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What Film Ever Had An Impact On Your Thinking?

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Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
What is truly important in life again? I never really got that part. Something about being manly or some shit? :-/
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Defining your own standards of success/contentment/happiness and not getting it from a movie, magazine or peer group.
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Ok. It didn't make much sense to me. I read the wiki for the film and it gets a lot of mixed reviews/ideas.
 
Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
What is truly important in life again? I never really got that part. Something about being manly or some shit? :-/
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Defining your own standards of success/contentment/happiness and not getting it from a movie, magazine or peer group.
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And you learned this message from a movie...
 
Originally posted by: Born2bwire
Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
What is truly important in life again? I never really got that part. Something about being manly or some shit? :-/
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Defining your own standards of success/contentment/happiness and not getting it from a movie, magazine or peer group.
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And you learned this message from a movie...
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I so don't understand the Love of that movie. I'm convinced it is to this generation what Red Dawn was for mine. A movie that takes advantage of the Chemical Lobotomy also called, Puberty.
 
Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
The Princess Bride. It made me think "Why did they give such a great movie such a gay title?"
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I didn't know that movie titles could have sexual preferences or emotions, dumbass.
 
There are so many great movies and you pick a Star Trek flick? I'm guessing you haven't seen many decent movies...or read much.
 
Royal Tenenbaums. Basically, it taught me that everyone lives a miserable life, and only that in sharing our misery with others can we possibly survive; without that contact, the loneliness would completely consume us and we would destroy ourselves. Also, watching this from outside the circle of desperation makes it amusing for observers, as they can take consolation in the fact that other peoples' lives are shitty as well. Really it's an inspiring message of the utter failure we will all inevitably spiral into.
 
Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
wow... seriously, star trek? trekkie much? i have never fucking watched those worthless geeky movies.
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Berate people much? Feel better about yourself now?
 
Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Royal Tenenbaums. Basically, it taught me that everyone lives a miserable life, and only that in sharing our misery with others can we possibly survive; without that contact, the loneliness would completely consume us and we would destroy ourselves. Also, watching this from outside the circle of desperation makes it amusing for observers, as they can take consolation in the fact that other peoples' lives are shitty as well. Really it's an inspiring message of the utter failure we will all inevitably spiral into.
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THE BAUMER WAS ON TOP OF HIS GAME!
 
honestly, im sitting here trying to think of a really profound way my views/ thoughts have been changed by a movie, but i cant really think of any significant ones. i am a product of the books and movies ive watched and read over the course of my life, im sure all have affected me in some way.
 
Originally posted by: spaceman
this movie that had a vortex, a pig farm, 70s synth, maybe some 4 eyed goats and some light sabre devices.
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edit the four eyed goats could be from another movie.
but i dont remember the name of the film.
someone was being chased
 
Oh, serious answer. From the movie Blow:

Growing up in Massachusetts, George's childhood is shaped by his cold-hearted mother (Rachel Griffiths), who always complains about his father (Ray Liotta) not making enough money. Even though he works long hours, seven days a week, his father goes bankrupt. "Money isn't real, George," his father tells him after he loses it all. "It doesn't matter. It seems like it does, but it doesn't."
 
Zardoz

Saw it when I was in Junior High - I don't know why but it's one of those moments that is ingrained in my memory.
 
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Drako
Zardoz

Saw it when I was in Junior High - I don't know why but it's one of those moments that is ingrained in my memory.
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I was 14 at the time, and had lived a fairly sheltered life up until that time - so this movie was one of those WTF moments.

According to Zardoz:

"The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life to poison the Earth with a plague of men, as once it was, but the gun shoots death, and purifies the Earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth . . . and kill!"

 
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