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Originally posted by napsorter:
Ok, studentfilms.com, I will explain this so that you may be able to understand it, ok? Because I am obviously more gooder in the ways of sounding intelligenter than all ya'llz.

Shaolin Soccer: It taught human kind that if you kick a soccer ball hard enough, it will turn into a fireball shaped like a puma.

If you would like to know more, visit Taco Bell for a change.

You might learn that their bean burritos really are the best fast food-to-money ratio in the realm of unhealthy convenience.

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Uhm, EXCUSE ME!?? Who exactly do you think you are, all powerful napsorter? I think not, You better not address us as "Studentfilms.com" or as "unintelligent" Or Someone will go mid-evil on your hiney. HAH! You have 33 posts. NEWBIE! Until you have more posts than Kyle Johnson, You may not talk back or "show us". So Id get to work, newbie, you got about 500 more posts to post.

MUHAHAHAAH (dont mess)

"This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time"

upon seeing films like the Shining and A Clockwork Orange, i never knew that films could be so powerful and so meaningful.

in that way, it changed my life and the way i made films altogether.

i hope this makes more sense.

I really liked THE SHINING too. In my worthless opinion (in the whole scheme of things) it's the best movie Kubrick made. Of course, I'm a Jack Nicholson fan also (though I don't like the Lakers!).

Mark M
Scooter Productions

YEAH! SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION! Yes, now I remember. That movie completely rocked! And The Birds still freaks me out...

"Don't breathe or I'll kill you!"

I find it both puthetic and sad that I have so many posts...I reply to everything like ten times...plus I type fast...so unlike people who type slow...I don't get irritated with myself.

AS far as THE SHINNING. Superb film. The ending is soooooooooooooooooo classic...Nicholson frozen in the snow. Awesome. Along with him in the picture...it's so freaky. ::REALIZES HE GAVE AWAY PARTS OF FILMS AND MAY BE BASHED::



TacoWagonProductions
I'm gonna be a pilot when I grow up!

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I find it both puthetic and sad that I have so many posts

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Well don't feel so bad, Kyle. I mean, you only replied to this topic one... two... three... four... FIVE TIMES?! Jesus! Go outside or something.


--Alan

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My computer is on all day...and so is this stupid webpage. Plus outside sucks...I'd made a movie but I don't have any actors right now. BUT....this weekend...FINALLY FINISHING MY FILM...which will be submitted to this website.

There were two really life-changing films for me.

FORREST GUMP
I didn't see this movie until last summer, yes, it's very sad. But I rented it, watched it. This made me want to become a filmmaker, because I realized how powerful film really is.

GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER?
This film is just PERFECT. I don't know what it is, but all the elements fit together perfectly and as funny as it is it still addresses facets of society. Brilliant.

--Steve--

"Don't be that guy who doesn't film stuff!"

Forrest Gump. No question about it.

I've got to agree with Shawshank... though more reciently films like Vanilla Sky and Road to Perdition have struck me the most. Though as far as causing me to want to write/film my own stuff it was Fight Club, Boondock Saints and anything Tarantino wrote, but especially True Romance. That movie is quite amazing if you ask me. But anyway, enough of my rambeling.

-Justin
http://www.lone-palm.net/

[This message was edited by stanger1982 on May 29, 2003 at 06:54 PM.]

I saw this movie the other night. I enjoyed it but I cannot believe the reviews this film is getting. The next best crime drama since The Godfather? Holy shi t. Yeah right, Road PErdition and The Godfather are 2 totally different crime films. (SPOILERS AHEAD) Road to Perdition was of course somewhat predictable, I knew Tom Hanks was gonna die at the end and I knew the kid would live. The difference between Godfather and Perdition is that Perdition plays out more as a revenge movie. IT's a good revenge movie...but not anything too original. Jude Law was obviously the best character in the film...I thought all scenes with him were the best. the action was well done...-the shootout in the motel room reminded me of a Western film shootout-

The cinematograpghy, like said a million times, was great...I also loved the locations. Imparticular the diner. I thought that was a real good scene.

I recommend this film, but don't epect a lot of originality...it's a good film but nothing I would consider BRILLANT...which some, a lot, of critics claim.

-TacoWagonProductions

Q.What did the right leg say to the left leg?
A. Watch out for the guy in the middle. He's a real dick

I agree mostly Kyle. The cinematogrpahy is amazing, thats why the late grate Conrad Hall won the Academy Award for it. However I think the movie is briliant. The story is so essicantly simple that it hooks me. And the score is amazing. I think another thing that hooked me is how cold Tom Hank's character is, it's just supprising to me I guess. Anyway, carry on.

-Justin
http://www.lone-palm.net/

I just feel it was REALLY overrated...but still a good film. Critics built it up to make it seem like something it wasn't.

-TacoWagonProductions

Q.What did the right leg say to the left leg?
A. Watch out for the guy in the middle. He's a real dick

I don't think I was ever inspired to make films by a single movie... it's just something I've always done.
However the films that changed my life the most were "Good Will Hunting" and "Fight Club". This sounds really sad that I gained so much from just two movies, but I honestly had no idea who I was before I watched these two movies. These movies just turned on so many light bulbs about life and the world around me for some reason.

"I know, no matter what, no matter who, no matter what I do... someboday hates me." -Reel Big Fish

Life changing...

American History X
Do The Right Thing

Both of these films introduced ideas that were fair if not blind to my eyes and mind. Very good films...I watch them all the time.

Besides filming, the only other thing I ever did good was filming.

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Originally posted by kubrick77:
ok, mr. johnson. i will explain this to you so that you may be able to understand it, ok?

2001:
this picture deals with human evolution, and the paths we have taken to evolve. it deals with our dependence on technology, i.e. HAL 9000 computer, and how technology could possibly take over the human race. another film dealing with the same themes which you might be aware of is Terminator 2, though its storytelling is different.

Full Metal Jacket:
this deals with War and its affects on society and the human spirit. it shows how war is man's most uncivilixed creation, and what its purpose holds--nothing, death, destruction.

The Shining:
deals with the human psyche and the supernatural.

A Clockwork Orange:
deals with a government's control of the human spirit in an attempt to change it for their purposes. fascism, violence, total control and other themes surround the film.

if you would like any other information, check out the library for a change, and read how film has the power to reflect society.

you might learn something.

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Wow! Kubrick77 may be the most pretentious "film-maker" ******* ever! I especially love the arrogance of this line in his reply to tacowagon

"if you would like any other information, check out the library for a change, and read how film has the power to reflect society.

you might learn something."

****ing amazing! what an *******!

Blue Velvet

Stranger Than Paradise

Out of The Past

Kiss Me Deadly

Breathless

The Bicycle Thief
Pickpocket
any Luis Bunuel or Ozu film

heh, yeah...he's an ass.

-Kyle "BIG" Johnson

Q.What did the right leg say to the left leg?
A. Watch out for the guy in the middle. He's a real dick

How is Kubrick77 pretentious (aside from his library comment. Though, there are plenty of good books on film and Kubrick at the library)? He explains (though I must admit I don't agree with all his explanation) why he stated Kubrick's films are statements on society.
I mean your (Richards') list is just a bunch of movies. You don't explain why they're great or even why they changed your life.

Pulp Fiction changed my life because when I watched it, it was on TV -edited, I found the pawn shop rape extremely desturbing. the whole movie was like a dream...I didn't know movies like this existed. I was amazed from the dialogue. It was so natural and interesting. The cast...the best. The movie is just so brillant. I love it...no movie will ever match it on my list.

-Kyle "BIG" Johnson of TacoWagonProductions

Q.What did the right leg say to the left leg?
A. Watch out for the guy in the middle. He's a real dick