I am a film nerd...not a snob, just a nerd
Cinema Paradiso, a beautiful, touching movie.

Ferris Bueller, I hated very minute of school, and was bullied so much I ended up on a shrink's couch. I wanted to be like Ferris.

Lion King, I was about 8 when it came out, and it was probably the first moment of my life that I knew films would have a huge influence on me.

Amelie, it has made me believe that love exists.

Back to the Future. I was 10 days overdue when I was born. I was not very healthy when I was born. During the pregnancy, my mum had had many complications, she was violently ill from about 3 months pregnant til the birth. The doctors were scared of inducing me for fear of killing me. I hadn't been moving much for a few weeks, my mum had been warned of the possibility of us both dying in childbirth.
She had tried everything to start the birth, all the old tricks; eating stupidly hot food, going on really long walks, all the normal things.
Her friends cam round to keep her company and brought her Back to the Future on VHS to try on the new VCR MACHINE! She loved the film, and on the now cult-status line 'Where we're going, we don't need roads' I went fucking mental, I started punching and kicking, and as the credits rolled, her waters broke.
It has remained my favourite film my entire life. As with all 80s/90s kids, I grew up in front of the telly, and between the ages of 1 and 2, I would watch anything, and get bored, fall asleep etc. If Back to the Future was on, I would shut up, and stare constantly at the screen for an hour and a half.
Now, at that age, I wouldn't have understood any of it, but it just did something to me that really, it still does.

Apologies for length, but films mean a lot to me
(bobman500 enjoys a grope as much as the next fella, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 17:07, Reply)