Posted by Glen at inktomi2-oxf.server.ntl.com on August 28, 2002 at 05:44:25:
In Reply to: OT Poll: Which was your first great movie? posted by JCEFalconi on August 27, 2002 at 20:53:35:
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: THe question is, which was the first movie that you saw growing up that made you feel something, that touched you in some way?
: Mine was Forrest Gump.
: I was 11 years old,way before I turned into a snide little prick.
: Nowadays people seem to deride it because it started the "Lovable 'tard" genre. Of course My left foot, Rain Man, Gaby: a true story, What's eating Gilbert Grape, were al made before FG, but that resource wasn't used as cynically as after FG.
: I disdained it too because of all the corniness it involved, but yesterday I saw it again, and I got teary-eyed again, maybe because of nostalgia or maybe because it was truly a great movie.
: PD
: Oh, also BIg, I'm not a big Tom Hanks fan but It was also one of the first good movies I saw. A couple years Later I saw Leon on TV and I loved it,before I knew it was regarded as one of the best movies.