Posted by dove on January 10, 2000, at 10:39:57
In reply to Re: Movie Therapy, posted by Renee N on January 9, 2000, at 1:56:45
For laughs how about "I Love You to Death" with Kevin Kline and Tracy Ulman, I laugh so hard I think I'm going to die everytime I watch it. William Hurt as the ex-con druggie is beyond hilarious. "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Cary Grant is another one that keeps me rolling. And "Homegrown", especially the part where the helicopter pilot has them all in the grave and is screaming at them not to make deals with the mafia, they cry and scream like they're gonna die. The facial expressions are so real, petrified out of their minds, what a total hoot! I rewind that part up to five times just to laugh 'til I'm breathless.
"Brazil" is another favorite, though I have trouble watching it on a down day, too bleak.
My two fave's for tear-jerkers (one's you can watch more than twice and don't push you over the edge) are "The Professional" and "Pi". Two unique flicks in my opinion. The first has so much humanity, seeping with gut-level emotion tangled with morals/intellectual emotion, real human texture in an unlikely plot. The second movie makes me feel "normal", and yet I recognize familiar aspects in the middle of the bizarre sequence of events. I really related to the main character and his motivations and reactions to the circumstances handed to him, though by his own admission he could have left them alone. Anyone else like "Pi"?
dove
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