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Movie that changed your life.

Jurassic Park, cause you never know when you will need to know what not to do when confronted with a T-Rex and/or Raptor! 😱 😀 😛
 
yea, Dogma most definately. I watched it in high school first and my parents really didnt love it. There is some seriously foul language. I own it and a year ago or so i had my dad watch it and see through the language... it is a whole new look on Christianity.
 
Life is Beautiful (La Vita e bella)

First half is brilliant comedy, Roberto Benigni is amazing! second half is incredible tragedy. Had me in floods at the end, one of the best films ever made in my opinion. Made me a better person for seeing it.
 
Malcster said:
Life is Beautiful (La Vita e bella)

First half is brilliant comedy, Roberto Benigni is amazing! second half is incredible tragedy. Had me in floods at the end, one of the best films ever made in my opinion. Made me a better person for seeing it.
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My impression to your choice was yes, definitely a good movie, although depressing at the end.

And then it hits me, as a relatively new father myself, exactly what his final choice means to him. And how devastating this film is.

And I love it for it.
 
Malcster said:
Life is Beautiful (La Vita e bella)

First half is brilliant comedy, Roberto Benigni is amazing! second half is incredible tragedy. Had me in floods at the end, one of the best films ever made in my opinion. Made me a better person for seeing it.
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Best. Movie. Ever.
 
Girl, Interrupted definitely changed my life, favorite movie of all time, and while Requiem for a Dream left a huge impression on me, it didn't really change me.
 
On Golden Pond

That is a beautiful movie about growing old that also happens to be quite funny. I want to see the play.

Other amazing movies:
A Streetcar Named Desire
Lawrence of Arabia
The Godfather
Apocolypse Now
Goodfellas
Thank You for Smoking

(I am an overachiever.)
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/

Kooyanisqatsi

directed by Godfrey Reggio
photography by Francis Ford Copolla
music by Philip Glass

very abstract film.. video was compiled and filmed then phillip glass wrote a score to the entire film.


Kooyanisqatsi means "Life Out of Balance" in Hopi maybe? In some language. It is apart of the Qatsi triology that is phenomenal. Kooyanisqatsi is just above and beyond though. Outstanding photography for 1983. looks like the movie would be made a few years ago
 
I want to add another vote for Fight Club. It really made me appreciate the little things in life... and it really f***ed my head up the first time I watched it. I hadn't ever seen a movie that was so smart and left so few holes in the plot.
 
None, really.

I don't think any one film ever changed my life. But, there is a film that (together with several books) started to change the way I think. That film was What The Bleep Do We Know. When seen as a true film, it's crap, but when seen as for what it is, namely a darn interesting documentary, it's really... erm... darn interesting! Of course, recent films like Big Fish, Magnolia and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind also kind of changed my views about Life, the Universe and Everything. I wouldn't know what films before those ever did that to me. They don't tend to stick very long with me, really.
 
iGav said:
2001: A Space Odyssey.

An endless source of inspiration. 😉
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You took the words right out of my mouth.

I saw it when I was twelve. Blew me away. It was probably the first movie that made me really appreciate abstract storytelling. Years later, I was still finding new stuff in it.

princealfie said:
that movie was...

Barry Lyndon...
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Oh, so you're the guy who saw it! 😉
 
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Braveheart
End Of The Spear
Elephant (Gus Van Sant)

All 4 of those movies have just left an impression on me that I haven't been able to shake.
 
I haven't really been changed by any film.

But movies I feel left an impression on me are: Big Night and Fight Club.

There is something about Fight Club, or really any film that has a lot of nighttime in it that makes me wish I lived a life where I was awake more at night and slept more during the day.
 
Rushmore is another one of mine. Sorry for not including all of them in one post. It just takes time to recall.

Hey Onizuka, I really like that picture of Portman by the way. Where is it from?
 
The Passion of the Christ.
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Seriously, Passion of the Christ was amazing for me.

I watched it standing up in the movie theater (because they over sold it and I really wanted to see it.. I got free food and movie tickets) but it was soo graphic and I am a Christian, so it was more powerful.

I actually passed out towards the end because it was just so much for me to take. and I was standing up. I had to be carried out. moving movie.
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Fight Club - I was an infosec consultant at the time, and was in one to three cities per week. I also had an idiotic manager that just didn't understand the businss. Maybe it was just my mood then, but for some reason, I really connected with this film (particularly The Narrator/Jack's narrative about his job and travel). I ended up quitting. I still work in infosec, just no travel. 🙂

Requiem for a Dream - Again, it was a particular point in my life where I really connected with the film. I'd rather not say how it's affected me - it should be pretty obvious.


Anyway, there are a TON of movies I love (which seems to be the prevalent reply in this thread), but those two specifically have changed my life (for the better).
 
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