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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 03:02 PM Original message |
Give an example showing how American cinema motivated you to lead a better life |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Gandhi, Robin Hood (many variations), and Sherlock Holmes |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Funny |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That wasn't influence so much as affirmation. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gandhi and Schindler's List |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. But the moral of Schindler's List seems to be that Schindler could ultimately save |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. What you write may be true, but that doesn't stop anyone else from |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I saw both and think they're both great films, BK. But I can't resist an opportunity |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Wow. You missed the point of Schindler's List |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It's an incredible story. The book is good, too. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Harold and Maude inspired me to be more of an iconoclast |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. If I ever become an 80 year old guy, I'll probably still want an 18 year-old girlfriend |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. The first example, chronologically, was probably "Midnight Express." |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Ya didna got nobody t'send lawyas, guns, an money? |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Independence Day |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Staying away from Houston is probably a good life lesson |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. An inspirational quote from Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Wow! That reminds me of a very similar quote in a movie about The Band |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-30-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. You really want to know? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. Blood Diamond - I refused to have a diamond engagement ring. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Nice! Diamonds have been bloody a long time -- at least since DeBeers |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas inspired me a lot. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. If y'wuz like me & m'friends, y'dint need much inspiration |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. Go Ask Alice inspired me |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. A church in my town showed "LSD: Insight or Insanity" around 1970 |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. That scared the hell out of me re:One night stands. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-01-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. You'll laugh, but: "Spartan." Inspired me to volunteer more in '04. "There is no 'they'!" |
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