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Post by PhantomKnight on Oct 24, 2014 17:06:03 GMT -5
Great movies can of course make you think about certain ideas and themes and spark discussions of varying topics, but most importantly, great movies are also the ones that affect you emotionally. So this is the thread to use to discuss those movies that managed to move you somehow and maybe still do. This also opens the door to the question: what aspect do you value more when it comes to emotional vs. intellectual?
I'll kick things off by listing Forrest Gump, the last ten minutes or so of which get me every fucking time I watch it. It's why I can never watch that part of the movie with other people around. |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 24, 2014 17:50:31 GMT -5
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Edward Scissorhand
I remember, as a kid, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey affected me very deeply. It was the Old Yeller of my generation. Except it had a happy ending and a crappy sequel.
Oh, and since Robin Williams is dead, I have to acknowledge Aladdin. It didn't make me cry or whatever, but it definitely made an impact and probably had a major influence in my life. People focus on the "be yourself" aspect of the story but they totally ignore that the movie also explores greed, feminism and the importance of selflessness. When Aladdin uses his last wish to free the Genie - man - that was deep. Okay. Maybe I did shed a tear in 1992.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 18:06:33 GMT -5
The Sweet Hereafter and Mysterious Skin are two films that come to mind. Both films stayed with me for days. I even had trouble sleeping afterwards.
As for the "intellectual vs emotional" question, it is without a doubt the emotional component that is the most important. It's great if we can get both, but if I had to choose, it would certainly be a film that values the characters over the "intellectual subtext". I don't like "cold" movies. For instance, Kubrick is a director I have never cared for much. He's too cold and calculating for my liking. They're too mechanical and artificial (except for maybe Eyes Wide Shut).
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Post by Neverending on Oct 24, 2014 18:16:17 GMT -5
Kubrick is a director I have never cared for much. He's too cold and calculating for my liking. Watch Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 18:17:04 GMT -5
Kubrick is a director I have never cared for much. He's too cold and calculating for my liking. Watch Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket. I have seen his entire filmography. I have also taken courses based around him and his films. Still nothing. |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 24, 2014 18:21:25 GMT -5
Watch Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket. I have seen his entire filmography. There isn't a single film that I shed a tear or felt even a degree of humanity. Weird. Spartacus is a classic old-timey historical epic that's very emotional. Lolita is censored but it's very emotional too. Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jackets are over-the-top comedies and not "stiff" at all. As for The Shining, I understand your hatred for it, but I wouldn't say that's a cold movie either. The only true mechanical movies by Kubrick are 2001, Barry Lyndon, and I would argue Eyes Wide Shut as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 18:23:22 GMT -5
I had no connection to Spartacus. Everything felt very artificial, almost too choreographed, which is I guess the "old-timey historical epic" you're talking about. I have a difficult time connecting to films and filmmakers who contrive everything down to a teardrop. It's the "smaller stuff" that usually gets me.
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Post by Neverending on Oct 24, 2014 18:25:01 GMT -5
We'll agree to disagree.
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Post by PG Cooper on Oct 24, 2014 18:56:55 GMT -5
I've never found Kubrick's films to be cold. Even 2001 doesn't strike me that's way. It's abstract, but it's so grand and visionary that it produces an emotional response in me.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Oct 24, 2014 20:00:42 GMT -5
I found 2001 to be VERY cold. But I agree that Full Metal Jacket had much more emotion in it. I'll also support Justin's vote for The Sweet Hereafter; I saw that three months ago, and parts of it still stick out in my mind.
I'm very much on the emotional side of the emotion vs. intellect debate, too. |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 24, 2014 23:00:28 GMT -5
I've never found Kubrick's films to be cold. Really? Not even the snoozefest Barry Lyndon. I hear that movie is a cure for insomnia. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Oct 25, 2014 9:04:30 GMT -5
Barry Lyndon might be an exception, but I'm saving that for a rewatch.
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Post by Jibbs on Oct 25, 2014 11:04:52 GMT -5
I started that movie once...
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Post by IanTheCool on Oct 25, 2014 11:28:26 GMT -5
Any movie seen in the Dbox will be a movie that moves you.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Oct 25, 2014 11:41:50 GMT -5
Ba-da-dum, tsssssssh!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 11:43:24 GMT -5
Ian's dad joke for the day.
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Post by docstop on Oct 26, 2014 8:29:02 GMT -5
Lots of movies for me to post on this thread...
I'll sart with Home Alone 1 and 2. Loved the idea presented that families can be chaotic and seemingly uncaring at times and how far some parents will go to reunite their family. Plus the idea of a kid owning two goofy robbers was priceless when I first started watching them. The scene where be and his Mom meet up at the Christmas tree in #2 is always emotuinal for me as well as when she and Kevin wish each other a goodnight from the same moon but different places.
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Post by hazelrabbit on Oct 26, 2014 10:30:03 GMT -5
Watership Down
Over the Hedge
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Post by Neverending on Apr 21, 2017 19:19:46 GMT -5
Liar Liar is one of the greats. Sappy music and all.
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Post by PG Cooper on Apr 21, 2017 19:44:22 GMT -5
Grave of the Fireflies is devastating.
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Post by Deexan on Apr 21, 2017 20:21:37 GMT -5
Liar Liar is one of the greats. Sappy music and all. Agreed, but I'm a super easy weeper. Scrubs got me a lot of times. I bawl at this, and I never won't: "Don't fuck with me, Sean; not you." |
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Post by Neverending on Apr 21, 2017 20:50:00 GMT -5
Liar Liar is one of the greats. Sappy music and all. Agreed, but I'm a super easy weeper. Jim Carrey should have won an Oscar for that movie. |
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Post by Deexan on Apr 21, 2017 21:00:06 GMT -5
The apostle
Wag the dog
Ulee's gold
All nominated. Who the fuck remembers any of that shite.
THE PEN IS BLUE.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 21, 2017 21:03:44 GMT -5
The apostle Wag the dog Ulee's gold All nominated. Who the fuck remembers any of that shite. The CLAW! I've had better. Ma-Ma. I'm kicking my ass! DO YOU MIND? |
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Post by Dracula on Apr 21, 2017 21:08:38 GMT -5
The apostle Wag the dog Ulee's gold All nominated. Who the fuck remembers any of that shite. THE PEN IS BLUE. They're good movies |
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