Can somebody tell me why I love this movie so much?

[hickman1937]

Out of Africa. No happy ending, no funny lines, but it gets me every time. I hate bitter sweet, but I also love Ordinary People. Again no happy ending, no great funny lines. WTF?

[madison2000]

1. The scenery in Out of Africa is beautiful

(speaking as one who has been there, it is incredible)
Streep and Redford are the best, and the music was terrific too.

[hickman1937]

4. Yes it is. I wish I could go there, and see it first hand.

I still don't get why I love this movie. I think my all time favorite movie is,(gasp)Ghostbusters. But every time I see this movie listed I'm like a Zombie, must see.

[crispini]

2. Because it's honest.

Life doesn't have a lot of happy endings or funny lines, either. Sometimes you need something that's really about real life. Such a sweet, sad movie. I cry like a baby when they go up in the hills at the end. Book's great too.

[Bok_Tukalo]

5. Who is that in your avatar?

<eom>

[crispini]

19. Siouxie Sioux

punk rawk goddess extraordinaire.

[Bok_Tukalo]

20. I am so embarrassed. I had a huge poster of her in my barracks

when I was in the Army. I was a huge punk fan at the time.

[crispini]

21. It's hard to tell in the avatar

because it's so small. I saw her at Coachella a couple of years ago. She's still amazing.

[Bok_Tukalo]

22. Do you remember Romeo Void?

I'm not sure how old you are.

[crispini]

23. Name sounds familiar...

but I can't put it together with a song. At the time (circa Siouxsie's heyday) I was mostly into PiL, Dead Kennedys, etc.

Saw Siouxie live at that theatre, the one they turned into the Milk Bar on lower Greenville. Damn, that was cool; I was deaf for a couple of days!

[Bok_Tukalo]

24. "I might like you better if we slept together."

One of their more famous lines. They were on the cusp of punk and new wave. Kinda like the Divinyls or Concrete Blonde.

PiL got on my nerves (I guess that was the point).

I need to pay more attention to what is going on in the area. I would have been there in a heartbeat if I had known Siouxie was playing. Sounds like you really enjoyed the show.

[HeyManThatsCool]

25. I always thought it was Robert Smith n/t

[hickman1937]

7. When she reads the poem at his grave,

And says "He was not ours, he was not mine".

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. the hairwashing scene... (eom)

:loveya:

[Democrat 4 Ever]

9. That scene where they are flying over the African plain

just takes my breath away. The beauty, the exquisite land rolling beneath them, the newness of enjoying the view from the sky, their love, all of it. I listen to the soundtrack all the time. How could you not swoon just thinking about Redford washing your hair?

[hickman1937]

12. That really is true romance,

at least for women. I've always wondered if men got that scene.

[xmas74]

6. Ordinary People made me cry.

[hickman1937]

10. Again , no happy ending.

Just a dad, sitting on his front steps, marriage in ruins, old life gone, no matter how hard he tried to stop its passing, still grieving his older son's death, but hanging on to the fact that his younger son is finally starting to heal. If someone described this movie to me I'd say "ya, right, let's go see the Wrath of Kahn again."

[xmas74]

13. At that time,

Wrath of Khan was more my speed.
Hell, if I didn't have to get ready for work in a few minutes, I would be watching Khan right now.

[hickman1937]

15. From Hell's heart I stab at thee,

for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Now thats great movie watching. But again, again, I opt for OOA, or OP.:shrug:

[xmas74]

17. I was always the freaky,

Star Wars/Star Trek girl at my school.
Khan was the best of the bunch. I wrote a paper on it in elementary school, describing the whole "earworm" wriggling around, trying to get in. My third grade teacher claims that I made her vomit.

[ignatius 2]

8. Ahh..but there are a few funny lines. "Bring some wine for my lovers

brother" as Meryl chides her husband or "shoo" "shoo" as she tries to scare the natives away or how about "you've changed your hair," as she finds her husband after days in the wild. There is also the wonderfully romantic scene between Redford and Meryl at camp with the shampoo, good stories and good food.

There are so many things to love in this movie,the romance, the scenery, the acting,the history and the humanity that Meryl's character achieves after spending years with the African people.

My God, I haven't seen it for years, I am going to have to dig it out of my VHS archives and watch it again.

[hickman1937]

11. You won't be sorry. n/t

[loudestchick]

14. I despise that movie! n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. I fell asleep the first time I watched it,

and the second time, I was pissed that I HADN'T.

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[barb162]

18. I usually love thoughtful movies. This one...forget it, it's boring

Ordinary People was wonderful