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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 2681603" data-attributes="member: 20715">On the Flightplan spoiler thread, somebody mentioned that there lacked well-reasoned discussions of movies.  It was all fan-boy or trash talk.  Well, here is an attempt to contradict that.  Here are films that made an impression on me, and some brief explanation.Spirited Away:  Probably one of the most charming anime films ever made.  I have never failed to have an adult watch the film and be impressed.  It is both an excellent gateway film to anime and a good film in its own right.  It is also I fine film for children.  The breadth of appeal alone is extremely rare.Duel:  This simple-concept film was the first film I saw that was creepy without the over-the-top gore of horror films that were so prevalent when I was growing up in the 80s.  As such, it was an eye-opener.Saving Private Ryan:  Least "Hollywood" portrayal of death and gore in war I've ever seen.  It is hard to bring myself to watch the film repeatedly, even though I enjoyed the film.Silence of the Lambs:  Saw this in the the theater by ACCIDENT.  I knew nothing about it.  It proved to me that gore doesn't automatically imply a bad film (in the age of Freddy and Jason), and it kept me on the edge of my seat.Casablanca:  While it has its flaws, the film still defines both film noire and "cool" in my perspective.Goodfellas:  Joe Pesci's performance in this film is both chilling and hilarious at the same time.  In my mind, his character here is the archetype of the criminally insane.Unforgiven:  This was the film that prompted me to re-examine a genre that I had largely ignored -- classic westerns.  For that, it remains a favorite, though other genre films are quite arguably superior.Dead Poets' Society:  A good film that is notable for me in that it proved that one of my favorite comedians actually had some range, rather than just being a loon.Jurrasic Park:  Ignoring the minimalist plot, this movie was sea change in what people expected from computer-generated effects.  Since it came out, audiences have actually come to expect flawless special effects, and the days of models on strings and stop-motion techniques are mostly gone.Well, that is a subset.  I could probably think of more with time.</blockquote>

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