List your 'Blown away' theatrical experiences
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, April 5, 2010 03:12
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Yeah, I could certainly understand how that could happen. You get to class and you have some idiot who thinks he's God's gift to film mucking it up for the rest.
Is it Wes Anderson who never went to film school because they tried to discourage him.
"What is the world coming to when a man dressed up like a bat gets all of my press.......this town needs an enema!"
Don't ask. I don't know why that line came to mind; it seemed to fit.
Here are some more films that gave me pause (in a great way):
T2
Aliens
Kill Bill
Pulp Fiction - "Say what again, motherfucker"
Schindler's List - Liam Neeson
Raging Bull
Avatar - F/X was awesome. Pandora was beautiful.
Wall-E
Dark Knight
Saving Private Ryan - FUBAR
Raiders of the Lost Ark - that opening sequence
Tron - F/X, the light cycle race.
Pan's Labyrinth - solid story mixed with fantasy
BTW Chris - I forgot to thank you for this inspired post. Thanx dude!
SGG
Tawabawho?
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The Empire Strikes Back-C
The Water is Wide-C
28 days-C
Serenity-C (also a beautiful 36th birthday present...thanks Mr Whedon and Co).
Warlock and Midnight Express-B+++ (I now pass out if there's even a hint of tongue injury in anything).
Deliverance-B+++++++++++ (I made myself sit through the whole thing once...I fainted at one stage while watching and was jumpy and disturbed for days and couldn't get the imagery out of my head).
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I think there are only a few members here older than me, so I've seen a lot more movies in their original theatrical presentations than many, and yet I don't think my "blew me away" list will be that long. It's possible my criteria for that is more limiting than for other people. Just assume all of these fall under the A/B/C designation.
Psycho would probably be first on the list, chronologically.
The Manchurian Candidate
Dr. Strangelove - still my favorite film of all time
2001: A Space Odyssey
Walkabout
A Clockwork Orange
The Godfather
The Conversation
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Star Wars
Sorcerer
Ran
Empire of the Sun
Miller's Crossing
Saving Private Ryan
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Serenity
No Country For Old Men
I actually listed more than I thought I would when I started, and as with many other lists there are probably more I'll think of later.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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i can add a few that nobody's mentioned yet: The Lion King, Monty Python & The Holy Grail (i saw this one first), Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (although Tim Burton ruined that one for me) and a few personal one's for the music: Tommy, Pink Floyd's The Wall and Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)
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Quote:Definitely. And Pl, strangely...
Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Aph = APHASIC, couldn't talk for at least an hour after the film
Ru = Had to RUN for at least five blocks after leaving the theatre just to release all the energy I'd built up
So = Left me sobbing the first time I saw it
Auto = The film maker stole pages from my autobiography
(And just for you, Chris): Pl = Accessed past life memories while I was watching--kind of a subcategory of "C" except that I CAN describe it.
The Elephant Man A,B,C,So,Aph
Someone in the theatre I saw it at set off a cherry-bomb just as the movie was ending, my then girlfriend asked if we should leave (other peeps were), but I just waved my hand, transfixed & sobbing. Nothing was gonna make me leave.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
A Clockwork Orange - 1971
Solid "B"
Both for good & bad reasons.
The laughing Chrisisall
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