What was the movie that changed your perspective on life?

[vonzipper3]

Mine was EASY RIDER! I talked my dad into taking me to see it when I was 13.Boy did that open my EYES! Dad did check the ratings of the movies from my picks from then on.

[Fighter]

City of God
Requiem for a Dream

[Fighter]

Originally Posted by vonzipper3

Mine was EASY RIDER! I talked my dad into taking me to see it when I was 13.Boy did that open my EYES! Dad did check the ratings of the movies from my picks from then on.

Easy Rider looks and sounds fantastic on blu!

[Elvis]

Saturday Night Fever in Jan of 78 I was 13.

[Grand Bob]

That's easy. It was 2001: A Space Odyssey. When I walked out of the theater (at the age of 12), I knew that not only would I eventually be employed in a technical career, but I looked at life from a much larger perspective and developed a love of astronomy that I still maintain 42 years later.

[Freekman]

This is a hard question. I can't really think of a movie that changed my view of life completely, as it's only a movie.

[Galactus]

Saving Privet Ryan

[BladeRunner2007]

Blade Runner (value of life)
Fight Club (society, materialism, consumerism)
American History X (racism)
A Clockwork Orange (violence, free will)
Requiem for a Dream (drugs)
Dawn of the Dead (consumerism and materialism in our society)
Class of 1984 (vigilantism)

[SpotOn]

As a teen, JFK (ask questions, don't take things at face value)
As an adult, Kundun (selflessness, connecting with goodness)

[Freekman]

Watchmen (corruption of society/government)

[Lepidopterous]

Amelie

[Atreyu]

Well I cannot think of one that changed my life, but I remember when I saw The Boys In The Band about twenty five years ago after I had just come out and it scared me to death because I thought I was going to end up being like the characters in the film.

[My_Two_Cents]

Band of Brothers

I thought I had a decent understanding of WWII and what that generation of young men did for our country until I watched that series. I now have a whole new level of respect for them.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

Band of Brothers

I thought I had a decent understanding of WWII and what that generation of young men did for our country until I watched that series. I now have a whole new level of respect for them.

I felt the same way about my (adoptive) dad, who was in the European theater in WWII. He would rarely talk about his experiences, but after seeing Band of Brothers, I think I can identify more of what he went through.

[surfdude12]

Originally Posted by Grand Bob

That's easy. It was 2001: A Space Odyssey. When I walked out of the theater (at the age of 12), I knew that not only would I eventually be employed in a technical career, but I looked at life from a much larger perspective and developed a love of astronomy that I still maintain 42 years later.

+1

2001 for me too. Didn't see it until age 29, and had already studied science, but it radically changed my scientific, philosophical and spiritual perspective on life.

[Pondosinatra]

Friday the 13th - I learned that if I have sex that'll I'll die in horrible ways.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Friday the 13th - I learned that if I have sex that'll I'll die in horrible ways.

So i take it your still a virgin?

[Mahatma]

Don't know if it changed my life,but the movie which had most impact on me was 'Apocalypse now'.Could watch that endlessly when I was young.Now I have seen it enough,but man! was that a great movie.

In recent years:Fight club.

[The Dragon]

Superman: The Movie.

I believed a man could fly.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

Amelie

Great choice. It hasn't necessarily changed my life, but I do think of it often and remind myself of the simple joys all around us.


This is a great question, albeit a difficult one.


Schindler's List changed my life in that it made me fully realize, in a visual way, the atrocities that befell millions of people only 65-70 years ago. Likewise for Hotel Rwanda.

12 Angry Men changed my life by showing me that even things that appear obvious should be more closely examined, a fair chance given. Judgment at Nuremberg showed me that even the worst crime can have reason behind it--it's all about perspective. I think American Beauty also greatly affected me, especially the bag scene (as parodied as it is), because it made me realize that people oftentimes hide behind these seemingly perfect facades, but are equally conflicted as myself and others. The bag scene reminds me of the beauty that's apparent every moment of every day, as long as we take to the time to truly look around us. To quote Dan Millman, who wrote The Peaceful Warrior (adapted into a film), "There are no ordinary moments."