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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 17, 2018 11:57:21 GMT
my father is a huge movie buff. he is a big fan of de niro and pacino.
i grew up watching SCARFACE and MIDNIGHT RUN. i remember a concerned uncle covering my eyes when my father was showing him SCARFACE and the chainsaw scene came on. i also remember watching CARLITOS WAY.
then i remember another uncle from the USA taking me to watch GYMKATA (a martial arts action film) and PREDATOR in vistarama projection. after this he bought me a choconut sundae and made me walk 5 kilometers back to my house.
later my father showed me DIE HARD and LETHAL WEAPON in vistarama projection. i remember being completely impressed by PREDATOR and DIE HARD as a teenager.
my father is also a big fan of STEVE MCQUEEN. i vaguely remember watching some movie of his as a kid. could be THE GETAWAY.
then in 1995, i remember watching HEAT in the movie hall with my father. but the sound system was so bad, we couldnt understand what was going on. discuss.
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 17, 2018 12:21:27 GMT
Wow, man! You are very lucky to have grown up with family members who were big movie buffs. I started taking interest in cinema on my own. I don't feel embarrassed to reveal that I was madly in love with b-grade martial arts movies of Jean-Claude Van Damme. But very soon I grew bored of silly martial arts movies of Van Damme, Jet Li and Jackie Chan. I shouldn't call them silly but after a while they felt repetitive. Then I stopped watching movies and became interested in Victorian and Russian Literature. Only in 2006 did I return to watching movies on regular basis. I believe it mainly changed for me when by some sort of luck I watched few of all time great classics in a matter of 10 days. I watched Double Indemnity, Freaks (1932) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in a matter of few days and then I felt cinema is a great form of entertainment. Then there did came a friend in my life who was interested in movies and liked old movies. I was a big Bunuel fan and he liked Bergman and we would both organise movie weekends where we will watch 5 or 6 movies on Friday and Saturday nights. Those were some of the best days of my life. But I don't recall anyone in my family ever having an interest in movies.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 20, 2018 6:40:11 GMT
Wow, man! You are very lucky to have grown up with family members who were big movie buffs. I started taking interest in cinema on my own. I don't feel embarrassed to reveal that I was madly in love with b-grade martial arts movies of Jean-Claude Van Damme. But very soon I grew bored of silly martial arts movies of Van Damme, Jet Li and Jackie Chan. I shouldn't call them silly but after a while they felt repetitive. Then I stopped watching movies and became interested in Victorian and Russian Literature. Only in 2006 did I return to watching movies on regular basis. I believe it mainly changed for me when by some sort of luck I watched few of all time great classics in a matter of 10 days. I watched Double Indemnity, Freaks (1932) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in a matter of few days and then I felt cinema is a great form of entertainment. Then there did came a friend in my life who was interested in movies and liked old movies. I was a big Bunuel fan and he liked Bergman and we would both organise movie weekends where we will watch 5 or 6 movies on Friday and Saturday nights. Those were some of the best days of my life. But I don't recall anyone in my family ever having an interest in movies. even i used to watch alot of van damme, bruce lee and jackie chan movies. |
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Post by petrolino on Jun 23, 2018 14:29:12 GMT
My cousin showed me 'A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon' (1988) because she's a 'Friends' fan and it features Matthew Perry (who plays Chandler Bing on the sitcom) in an early role. I liked it, good movie.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 23, 2018 14:49:40 GMT
My father got me to watch A Walk in the Sun, which I like very much. Also, one day he gave my sister and me a buck each and instructed us to go see Lawrence of Arabia. We loved it.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jun 24, 2018 15:28:13 GMT
My father got me to watch A Walk in the Sun, which I like very much. Also, one day he gave my sister and me a buck each and instructed us to go see Lawrence of Arabia. We loved it. thats great. the path to a global monoculture was being paved back in the day itself. but now it has all fallen apart. |
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 24, 2018 15:54:02 GMT
Wow, man! You are very lucky to have grown up with family members who were big movie buffs. I started taking interest in cinema on my own. I don't feel embarrassed to reveal that I was madly in love with b-grade martial arts movies of Jean-Claude Van Damme. But very soon I grew bored of silly martial arts movies of Van Damme, Jet Li and Jackie Chan. I shouldn't call them silly but after a while they felt repetitive. Then I stopped watching movies and became interested in Victorian and Russian Literature. Only in 2006 did I return to watching movies on regular basis. I believe it mainly changed for me when by some sort of luck I watched few of all time great classics in a matter of 10 days. I watched Double Indemnity, Freaks (1932) and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in a matter of few days and then I felt cinema is a great form of entertainment. Then there did came a friend in my life who was interested in movies and liked old movies. I was a big Bunuel fan and he liked Bergman and we would both organise movie weekends where we will watch 5 or 6 movies on Friday and Saturday nights. Those were some of the best days of my life. But I don't recall anyone in my family ever having an interest in movies. even i used to watch alot of van damme, bruce lee and jackie chan movies. I think there is a phase in childhood when this martial arts fever catches us. I think I may not be able to do watch a Van Damme movie even if I am paid to do so. I may be able to get through a Bruce Lee movie though. |
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