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Post by Knerys on Oct 2, 2014 13:11:25 GMT -5
There you go Dooms.  A personal hallmark film is one for whatever reason stuck with you through the years or greatly influenced how you perceive movies, art, existence, etc. Be it the visual style, direction, story telling, acting....anything is game. And provide a few reason why to jump start any discussion.  (1959)At 6 years old this was the first real "adult" movie I ever saw. My parents loved to watch the classics when they were on and naturally I started sitting in. My first true epic, I was amazed that they could do things like sea battles and chariot races in a time long since past with real people. It was my first real sense of what a movie was capable of with all the elements and all the emotion notes to match. Remains one of my favorites to this day.  (1992)One of the first rated R movies I was allowed to see (my mother decided it would be ok....I think it's because she had a crush on Danial Day-Lewis) . What struck me about it was the bitter sweet ending. Up until that point nearly every story telling experience I'd had had presented a relatively happy ending. This one was so melancholy, it affected me for days after. This was also the first movie where I really noticed the effect of its score overall. I nearly broke the tape of the soundtrack we had listening to it over and over and over. Still one of my favorites.  (1995)I had just started to dabbled in a little anime before viewing this, mostly lighter (and edited) faire like Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo and Gundam. Already an ardent sci-fi fan, Ghost in the Shell hit me at a very formative time and spoke to me a very specific way. While Major Kusanagi does tend to be objectified by audiences, she isn't by her peers. Her mostly male subordinates follow her commands with out question and treat her counsel as equal. I had not seen a female character portrayed in such a striking manner. She strengths and vulnerabilities were given equal weight and never trivialized on account of her gender. As teenage girl just about to enter highschool and quickly realizing I wasn't going to fit in with the main stream, Motoko was a welcome mentor. I'll post a few more later, because writing these massive posts on my phone is maddening. |
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Post by tylergfoster on Oct 2, 2014 14:20:39 GMT -5
HOW DID YOU WRITE THAT ON YOUR PHONE.
I'm gonna think about this for a bit.
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Post by Knerys on Oct 2, 2014 14:27:52 GMT -5
Every word. Some of them twice.
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Post by tylergfoster on Oct 2, 2014 14:36:27 GMT -5
I would say Ghostbusters, and certainly that film was a big part of my childhood, but it feels sort of abstract -- when I was a kid I just liked it because it was exciting, I had no sense of it as a movie. Even now, now that I can look at it and think of it that way, I don't think it really qualifies.
Star Wars and Back to the Future were the first movies I know I marveled at as movies, the latter especially. I wanted to know exactly how all the effects were done for Back to the Future Part II. The way those movies are edited is so precise and exciting that it practically asks you to be interested.
The two hallmarks for me were both sort of cheats in regard to the list. One is another list, Entertainment Weekly's 50 Greatest Cult Movies of All Time, which prompted me to get into horror movies and really kick off my love of movies in general. The other was the Director's Label Volume 1 Box Set, which features "The Work of Director Spike Jonze," "The Work of Director Chris Cunningham," and "The Work of Director Michel Gondry" (the Jonze and Gondry volumes more than Cunningham's). They got me to appreciate not just the movies but the people making them and helped me find more oddball, interesting stuff to watch.
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Post by equipe on Oct 2, 2014 14:47:03 GMT -5
 Nothing makes me laugh more. I love good old fashioned schtick, and Mel Brooks is the god of it. _coverart.jpg) Perfection in visual imagery. The whole film is just beautiful. From the sets, locations and cast.  The only musical I give a damn about. The insane campiness is just something no other film captures as well for me.   Story-telling perfection. |
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Post by Doomsday on Oct 3, 2014 1:31:29 GMT -5
Batman (1989)
Like what Knerys said, this exposed me to thinks unlike anything I'd ever seen as a little kid. Growing up I was always pretty sheltered and there was a lot of Follow That Bird and Velveteen Rabbit. My mom however let me watch reruns of the Adam West Batman series so I knew who he was. When I watched Burton's Batman on tv one weekend evening....my mind was blown. Completely. It's an experience I'll remember until the day I die and is the movie that pulled me into adult, or at least non-childrens, films. I still love it to this day.
King Kong (1933)
I watched this with my dad when I was about 8. I was never scared but always thought it was pretty cool that a movie would show guys being eaten or thrown off cliffs. It also leads into my next pairing....
Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein
My uncle watched these with me when he was in town. He was there for my grandpa's funeral and he decided to watch them with me. Maybe it was his way of going back to his own childhood, I'm not sure but we sat and watched them together. Those along with King Kong helped me gain an appreciation for older and classic films, something that none of my IRL friends have whatsoever. If I didn't watch those three movies exactly when I did I wonder how it would have shaped my view on films, both classic and contemporary.
Terminator 2
I watched it when I was ten. I remember it vividly. At first I taped it and the tape ran out right after they escaped from the mental institution. It didn't matter, I watched that heavily edited half of the movie dozens of times. My mom finally relented and rented the tape for me. It's on par with Batman as one of the movies that kicked me into the next phase of movie-watching/learning/understanding. It was around the same age I started looking at who made the movies I liked instead of just who was in them. I started to recognize names like Cameron and Spielberg. I would remember what they did and compare it to other stuff they've done. It sat with me for a while and I still watch it regularly, nowadays at least once every few months.
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Post by PG Cooper on Oct 3, 2014 2:13:35 GMT -5
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
This film really did change my life. My most recent review, taken from letterboxd: "Terminator 2 is a part of who I am. That may sound melodramatic or silly, but I can't think of another film that had such a profound impact on me as James Cameron's masterpiece. I loved movies throughout my childhood, but Terminator 2 was something else. It hit may in a way no film had before and was extremely important in my development as a cinephile. And even looking past that, I really do think this is an amazing film which stands strong beyond my own personal attachment. It's got a cool story with a more interesting structure than people realize, great character progression, incredible action scenes, ground-breaking special effects, and top-notch production values.
I've seen Terminator 2 more times than I can count, but I still never get tired of it. I still feel the excitement, the tension, and shockingly enough (for a film like this), the drama. I love this movie."
I can definitely see how that movie influenced my tastes too. Obviously things like my love of science-fiction and action films are obvious, but I think about how many elements of film I admire that are prevalent in T2 and it's pretty interesting. My love of high production value for example. I can appreciate plenty of films which are made on little, but I really love seeing a high budget put to perfect use. More importantly, the idea that genuine emotion, interesting characters, and thematic depth can be found in any type of film. I loved the action of T2, but I had seen a lot of action films before (and more since). What made T2 so important was everything else.
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Post by IanTheCool on Oct 4, 2014 9:13:47 GMT -5
The first movie I saw in theaters was Follow That Bird.
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