The films I remember from growing up.....
Although I don't necessarily consider these the best films, they are some of my most profound memories of what made me love film in the first place.

Watching Reservoir Dogs round a friends house. We were all young, and he stole it off his sister for the night. We watched it twice that night, as even at that age, I really appreciated and enjoyed the dialogue and constant banter between the characters.

Plus it felt like forbidden fruit watching something neither of us were allowed to watch. It was exciting.

I still love it, and don't care what anyone says about Tarantino, I think he's great fun to watch, no matter how many people he rips off in the process.

Next is a film I haven't seen in ages, and probably won't find as funny now;

National Lampoon's Senior Trip.

Back in the hazy days where getting high was still extremely fun and didn't turn me into a gormless mong, this film cracked me up every single time I watched it. If you haven't seen it, I'd recommend it just for the crazy crossing guy, namely him chasing a character called Miosky down the road...

There's loads more, such as watching Blair Witch on a pirated VHS for extra realism, and therefore, scariness.

Or watching any David Cronenberg film and just not getting it at all, but made me realise there was a lot more to film than just the usual crashing, smashing fun and frolics of kids films. (I think he's awesome now I can understand them a bit more. Emphasis on 'bit' though.)

I'll stop before I get lost. I love films.
(Scrumpy is not delicious, in any way....., Sat 19 Jul 2008, 11:54, closed)