Movies that get better as you get older
06-14-04, 07:16 PM
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Movies that get better as you get older
I rewatched Close Encounters of the Third Kind this weekend for the first time in several years. I first saw it when I was eight years old, and while I liked it a lot, it didn't stick with me as much as Jaws, E.T., or Jurassic Park. Yet when I watched it again, I was floored. I'm in my twenties now, relatively close to the age Spielberg was when he made the film, and the story of an ordinary grown man really living a dream resonated much more deeply with me this time. It's now definitely one of my favorite films, yet at eight it probably would have ranked way below, say, The Goonies.
Has anyone else had an experience like this, where age and knowledge change the way you respond to a film?
Has anyone else had an experience like this, where age and knowledge change the way you respond to a film?
06-14-04, 07:27 PM
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Note - sorry, wasn't paying attention and realized right after the fact that I had posted this in the wrong forum. I notified the mods and hopefully it will be moved to Movie Talk shortly.
06-14-04, 08:16 PM
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Toy Story. There's so many jokes in that movie that I just don't see younger kids getting. Same goes with Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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i believe this should in the "Movie Talk" forum...
but i'll bite...
Robocop... was cool, now is an amazing picture
Heartbreak Ridge.... didn't realize this was an amazingly funny movie.
but i'll bite...
Robocop... was cool, now is an amazing picture
Heartbreak Ridge.... didn't realize this was an amazingly funny movie.
06-15-04, 11:24 AM
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8 1/2- didn't get it when I first saw it, now it's one of my favorites.
French Connection- it seemed like your standard police triller when I saw it at 14, now I see it as the incredibly tight masterpiece it is.
French Connection- it seemed like your standard police triller when I saw it at 14, now I see it as the incredibly tight masterpiece it is.
06-15-04, 12:35 PM
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Casablanca. The first time I saw it I didn't quite understand it(I must have been 8), but the more I see it the more I truly believe this is one of the 5 greatest movies ever made.
06-15-04, 02:32 PM
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Originally posted by Groucho
The first Shrek. I was only three when it came out, so naturally I didn't get a lot of the "in jokes" and pop-culture references.
The first Shrek. I was only three when it came out, so naturally I didn't get a lot of the "in jokes" and pop-culture references.
06-15-04, 04:15 PM
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Still digesting Woody Allen films.
It's cool, most "intelligent" people can't differentiate between its and it's either. And of course, the all time favorite, there and their.
Originally posted by nodeerforamonth
And I'm pretty stupid for typing "your" instead of "you're" in my above post.
And I'm pretty stupid for typing "your" instead of "you're" in my above post.
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