Which movies affected you the most in your life?

[Guest FriendofGreece]

For me, it is two movies:

 

Planet of the Apes - still so stunning to watch. Be kind to animals and to our planet Earth.

 

 

 

Zorba the Greek - "A man needs a little madness, or else... he never dares cut the rope and be free." ― Nikos Kazantzakis

 

 

 

Which are yours?

[Guest eyoismos]

Star Trek - the original series

 

without any doubt and hands down

[Guest FriendofGreece]

Yes, but what exactly in the Star Trek series? Mr. Spock's ears? The tasers? The vanishing people? The galaxies?

[Jen 3]

Mr Spocks ears     

 

Benji - when he finds the lion cubs all alone in the forest (their mother had been killed)  i cried   (life can be so cruel)

 

The addams family - its ok to be eccentric 

 

Marley and me - i cried     ( i need to accept that all good things come to an end) 

[Jen 3]

Zorba - ( the shameful murder scene ) & ( Bouboulina dying and the town people waiting to take her belongings) ruined a good movie and scared me for life

 

 

no i didnt cry, at the time i was disgusted in the Greek people 

[Guest PatrickT]

 

definitive Jurassic Park

[admin 31]

There are so many great movies out there, and there are so many more still coming 

 

Roberto Benigni's Life is beautiful was a wonderful movie. 

I also enjoyed Cameron Crow's Almost Famous. It brought back some good memories from my youth when I was an "aspiring" musician playing for a band.

I love comedies too, and School of Rock and Natcho Libre were fun to watch. Jack Black is hilarious.

 

I've seen so many great movies over the years. It's hard to only mention a few 

[Guest FriendofGreece]

So many movies I have not seen. Will take a quick look on youtube see.

 

Jen - me too, the two scenes you described in Zorba quite affected me. I was shocked, I said to myself well it can't be Greeks, can it? I actually saw Zorba when I was very young, and that was the first time I knew of the existence of the Greeks. The only thing I remembered was the dance at the end of the movie. It was only later when I watched it again that the movie, i.e. the personality of Zorba, made a very deep impression on me. 

[admin 31]

You should read the book then. It's much better than the movie. You should also look up on Kazantzakis' other works. It's all really good.

 

By the way, did you know that the "Last Temptation of Christ" (another good movie by the way) is based on a book by Nikos Kazantzakis? That's worth a read too.

[Guest FriendofGreece]

Yes, I read the Zorba book and liked it very much. The only thing missing, I guess, is the music. 

 

No, I did not know about the "Last Temptation of Christ", will watch it then. Will look up other works of Kazantzakis too. Thanks for the suggestions. 

[Guest FriendofGreece]

I am trying to find the full movie, but this scene is so powerful. I really like it. 

 

[Guest FriendofGreece]

Gee, look at how people react to the movie. I like when they talk about their concern that people who are not too "educated" in religion might think after seeing the movie.