tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post8034354642326351550..comments2023-05-04T03:37:04.200-07:00Comments on The Rouge Wave: Movies that Move YouJulie Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14690487940378619749noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-66566285947814159792009-07-06T08:51:47.279-07:002009-07-06T08:51:47.279-07:00Hotel Rwanda left me dizzy and deeply saddened. i ...Hotel Rwanda left me dizzy and deeply saddened. i haven't watched it since because i don't want to be taken back to that feeling. <br /><br />there are few movies i've related to as well as i did to Garden State. <br /><br />Closer slays me every time i see it. the power in the conversations is cringe-worthy.<br /><br />Before Sunrise/Before Sunset is a series i think about weekly. the connection between them is intense and balanced and angular. i love every minute of both movies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03198174911864860700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-76876657740941174302009-07-03T07:22:18.301-07:002009-07-03T07:22:18.301-07:00Oh! Oh! Truly, Madly, Deeply. I thought I'd ne...Oh! Oh! Truly, Madly, Deeply. I thought I'd never stop crying.<br /><br />still have a crush on Rickman from that film.Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635298177146419014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-64423764160365893522009-07-03T07:21:10.274-07:002009-07-03T07:21:10.274-07:00Brick stunned me. The writer/director captured my ...Brick stunned me. The writer/director captured my darkest feelings about Southern California on film, used dialog and story structure in an interesting way, and made me *care* about troubled, difficult characters.<br /><br />Iron Giant, for its deep heart and simplicity (story & animation).<br /><br />Every day would be a different answer though ;)Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635298177146419014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-43350415601394669682009-07-01T23:08:55.065-07:002009-07-01T23:08:55.065-07:00The Passion of Joan of Arc
City Lights
Shoe-Shine...The Passion of Joan of Arc<br />City Lights <br />Shoe-Shine<br />Germany Year Zero<br />The Searchers<br />Nights of Cabiria <br />Mouchette<br />La Jetee <br />Soy Cuba <br />Stroszek<br />Road<br />Dead Poets Society <br />Hana-Bi <br />Breaking The Waves <br />Fresh<br />Immortal Beloved<br />Forrest Gump <br />Dancer In The Dark<br />I Stand Alone<br />Saving Private Ryan <br />La Commune<br />Good Will Hunting <br />Libertarias<br />Irreversible<br />Inland Empire <br />Into the Wild <br /><br />And an unproduced screenplay that might fit into this category is Memoirs (and maybe The Oranges). But who knows how the film will turn out.Helhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03043373204504905599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-10525472787807904432009-07-01T23:02:17.424-07:002009-07-01T23:02:17.424-07:00For me, it's "Fiber: The Movie". Alw...For me, it's "Fiber: The Movie". Always works, never fails. Just kidding. Actually, Brokedown Palace & Return to Paradise. Heaven and Earth. Closet Land. Alan Rickman makes his own performance of Hans look like Bruce Willis' portrayal of McClane in the original and every Die Hard movie thereafter. Puts it to shame. Heck, even "the Notebook" got me where it counts. And there are so many others. Last but certainly not least, and it may sound silly, but "Red Dawn". Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen's finest work. The 'dying brothers scene' at the end. If that doesn't get you--you don't have a heart!Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06633862703066869516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-68119422287417347102009-07-01T22:12:05.284-07:002009-07-01T22:12:05.284-07:00KING OF THE HILL, based on A.E. Hotchner's mem...KING OF THE HILL, based on A.E. Hotchner's memoir. The story is sad yet uplifting and it makes me wish that I had as much character when I was a kid. <br /><br />Sadly it's not available on DVD in the U.S.DougJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471088083588521557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-11003069491791575462009-07-01T11:21:39.152-07:002009-07-01T11:21:39.152-07:00I am mostly moved by pics focusing on the dynamics...I am mostly moved by pics focusing on the dynamics of family and sibling rivalry...<br />The Family Stone<br />Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (stage play)<br />Home for the Holidays<br />Ordinary People<br />Dan in Real Life<br />The Savages<br />Lars and the Real Girl<br />Slums of Beverly Hills<br /><br />More generally, if there's a protagonist that gets in there and kicks some ass against all odds, you've probably got me...Up was fantastic...the symbolism alone was intense...I choked on my lunch during the first act...we all feel like Carl lugging that house around sometimes...<br /><br />And ONCE is probably the most inspiring film ever. Loved it.Someonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04064166511374865040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-88337449109631040682009-07-01T08:23:53.485-07:002009-07-01T08:23:53.485-07:00A friend handed me "The Joy Luck Club." ...A friend handed me "The Joy Luck Club." <br /><br />I thank God Almighty I watched it alone.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031448536320362694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-66575138769611388752009-06-30T18:46:49.917-07:002009-06-30T18:46:49.917-07:00Match Point. Taking a metphor such as a tennis bal...Match Point. Taking a metphor such as a tennis ball hitting the net and turning it into the basis for the ending as Woody Allen did is great. Makes ya think.Kristy @ MSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832371189895200959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-64151465989455868692009-06-30T13:50:52.947-07:002009-06-30T13:50:52.947-07:00Rudy, Dead Poets Society, The Shawshank Redemption...Rudy, Dead Poets Society, The Shawshank Redemption, Calendar Girls, Harold and Maude... I could go on and on. One thing I just noticed - these films are old. Where are the new films that fill us with emotion? I was also knocked out by Once.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808817083795324176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-40702673180732084552009-06-30T11:29:40.743-07:002009-06-30T11:29:40.743-07:00I also was very moved by "Once" and ever...I also was very moved by "Once" and every time I hear that song it just freezes me for a moment.<br /><br />"The Wrestler" was another one -- truly wrecked me too. For days. I think it even made its way into my dreams.<br /><br />I love comedies as well and I think they move us in a different way. We saw "The Hangover" weeks ago and sometimes still remember a scene or line and laugh again. We might even launch into "Remember when they ..." That is something special too.Trina0623https://www.blogger.com/profile/05595720400137644628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-23472178623499069412009-06-30T09:31:38.410-07:002009-06-30T09:31:38.410-07:00WALL-E. I hate that it's the best love story e...WALL-E. I hate that it's the best love story ever and it had two robots, but I just love that movie.<br /><br />My most guilty pleasure would have to be "Death To Smoochy."<br /><br />In terms of drama I'd have say "The Jane Austen Book Club." It's not a tear jerker or anything but it does star all women - a plus for any movie.Christian H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16847810167041864292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-16164867246354547362009-06-30T08:25:35.722-07:002009-06-30T08:25:35.722-07:00Aronosky's THE FOUNTAIN left me sitting in the...Aronosky's THE FOUNTAIN left me sitting in the theater long after the lights came back up. The soundtrack is the most listened to music on my iPod.<br /><br />NOBODY'S FOOL is, for me, the greatest Paul Newman movie. Even Melanie Griffith and Bruce Willis can't wreck it.<br /><br />@Josh - Amen on ONCE. I would love to be able to throw back my head and sing with such abandon.<br /><br />@Joeverkill - Love GATTACA. That scene in the ocean with them swimming - "I never saved anything for the swim back." - Damn.Michael Brownleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891008781647357688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-90901724327801642902009-06-30T07:01:50.952-07:002009-06-30T07:01:50.952-07:00Wall-E. I felt like I was on the verge of crying ...Wall-E. I felt like I was on the verge of crying for most of the movie! LOLJordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017551431123192280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-26532733766387776782009-06-30T01:51:54.292-07:002009-06-30T01:51:54.292-07:00Slumdog Millionaire. I rode a high from that movi...Slumdog Millionaire. I rode a high from that movie for at least a week after I saw it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-15219948623240267212009-06-29T23:51:03.388-07:002009-06-29T23:51:03.388-07:00@Papageiena - I agree about movies that strive to ...@Papageiena - I agree about movies that strive to make you happy. I grin like a FOOL whenever I watch Singin' in the Rain! Or - The King and I. Wuh oh, my love of MGM musicals is gonna show in a minute.... :)Julie Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14690487940378619749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-87065129021715154662009-06-29T22:26:36.925-07:002009-06-29T22:26:36.925-07:00Mine is Gattaca, written and directed by Andrew Ni...Mine is <i>Gattaca</i>, written and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, and Uma Thurman. An amazing film, and an underappreciated one as well. But for whatever reason the message and the way it is presented strike me in some indescribably real way.joeverkillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409453118257936262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-24780643701928933082009-06-29T21:14:09.464-07:002009-06-29T21:14:09.464-07:00You know, for all my love of the contemporary Amer...You know, for all my love of the contemporary American dude comedy (40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, WEDDING CRASHERS, KNOCKED UP, HAROLD & KUMAR, THE HANGOVER, etc. etc.) and the contemporary American comedy in general (WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, GHOSTBUSTERS, FLETCH, CLUE, etc. etc.), SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS just really, really does it for me.Chaia Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02323371613659813840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-80786629910954700632009-06-29T19:26:04.782-07:002009-06-29T19:26:04.782-07:00I really couldn't relate to any of the charact...I really couldn't relate to any of the characters, but "Lars and the Real Girl" really moved me. In our cynical world, it was refreshing to me to see a story where an entire town came together and accept a character's absolutely bonkers "reality" and come together in support of him. I was very touched and it refreshed my waning hope for humanity...some people out there really are still that kind and compassionate.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08796298668241223116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-83874436047235047892009-06-29T18:43:36.427-07:002009-06-29T18:43:36.427-07:00The Wrestler made me feel like that. For real, it ...The Wrestler made me feel like that. For real, it wrecked me. <br /><br />Another film that did it for me was ONCE, which just truly moved me for days and days afterward. <br /><br />Big movies, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS wipes me out every time I see it, and I can't watch GOOD WILL HUNTING without getting messed up (I know people dump on that flick, but it works) at the end. <br /><br />I gotta go see about a girl ...Joshua Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239067667651048280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-34037297154319050552009-06-29T18:24:34.493-07:002009-06-29T18:24:34.493-07:00Every Pixar movie ever. My heart swelled when the ...Every Pixar movie ever. My heart swelled when the balloons were unleashed in 'Up' and the last shot was perfection. I love my dark comedies and anti-heroes, but there is something wonderful about a movie that strives to make you happy. :)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206116964817643529noreply@blogger.com