What's a great story related to your collection, or movies in general?

[Taknakhan]

I have a great one.

When it comes to mine (OUR.) collection, my wife and I have very different takes. I love Asian cinema, the classics, silent films, basically anything that is well-made and usually with a great script or pedigree. And of course the occasional stupid blockbuster or comedy. I guess there's no accounting for taste.

My wife, on the other hand, likes anything with sparkly, sullen man-boys, a bodice being torn to shreds, an impromptu dash for any international boarding area, a woman clinging to some driftwood, a director named Emmerich or Bay or anything starring Katherine Heigl or- you get the idea. She's not really one for transgression, or horror, or anything that pushes the boundaries of taste or thought. She watches movies for the love, or the escape. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

So one night I come home from my first job, to find my wife watching TV. I ask her how her day went, yknow, the usual. She tells me, quietly, that a friend had come to visit. That's nice, I said. What did you do? Well, we decided to watch a movie. Awesome. Something like Twilight, I surmised? No, we picked something by its cover. Something we hadn't seen before. OK. Something from your collection.

Oh. This could be interesting.

Well, they put the disc in, and settled down. Within 5 minutes neither had said a word. Within 10 minutes awkward glances had been passed, for neither knew if the other wanted to hit stop, like they so desperately wanted to. Within 15 minutes, the film had been removed from the player, packed in its case and placed back on the shelf, never to be spoken of again. My name lost a good bit of its lustre then: just what kind of movies was Adam into? Why on earth would someone want to watch films like that?

What film could this have been, that caused so much discomfort? The film in question, randomly chosen, was The Rules Of Attraction.

Oh man, what I would give to have had a camera set up to catch that priceless moment. You could never manufacture a response quite like that. I mean, you tell someone to watch something but don't tell them what it's about, they're automatically on guard, the jig is up. You make them watch it, same deal. But a clean, straight viewing without prior knowledge, and with both expecting a light rom-com? Magical.

I asked if they had gotten to the notorious date-rape sequence. Yes, she informed me. Yes they did. That was when they both gave up the ghost on that particular film.

A very important lesson was learned that day, one that has stuck with my wife from then on: never touch Adam's movies without prior knowledge, unless you're willing to risk your mind's eye being burned forever.

[Anamnesis]

I was fortunate (or unfortunate depending on your take) enough to get to a screening of Crispen Glover's It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine in which the man himself was present prior, during and after the screening to answer questions read from one of his books and sign items etc.

I went with my house mate and my girlfriend's sister.

Firstly, the local cinema that was holding this screening were incredibly rude to Mr. Glover and there was a very awkward moment prior to the screening where the entire event may have ended up being cancelled, but after a bit of back and forth between the manager, Crispen and ourselves a reasonable outcome ensued.

Then the film started, now I was somewhat aware of the story, however nothing could prepare me for the graphic sexual scenes and violence that would ensue, nor the sudden awareness I gained of my surroundings and the people in the general vicinity... suffice to say my girlfriend's sister has never mentioned the screening again in my presence, nor did we say more than 2 words after leaving the theatre. I did manage to get an autograph on my copy of The Ratcatcher though so it had some positive moments for me!

My taste in movies in very different from my partner, she is more into animated flicks or movies that do justice to good books (more of a reader) and no matter how many times I try and get her into the type of films I enjoy she doesn't want to come to the dark side.

I guarantee if she had come to the screening above and not her sister, our relationship may have faltered as a result... definitely not a date movie that one!

[80sfanboy]

Originally Posted by Anamnesis

I was fortunate (or unfortunate depending on your take) enough to get to a screening of Crispen Glover's It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine in which the man himself was present prior, during and after the screening to answer questions read from one of his books and sign items etc.

I went with my house mate and my girlfriend's sister.

Firstly, the local cinema that was holding this screening were incredibly rude to Mr. Glover and there was a very awkward moment prior to the screening where the entire event may have ended up being cancelled, but after a bit of back and forth between the manager, Crispen and ourselves a reasonable outcome ensued.

Then the film started, now I was somewhat aware of the story, however nothing could prepare me for the graphic sexual scenes and violence that would ensue, nor the sudden awareness I gained of my surroundings and the people in the general vicinity... suffice to say my girlfriend's sister has never mentioned the screening again in my presence, nor did we say more than 2 words after leaving the theatre. I did manage to get an autograph on my copy of The Ratcatcher though so it had some positive moments for me!

My taste in movies in very different from my partner, she is more into animated flicks or movies that do justice to good books (more of a reader) and no matter how many times I try and get her into the type of films I enjoy she doesn't want to come to the dark side.

I guarantee if she had come to the screening above and not her sister, our relationship may have faltered as a result... definitely not a date movie that one!

His best role was thin man in Charlie's Angel's. He is awesome as that guy. I didn't mind him in Willard either

The more you sweat in training the less you bleed in battle