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BBM DVD WATCHING Habits and Reactions: THINKIN' OUT LOUD... POWERFUL FILM SCENES
rtprod:
Hi guys,
I'm just curious how many times everyone has watched their DVDs since the release last month, and what reactions have been versus your theatrical experience(s). How impcatful it has been may have to do with your home set up, but one thing I'm curious about is how often you jump to specific scenes versus watch the film straight through. I usually watch straight through and have seen my DVD only twice since release (though I had an Academy screener since December so I got accustomed to the idea of having the film at my fingertips).
I have found that I can't really watch scenes out of context by selecting individual chapters--I somehow feel like I am robbing myself of the cumulative emotional effect of seeing them play out as they were intended, and without the "build" it removes some of the power from the experience. Anyone else experienced this? And if you do jump to a specific scene most often, which one is it? I know, I know, but let's try to forget about the first tent scene here for a moment guys.... ;D
rt
chefjudy:
:) I agree with you on this one RT, I have watched it twice all the way through and cried both times - I think if I only watched certain scenes, it wouldn't have the same emotional impact as it would after having my guts torn out for two hours in a complete run-through.................imho :D
DeeDee:
I know exacyly what you mean. You need to watch straight through or it loses alot of its impact. I've watched my DVD 2 times with others and 4 times myself. After watching 22 times in the theater, I noticed something I never noticed before. In the second tent scene, right when Jack first kisses Ennis, you see Ennis' hand in between them like he doesn't know what to do with it.
I don't know why, but I found that adorable, and I don't remember noticing that in the theater.
The only scene I skip to once in a while is the lake scene. The acting in that scene is so powerful, that each time I watch a new emotion emerges.
rtprod:
I have to confess that I have skipped directly to that scene a couple times but I have an interesting reaction.
I find myself, nearly each time I see this scene, looking away from the screen when Heath breaks into his "I'm nothing" line. It gives me chills actually, the level of commitment he has in that scene and I feel as though I am eavesdropping on the private pain of another human being, and like it's something I should not see. It also overwhelms me from an acting standpoint and I guess it just hurts to watch it. Never once seen that moment without a few tears of my own. That scene is unparallled in terms of writing and acting. It just can't get better than that.
I hate to digress here but this thread is bound to evolve as well and I have just thought of another angle to go on here. Let's make a list of poweful film scenes that approach that level of emotional commitment and affect us that deeply. Not just ordinary moving, but truly deep and profound. The first that comes to mind is:
1. Meryl Streep's struggle with, and reaction to, her choice in "Sophie's Choice"
ednbarby:
I have watched it seven times on the DVD. Twice with others and five times alone. The seventh and most recent time is the first time (and probably the last) I didn't watch it all the way through. I stopped it after Ennis broke down in the alley. For some reason, that night I just wanted to remember them as only having each other. Which of course is what they always had, but I just wasn't up for seeing the women in their lives. Except for the two walking by when Aguirre pulls up to the trailer, we never see a single woman in that first act of the film. And that night, that was just the way I wanted it.
But I'm with you all that I don't think I could skip around, pick certain chapters and what-not. And the next time I watch it, I won't just pick up where I left off - I'll start again from the beginning. As you've all said, I think it would lose the full impact if I did.
To add to your list, rt:
2. Liam Neeson's reaction when he rides up over the ridge to see the mass graves of the Jews (and the little girl in the red coat on the top of one of them) in "Schindler's List"
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