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<blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 9659125" data-attributes="member: 9213"><p>The ones I can cite definitively where I was a teen (or older) and could fully appreciate the experiences for what they were? </p><p></p><p>THE TERMINATOR (1984) No one was ready for this. At some point we were watching a B sci-fi movie that became something more and it was solidified when the T-800's endo skeleton arises from the wreckage of the tanker truck and that push in on Sarah's face signifying that NO, this movie ISNT OVER. </p><p></p><p>ALIENS (1986) This one two punch of James Cameron is easily some of the best pacing in any action/horror/thriller that I've ever seen and to this day the last 20-30 min of this movie (the theatrical edition) is easily and without a doubt one of the most intense movie theater experiences that I've ever had. I remember walking out of the UA Midway on Queens Blvd in Forest Hills Queens that friday afternoon just absolutley WIPED. </p><p></p><p>DIE HARD (1988) No one was taking Bruce Willis seriously as a movie star at the time. At about the 30 min mark of this movie I turned to my friend Damon and said "Is it just me or this actually GOOD?" He enthusiastically confirmed what I was thinking and the rest of this movie proceeded to just flat out amaze and excite that Wednesday afternoon audience. </p><p></p><p>SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) This movie flat out traumatized me. I though that the Omaha Beach sequence was going to be the worst of it. NOPE. The worst of it was being with the remaining characters for the duration of the movie and then being excited and TERRIFIED for them during that final battle in Ramelle. This is one of the only war films that might have broken me emotionally. And I've NEVER been able to fully appreciate the craft at play in this movie because I'm so caught up IN the movie. My screening had a BUNCH of war vets in it at the time including a guy who was explaining to his (I'm guessing...wife?) the use of the bangalores. Yeah, a great movie theater experience but a HARROWING ONE as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShinHakkaider, post: 9659125, member: 9213"] The ones I can cite definitively where I was a teen (or older) and could fully appreciate the experiences for what they were? THE TERMINATOR (1984) No one was ready for this. At some point we were watching a B sci-fi movie that became something more and it was solidified when the T-800's endo skeleton arises from the wreckage of the tanker truck and that push in on Sarah's face signifying that NO, this movie ISNT OVER. ALIENS (1986) This one two punch of James Cameron is easily some of the best pacing in any action/horror/thriller that I've ever seen and to this day the last 20-30 min of this movie (the theatrical edition) is easily and without a doubt one of the most intense movie theater experiences that I've ever had. I remember walking out of the UA Midway on Queens Blvd in Forest Hills Queens that friday afternoon just absolutley WIPED. DIE HARD (1988) No one was taking Bruce Willis seriously as a movie star at the time. At about the 30 min mark of this movie I turned to my friend Damon and said "Is it just me or this actually GOOD?" He enthusiastically confirmed what I was thinking and the rest of this movie proceeded to just flat out amaze and excite that Wednesday afternoon audience. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) This movie flat out traumatized me. I though that the Omaha Beach sequence was going to be the worst of it. NOPE. The worst of it was being with the remaining characters for the duration of the movie and then being excited and TERRIFIED for them during that final battle in Ramelle. This is one of the only war films that might have broken me emotionally. And I've NEVER been able to fully appreciate the craft at play in this movie because I'm so caught up IN the movie. My screening had a BUNCH of war vets in it at the time including a guy who was explaining to his (I'm guessing...wife?) the use of the bangalores. Yeah, a great movie theater experience but a HARROWING ONE as well. [/QUOTE]
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