Of course a film will only have as much affect on you as you allow it to, but what movies out there changed you in any way, small or dramaticly? For me, movies about real life events have the biggest impact on me, and I take them to heart:
Glory: To me this movie is about sheer courage overcoming incredible injustices, I'm not African American, but I just wish, that I have half the courage these man of the 54th had. They helped change the world, and for me, I never saw the world the same way again. I don't see it as white people bad, black people oppressed either, because as you can see that's just not the case. However when presented with the choice, will you go with the crowd? Which in those days and sometimes even today, it means oppressing and ridiculing a minority group (homosexuals, race, religious group whatever) or will you have the guts to stand up for what is right?
Amistad: I never fully grasped how horrible slave trade was, even with Roots and Glory, and a host of other written accounts. Somehow this movie was so visually impacting, I was convinced that everyone alive in that time period and had dark skin literally lived hell.
Schindler's List: How can people be so cruel? AFter this I became seriously sure that each of us, has the potential to do evil things, we have to constantly reevaluate ourselves and make sure our moral compass isn't damaged. Schindler was a major hero.
Star Wars: Well after all the depressing movies I mentioned, I have to say that if it wasn't for Star Wars, I wouldn't have a love for movies, games, writing, etc... this movie sparked my imagination at an early age, and I have always relied on it.
American History X and Power of One: Both of these movies affected me the same way, racial hate, and one person that decides, that while it is not easy, siding with the popular majority is not always the right thing to do. Also hate and anger consumes and destroys, it never helps in any way, I mentioned these last although it changed me slightly, it wasn't as strong as the movies I mentioned earlier.
Glory: To me this movie is about sheer courage overcoming incredible injustices, I'm not African American, but I just wish, that I have half the courage these man of the 54th had. They helped change the world, and for me, I never saw the world the same way again. I don't see it as white people bad, black people oppressed either, because as you can see that's just not the case. However when presented with the choice, will you go with the crowd? Which in those days and sometimes even today, it means oppressing and ridiculing a minority group (homosexuals, race, religious group whatever) or will you have the guts to stand up for what is right?
Amistad: I never fully grasped how horrible slave trade was, even with Roots and Glory, and a host of other written accounts. Somehow this movie was so visually impacting, I was convinced that everyone alive in that time period and had dark skin literally lived hell.
Schindler's List: How can people be so cruel? AFter this I became seriously sure that each of us, has the potential to do evil things, we have to constantly reevaluate ourselves and make sure our moral compass isn't damaged. Schindler was a major hero.
Star Wars: Well after all the depressing movies I mentioned, I have to say that if it wasn't for Star Wars, I wouldn't have a love for movies, games, writing, etc... this movie sparked my imagination at an early age, and I have always relied on it.
American History X and Power of One: Both of these movies affected me the same way, racial hate, and one person that decides, that while it is not easy, siding with the popular majority is not always the right thing to do. Also hate and anger consumes and destroys, it never helps in any way, I mentioned these last although it changed me slightly, it wasn't as strong as the movies I mentioned earlier.
