First Impressions

So this morning I had a long sit-and-think about the first impressions i got after watching some of my favorite movies. One of the main ones I thought about was the claaaaassic film "Sunset Boulevard." I first saw this about 5 years ago and didn't really watch it... then i saw it again this last year in my film class. I think it made a bigger impression on me because it was on the big screen.

I just remember sitting in my seat watching this absolutely fantastic film and just enjoying myself. But then at the end where Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) comes walking down the stairs and just gazes hauntingly into the camera... aaaaaaaagh i just about cried. It is so beautifully tragic. Definitely one of the best film-noir's i've ever seen. I walked out of that film simply entranced.

Then I thought of another movie, "Kill Bill vol. 1." In my opinion, one of Quentin Terrantino's BEST films. It had just the right dab of everything. I walked out of that movie wanting to kick ass with a samurai sword. haha

Well, that's all I have to say about that. I'm just going to list off some of my favorite films (in no particular order excluding MANY foreign films):

Marx Brothers Movies
Buster Keaton films
Boy in the Striped Pajama's
Charlie (or Syd) Chaplin Films
Sunset Boulevard
Psycho
Requiem For A Dream
Strangers on a Train
North by Northwest
Annie Hall
Alien
Aliens
Full Metal Jacket
The Graduate
A Clockwork Orange
Gone with the Wind
Memento
The Machinist
Ironweed
Wavelength
Holy Mountain
Fightclub
The Dark Crystal
Sophies Choice
The Muppet Movie
Muppet Christmas Carol
Muppet Treasure Island
2001: A Space Odyssey
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Alice in Wonderland
Pinocchio
any CLASSIC Disney movie
Foreign Films
60's/70's Horror films
Amadeus
La vie en Rose
Carrie
The Bridges of Madison County
Jean du Florette

And many many MANY more...