I know it has been a while, but do you remember how your first discovered our movie ranking pages?

Søren–  I was trying to find box office information on Charlton Heston.  During an internet search I found your page on Hubpages. I’ve been following a long ever since.

Cogerson –  Thank you Søren for taking the time to answer these questions.  Thank you for all the support and suggestions you have provided over the last decade.  Thank you for being one of the few people (only you and Steve can make that claim) to follow me to CogersonMovieScore.com.  Thank you helping UMR become a modestly successful website. You are truly deserving of your UMR Hall of Fame status.