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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9658196">A lot of my movie viewings are blurring together but:Bram Stoker's Dracula was one of the first movies I remember seeing in a theater where the visuals, and the overall feel, blew me awayComing to America was the first film I remember obsessively buying multiple repeat tickets to (think I saw it five times when it came out because we thought it was so funny)I didn't see it in a theater, but Goodfellas was another movie that just instantly spellbound me. I would liken seeing that on a double VHS set to any experience I have had in the theaterKill Bill II is a theater experience that really stuck in my memory for some reason. I actually prefer the second movie, and I had seen the first one and liked it, but I was so engrossed by the second because it got deeper into character history and it did so in this deeply immersive wayThe Fifth Element was another movie that was incredible in the theater. I hadn't seen a film like that before and everything in it just landed perfectly for me. Plus is looked beautiful (and the effects largely still hold up)Back to the Future. This one is maybe hard to appreciate now if you grew up later, but it was massive when it came out. And I remembered cousins trying to explain the plot to it (usually very clumsily). When I actually saw it. Wow. It was probably my most amazing theater going experience to that point in life. And while it never reached Coming to America repeat viewing levels for me (which were just through the roof), I think my folks did take us to see it again.Karate Kid. If you are my age, there is a high chance you saw this one in the theater and it is the first movie I remember that had that combination of heart and humor. I'm sure I had seen movies with that blend before but it is the first one that made me aware this could work. Also it was one of a view pieces of media that helped propel an interest in martial arts and martial arts movies (others being Pray for Death, Shogun, and some Bruce-ploitation film I had seen as a child on TV).Speed. This one might sound a little weak now. I haven't seen it in ages. But I remember being so surprised when I saw it in the theater. I don't think I had yet accepted Keanu Reeves as an action star, and I wasn't expecting such an interesting action film (the premise just really worked). I hadn't seen any of the trailers. So I went in blind.Kung Fu Hustle: I am pretty sure I had just seen Shaolin Soccer on DVD from blockbuster. And I liked that a lot. But when I saw Kung Fu Hustle, it was just this amazing production and the humor was so sharp. This was maybe the most fun I had at a movieMillion Dollar Baby. I don't think any movie has ever made me as willingly depressed as this one. I was expecting a female rocky, and you did kind of get that for the first portion of the movie, but, the turn towards the end just drags you on a journey you do not want to go on, but you must proceed down. I also quite liked the way the movie was done. It almost had a hang-out movie feel but it didn't feel frivolousCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. I went with my uncle to see this one (I also saw Bram Stokers Dracula with him). I remember seeing the ad in the paper and going and I was very captivated by how everything moved as if underwater in it. I think I just fell in love with the grace of movement in the film.Saving Private Ryan: Editing this one in when I saw others mention it. This was very impactful. That opening scene was brutal and I think it also opened up the floodgates with my grandparents generation (they had really not talked much about the war in my experience)Cinderella Man: This is a movie that I can't watch without crying because I took my grandfather to see it. He was a boxer from that era. It is a great movie on its own. I like Ron Howard's directing. But what really made it emotional for me was my grandfather was whispering details to me about the fighters that were coming up in the movie. For example I remember him telling me that Max Baer used to have a Star of David on his shorts. I also remember reading the book it was based on right after seeing the film I am sure I am leaving out some films. It is hard to remember everything I saw growing up. Goonies would be another one I recall having a big impact when I went to see it in the theater. And of course movies like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or Independence Day were all very memorable.</blockquote>

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