List your 'Blown away' theatrical experiences
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, April 5, 2010 03:12
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Not just movies you liked or loved, but experiences that "changed" you due to their profundity or epic-ness, or, you know, something else...
RATINGS:
A= Stunned
B= Permanently Damaged
C= Hit me on a level so deep it's hard to describe
Me-
A/B Enter The Dragon- 1973 (My Mommy took us- I wuz so embarrassed by the boobies)
A Apes marathon, all five Planet Of The Apes movies, TWICE- circa 1974
B/B Texas Chainsaw Massacre- 1974 (I snuck in; YIKES!!!)
A/C Star Wars- 1977
C Superman The Movie- 1978
A/B Empire Strikes Back- 1980
C Blade Runner- 1982
B Star Trek 2: Wrath Of Khan- 1982
C Return Of The Jedi- 1983 (YES, don't give me any grief here, you Ewok-haters!!!
)
A/B/C The Crow- 1993
A/C The Matrix- 1999
A/B/C Serenity- 2005
The laughing Chrisisall
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You know, I have a shocking memory for this sort of thing, so I can't remember that far back, nor can I remember too many, but here's some semblance of a list that reflects it.
A/B = Pan's Labyrinth
A/B/C = The Fountain
A/B/C = The Lovely Bones
A = Children of Men
A = Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (I know there are haters out there, but I love the books, and I loved the films, but this was the first film that I really though "oh wow, they got it" and the way they did the entire 3rd act just blew my mind)
A/B/C = Serenity (So much happened in that damn film that I remember sitting there at the end just staring at the screen until the end of the credits. I couldn't quite process it all)
A/B = The Dark Knight
A/B = The Wrestler
A = Let the Right One In (possibly because I saw it before all the hype and so had no idea what it was about. I go see about 50 films in 2 weeks while the film festival is on, as we can amazing deals through film school, and after already seeing two films that day, I just thought "can I really be bothered seeing a swedish film about vampire kids?". Yes. Oh my god, yes.)
Not entirely sure if I've used your 'ratings' right.
Thanks for all the awesome threads btw Chris, even if I don't reply in all of them, know that I read them and they get me thinking about everything, so cheers!
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Lucky Basterd! Film school must be a blast for someone who loves films.
And I repeat.........Lucky basterd (Q. Tarantino spelling, get it)
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Tawabawho?
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Well, there was Zachariah in 1971 that rates an A/B, but the pre-show "preparation" probably had a lot to do with it!
But Dancer in the Dark from 2000 is my all-time A/B/C movie. And it gave me a whole new appreciation for Björk, too.
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Originally posted by BigRichard:
A/B/C = Serenity (So much happened in that damn film that I remember sitting there at the end just staring at the screen until the end of the credits. I couldn't quite process it all)
The one we have in common!A lot of the "experience" of being entirely blown away in a theatre has to do with your age & psychological makeup. If I had been younger at the time, ALIENS or Predator would have been on my list for sure. If I had been older, 2001 would have made it.
Serenity & Blade Runner transcend all that IMO.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Chriss, I knew it was you who started this thread.
I think you get some perverse pleasure in reading our answers to your inquiries.
And again I show how old I am by my answers. Understand I did not see all these films when they premiered.
There is only one I would list as "A".
The Rocking Horse Winner: I do not remember much about this movie except the insanity at the end.
The rest of my list I will label with a "C"
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: There are so many great films, but if anyone asks me, this is my all time favorite.
Pan's Labyrinth
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Glory
Lilies of the Field
M: Yes that is the entire title.
Man of the West
Momento
Metropolis
Much Ado About Nothing: Directed by Keneth Branagh
Papillon
Ponette: What impressed me about the film is that is centered around a small girl of about four years old. How a child that young could carry an entire film just astounds me.
The Hanging Tree
The Misfits
Razor's Edge: Both Edmond Goulding's and John Byrum's versions.
The Searchers
The Thin Red Line: By Terrence Malick
To Kill a Mockingbird
I am sure I could make this longer, but this is plenty. I did not include "Serenity" because that is a given. Oh! I guess I just included it! 
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
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A/B/C - A Man For All Seasons, 1966 (although I didn't see it until around 1986)
B - Blue Velvet
B - Reservoir Dogs
B - Wrath of Khan
(Something about ears in all those...)
A/B/C - 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 (yup, saw that one in the theater)
A/C - Star Wars, 1977
A/B/C - Serenity, 2005
A/C - The Matrix, 1999
There are tons more, of course.
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A= Stunned
B= Permanently Damaged
C= Hit me on a level so deep it's hard to describe
A/C - SERENITY
A/B/C - Edward Scissorhands
A - Wages of Fear
C - The Crow
C - Cyrano De Bergerac
A/B Kiss me Deadly
A - TRON
A - Raiders of the Lost Ark
B - Creature from the Black Lagoon (3d)
A - Avatar
B - Jean de Florette & Manon De Source
B - Alien
A - Planet of the Apes (Original version)
Nice topic big C.
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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
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Lucky Basterd! Film school must be a blast for someone who loves films.
Y'know what... For me, no it wasn't. It actually damaged my love for film for quite a few years. I talked to BigRichard about this. I had a combination of lecturers who had some kind of 'kink' to do with conventional film structure. It was very strange at times.
Must have taken me as long as five years after the course finished before I was able to sit and enjoy a film.
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A/B/C
Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
Serenity
Star Wars Original Trilogy
A/B
Aliens
Saving Private Ryan (the first half hour)
A
The Dark Knight
Toy Story
Spider-Man
Terminator 2
B
Seven
B - Permantly damaged in a bad way
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
Spider-Man 3
And whilst this isn't a theatrical experience I would like to cheat and add Band Of Brothers as an A/B/C.
Nice thread Chris.
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