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A movie that changed your life
OP - September 26, 2010, 06:32 PM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwEMIvDEFy4

My grandpa, who worked in the mines as a young man, took me to see this movie back in 1987, and it made me pro-union and want to be a union organizer. Forgot about the union stuff for a while until the late 90s. Today, well, I'm a union organizer. Always wanted to contact John Sayles just to say thanks.

So the rest of ya-- got a movie that genuinely impacted the direction of your life?

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #1 - September 26, 2010, 07:53 PM

No one else? Fuckin seriously?

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #2 - September 26, 2010, 08:06 PM

Books change my life, movies don't.
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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #3 - September 26, 2010, 08:14 PM

Quote from: Abood on September 26, 2010, 08:06 PM
Books change my life, movies don't.

+1

For me the books that lingers with me are:
Animal Farm
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atlas Shrugged

Although I havent had a decent read for while. Am I highjacking this thread?

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #4 - September 26, 2010, 08:35 PM

Jurassic Park 1!

Omg, i was such a Dinosaur freak when that movie came out... and i was around 12 years old... i was so overwhelmed when i saw it!

Oh...Bernhard and Bianca in Australia too... but i was younger then... it was so awesome, the golden eagle and stuff!

im sure there are more... let me think

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #5 - September 26, 2010, 08:36 PM

George of the Jungle--i watched it over 100 times because my sister needed to play the tape daily. I learnt that i can really waste my time quite well

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #6 - June 30, 2011, 07:57 PM

Risky Business starring Tom Cruise: always reminds me why i want to be an enterpreneur and the risk one is willing to take.

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #7 - June 30, 2011, 09:06 PM

Took long enough to get a serious reply on this thread-- too bad it's a movie that inspired you to be capitalist slime

Anyhow, post a scene you think sums up the movie for you and what you got from it. And if it's the Tom Cruise singing alone in his underwear part, so help me...

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #8 - June 30, 2011, 10:11 PM

I knew you are going to be critical seeing that there is element of capitalism in there.

When i get back home and log on to web, i will do that.

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #9 - June 30, 2011, 10:13 PM

American pie

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_U3D_p0L00&feature=related

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Reply #10 - June 30, 2011, 10:26 PM

You horny fucker Kod

Watching gone in 60 seconds got me into cars

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #11 - June 30, 2011, 11:29 PM

are you sure it is not fast and furious ?

rice and chicken ?

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #12 - July 01, 2011, 01:11 AM

Crossroads (2002, Britney Spears)

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #13 - July 01, 2011, 01:38 AM

Quote from: Kod on June 30, 2011, 10:13 PM
American pie

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_U3D_p0L00&feature=related

With this song playing, this is my best demotivator evah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whx-obVqbdk

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #14 - July 01, 2011, 01:39 AM

Quote from: Kod on June 30, 2011, 11:29 PM
are you sure it is not fast and furious ?

rice and chicken ?

LOL yeah that too, although that came out about year after Gone in 60 Seconds
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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #15 - July 01, 2011, 01:42 AM

American History X.

It was a film which showed me the intensity of racism that I had never known of and the raw passion which fuels both Edward Norton and Edward Furlong's performances I have never seen in a film since. Plus that curb scene was absolutely chilling for me as a kid. It drove home to me for the first time how fucked up humanity can really be, and it pretty much burst my middle class bubble.
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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #16 - July 01, 2011, 01:44 AM

No movie changed my life. Books have, and as cheesy as it was, it was the da vinci code. It might be fantasy but it was read at te right point in my life as it triggered my search for the truth about the quran.

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #17 - July 01, 2011, 02:04 AM

Same as Ella, I'm not much influenced by movies, instead of Da Vinci code Histories of Herodotus helped me realize the con of Mo. Conclusion: reading almost anything will help one exit the ranks of mutaqeen.

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #18 - July 01, 2011, 02:10 AM

Legally Blonde

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #19 - July 01, 2011, 02:51 AM

Quote from: ChinaDoll on July 01, 2011, 02:10 AM
Legally Blonde

Good one.

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #20 - July 01, 2011, 02:53 AM

Quote from: BerberElla on July 01, 2011, 01:44 AM
No movie changed my life. Books have, and as cheesy as it was, it was the da vinci code. It might be fantasy but it was read at te right point in my life as it triggered my search for the truth about the quran.

u became a serial killer ?

[13:36] <Fimbles> anything above 7 inches
[13:37] <Fimbles> is wacko
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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #21 - July 01, 2011, 02:59 AM

How can anyone deny the greatness of this?

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #22 - July 01, 2011, 03:36 AM

I think i have already posted this. But this is a movie which inspires me and this is the best scene from that movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #23 - July 01, 2011, 03:51 AM

The blind watchmaker- Richard Dawkins

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #24 - July 01, 2011, 07:32 AM

Quote from: Kod on July 01, 2011, 02:53 AM
u became a serial killer ?

Man, what were you smoking last night and where can I get some?

How did serial killer come out of that?

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Re: A movie that changed your life
Reply #25 - July 01, 2011, 08:51 AM

Me too i would like to get some of what he is smoking? Lol

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Reply #26 - July 01, 2011, 09:33 AM

Eh, too many to list. Movies are such a massive part of my life and have inspired and influenced me in so many ways. It was certainly movies that were a big part of what inspired me to pursue martial arts. I could probably trace a line from watching Bruce Lee movies to studying the philosophy of Morihei Ueshiba, Takuan Soho, many others. The movies of Akira Kurosawa in particular, made me actually pick up a sword and learn how to use it, which has been an incredible boon in my life. And his movies also made me fall in love with the art of film, one of my fullest passions.

While maybe not life changing, there are so many other life affirming movies for me. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Moon, Good Will Hunting, Taxi Driver, Sunshine, Trucker, Precious, The Brave One, Singles, Candy, This Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape (I can't tell you how much I loved and still love Leonardo DiCaprio). And you know, I'm gonna add some that will destroy any credibility I have, Dirty Dancing, Mermaids, Edward Scissorhands, Moonwalker, because they meant so much to me growing up. Mermaids is the most embarrassing film to say you love, but luckily I don’t get embarrassed. And one of the earliest memories of me thinking religion was bullshit was me watching that movie, which gives it a certain kind of sentimental worth. I had such a massive crush on Winona Ryder too.

Most recently, the movie Hereafter. I'm still feeling the effects of that one. I was in tears in the first 10 mins. The opening sequence is just brutal. It made me short of breath. The whole cinema felt it too I reckon. Really gave perspective and clarity to recent real world tragedies. It's a fascinating movie about death. Sounds depressing, and some of the movie really and truly is utterly depressing. But it's also humanity laid naked. It's a raw film with so many flaws, but also beautiful and motivating.

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Reply #27 - July 01, 2011, 09:40 AM

Romper Stomper.
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Reply #28 - July 01, 2011, 12:56 PM

I guess recently The Fighter. For the last couple of years I kept telling myself I'm gonna get fit again, I'm gonna get fit again - but never in the end did anything serious about it. But after watching this film, for a month or so now been working out properly - boxing once a week (punchbag and speedbag in my garage), football once a week, and weights 3-5 times a week. Can't wait to get back in shape again!!! and kinda sad but true - this film was my inspiration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9o2v8RZGpE

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Reply #29 - July 01, 2011, 01:19 PM

Nightmare on elm street....

I watched it when I was 7 and was scared of the dark intensely until I was 10, and vaguely until mid teens .

JFK...

This movie blew me away, it opened up the importance for me of questioning the media's presentation and government actions. To this day I have an deep distrust of the 'official' story.

An alternative to religion;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nfXfTg92E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWNW-NXEudk
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