tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post5906360096916386789..comments2023-10-29T07:44:48.235-07:00Comments on Jestablog: Exceptional FilmsKamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531243633193697440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15257204.post-74757994813318847122008-09-24T23:19:00.000-07:002008-09-24T23:19:00.000-07:00I'm even more of a wuss, movie-wise (probably phys...I'm even more of a wuss, movie-wise (probably physically too!) than you are. :) There are very few dramas I will watch, I just don't have the energy to invest in an emotional hip bath. <BR/><BR/>I love the LOTR trilogy, much more than I loved the books. I thought they did an excellent job of translating 3 intensely intricate stories into a film environment. Reading their boards to understand the reasons, cinematically, for their additions and subtractions made me understand ploting and timing in movies a bit better. <BR/><BR/>I'm changing your question a bit to be memorable movies. So, I will go out on a limb and name the one movie that I will not let my children watch, probably for a good few more years.<BR/>(realizing they are 13 and almost 15 and in a very emotionally committed time in their lives). <BR/><BR/>That movie is, "The Passion of the Christ." I wasn't enamored of the subject matter and it's not on the top of my list of all time favorite movies (I liked, "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and quite a few comedies better for their entertainment value!) but this movie spoke to my soul and made me remember the stories of the suffering of the MAN, Jesus of Nazarath. The experience, though I'm not a Christian, raised the hairs on the back of my neck and reminded me of my feelings as a teenager going to the "Seven Stations of the Cross" service at a Catholic church. There is a sense of awe that comes from that strong of belief.<BR/><BR/>For being without words, and intense, and KNOWING I was going to hate the ending, the movie actually said quite a bit to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15511155842899819113noreply@blogger.com