Movies that changed or affected your life

*cowabunga14* · 10-19-2007, 08:56 PM

Kind of a cheesy thread title, I know, but I'm wondering if any of y'all have seen movies that have affected your life somehow and why.

For me, one of the movies that affected my life would have to be Eraserhead. As weird as it may be, it changed my perspective of a lot things. I mean, I have strange dreams often and I think Eraserhead had something to do with that. Plus, it gave me an appreciation of the surreal and just the straight-up bizarre.

*KROW* · 10-19-2007, 09:34 PM

For me, Showgirls. That film ruined all expectations that an NC-17 rating would bring. Ever since, whenever a movie gets labeled NC-17, I scoff and chalk it all up to hype.

Other than that, Dogma opened some neat religious avenues to me. But I'll stop there...

*Spitfire* · 10-19-2007, 10:21 PM

Hands down Fight Club, no explaining needed.

*Rooish* · 10-19-2007, 10:24 PM

Wait, I'm a girl. You need to explain.

*Spitfire* · 10-19-2007, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rooish

Wait, I'm a girl. You need to explain.

It's true, I've showed many a female that film and only a few enjoyed it in the same way I did. It's the ultimate male movie. #1 reason I love it is I can relate to it and I know as I get older I will continue to be able to relate to it, there's more to understand that I'm not old enough to at this point. Everytime I watch it I get another joke I missed before and such.

Everyone wants to be Tyler Durden, Mischief, Mayhem, and Soap.

*Rooish* · 10-20-2007, 10:35 AM

Haha, yeah, I've just noticed that that movie has strongly affected a lot of guys. I liked it a lot ... especially the Pixies song at the end ... but I didn't quite get it. It seems to be strongly directed at the male psyche. Good movie, though. I will try to post movies that affected me strongly, I just have to think about it a bit.

*Mecha Cow* · 10-20-2007, 11:18 AM

Another vote for Fight Club. Definitely a 'guy' movie though.

Also the Breakfast Club. It's kind of cheesy I know, but when I first saw it there was just so much I could relate to, even though the setting and time period are very different from my own. I guess it made me realise that every kid goes through the same sh*t in high school.

There's more, but that's the one that really 'changed my life'.

Zog the Equalizer · 10-20-2007, 12:10 PM

Batman Begins. I never read comics but this movie reignited the childhood Batman spark and prompted me to start reading them. After I started reading Batman I branched out into all the other comics I read today. This movie is indirectly responsible for reinforcing my love of TMNT and and making me realize it was just a cartoon/movie franchise.

JetsAndHeels · 10-21-2007, 07:53 AM

The Toxic Avenger.

It made me realize if I work hard enough, one day I will have good looks and fame.

*ToTheNines* · 10-21-2007, 12:03 PM

The first Ninja Turtles movie. When I was in fifth grade I had to spend about 6 months living in Grandmas 3 bedroom house with her, my parents, my sister and my dog... it was really crowded and pretty boring, and I went to school about 40 minutes away, so I had to wake up at ungodly hours to get there. The only thing I had really was my copy of TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project for NES (which got me craving turtles once more) then I found a copy of the first film at walmart, bought it, and it just blew me away.

Other than that, I'd have to think about it. Shawshank Redemption mabey?

*odupianist* · 10-22-2007, 09:06 AM

Blues Brothers, 'nuf said.

*XERO* · 10-22-2007, 02:14 PM

Rumble in the Bronx.

My first Jackie Chan experience was this movie. Since then, I've been keeping up with most of his early work. He's definitely affected my life.

Magneto · 10-22-2007, 04:19 PM

Batman 1989 - This is the film responsible for making me a comic book reader that is still going strong some 18 years later.

American Psycho - I became pretty obsessed with the film, as well as book shortly after this movie made it's debut. And also made me a fan of Christian Bale. Whom I am glad got the role of Batman a few years later. Couldnt have picked a more perfect actor as far as I am concerned.

HULK - I wont go into details, but the summer of 2003 was a very memorable and fondly rememerbed summer for me, and this quickly rose up as one of my favourite films of the year and overall in my top 5 list. Casting for all characters were nothing short of superb I felt, and you really couldnt have a better love interest for the Hulk than Jennifer Connelly.

These are the films that I would say have affected me more so than others. Yes.

*Cure* · 10-22-2007, 04:35 PM

As weird as it may sound, The Mask is what changed my life because that's when I decided to be an actor, and since then I've been trying to break into the business and going to many classes and auditions. Also, Sleeping Beauty because I would have a prolonged fear of Maleficent.

*Spike Spiegel* · 10-22-2007, 06:18 PM

Back to the Future made me indirectly get back into TMNT OT after a few years along with the 2k3 series...I love just about anything from the 80s...

Also, TMNT I from 1990.

I don't know if it counts as a "movie" but Batman TAS made me get into comics as a whole and into drawing and art as well.

*Warhorse* · 10-23-2007, 07:57 PM

First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It changed my perspective and view of the Turtles (especially Raph) from what I had originally seen in the 80's cartoon, and also gave me a profound appreciation for the Turtles that carried on with me onto adult life.

The Man From Snowy River, was the movie that cemented my love for horses. I always liked them. Personally, people who don't like horses can go get hit by a truck and die a horrible death for all I care, but this movie made me want to become a horsewoman, to train and compete with them, and try to accomplish feats that seemed almost impossible, like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBXLYJwgt4

*Katie* · 10-25-2007, 06:46 AM

I don't know about changing my life.....but I liked Forrest Gump. It was an unassuming history lesson and the first time I had seen a movie where a character was from Alabama and wasn't portrayed as a huge racist or poooooooor backwoods kind of person. (and even though his accent was ATROCIOUS and he was slow, it was progress)

And....I dunno, I'm not this huge religious nut or anything, but the Passion of the Christ was an interesting movie. It didn't affect me in the way that I fell to my knees and weeped and was sorry for all my sins and instantly became born again.....but I have never sat in a theater where no one talks....no one is eating.....no one moved. It was pure silence except the movie. I was amazed at how transfixed everyone was. I was paying more attention to the faces of the people around me rather than what was going on in the movie (I already knew that story afterall)

Ra · 10-25-2007, 07:44 AM

Movies, eh? Well, there is Jarrasic Park. It spawned my love for reptiles, great, small, extinct and endangered. Then there was the 2k3/new toon of TMNT. Not really a movie, but hey, it's really changed my life. I wouldn't be typing this today if I hadn't watched it. It also inspired me to get drawing. It got me to watch the first movie, which helped to keep these changes in place.

And Ferngully. Don't forget Ferngully. Man, I loved that movie when I was a kid. Crazy plot, guys in floral skirts, brilliant animation, and an ecologically friendly theme set in Australia. If anyone hasn't watched it...you fail. Badly.

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 01-27-2008, 12:27 AM

I first want to clarify that I wouldn't consider myself to have ever been a racist, but I still think that people can get something out of American History X even if they don't feel hatred because of racial differences. Every time I see that movie it's kind of a reminder that you shouldn't hate people for any reason, because it's just a waste of time and energy. The first time I saw that movie I was halfway through high school and of course in high school there are a lot of cliques, and a high school kid can get swept up in having negative feelings about this clique and that clique. After that movie and the whole message about hate being a waste of time, I kind of opened up to the idea of being friendlier to people who may be from a different clique and not be on the defensive because I'm worried that they might give me a hard time.

Although I will say though that out of all the movies I've seen, that is one of the ones that is hard to watch again.

*Roseangelo* · 01-27-2008, 12:45 AM

You're going to laugh, but in all honesty: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace

I remember when I saw it the first time (at the midnight showing) just how blown away and in awe I was to see real Jedi, in their prime, fighting the way they were meant to. Not the half-assed stuff we see in the entire Original Trilogy (which, don't mistake me, I love veryveryveryvery dearly). When Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon go off on the droids on the Trade Federation ship... so much awesome. And of course the duel with Darth Maul, which is IMO the best duel in the entire Saga.

10-19-2007, 09:34 PM	#2
KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	For me, Showgirls. That film ruined all expectations that an NC-17 rating would bring. Ever since, whenever a movie gets labeled NC-17, I scoff and chalk it all up to hype. Other than that, Dogma opened some neat religious avenues to me. But I'll stop there... __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - *I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.*

10-19-2007, 10:21 PM	#3
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	Hands down Fight Club, no explaining needed. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

10-19-2007, 10:24 PM	#4
Rooish Devil's Advocate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 2,130	Wait, I'm a girl. You need to explain. __________________ Thanks evan2000 for the sig!

10-20-2007, 10:35 AM	#6
Rooish Devil's Advocate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 2,130	Haha, yeah, I've just noticed that that movie has strongly affected a lot of guys. I liked it a lot ... especially the Pixies song at the end ... but I didn't quite get it. It seems to be strongly directed at the male psyche. Good movie, though. I will try to post movies that affected me strongly, I just have to think about it a bit. __________________ Thanks evan2000 for the sig!

10-20-2007, 11:18 AM	#7
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	Another vote for Fight Club. Definitely a 'guy' movie though. Also the Breakfast Club. It's kind of cheesy I know, but when I first saw it there was just so much I could relate to, even though the setting and time period are very different from my own. I guess it made me realise that every kid goes through the same sh*t in high school. There's more, but that's the one that really 'changed my life'. __________________

10-19-2007, 08:56 PM	#1
cowabunga14 Lover of Weird Things Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CA Posts: 4,014	Movies that changed or affected your life Kind of a cheesy thread title, I know, but I'm wondering if any of y'all have seen movies that have affected your life somehow and why. For me, one of the movies that affected my life would have to be Eraserhead. As weird as it may be, it changed my perspective of a lot things. I mean, I have strange dreams often and I think Eraserhead had something to do with that. Plus, it gave me an appreciation of the surreal and just the straight-up bizarre. __________________ How can something so beautiful shine on something so dreadful?

10-20-2007, 12:10 PM	#8
Zog the Equalizer Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 534	Batman Begins. I never read comics but this movie reignited the childhood Batman spark and prompted me to start reading them. After I started reading Batman I branched out into all the other comics I read today. This movie is indirectly responsible for reinforcing my love of TMNT and and making me realize it was just a cartoon/movie franchise. __________________ "Pork rind?" "Pork rind!"

10-21-2007, 07:53 AM	#9
JetsAndHeels Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NC Posts: 596	The Toxic Avenger. It made me realize if I work hard enough, one day I will have good looks and fame. __________________

10-21-2007, 12:03 PM	#10
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,367	The first Ninja Turtles movie. When I was in fifth grade I had to spend about 6 months living in Grandmas 3 bedroom house with her, my parents, my sister and my dog... it was really crowded and pretty boring, and I went to school about 40 minutes away, so I had to wake up at ungodly hours to get there. The only thing I had really was my copy of TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project for NES (which got me craving turtles once more) then I found a copy of the first film at walmart, bought it, and it just blew me away. Other than that, I'd have to think about it. Shawshank Redemption mabey?

10-22-2007, 09:06 AM	#11
odupianist Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,744	Blues Brothers, 'nuf said.

10-22-2007, 02:14 PM	#12
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Rumble in the Bronx. My first Jackie Chan experience was this movie. Since then, I've been keeping up with most of his early work. He's definitely affected my life. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

10-22-2007, 04:19 PM	#13
Magneto Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Marvel Universe Posts: 173	Batman 1989 - This is the film responsible for making me a comic book reader that is still going strong some 18 years later. American Psycho - I became pretty obsessed with the film, as well as book shortly after this movie made it's debut. And also made me a fan of Christian Bale. Whom I am glad got the role of Batman a few years later. Couldnt have picked a more perfect actor as far as I am concerned. HULK - I wont go into details, but the summer of 2003 was a very memorable and fondly rememerbed summer for me, and this quickly rose up as one of my favourite films of the year and overall in my top 5 list. Casting for all characters were nothing short of superb I felt, and you really couldnt have a better love interest for the Hulk than Jennifer Connelly. These are the films that I would say have affected me more so than others. Yes.

10-22-2007, 04:35 PM	#14
Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	As weird as it may sound, The Mask is what changed my life because that's when I decided to be an actor, and since then I've been trying to break into the business and going to many classes and auditions. Also, Sleeping Beauty because I would have a prolonged fear of Maleficent. __________________

10-23-2007, 07:57 PM	#16
Warhorse Emperor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 5,544	First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It changed my perspective and view of the Turtles (especially Raph) from what I had originally seen in the 80's cartoon, and also gave me a profound appreciation for the Turtles that carried on with me onto adult life. The Man From Snowy River, was the movie that cemented my love for horses. I always liked them. Personally, people who don't like horses can go get hit by a truck and die a horrible death for all I care, but this movie made me want to become a horsewoman, to train and compete with them, and try to accomplish feats that seemed almost impossible, like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBXLYJwgt4

10-25-2007, 06:46 AM	#17
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	I don't know about changing my life.....but I liked Forrest Gump. It was an unassuming history lesson and the first time I had seen a movie where a character was from Alabama and wasn't portrayed as a huge racist or poooooooor backwoods kind of person. (and even though his accent was ATROCIOUS and he was slow, it was progress) And....I dunno, I'm not this huge religious nut or anything, but the Passion of the Christ was an interesting movie. It didn't affect me in the way that I fell to my knees and weeped and was sorry for all my sins and instantly became born again.....but I have never sat in a theater where no one talks....no one is eating.....no one moved. It was pure silence except the movie. I was amazed at how transfixed everyone was. I was paying more attention to the faces of the people around me rather than what was going on in the movie (I already knew that story afterall) __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

10-25-2007, 07:44 AM	#18
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Movies, eh? Well, there is Jarrasic Park. It spawned my love for reptiles, great, small, extinct and endangered. Then there was the 2k3/new toon of TMNT. Not really a movie, but hey, it's really changed my life. I wouldn't be typing this today if I hadn't watched it. It also inspired me to get drawing. It got me to watch the first movie, which helped to keep these changes in place. And Ferngully. Don't forget Ferngully. Man, I loved that movie when I was a kid. Crazy plot, guys in floral skirts, brilliant animation, and an ecologically friendly theme set in Australia. If anyone hasn't watched it...you fail. Badly. __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."

01-27-2008, 12:27 AM	#19
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	I first want to clarify that I wouldn't consider myself to have ever been a racist, but I still think that people can get something out of American History X even if they don't feel hatred because of racial differences. Every time I see that movie it's kind of a reminder that you shouldn't hate people for any reason, because it's just a waste of time and energy. The first time I saw that movie I was halfway through high school and of course in high school there are a lot of cliques, and a high school kid can get swept up in having negative feelings about this clique and that clique. After that movie and the whole message about hate being a waste of time, I kind of opened up to the idea of being friendlier to people who may be from a different clique and not be on the defensive because I'm worried that they might give me a hard time. Although I will say though that out of all the movies I've seen, that is one of the ones that is hard to watch again.

01-27-2008, 12:45 AM	#20
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 9,120	You're going to laugh, but in all honesty: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace I remember when I saw it the first time (at the midnight showing) just how blown away and in awe I was to see real Jedi, in their prime, fighting the way they were meant to. Not the half-assed stuff we see in the entire Original Trilogy (which, don't mistake me, I love veryveryveryvery dearly). When Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon go off on the droids on the Trade Federation ship... so much awesome. And of course the duel with Darth Maul, which is IMO the best duel in the entire Saga. __________________ www.ninjapizza.net www.colorsbyrosemary.com