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Film Over-Appreciation

Raggamuffin

Raggamuffin

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  • What film?
  • What was unique about this film that appealed to you?
  • Was there anything you did differently with this film compared to others?
  • Did you feel more drawn towards films in childhood or as an adult?

I know most of us have some specific interests, and I wonder if there's a specific film that caught your attention and perhaps became a specific interest or even an obsession?

As a child I often found I'd type up the entire script of films. Back in English classes we studied Shakespeare and the plays are written in a specific format, which I then adapted to films.

Another time when watching Full Metal Jacket I decided to make a tally list of every swear word. I then watched it again and categorised them into lists specific to these words.

I think I had more obsessions around films as a child. I'd often find however (and still to this day) I skip past distressing scenes in films when I know it's about to happen. I also live in hope that some scenes may never happen, or that some characters might not die etc.

These days my obsession is around TV shows. I re-watch a handful of shows again and again. I tend to prefer down to earth comedies and awkward comedy shows. The Office (UK and US), This Country, Extras, Life's Too Short, Idiot Abroad, Ladhood, Mid-Morning Matters and Alan Partridge are a few shows I've watched far too many times.

I enjoy awkward comedy, as I can relate to it very well. When people do or say something, or there are character's who frequently "don't get it" and act inappropriately - I find such scenes amusing, and I think the characters are endearing and heart warming.

Ed
 
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My first film i loved was the 'Colour Purple' and it's still a 'repeat' for me, i like action films and female leads so watch the original 'Girl with the' trilogy, Bourne movies and 'Shawshank Redemption', many others join this 'obsessive list' and often leads to 'research'...... of actors, other films and themes, love a box set but that 'next episode in 15 seconds' is tricky and often blocks transitioning to sleep!!!!!
Movies relax and provide 'excape' and before them books.
 
From your list, I know and like An Idiot Abroad. I'm on the lookout for anything similar.
 
Raggamuffin said:
The Moaning of Life is almost identical and stars Karl Pilkington. Also I linked all the episodes of another show staring him here:

If Anyone Needs Cheering Up

He also starred in another TV show by Ricky Gervais called Derek.

Ed
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Thanks, I saw the other thread and have seen The Moaning of Life and Derek. I learned that there is another more recent series featuring Karl Pilkington, Sick of It, but I've no idea what that is like.

Anyway, to answer the question in the OP, my answer is no, not really... there were always certain shows I enjoyed such as Doctor Who, The Sky At night and Tomorrow's World, but I wouldn't say that they were a 'special interest.' My big thing was music (which I could listen to in my room), I also read a lot. My family didn't have a video recorder or DVD player until I was a lot older, so as a small kid I just had to watch whatever was on TV. Also having to share one TV in the living room together with my parents and other 3 siblings... not ideal.
 
I know it's been around for quite some time, but I've been watching The IT Crowd and I really like it. I don't know if or how much anything may have been written about the character Moss, but Moss displays many autistic traits.
 
Moss is a wonderful character. I love that show. I especially like the 2 bosses. Renham and then his son. The one who plays his son is in another wonderful, cult UK comedy called Toast of London.

I highly recommend it.

Ed
 
I've had several, mostly war films that 'took me by storm'.

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One was the 1939 (Gary Cooper) version of Beau Geste. The opening scene even now is creepy/mysterious. A relief column reaches a besieged Foreign Legion fort in the Sahara desert, only to find it still standing but manned entirely by dead men, each propped up in the firing embrasures, gun pointing out, most with a bullet hole in the head. I watched it dozens of times. Bored my family with that and discussions about it. Bought the toy soldiers and fort replica, read up about the legion and the book the movie was based on. The mania lasted a few years and faded. Thats about the pattern of them all.
 
I was more or less obsessed with Once Upon A Time In The West. I think it's a masterpiece. I played this scene over and over more times than I care to admit.


What also drew me to the movie is that the harmonica melody is sampled in a song called Little Fluffy Clouds by The Orb. I knew the song before I watched the movie.
 
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I liked Westerns and Disney films as a child, although anything reasonably entertaining especially older films I quite enjoyed, like adventures, historical films, comedies and musical films. I watched television quite a lot. I liked series, like The Virginian, High Chaparral, Dr Who, or anything mysterious or magical.

I read a lot too. I was more obsessed by books, really. E.Nesbit, Magical stories, Ronald Welch or Rosemary Sutcliff historical stories, I loved those authors and some illustrators too. I loved cycling to the library, wandering in a whole room of children's books, choosing a pile of hardbacks and cycling home. Both local libraries were in parks, too.

Now for TV and films, I like police series, FBI at present. Space or science fiction, films or series. Star wars etc. I like anime, and magical films still. Avatar and Harry Potter and similar, I quite liked the Jurassic park series too. I still read a lot , Michael Connelly police series, or Robert Crais, sci fi and time travel, and any magical series that comes along.
 
Thinx said:
I liked Westerns and Disney films as a child, although anything reasonably entertaining especially older films I quite enjoyed, like adventures, historical films, comedies and musical films. I watched television quite a lot. I liked series, like The Virginian, High Chaparral, Dr Who, or anything mysterious or magical.

I read a lot too. I was more obsessed by books, really. E.Nesbit, Magical stories, Ronald Welch or Rosemary Sutcliff historical stories, I loved those authors and some illustrators too. I loved cycling to the library, wandering in a whole room of children's books, choosing a pile of hardbacks and cycling home. Both local libraries were in parks, too.

Now for TV and films, I like police series, FBI at present. Space or science fiction, films or series. Star wars etc. I like anime, and magical films still. Avatar and Harry Potter and similar, I quite liked the Jurassic park series too. I still read a lot , Michael Connelly police series, or Robert Crais, sci fi and time travel, and any magical series that comes along.
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Eagle of the 9th and The Shining Comapny are two of my favorites.
 
Tom said:
Eagle of the 9th and The Shining Comapny are two of my favorites.
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Yes Eagle of the ninth was the first one I read, I loved it, and the others tracing the history of Britain, the Silver branch, Dawn wind, The Lantern bearers... I have some of the original hardbacks. I liked Simon, too, set in my own West Country homeland, and I was fascinated by the English Civil war.
 
Please don't laugh----Rain Man. In fact, I played the entire movie over and over and THEN on slow mo over and over because I wanted more of it. However, let's face it. He did not have nearly the sensory issues we have. Travel across the US? With the sun roof down? Sleeping in weird places? Really? Riiiiiiiiight..................
 
Thinx said:
Yes Eagle of the ninth was the first one I read, I loved it, and the others tracing the history of Britain, the Silver branch, Dawn wind, The Lantern bearers... I have some of the original hardbacks. I liked Simon, too, set in my own West Country homeland, and I was fascinated by the English Civil war.
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Looking her up in wiki a little while ago I was amazed at how much she wrote. I had no idea. I might try and get some audio versions if they make them.
 
Tom said:
Looking her up in wiki a little while ago I was amazed at how much she wrote. I had no idea. I might try and get some audio versions if they make them.
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She had juvenile arthritis which was very severe and affected her growth and despite it she wrote so many amazing historical stories over her lifetime.
 
Raggamuffin said:
Sick of it is Karl acting. He's not playing himself. I've yet to watch it though.

Ed
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I watched a couple of episodes of the first series, and really like it. Sure, it's scripted, but Karl wrote it (or co-wrote it) and he may be playing a character, but the character is basically him - I can't imagine Karl being successful playing a different character other than himself. And there's so much that I, as an Aspie, can relate to. Two Karls - Karl masking, and Karl's real self. I wonder if this is what Karl is really like in person? I also wonder whether he might be on the spectrum?
 
I remember watching Pulp Fiction twelve times at the cinema the year it came out. That really was very much a groundbreaking film at the time. Tarantino still is one of my favorite filmmakers, as I could easily turn to any film he directed and get lost in it.
 
KagamineLen said:
I remember watching Pulp Fiction twelve times at the cinema the year it came out. That really was very much a groundbreaking film at the time. Tarantino still is one of my favorite filmmakers, as I could easily turn to any film he directed and get lost in it.
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Have you seen the movie Snatch? It felt like a British film in a similar vein - very memorably and quotable.

Ed
 
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