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What are some movies that meanings change to you as you get older?
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:02 pm
I just watched Field of Dreams and started crying at the end. I am 35 now. I feel like of any movie in my life, this movie's deeper meaning has drastically changed for me than when I watched when I younger. Any other movies have that feeling to you? If so, why?
This post was edited on 9/28/23 at 10:07 pm
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Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:06 pm to rpg37
A River Runs Through It
Especially after my younger brother passed.
Especially after my younger brother passed.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:25 pm to rpg37
Field of Dreams has come up a lot on this board recently, but this is a good topic imo. I think a lot of responses will be like you and Belle. As you get older you think of things differently and have that retrospect of loss and such.
I’m not sure I have one right now. I do know that Frequency just crushed me at that time and I have never done a rewatch. I wonder what it would be like to watch now. — sorry, very off topic.
I have to think on this one.
I’m not sure I have one right now. I do know that Frequency just crushed me at that time and I have never done a rewatch. I wonder what it would be like to watch now. — sorry, very off topic.
I have to think on this one.
This post was edited on 9/28/23 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:27 pm to rpg37
Perhaps not quite the same sort of thing, but when I was a teen-ager and first saw "Lost Horizon" (1937) on television, I was pretty enchanted by the fantastical backdrop and the idealism of protagonist Ronald Colman and his discovery of the utopian peacefulness of Shangri-La. Always liked 'lost civilization' tales to begin with, so I took to the storyline quite well, and bought into the hero's mindset, as intended by Hilton as well as the film's producers.
Watched the film about ten years later, and found Colman's character to basically be insufferable, and the nature of Shangri-La's societal 'perfection' to be both gagging and suffocating. Instead of identifying with our lead hero Colman and his wide-eyed idealism, I found myself vastly more in-tune with the character of his brother (John Howard), who couldn't stand Shangri-La and just wanted to get the hell out of there.
Watched the film about ten years later, and found Colman's character to basically be insufferable, and the nature of Shangri-La's societal 'perfection' to be both gagging and suffocating. Instead of identifying with our lead hero Colman and his wide-eyed idealism, I found myself vastly more in-tune with the character of his brother (John Howard), who couldn't stand Shangri-La and just wanted to get the hell out of there.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:37 pm to rpg37
Blazing Saddles
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:41 pm to rpg37
Hoosiers
Posted on 9/28/23 at 9:51 pm to rpg37
Good Will Hunting
Benjamin Button
Higher Learning
Benjamin Button
Higher Learning
Posted on 9/28/23 at 10:06 pm to rpg37
The Big Chill. When I was young…25 or below…haha, look at the old people. Now? Hits a little harder.
Dirty Dancing. Don’t blame the dad a bit for being pissed.
Dirty Dancing. Don’t blame the dad a bit for being pissed.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:31 pm to rpg37
Dude, Where’s My Car.
The struggle got real all of a sudden.
The struggle got real all of a sudden.
Posted on 9/28/23 at 11:32 pm to rpg37
About Schmidt.
I have become Warren.
I have become Warren.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 12:15 am to rpg37
It’s A Wonderful Life is the king of this category
When you’re a kid/teen- ‘This is boring’
When you’re in your 20’s/30’s- ‘This is good, but I don’t see why it’s such a big deal’
In your 40’s- ‘This movie makes a lot of sense’
After 40’s- ‘This is one of the greatest movies ever made and I’m ready to watch it again next Christmas for the rest of my life’
When you’re a kid/teen- ‘This is boring’
When you’re in your 20’s/30’s- ‘This is good, but I don’t see why it’s such a big deal’
In your 40’s- ‘This movie makes a lot of sense’
After 40’s- ‘This is one of the greatest movies ever made and I’m ready to watch it again next Christmas for the rest of my life’
Posted on 9/29/23 at 6:48 am to rpg37
If you saw Hook as a kid, you should watch it again as an adult.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:09 am to rpg37
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:17 am to rpg37
pretty much any movie that focuses or even has a subplot of a father-children relationship is completely different after having kids. not a movie, but i did a rewatch of True Detective recently. the scene where Marty is talking about not realizing you're living in the good times until they're over while the video cuts back and forth to his little girls growing older almost made me cry. i'm much more sensitive to that kind of stuff now as a dad.
more to the point of the thread, there are two big ones:
1) Dead Poets Society - I'm much more on the side of the administration and Neil's parents than I was as a high school / college kid. They were presented as the villains in the show (and they were pretty much assholes), but if I was paying top dollar for my kid to go to some fancy prep school, I wouldnt want some jerk off liberal arts professor talking him out of med school and into an acting career either.
2) A Few Good Men - Now that I'm a Marine officer, and have a little more seniority and experience under my belt, I'm pretty much on Jessup's side regarding his entire outlook on command and life - with one ENORMOUS caveat, and that is when things went sideways, he didnt own up to giving the order. I'm perfectly fine with the "code red" or whatever and all that shite, but you have to own the decision.
more to the point of the thread, there are two big ones:
1) Dead Poets Society - I'm much more on the side of the administration and Neil's parents than I was as a high school / college kid. They were presented as the villains in the show (and they were pretty much assholes), but if I was paying top dollar for my kid to go to some fancy prep school, I wouldnt want some jerk off liberal arts professor talking him out of med school and into an acting career either.
2) A Few Good Men - Now that I'm a Marine officer, and have a little more seniority and experience under my belt, I'm pretty much on Jessup's side regarding his entire outlook on command and life - with one ENORMOUS caveat, and that is when things went sideways, he didnt own up to giving the order. I'm perfectly fine with the "code red" or whatever and all that shite, but you have to own the decision.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:20 am to rpg37
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What are some movies that meanings change to you as you get older?
This isn’t a direct answer because I wasn’t young when I watched, but in the same vein. GOTG2s ending wouldn’t have hit nearly as hard if I didn’t have kids at the time.
It didn’t help that my 1 year old was playing on the floor with me while I watched.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:31 am to rpg37
Not a movie but a recently rewatched King of the Hill. I identified so much more with Hank than I did when I watched it in college.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:39 am to rpg37
Any movie or show or Doc where a child is harmed or lost. I used to watch these types of movies and think "Oh thats sad" but ever since having kids, I basically have to turn the movie off cuz the thought of anything bad happening to them is unbearable.
This post was edited on 9/29/23 at 8:41 am
Posted on 9/29/23 at 10:52 am to rpg37
I'll keep this more on the lighter side but my immediate thought was Christmas Vacation. I've been watching that movie since I was about 5 and it is still funny but I've been relating more and more with Clark.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 11:12 am to rpg37
Sixteen Candles - Samantha Baker is only slightly less of an a-hole than Caroline and Jake Ryan will shortly get bored of her too because she wasn't interesting either.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 11:25 am to rpg37
Not too deep, but here goes...Coaching flag football for first graders and looking over at the other dads watching practice/games, I realize I've gone from one of players in Varsity Blues to one of the dads watching practice in Varsity Blues. I am now getting to the "shite them boys are having the time of their lives" stage in life 
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