5. First film I saw with friends: Titanic
Oh, yeah. I did. It was probably a group of at least 7 giddy girls and me going into Titanic. I’m picturing it, and I think it’s horrible. The idea of 8 11-year-olds giggling… OMG, the horror!
6. First sex scene: Titanic?
Considering I probably didn’t understand that the naked lady on top of John Saxon on Enter the Dragon was more than giving him a massage, or that Jim Kelly was choosing more than just giggling lady friends.
Or that the scene in which Kathy Baker straddles a startled Johnny Depp on Edward Scissorhands didn’t actually end up in a sex scene anyway… but made me feel strangely in a dangerous position of not getting caught watching it…
I would say the first “sex” scene I saw was Titanic, even though you don’t see anything but their hands and the steamed car windows. It’s just bizarre, and I really think I didn’t fully get it I’m sure. I was just more taken aback by Kate Winslet posing naked and being on screen naked for such a long time.
But then again, I remember that Spanish show called La Serie Rosa (The Pink Series) with its silly softcore smut. There’s even an episode with Penelope Cruz, which I found out not so long ago.
Such a bizarre kid I was. xD
7. First horror film: Mr. Boogedy
It seems it wasn’t even a film! But I’ve always remembered Mr. Boogedy Boo! I didn’t even remember what it was about, or who was in it, anything about it. I just remembered Mr. Boogedy Boo! LOL
8. First favorite film: Dancer in the Dark
I truly think that film changed my way of watching films. From that point on, my life was film.
9. First time I walked out of the cinema: The Cell
I didn’t actually walked out. I’ve never walked out of the cinema. I actually rented The Cell, and it was just horrible, I ended up turning it off. I have no idea what it was, maybe it was because I was young, but it was just UGH. It’s in my memory, marked in my subconscious as a bad film… even though I ended up enjoying Tarsem’s The Fall.
10. First film to leave a lasting impression: Dancer in the Dark
Repeat, I know – It just, it really made me change the way I watch films. It was like a revelation to me, different from the vapid romantic comedies and teen flicks that I was watching with my friends.
Tough one…
1. Disney’s Cinderella (when I was 3 or 4yo and my mum said I rushed to first row to truly enjoy the big screen)
2. Well… Cinderella…
3. Tokyo Eyes
4. Jennifer Connelly (Dark City) – Kaneshiro Takeshi (Chungking Express)
5. I barely went to the movie with friends. When I did it was their choice so the movie sucked.
So… probably in highschool “Save the last dance”.
6. L’Amant (and I was around 9yo)
7. Scream (^^’
8. Chungking Express
9. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Robert Rodriguez), couldn’t stand the story and the stupid dubbed french version
10. Dangerous Mind (Hahaha I’m truly ashamed now… but I was 11 or 12)
Wow, you must be about my age. Nice post!
Dangerous Mind! hahaha – they made me watch that one at school for some reason!
I always thought "going to the movies" was equal to hang out with friends (besides parties and stuff), and yeah – can't blame for not going with them xD
I take watching movies too seriously from the start I guess. I like silence during the credits and no one asking me what I though about it and so on… wow… what a friendly person I am xD
completely understand. I also stay for credits… usually. I got used to going to the cinema alone after Dancer, but then I went to film school and we all went together because we were the same. I guess that stuck. Can't go to the cinema alone now xD
Enter the Dragon owns, you get major points. The Cell was awesome, you lose a few. But this website rocks so you get more major points lol
Hmm, I should really give The Cell another try, non? xD Thanks for the support, Japan Cinema!
Yeah, I didn't like The Cell much either in the cinema, although a few years later on DVD I came to have a better appreciation of it – weird! great list, and it reminds me that I have to get a copy of Dancer In The Dark……
Really? I don't know, by this time… I think my dislike for The Cell might be purely psychological now. I recently bought a book on Art Cinema, I was surprised to see that from all the movies mentioned in it, I've only heard of one.
Makes me feel like I need to expand on my artsy fartsy films.