First film you watched that made you love movies?

Marina ((Hugs)) happy Easter!

This is such a cool question because I can remember the exact movie. It was 'From Dusk till Dawn'. I was about 13 and me, my friend and her two brothers rented it out. Before that time I guess I'd only watched comedy films, Disney, Jumanji, a few romantic comedies etc. I'd NEVER seen a film like From Dusk till Dawn. But I was instantly hooked, mesmorised. My friend and her brothers all fell asleep, I was the only one left watching and I LOVED IT. I have even called it the 'film that made me love movies', before even answering this question. Robert Rodriguez remains one of my favourite directors to this day (From Dusk till Dawn is still one of my favourite movies too) and I felt that watching that film opened up many doors. Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, Fargo etc, even stuff like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Sorry for the essay answer, I just really loved the question!

BQ: Approximately 13

BQ2: Oh my goodness, approximately 14-15. Over about 12 years though!

BQ3: Interesting :) watching the Clint Eastwood movie 'Changeling' definitely made me want to watch more biographical dramas, more well-written, slow paced movies with superb storylines. I've always been a gangster/thriller/horror freak but I remember watching Changeling and thinking wow, I really should do this more often! (and I have done!)

edit: P.S, going to watch The Town this weekend! :)

Hm. I believe it was Dumb & Dumber. I remember my brother waking me up one afternoon so I could watch it with him. After seeing it, I fell in love with the movie and Jim Carrey, Lol. Then I started watching the rest of his movies and then I got into other films and actors.

BQ- Twelve.

BQ2- Ten times, maybe?

BQ3- I used to be a huge comedy fan, but after watching a lot of Quentin Tarantino, especially Pulp Fiction my tastes in films changed a lot. Comedy is probably my least favourite genre now.

Probably one of the Disney movies when they used to re-release them every seven years. I remember falling head over heels for "Fantasia." To this day, I simply love that mythology sequence.

BQ: I don't exactly remember how old I was, but it was probably before "ET" came out, which was when I was about six.

BQ2: At least 15. I'd had it on VHS since the early '90s.

BQ3: I remember a lot of fairly good (though mainstream) films coming out when I was around 12 or 13, movies along the lines of "Rain Man," "Dead Poets Society," and "Field of Dreams" that my mom didn't mind taking me to. I think they became the standard by which I began to judge movies from there on out. I was not going to see "Dumb and Dumber" when I could be at "Philadelphia" or "A Few Good Men."

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

I was probably about 7 years old at the time.

I have probably seen the movie all the way through about 4 times and I intend on watching it again very soon as this upcoming June will mark the 30th anniversary of the movie.

hey Marina :):)

I've always remembered loving movies- so I'm trying to think about the earliest movie I was really keen on. It's probably Mary Poppins, the 1964 film with Julie Andrews. Even though I haven't watched it for ages, it does have this classic zest to it and I've always loved the cloud stairs which they walk on.

BA: Oh probably 5

BA2: I'd say around six times

BA3: Good question! I think American History X had a massive impact on my taste.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park...

BQ: I was 8 years old

BQ2: I watched it 5 to 6 times after that.

BQ3: I am not really sure about my standards but, I often pick to watch films which have interesting plot or have wonderful actors in.

North by Northwest

BQ Oh gosh, I just do not remember how old I was

BQ2 Oh about 5 or 6 times

BQ3 No, my taste has been classic movies, crime and Horror movies, that has never changed. I grew up watching a variety of movies as I had weekends with my Dad and he played golf and I watched movies all weekend, that went on for years so when I grew up I continued to watch the same kind of movies. My Mom took me to Horror movies on the weekends I was at home so I got into those kinds of movies, and the Crime movies I picked up on my own.

((Marina))

great question

Star Wars: A New Hope (1979)

BQ: 5 years old

BQ2: Lost count ... hundreds of times

BQ3: It's happened so many times, the most recent I think was True Romance (1993), Quentin Tarantino's second major film

The Land Before Time haha, the first one, not any of those terrible sequels.

I was about 4 I think.

Maybe once or twice with my younger cousins.

I would still watch it today as much as I'd watch any movie. I never watch what I feel I 'should' be watching, I watch what I enjoy, unless I'm with a group

The Matrix

BQ : 14/15 yrs

BQ2: many times, not sure [ partially+fully; 15~20 ]

BQ3: Step Up 3