egoplant Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 For me it was probably Fight Club. Even though I don't like it as much as I did when I first saw it, it is really the movie that got me into movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Its actually hard for me to pinpoint a specific movie that got Me into movies... I guess it could have been Star Wars when I was pretty young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Narnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 It wasn't a movie as much as working at a movie theater. I was able to see any movie I wanted in theaters without worrying about the cost of a ticket, and I found myself more open to dramas than I had been before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I don't actually remember a tipping point, i've always been watching movies, be it the Saw movies now or the old Disney VHS tapes that my dad used to buy on the US army camps in Germany when I lived there as a toddler. A trip to the cinema gets me just as excited now as it did back when I went to see movies like Space Jam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdevidem01 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Star Wars Episode 1 : The Phantom MenaceI think my dad showed it to me when I was 10 or 11, before that I really wasn't into movies, more like cartoon TV shows or Lion king.Before The Phantom Menace I would refuse to watch any movie that wasnt a cartoon.Yes you read correctly. At this point I don't even care what people think of it, I myself know its flawed but to my 11 year old self this movie was a unimaginable experience. The movie had some magic, the worlds it introduced, the lore of the Jedi, the lightsabers, the droids, the music, the pod race, naboo's beauty, the planet core, the gungan city, the magnificence of coruscant, darth maul and the hooded mans mystery, cool jedi temple, weird floaty senate thingy, space battles, double bladed lightsaber duel, death of a character I liked, good triumphing against all odds at the end....seeing all that for the first time ever in a movie was astounding and a lot to take in.It explored a wide variety of emotions, a wide variety of locales and as a kid it showed me that a movie didn't need to be in cartoon form to have wonderfully crafted worlds, locales and to be fun. The movie really sold me on live action hollywood films.Of course now my opinion of the movie is nowhere near as high as it was as a kid when it felt like first love. That same person I loved looks wrinkled now and I can see holes in their personality that weren't visible then. But I still believe TPM is a great entertainer and hope I can go into theatres in Feb 2012 as a 11 year old again.While TPM literally got me into being able to watch movies that weren't cartoon based I still stayed away from the art house oscary type films. Last year there came a film that really got me into those however, and it was Black Swan. This was the first time that a movie made me look at each scene in ten different ways, it was the first time I analyzed a movie so closely for hidden meanings and appreciated it as an art form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 WALL-E. I mean, I certainly watched movies before, but that was the film that made them a hobby for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'll pretend the question was what movie got me into box office - and I would say something around Half-Blood Prince is what got me to BOM and then the weekend Avatar came out I visited the site every day, then I joined for Alice in Wonderland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Likely Star Wars or some old Disney film. Jungle Book maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 John Carpenter's Halloween. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 E.T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Scottb Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 The Empire Strikes BackAround 1985 or so my Dad bought our first VCR and the first movie we watched on it was The Empire Strikes Back and after that I was hooked on Star Wars, sci-fi movies, and just movies in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Jurassic Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Well, Indiana Jones and the Temple of DOom was the movie I used to watch everyday when I was a kid.But the movie that made me go...whoa, filmmaking...amazing...and really turned me into a movie nut...was Aliens. Funny because it was the second time watching that movie that did it for me...I saw it when I was like 7...scared the hell out of me. But it didn't really impact me past that. Then I saw it again when I was 13, and it was like a totally new movie...man, that experience blew me away. ABout then is when I said...god, I want to make movies.Stil haven't gotten around to doing that though, heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I can't think of a specific movie since my mom always had cable tv. But taking an educated guess, I would say Star Wars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 There wouldn't have been one. Movies are so prevelant these days it'd be far more weird not to be 'into' them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigm10 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 When did I first start following box office numbers and going to movies every week? Terminator Salvation, as weird as that is. Really got into it after Avatar though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 There wouldn't have been one. Movies are so prevelant these days it'd be far more weird not to be 'into' them.Well, there are people who watch movies and enjoy them casually.Then there are people who watch movies, love them, study them, talk about them all the time, watch mostly nothing but movies (regular TV...hmph!), and post on box office forums. I'm guessing the OP imagines most people here are more than casual movie fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhorse Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 E.TSame here. First movie I saw in the theaters. First non Hollywood movie I watched was Run Lola Run, and it opened me to a new world outside of the Hollywood bubble. Granted, it was the Hollywood movie, The Bourne Idenity that turned me onto the little indie. I loved Frnak Potente in that movie, and wanted to check out her other roles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ever since I was little I loved film and would watch the morning news in elemantary school to see what the reviews where for movies. So I can not really say what single. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
