[Film] What films had the the most profound effect on you

[Doonhamer7]

The English Patient - just great film
The wickerman - I still remember being in awe when the end credits appeared and Edward Woodward wasn’t rescued - films always had happy endings so this was such a shock. Parts were filmed in my home town- my dad remembered Britt Ekland I wonder why?
This is Spinal Tap - so funny especially when you know Saxon and Judas Priest thought it was about them
Monty python’s Meaning of Life - I use so many jokes from this film
Kenny - for just one scene where Kenny Dalglish (my boyhood hero) looks down on Hillsbrough from outside Sheffield - he has never been back

And this year I saw Lost Lives on BBC - it was so sad I was in tears and couldn’t finish it

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Saving Private Ryan first ten minutes can't help but be a shocking experience, my Father in Law and Grandad did D-Day and Salerno respectively, neither of them ever spoke about either...

Watched when I was a kid, been obsessed with D day / second world war stuff since

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[NooBHA]

Shipley, Cumbernauld & East Kilbride .... all with links to an exciting profession

East Kilbride was where I did my Inspector Training

 

[Weststander]

The Breakfast Club

I actually went to see it at the cinema on its 30th anniversary, on my birthday!

Felt so unbelievably relatable when I was a teen. Exploring uncomfortable truths about being human, specifically a teen, in an environment of overwhelming social pressures.

Every year that goes by it feels less relatable, sadly...

(cracking theme track!)

I love the John Hughes movies, almost a genre of their own. I got my teen daughter into them ... during Lockdown proper, we bought dvd’s to complete the set. The Breakfast Club is brilliant.

 

[Barham's tash]

What did you think about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

I didnt particularly like it the first time I saw it but the second time, it really made me think. First I thought it was just Tarantino ******* over his own movie passion, sort of a cute tribute to Hollywood. But its really the suicide letter of cinema. His way of saying "you cant do original, oddball movies in Hollywood anymore so I'm going to make one"... well aware that in the age of fifteen minutes of fame and this entertainment overflow on Netflix etc., no director will ever again be as powerful as he is - no director of the future is going to do their own movies, they are just going to carry out Star Wars 32 and Lion King 12 and whatever makes easy profit.

That’s a really glass half empty take on Netflix/streaming in general. Maybe five years ago sure but now streaming services are also film production companies I think much more original content is being green lit.

As for back OT:

Different films at different ages:

Being shown things way too early by my dad that scared the shit out of me and got him in hot water with my mum:

Alien when I was 6. I didn’t eat a full meal for about two weeks for fear of a chest burster and I didn’t sleep well for months. Still gives me the willies but I love watching it.

Star Wars - not gory of course but I was obsessed by it.

Close encounters of the third kind - convinced I was going to be abducted...

Films of my own choosing:

Jurassic Park - the effects were mind blowing for the time.

American Beauty - implosion of suburban America perfect life played out through the exposition of key stereotypes. Fantastic film making I don’t think Sam Mendes has surpassed.

The Social Network - fascinated me and annoyed in equal measure mainly because it made me so frustrated my parents weren’t computer geeks who could have got me into programming and consequently a billionaire. Naturally. Also introduced me to Aaron Sorkin which led to the discovery of the West Wing...

Field of Dreams - sublimely well executed supernatural film which plays on everyone’s inner child and wondering just what might be possible [presuming you can ignore the baseball setting.]

Shawshank Redemption - superb execution of the almost perfect roller coaster storyline. To extrapolate that level of brilliance out of a short story was wonderful by Darabont.

So many others but can’t think now...

 

[Billy in Bristol]

Field of Dreams probably 27 times now...one of my young events team got the 'build it' quote correct...and I nearly cried.

 

[Miximate]

1978 ddd !

 

[Dave the OAP]

Born free....wept buckets and still do.

Circus of horrors - Rank. Scared me witless when I was 8. Clowns still to this day scare me!

Blazing saddles - one of the best pieces of satire from Mel brooks. Wrong yet right on so many levels!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Porkys


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[Gabbafella]

Although SPR the landings scene is a visceral experience, and various parts of the film, the most shocking, and I mean it just had me shaking almost was the knife scene toward the end after the hand to hand fight in the house. I’ve just not been able to shake that scene, even typing this I can relive how intimate, intense and shockingly in the face of death it was.

Totally agree. The beach landing is obviously very brutal, in your face, loud and chaotic, whereas the scene where he speaks softly, almost comforting his victim as he slowly eases the knife in to him is arguably the most disturbing and sinister.

 

[half time scores]

Soldier Blue
After watching it I was curious to discover more. I subsequently read 'Bury my heart at wounded knee' which led me conclude that what happened to the indigenous people in the Americas was awful to say the least. Further research on other countries including ourselves suggested that it was the norm.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Alien
Manon des Sources
The Ring (Japanese version)
Life is beautiful
2001:A Space Odyssey
Cinema Paradiso
Blade Runner
Ghandi
Se7en

 

[METALMICKY]

Not my best movies but profound

Apocalypse Now
The Killing Fields (every time)
Jacob's Ladder
Schindler's List

Could not get my head around Jacob's Ladder at all.

 

[TugWilson]

Alien
Amadeus
The Good The Bad & The Ugly ( Full Version )
See No Evil ,Hear No Evil


And the Greatest film EVER made ....KELLY`S HEROES

 

[Easy 10]

In terms of special effects, Jurassic Park absolutely blew me away. I remember thinking "this changes EVERYTHING". My eyes were out on stalks.

 

[arich264]

So many great films already mentioned and so many hours of enjoyment but going back to the original question the film that affected me the most was The Lovely Bones. As a parent it is the dread that keeps you awake at night and the one that makes you wake up screaming.

 

[ShandyH]

Raiders of The Lost Ark - I remember watching this in the ABC and I was pretty young but it showed how entertaining cinema could be. Brand new genre. Peak Spielberg.

La Haine - Beautiful French film in black and white about estates on the fringe of Paris. Cinematically brilliant and propelled the careers of a few actors.

Twelve Angry Men - Henry Fonda possibly the best lead actor in any film.

Once Upon A Time In The West - Henry Fonda again. Music by Ennio Morricone. Arguably the greatest western of all time.


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[sydney]

Could not get my head around Jacob's Ladder at all.

ground breaker....great film.

 

[colinz]

Samsara, made me realise what a load of bollocks Buddhism is.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196069/

 

[Algernon]

Greyfriars Bobby.
A matter of life and death.
This happy breed.
The Elephant Man.