If you didn’t read my title in Morgan Freeman’s voice, get your shit together immediately.
Now with that out of the way, I have a question for my favourite savages.
Before anyone says it, I did use the search bar and there’s about a hundred threads on SALES movies, but shockingly enough, that is not what my question is about today.
So here it is:
Can anyone suggest/recommend any movies that were truly, genuinely, life-changing for them?
And don’t come at me with “I liked Batman because Anne Hathaway wore a leather catsuit” - I liked Batman for the same reason, but I’m asking for real.
Gattaca is one of mine- powerful flick if you haven’t checked it out.
Unsurprisingly, Shawshank Redemption is another, and I am not exaggerating when I say it literally changed my life. I fundamentally reshaped the way I saw the world, because of the message I took away from the movie. I should mention, I had a pretty rough childhood. I watched SR when I was 15, and I was just beginning to get frustrated that life wasn’t going my way, and I felt powerless to change it. Everything and everyone was pushing me around, and I had enough. I started to take a stand because I realized if you have nothing, you have nothing to lose. I watched the movie again probably 6-7x over following year. In it, Brooks said “I’m tired of living in fear” - and I have carried that message with me since the day I first heard it.
So, I politely ask that you don’t make a mockery of my question with your favourite dirty movies and/or the Jackass series. But if anyone has movies titles that have had a tangible impact on their lives (in any major aspect) I’d love to hear them. They don’t just have to be sales related.
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