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Most influential movie on your life?

I just finished watching the movie Se7en for the third time (no, not all of them tonight), and I think I consider it one of the most influential movies in my life. It's the sort of social commentary that many, including myself, consider Fight Club to be, and yet it's very different.

Se7en seems to focus on the moral aspects of society, and how they relate to sin. Fight Club seemed to have a more specific theme, something like "money (material wealth) isn't everything, you were born with a life, live it", while the main theme that I draw from the movie Se7en is "just because it's common (in today's society) doesn't make it right."

I believe that both of these movies have influenced my views of society, and (from how most other people refer to the movie Fight Club) I would assume that many other people have been affected by it, as well.

If you have yet to watch either Fight Club or Se7en, I highly recommend you do so soon. I will warn you that it takes quite a stomach to get through either of them, but Fight Club is a lot lighter, in my humble opinion.

I wish I had the time and energy to write an essay on this subject, it could prove very interesting, but alas, I don't (right now, anyway).

If any of you have any movies you think have had some sort of permanent effect on your life, please share them with everyone else.
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Not really a single movie, but a genre, and whether or not it's a bad influence is yet to be decided. When I was 7 my parents started taking the family to the Drive-In theaters in the area. Most of the time we went to see the Friday night dusk to dawn horror movie marathons. And that's when I started having nightmares. To this day, 4 out of 5 of my dreams are still nightmares, I just don't wake up screaming like I used to. They say that kids who watch violent shows tend to be more violent, but I don't agree with that, because I am not a violent person (well, except that I kick Eric, my Other, whenever he suggests me for a Home Depot run, but that's a Pavlovian experiment in process), as a matter of fact, I can't even smash a spider even though they scare the bejeezus out of me. And then there is my dark side (insert evil laughter here). I have a really twisted sense of humor. And my writing is highly influenced by scary things, though it's not straight out horror writing, it's got a bite to it, and tends to not be chipper and cheerful. Here's an example: 100 Words

Maybe if I had grown up Disney, I would be all sugar and spice and everything nice, but I kind of like who I am, and I still like horror movies and all that.

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I woke up screaming for years. I found that taking martial arts classes until the moves became second nature to me was a big help. I was able to spontaneuosly fight back in my dreams. The nighmares finally went away after a couple of nights of "fighting back" in my dream life. It's done wonders.
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Clockwork Orange has been the most infulential movie in my life. Err...just kidding! I don't have a most influential movie...I don't even have a role model.
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Clockwork Orange has been the most infulential movie in my life. Err...just kidding! I don't have a most influential movie...I don't even have a role model.
So, you're not influenced by anything? You must be either freakishly independent (that would be amazing) or dead (that would be even more amazing since you seem to be able to manipulate something somewhere to post in the CD forum threads).

No offense Mr. ish, but you seriously frighten me sometimes.......Actually it's very entertaining. Scary though.
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I've probably been influenced by movies in many, many different ways. More than I'd care to count, even, since there are so many different movies that I love, and each for some interesting reasons.

The movie, though, that had the most profound, sudden, and obvious impact on me was probably Pay It Forward. Some people love it, some hate it, but I was really, really affected by it in a way that most people can't seem to understand.

I think that it spoke volumes about our culture, maybe in the same way that people perceive Fight Club and Se7en, as well as providing a wonderful blueprint for making the world a better place.

I've seen very, very little else that was as devastating and truthful, and uplifting and refreshing at the same time. I should read the novel on which the movie was based, but I haven't found the time, and I'm not certain I can withstand the emotional upheaval right now. In fact, I've never seen the movie since that first time, either. I don't own it, even.

Wonder Boys was also excellent. In a bizarre, distorted way, it made me a lot more comfortable with all of the craziness in my life - and it gave me a bit more hope for the future. That can't be all bad, right?
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My most infuential movie...
other than Fight Club and se7en...

Labyrinth, because each time I watch it, I discover something new about myself...whether it be something that reminds me of taking me away from my present or showing us how you can still have younger child aspects in your life...I dunno...Its kinda hard for me to explain everything...

Another movie is Gattica...

Gosh my list goes on...
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So, you're not influenced by anything? You must be either freakishly independent (that would be amazing) or dead (that would be even more amazing since you seem to be able to manipulate something somewhere to post in the CD forum threads).

No offense Mr. ish, but you seriously frighten me sometimes.......Actually it's very entertaining. Scary though.
Well...I am influenced by stuff (people) but I always considered a role model the _main_ influence. I can't say that I have a main influence. Parents, teachers, friends (haha...influence by my friends...that can't be good) are my influences. I am pretty independent though...due to being outcast in school and life untill maybe 9th grade.

And...BOO!
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Blade Runner - This movie has so many layers, from biblical symbolism, to concepts of reality and morality.

There are so many layer, every time I watch it, I learn something new, and what I orginally thought were inconsistances, are actually important clues to unravel a perpetual mystery of whether or not Harrison Ford is a replicant or not...

it can go both ways, and I've switched opinions several times while watching it. It is a great movie.

I also liked Black Hawk Down - i thought it was a decent replication of an outstanding book, and calls attention to an event that shaped our foreign policy for the past ten years.

Of course, that also leads me to The Abyss, which I thought was a great movie, overall. Just a good film, with a good ending, and a powerful message.

I also enjoyed Saving Private Ryan, makes you take a step back an reexamine your life - we get so caught up with things that we forget about the past. It is good to have something to remind us, even if it is a film.

Apocalyse Now is a masterpiece of film, if you havent watched it - it's a real trip, the most insane movie I have ever seen.

On a lighter note: Shrek RULES!!!!!!
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It's litteraly dripping with symbolism in every scene. It contains references and ideals from every major religion that exists today, from Christianity to Bhudism, and from major idea is phylosophy (Simulation and Stimulacra). The idea that there is more to life than what you see and hear every day, how limited of a perspective we really have in our lives, and what it is that we can't percieve.

Then there is the idea where "brains over braun" and "mind over matter" tend to meld together (where all the sfx come in).

Every time I watch it I just have to look around the room, and say to myself, "What is real anyway?" Any movie that can do that is just plain genius. I can't wait for the sequals (Reloaded and Revolutions), it's gonna be so awesome!!!
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