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BBM didn't win Best Picture Oscar - but not to fret!
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: CD_one on September 17, 2006, 11:11:29 pm ---dly64 - I LOVED Rear Window, Vertigo, North by North West, and Bell Book and Candle.
Seriously though, BBM has to be in the top ten movies of all time. I only saw it recently and have been powerfully moved by it. It's on my wish list for my birthday coming up in October. In my first viewing I got a bit annoyed as I couldn't understand a lot of what was being said, but hey, it gave me a reason to watch it again (and again!).
I think that great movies are a combintation of powerful scenery, powerful actors and performances and plots mixed with sub-plots and even more plots, allowing for a variety of interpretations to be placed on various scenes and lines, again and again. You get something new everytime you watch it and that, my friends, is what good moviemaking is all about!
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Ah, so true. Watched it for my sixteenth time (but who's counting?) last night, and caught something else *again* that had never registered before. In Aguirre's office/trailer, the skin of a sheep's head is hanging right next to the hook on which Joe Aguirre hangs his hat after he calls the boys in. How in the holy hell did I never see that before??? Really, we could all have a field day just freezing some frames in the two trailer scenes and noting all the symbolic stuff in there. We've all noticed the binoculars - closed in their case in the first scene and hanging open and outside the case in the second.
My four-year-old son walked in from his bedroom during the post-reunion campfire scene, watched it intently, and goes, "But - two boys can't marry each other." Broke my heart. Already it's being engrained. I said, "Two people who love each other *can* marry each other, whether they're both boys or both girls or a boy and girl. If not legally, at least in their hearts." Of course, being four, he goes, "But how can you get married in your hearts?" I tried to explain how sometimes people who love each live together forever, but they never get legally married, and it's just like being married. That blew his mind so much, he said, "I'm tired. I'm going back to bed."
You're right, CD - this is definitely one of those movies you can find something new in every time you see it. I haven't had it happen yet where I didn't. And yet two months ago I figured I'd seen it as much as I needed to and probably wouldn't watch it again - at least not for a long time. So much for that theory. :)
serious crayons:
CD, welcome to BetterMost! :D
I've seen it "only" 15 times -- i.e., about 12 times more than I've seen any other movie. (Not only is it IN my top 10 favorite movies of all time, it IS my top 10 favorite movies of all time -- it gets all top 10 slots.) And I know people who watch it every day for months, people who have seen it literally 150 times or more.
So yeah, you can get new things out of it every time you watch. And as far as a variety of interpretations of lines and scenes, take a look at some of the threads here and you will see what a variety of interpretations people find to discuss! :laugh:
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My four-year-old son walked in from his bedroom during the post-reunion campfire scene, watched it intently, and goes, "But - two boys can't marry each other." Broke my heart. Already it's being engrained.
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Barb, I bet it's natural that when Will looks around and sees nothing but different-sex couples, he gets the idea that that's how it's "supposed to" work. So it becomes ingrained. But only temporarily! You sound like you are doing a great job of outgraining it. :)
dly64:
--- Quote from: CD_one on September 17, 2006, 11:11:29 pm ---Seriously though, BBM has to be in the top ten movies of all time. I only saw it recently and have been powerfully moved by it. It's on my wish list for my birthday coming up in October. In my first viewing I got a bit annoyed as I couldn't understand a lot of what was being said, but hey, it gave me a reason to watch it again (and again!).
I think that great movies are a combintation of powerful scenery, powerful actors and performances and plots mixed with sub-plots and even more plots, allowing for a variety of interpretations to be placed on various scenes and lines, again and again. You get something new everytime you watch it and that, my friends, is what good moviemaking is all about!
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Welcome to BetterMost, CD! I think you'll like it here. Many passionate people, great conversations and ... NO TROLLS!!!
As for my number of viewings ... I hate to admit it, but I am well over 150 times. SCARY!!! I have never had a reaction to a film like this!!! It's a strange, but oddly wonderful feeling!
serious crayons:
You know, we haven't had a "how many times have you seen it" thread for a while. It's interesting, because there's such a range. Maybe I'll start one. Or maybe a poll!
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on September 18, 2006, 12:39:11 pm ---You know, we haven't had a "how many times have you seen it" thread for a while. It's interesting, because there's such a range. Maybe I'll start one. Or maybe a poll!
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There was one started a while back. I just went to it and found I could actually edit my vote by clicking on "Remove Vote" (duh), slapping myself upside the head a few times for not having figured that out until now, and re-voting. I added my 2 cents (as if I don't always do that anyway) so as to bump it up for ya, Katharine.
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