• secretlife said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Schindler's List.....the shower scene...where the women aren't sure if what will come out of them is gas or water....and finally, they find out, today it is water.

  Philadelphia.....when Andrew is on the stand and he explains to the jury what motivated him to become a lawyer. He say: "What I love the most about the law is that every now and again--not that often, but occasionally--you get to be part of justice being done. It really is quite a thrill when that happens."

  I also liked the emotional opera scene where Andrew tried to explain to his lawyer what opera--a Maria Callas' aria--means to him.

   

• wombat said on Jan 31, 2007....

  The first part of Cliffhanger, where the girl is begging Sly not to drop her, but she falls anyway.  It terrifies me, and yet, when the movie is on (lots of replays on cable) I watch her drop again.
   
  I read scary novels, but usually can't watch, especially if there are sharp edges involved.
  Remember Ray Liotta getting scalped at dinner by Hannibal Lector?
   
  On a lighter note, I loved Steel Magnolias, especially the part where the women all slap hands together in a sort of prayer for Shelby.  And wasn't Shirley MaClain a hoot?

• Lucytorial said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Barraca, not any scene the whole lot it's a visual comment on the worlds spiritual state, humans and the animal kingdom.
   
  Orlando - she/he wakes up in a war zone pregnant.... beautiful movie cinemagraphic master piece so emotional that you could not sit through it without a tear, passion, fear and rage.
   
  Three colours blue - the very first scene it's so moody it makes me feel like a blue day, a sad day, a soulless day....
   
  The cook his wife etc etc - the dinner party - what you get is a visual movement right through the digestive system from mouth to gut, to bowel back to stomach it's a master of vileness! oppulence and the overfed egoism of men. 9and women just a saying)

• MissMimi said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Wombat, yes, Steel Magnolias,  especially the scene in the cemetery right after shelby's funeral.  I've seen it many times, and it makes me cry every time I see it.

  When I was 14 I saw Romeo and Juliet,  the Franco Zeffirelli version.  It was amazing.  I was absolutely enthralled.  I even got a copy of the originall and memorized parts of it.  It's pretty cool that 30 years later, my daughter had much the same reaction to that movie.

• wombat said on Jan 31, 2007....

  MissMimi:  yes, I cried at the cemetary scene, but rolled in the isles when Shirley stomped off giving them all the finger.  My ex watched the baby so I could go see it alone and enjoy it.  The next night, I returned the favor.  What I remember also, was a man behind me in the theater crying at the sad scenes just like me!

• Lioness said on Jan 31, 2007....

  The movie about  the crucifixion of Jesus (directed by Mel Gibson) -- sorry,  the title skipped my mind. I was moved on the whipping scene, it seemed so true, I can almost feel the pain. I was in tears until the end.
  
  
  

• LongAgoAndFarAway said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Jaws - I have never gone into the ocean since.

• gingersoul said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Lucy.......i love "Orlando" as well.....great oniric movie.....i have read the book too and the movie captured perfectly the essence of the book...

  Secret......i have to agree with you on Philadephia and for the same music...whne he listens to Maria Callas in his room and you can read teh life slipping away from him  ...

  Lioness.... that movie is  "The Passion".......:-)

  And also...."Yes".. a not well known movie with Joan Allen ( splendid actress) who is a married unsatisfied woman who falls in love with an immigrant doctor escaped from Lebanon because of the war. The scene in which her grandmother dies at the hospital is simply unbearable in its crude sadness....

  when Gwinneth Paltrow walks on that long, endless beach at the end of Shakespeare in love...

  when in "The unberable lightness of the being" she walks toward Daniel Day Lewis seated on a bench with some birds flying around him....love at first sight...

  i like the scene in wich the jealous husband chops Holly Hunter' fingers in The piano....her eyes are two pools of sadness..

  The scene at the traffic light when Meryl Streep sees Clint Eastwood waiting for her in the rain but she decides to stay with her husband in "The bridges of Madison County"

  the scene at the bar in The deer hunter when everybody sings "I love you baby"

  the helycopters spraying napalm in 'Apocalypse now'.....great....powerful..hateful

  the scene in which Mary Magdalene sings to a sleeping Jesus in "JCS"...first time i ever thought about the existence of a different version of my then Catholic faith....plus i liked Ted Neeley so much...lol....

  the scene in "Adagio Veneziano", an Italian movie, in which he is dying and plays this breathtaking piece for cello and oboe from Benedetto Marcello in front of his ex wife whom he asked to visit him in Venice and doesn't  know yet he is dying......i don't  know how many times i have seen it and how many times i have cried..i have the music, naturally...

  better stop..i am a movie junkie...lol..

• waterstar said on Jan 31, 2007....

  the most recent movie that had an effect on me was Everything is Iluminated

  I think it was the range of emotions , that got me the most with that one, as well as the line inwhich the title comes from when the narrator states ...'Everything is illuminated by the light of the past' 

  this movie also has an awesome musical backdrop, would love to get the soundtrack

• Lioness said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Ginger: right! It's "The Passion of the Christ". Thanks for reminding! My memory is obviously deteriorating.

• wombat said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Lioness:  Been leary of commenting on this for some reason, but I did make a point of putting in that DVD.   I was in tears, and more than a little ashamed, and scared. My husband bought it for me, and it took me awhile to finally say, "Yes.  I watched it."

• Lioness said on Jan 31, 2007....

  wombat: oh my, our emotions are the same. I honestly don't want to watch it again.. At least not for now. 

• wombat said on Jan 31, 2007....

  Lioness:  Love ya'.  Sometimes I think I am the only one on here, and all the comments are just mine.  Isn't that a wierd thought?

• mom said on Jan 31, 2007....

  A movie that has had an impact is "Gorillas in the Mist" I love Gorillas.  I love Anthony Hopkins.
   
  Another movie that has touched me is "A Patch of Blue"
   
  The last movie that I watched was, "Phantom of the Opera".  That movie made me cry my eyes out.
   
  "I know it was you Frido, you broke my heart"  The GodFather.
   
  Also a movie that was heart wrenching was "The Cure"
   
  I never saw "the Passion of the Christ"   I knew that I would not be able to handle it.
   
  A lot of movies I can learn something from,

• Lioness said on Jan 31, 2007....

  wombat: I am actually nodding here. =) Reading comments that verbalize the very same thoughts you have in mind is surreal indeed.
  
  mom: the film is worth seeing, but you really need to be ready for the scenes.
  

• mom said on Feb 01, 2007....

  I heard it is a wonderful movie that makes you think, I would never be ready for those awful scenes.  I have seen the "The Robe"  it didn't show how graphic the crucifixion was but it showed him being nailed to the cross, and then hearing, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do"  made me cry for a long time after.  I think if I saw the movie I would be so upset that it would make me physically ill.  I have deep feelings about Christ and what he went through.

• sheissilent said on Feb 01, 2007....

  I made the mistake of watching Schindler's List while I was pregnant. God, I almost lost it when the little child was hiding in the latrine. I only watched it once and I still can't bear to watch it again. Knowing that the movie just touched on what really happened becomes unbearable if I think about it too much. I won't watch Saving Private Ryan for that very reason, it is too painful when it is based on a true story. Titanic, during the sinking, when the lady was holding her son and saying "It will all be over soon"... made me want to cry. In Monster's Ball, during the execution scene... was pregnant again.... bad idea. On a lighter note, Lady Hawke... when Isabeau and Navarre are reunited. Love that sappy stuff! I am a movie buff and could go on an on with this... but won't for your sakes. :P

• mom said on Feb 01, 2007....

  Yes, Schindlers list was an excellent movie, Saving Private Ryan, We were Soldiers.  I loved "Ladyhawke"  I have adopted that name for some sites on the web

• yani said on Feb 01, 2007....

  For now, only one comes to mind, a scene from The Passion when Mary was watching the people beat Jesus and she was remembering a time when Jesus was young and how she wouldn't even let him stumble and be hurt but how now some other people are hurting Him. I can understand her sadness from a mother's point of view. How we always, always try to keep even mosquitoes from biting our little ones, and then just to have someone else, or something else, hurt them and we can't do anything about it. The scene drove me to tears 'cos I can only imagine Her frustration at having to witness that beating.

• yani said on Feb 01, 2007....

  Wait, after reading all the other comments, i commented first before reading what others said, I can only smile that there are others here who feel exactly like I do about the Passion. It took me a great amount of courage to watch it. I've never watched it again, I don't think my poor heart can take it :)

• mom said on Feb 01, 2007....

  Yani, yes to see it through the eyes of a mother would definitely break my heart, but also him being treated the way he was is even harder for me.  My oldest boy used to profane Christs name all the time and he went and saw it,  he came back different and doesn't do it anymore.  It really touched him deeply.

• sheissilent said on Feb 01, 2007....

  I wanted to add this... a little off topic, but it always cracks me up.
   
  My best friend and I went to see Titanic when it came out. It was a totally packed theater. So we watch this movie, and see this awful sinking scene, with all these people drowing/freezing, etc.
   
  After it was over, the lights came on and as we got ready to leave, the two teenage girls in front of us stood up, and I hear the one say to the other "Oh my gosh, could you imagine if that really happened? I would totally get on a life boat!"
   
  I almost hurt myself laughing so hard.

• mom said on Feb 01, 2007....

  LOL that is funny.  Kids say funny things without thinking sometimes. :)

• wombat said on Feb 01, 2007....

  beyondthevil: If I forget later, thanks for the post.  Guess no one expected it to go this route, but, we like the road signs.  Just for the record, I still like the silly movies, like Steel Magnolias,  Robots, and Timeline, and Twister, The Day After Tommorrow,  and about 100 others......

• starbrite said on Feb 01, 2007....

  Striptease, it made me want to be a stripper, but then I did and the place was full of a bunch of nasty hillbillies, thats what you get in a liltle town! I could only do that for two months and I quit!

• mom said on Feb 01, 2007....

  Star, things are always better in the movies.  They can make a homeless person or hteir life seem glamorous. lol
  I am glad you got out of that profession.
  Striptease was a pretty good movie better than I thought it would be. :)

• silverwhisper said on Feb 01, 2007....

  i've never been more affected than by watching the following movies:
  
  miracle mile: a stray cigarette butt leads to one man learning that apocalypse is coming. you'd think it would be the ultimate anti-smoking commercial but upon finishing watching the movie, my immediate reaction was to go outside for a smoke. i will always be haunted by the line "maybe we'll be diamonds".
  
  eddie & the cruisers: a powerful film about the integrity of artistic vision and the price one pays for it. plus it's got a killer soundtrack.
  
  dead poets society: i've always been fond of coming of age stories but this one...god, just everything about it
  
  on her majesty's secret service: when the ultimate man's man, james bond, breaks down in tears, how can that not affect you?
  
  sadly, i suspect i'm missing one or two.
  
  ed

• fucked_up_girl said on Feb 01, 2007....

  armaggedon: the scene where bruce willis was talking to ben affleck towards the end of the movie... the part where he chose to be the one to die instead of ben, all because he knows his daughter loves ben so much. it made me cry uncontrollably several hours after the movie.
  the passion of the christ indeed was very moving... to the point where i have to close my eyes and just cry because it was too much... the "passion" of christ was too much to handle... but i got through it. after watching the film i went to church and cried again.
  eight below: yeah it's a feel good movie but it talks about friendship and love beyond all forms. very touching.
  my sassy girl: i know it's a comedy... but the part where the girl was on the other mountain and she was shouting at the top of her lungs and telling the guy how she really feels and all... it was for me, a moment of truth. moments when you just have to lay it all down and see where things lead you...
  love actually: when keira knightley's husband's best friend went to her one night, and told her how he really felt... that was amazing... deeply troubled me though, coz we have the same problem.

• secretlife said on Feb 01, 2007....

  ginger:  Mary singing "I Don't Know How To Love Him" in JCS is a beautiful scene....

  as is that scene in Bridges..omg is she going to open that truck door?

  mom:  my kids watch Phantom ....they can recite it now...i took them last winter to see it on Broadway and we all cried.

  I rented and watch The Passion with my 2 girls.  Very powerful.....lots of tissues all around.  yani that scene you described was very difficult to watch.

  One of my favorite scenes is from Gone With The Wind where Scarlett has returned to a war-beaten Tara and stands in a back field pulling up and biting a turnip from the ground...."As God is my witness.........I'll never go hungry again".

• pit said on Feb 01, 2007....

  yeah.. i aggreed with you fucked up girl... for me the armageddon is a very touching movie.. the moment they left him on the giant rock, i see a great responsibilities on his shoulder to save the earth..its very good indeed..
  i wonder if there is a person willing to do that in this real world..

• moonriver said on Feb 01, 2007....

  so many films and scenes... but if i have to mention just one, that has to be taxi driver.  there were times when i felt robert de niro was telling me something about my own life. "you talkin' to me? you? talkin. to. me?" for the next couple months i fantasized about rescuing teenage prostitutes that i saw on the street everyday when i was a starving bohemian artist. but not in new york lol.
  
  

• Muckraker said on Feb 01, 2007....

  The Passion of Christ by Mel Gibson

• dailyachesandpains said on Feb 01, 2007....

  The Notebook.  I can't say anything else.  I cried and I still cry when I watch it. 

  Daily

• kruuyai said on Feb 01, 2007....

  The movie that had the biggest impact on my life... I think it was called The Cardinal and starred Thomas Tryon.  It was about a Catholic priest (who becomes a cardinal, I guess).  At some point, his sister is giving birth in the hospital, and I guess her husband had died or else she wasn't married, but there were complications and they had to choose between saving the mother or saving the child, and it was up to her brother, the priest.  Because of his religious convictions, he chooses to save the child and let the mother die, because, somehow, that was supposed to be the "right" thing to do.  I think it was then and there that I decided for sure never to have children and give some man the right to decide whether I lived or died.  Other contributing factors to that decision were the book The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, and the fact that I was never that crazy about the idea of having kids anyway.

• deftnha said on Feb 01, 2007....

  Garden State. The whole film, but especially the bit where Zach Braff is explaining the accident which put his mom in a wheelchair. That hit me...

• beyondtheveil said on Feb 01, 2007....

  secret- Twobeautiful movies , I saw both. Great scenes.

  wombat- Sharp edges,that's a new one on me. Lectors surgery was a good one.

  lucytorial- I haven't seen these- they go to my see list.

  missmimi- Steel Magnolias is one of my wife-s favorites. Neat story abou you & your daughter.

  lioness- I agree Passion of the Christ was powerful.

  longagoandfaraway- Jaws, yes. Speilberg's first hit. wasn't it? Neat username.

  ginger- I knew you would have a bunch, I can just see them flooding into your head. Piano was great, wasn't it?

  waterstar- Haven't seen it. Another for my list. Thanks, water.

  mom- Anthony Hopkins is great, isn't he? My wife has seen the Phanton in live plays twice. Loves it. I saw Gorillas in the Mist, wonderful movie.

  sheissilent- Wow. Glad you didn't go into labor. Excellent examples. Lady Hawke was a really neat one.

  wombat- It doesn't matter what route it takes- it's fun reading.

  starbrite- I can understand that. By the way, some people don't like Demi Moore, I really like her. Especially in Ghost & GI Jane.

  Ed- We all miss some. If you keep thinking, they keep coming. Dead Poets was a great movie.

  fuckedupgirl- I understand what you are saying about comedies. One of my favorites was Trains, Planes, & Automobiles. The ending was that way.

  secret- I love that song from JCS. My wife would kill to see Phantom on broadway.

  pit- I think there are some who would do it. A lot really. There are some terrific people in this world. That movie did have some good scenes.

  moonriver- I know what you mean by fantasizing. I'm a class "a" fantasizer. Taxi was a really neat movie.

  SOULCASTERS- Thank you so much. I got up this morning & sat for a minute with my mouth hanging open looking at 31 comments. You made my day(or week).

• beyondtheveil said on Feb 01, 2007....

  muckraker- So many have mentioned Passion. I knew when it came out it would affect a lot of people.

  dailyachesandpains- I haven't seen Notebook, but I will check it out.

  kruu- I understand what you mean, kruu. I've always come down on the side of the mother unless it was her choice. My daughter has decided to never have children. Hope you don't feel bad about that. It's your choice & no one has the right to say anything about it.

  deftnha- Garden State. Haven't seen that one either. Another for my list. Thanks.

• silverwhisper said on Feb 01, 2007....

  i just remembered another one: glory. my god, but was that ever powerful...
  
  ed

• mobil said on Feb 01, 2007....

  I can't name one or fifty movies, so many great ones. I want to name an
  actor though.
   
  Gene Hackman, the man is so under rated, mostly in supporting roles. He can
  do anything, play any part.
   
  Ok, I'll name one movie he did that was so twisted, a cliff hanger type movie.
  No Way Out.
   
  Didn't have a an impact, just a good movie............thanks great post

• Lefty said on Feb 01, 2007....

  FORREST GUMP had an emotional impact for me. And it always inspire me! Here's a so-called "retard" that had more smarts, heart, and soul than many of the so-called "normal, smart" people around him. I could watch this a million times, and it will still make me laugh, cry, cheer, totally touch, and break my heart! There are other movies as well, but this one puts me through such a wide range of feelings!

• polarheart said on Feb 01, 2007....

  There was a movie long time ago called "Not Without My Daughter" based on a true story.
   
  It was about an American woman who married a Pakistani (?) doctor in America and they had a daughter.  He then conned her into going to Pakistan on "holiday" to meet his family, but actually he had no intent on them ever going back the the USA.  Anyway, when in his own country he just changed towards her and started treating her really badly.  She wanted to go home and he said she could go, but without her daughter.  She of course could not bear that and so had to seek help secretly, which was very difficult because of the Muslim culture and also he had people spying on her all the time.  She offered to help teach at the school where her daughter went and in her breaks she would slip away to make plans for their escape.  One day her husband went to the school to check up on her, but she was just coming back from one of her meetings. . .she tries to run away from him but he pursues her into one of the classrooms, grabs her by the hair and smashes her face repeatedly into the wall (that was my ultimate power scene).  In the end she and her daughter escaped under perilous circumstances and had to cross the desert and border.
   
  It was a truly impacting film.
   
  My other all time favourite is "The Shawshank Redemption" - that movie changed me.  My favourite scene is right towards the end where RED goes to the field to exact spot his friend had told him to go - and there he finds a tin box with a letter addressed to him plus money. . .his friend had instilled hope in him before he had even gone to place that "gift" there for RED.
   
  I also loved "A Beautiful Mind" - power scene where he wants to bath the baby, puts the baby in the bath walks away and leaves the water running - absolutely HEART STOPPING!!!
   
  And also "Gladiator" - power scene where he comes home after battle to find his entire staff, his wife and little boy hanging from the trees. . .it was so incredibly sad. . .and in the end when he dies and he "sees" his little boy running to him through the fields of corn
   
  Ok, I'll stop now. Polar
   
   
   
   

• gingersoul said on Feb 01, 2007....

  Secret........yes......that song.....she has a powerful voice...and that Jesus there...uhmmm...... lol...

  Moon......i love that movie too....and i can perfectly see you rescuing people in danger...:-)

  Shesilent....too funny....lol...   btw, that Titanic sank me ....sorry.......:-).

  Deftnha....Garden State...a small jewel...i agree....

  Kruu.......i saw that movie.......a very good one....did you see the movie adaption of the Sylvia Plath book with Gwinneth Paltrow? After reading that book i was so eager to watch the movie...a delusion.....i higly suggest not watching it....

• IamMeAlways said on Feb 01, 2007....

  I'd say The Colour Purple, it really got me. Steel Magnolias is right up there too.There are a few others but i cant think at the mo.

  I also saw Lord of the flies and read the book, quite touching if you really understand it

• kruuyai said on Feb 01, 2007....

  beyond: I don't regret my decision at all.  Unfortunately, at my advanced age, I am nonplussed that I still get pressure from other people to have children of my own.  I was 16 when I decided not to have them, and I've never wanted them (I could if I wanted to, I never had my tubes tied or anything).  I've gotta stop dating twenty-somethings....

  polar: I read "Not Without My Daughter" a long time ago.  It was really gripping, and much better than the movie (they usually are, aren't they?).  I think you'd really enjoy the book.

  ginger: No, I never knew there was a movie made of it, but I'll take your advice.  :)

  IamMeAlways: Yes, the Color Purple was awesome.  I was so impressed by that movie when it first came out that I took my parents to see it.  After the movie was over, my dad made a horrible racist remark, about African Americans and incest, implying that it was their nature.  I was so angry.  It was the turning point that got me in touch with my own issues, because my father had incested me when I was about 10 or 11.  The hypocrisy was apalling to me.  I can't remember if I was thinking about my experience with him when I decided to take my parents to the movie, or if it just popped up when he made that remark... but I do think that, even though it had never been forgotten, that was what brought it to the forefront of my consciousness as an adult.

• yani said on Feb 02, 2007....

  Oh, I remember a scene from Titanic: Those two old people who weren't able to be on a life boat, they just stayed in bed and waited for the water to drown them, they were embracing each other. It just broke my heart. At the same time it made me wish I'd die like that :) dying in the arms of the one I love..........creepy.........

• beyondtheveil said on Feb 03, 2007....

  Ed- I saw Glory. Super movie.

  mobil- He's a terrific actor. The last movie I saw him in was The Unforgiven.

  lefty- I saw Forrest Gump on tv not too long ago. Tom Hanks is just made for certain parts.

  polar- Four great movies. I enjoyed them all. Didn't Sally Field star in Not Without My Daughter?

  Iammealways- I understand how Colour Purple could really affect a person. Steel Magnolias seems to be a popular one here.

  yani- I don't know anyone who saw Titanic & didn't love it.

• mom said on Feb 03, 2007....

  One movie that I had forgotten about and it was one that I watched against my better judgement. American History X, that movie left such a bad taste in my mouth.  I had to leave the room a couple of times, it was pretty graphic.

• silverwhisper said on Feb 03, 2007....

  mom: that's a hard, hard movie to watch, esp the opening scene.
  
  ed

• mom said on Feb 03, 2007....

  It sure was, I didn't see the opening.  Many parts I refused to watch because it was so graphic, the story line was good, the scenes seemed to drive it home.  As soon as I knew something bad was going to happen then I'd leave and ask my kids what happened.

• unmonde said on Feb 04, 2007....

  In Her Shoes when Rose is about to make love to her boyfriend for the first time.  She tries to turn out the light so she can hide herself and he won't let her.  I cried so hard.

• CreativeWoman said on Feb 06, 2007....

  Titanic simply haunted me for days after I saw it.
  
  Apollo 13 left me with a sense of pride.
  
  Circle of Friends because the main character was  a bigger girl and it seemed others thought she was a little less because of it.  I identified with her.
  
  CW
  

• 22DecemberFallen said on Feb 18, 2007....

  Only just found this blog Beyond, right this is my bag :-)
  
  Armageddon, the ending ripped me apart.
  The Green mile, where Michel Clarke Duncan is executed.
  Schindler's List, the horror of that film was intensified for me by the fact it was in black and white. It was a film you could "smell"
  Saving Private Ryan, The views of the war graves always does me.
  Gladiator, the part for me was when Russel Crowe walked in Elicyam to his family for eternity.
  Once were warriors, a film with such power, for me probably my all time best.
  
  A few with a bit of feel good factor though to finish off.
  
  Napoleon Dynamite, where did they get those characters? too cool :-)
  The Big Lebowski, I love the Cohen brothers.
  Coyote Ugly, yea I know, a chick flick but I love it :-)
  
  I could go on for a while here :-)
  

• 22DecemberFallen said on Feb 18, 2007....

  Oh and the opening scenes of Vertical Limit where the father cuts loose to save his kids. Er.... and the ending scene in Open Water where Blanchard Ryan lets go. I'll stop now :-D

• beyondtheveil said on Feb 18, 2007....

  unmonde- I have not seen In Her Shoes. So many to catch up on. I'll watch for it on my movie channels. Thanks for commenting.

  CW- I completely understand about Titanic, great movie, but I wish they would make a movie about other shipwrecks whose story needs to be told. I just finished a book on the Lusitania, it would make a wonderful movie.

  22decemberfallen- It just about broke my heart Private Ryan didn't win best picture. Cohen brothers are super. I'm familiar with all these except Once Were Warriors and don't know why, but I'll look into it. And don't feel bad about Coyote Ugly, I liked it too. Thanks for dropping by.

• Lucytorial said on Feb 18, 2007....

  Once were warriers is a NZ film, it is great!

  I already posted "Water" indian film god i cried for the last hour of this film and cinemgraphically I am impressed with the DOP he's done such a great job under the circumstances Director Dipath Matha - i think thats how it's spelt)

• MyLoveDDW said on Oct 16, 2007....

  The movies that impacted my life the most would have to be
  I am Sam... This movie is a true definition of the bond between a father and daughter, regardless of what there mental state is. I am a daddies girl by definition and I adore this movie. It touches my heart just thinking about it.

• beyondtheveil said on Oct 16, 2007....

  mylove- Oh, I can really relate to this. I hope you will read my post "Fathers and Daughters". 

• Not-Quite-Faramir said on Dec 20, 2007....

  "Cast Away" with Tom Hanks.  There are some amazing coincidences to my life in the movie (not regarding literally being on an island, though), even involving the "1500 days" he was on the island (a very specific, very special, coincidence, which I won't describe here).  God indeed works in mysterious ways, even using movies.  "That package saved my life" could even refer to the DVD of the movie, in some ways and for some people.

• beyondtheveil said on Dec 20, 2007....

  notquite- I can relate to that picture from a loneliness standpoint. There were a couple extended periods in my life I was quite alone. Interesting comment, thanks for stopping by. 

• Not-Quite-Faramir said on Dec 20, 2007....

  beyondtheveil,

  
  Hey, I didn't expect a reply, especially so quickly.  I'll try to describe the connection in my life with 1500 days, if I can do so without getting into too much detail.

  Well, I happened to see the movie, "Cast Away", for the first time on November 3, 2007 (this year, obviously).  I double-checked the TV schedule a few days later, and verified that the hours the movie aired that night were from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. (Indiana time).  (I saw the movie almost right from the beginning - I started watching it at the point where the package is removed from the delivery van in Russia, and taken to the "cowboy"/adulterer.)  A great disappointment in my life (comparable, in many ways, to Chuck Noland's discovery that his fiance had married) occurred on September 23, 2004 (you may go to Amazon.com, and check the comments for the Dire Straits album, "Alchemy", and find a post by me, that I made in 2005, which obliquely refers to this event, and specifically refers to this date).  My "discovery" of this "great disappointment" occurred sometime between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Indiana time) (I know this for various reasons, though I don't recall the exact time I made the "discovery").

  I have found two equations which I believe provide evidence of God's existence, and of the truth of the Gospel (that Jesus lived, died, and was resurrected, thus implying the veracity of the Biblical testimony regarding His mission).  There are two numbers which are very specifically and importantly, associated with those equations - the equations depend upon one, and produce the other.  The number they depend upon is the length of a "Tropical" year (here rounded to the sixth decimal point, or to within milli-seconds of exactness):  365.242189 days.  The second number, the number the two equations both "produce", is (rounded to 8 decimal places):  36.49577595 days (precise to within milli-milli-seconds).  This second number is, if the equations are valid, the length of time Jesus was alive on Earth before He died, and also the number of hours He was dead.  The latter "interpretation" of that number equates to 1.520657331 days.

  Now, if one subtracts 1.52... days from 365.242189 days, and then subtracts the result from 1500 days, the result is

  ................1136.278468 days; or, 1136 days, 6 hours, and 41 minutes.

  What is amazing to me is that if one goes back that length of time (1136.278468 days) from when I saw the end of the movie "Cast Away" (right around 11 p.m. on November 3, 2007), one "arrives" at roughly 4:19 p.m. on September 23, 2004 (both times and dates are "Indiana time").  This is right within that very narrow "window" of 3 hours (between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on September 23, 2004), sometime within which I "discovered" my "great disappointment".  I find it hard to believe this is merely coincidental.

  Sorry to go into such great detail, but it's a tremendous thing, I think, and very encouraging to me, at least.  It is also completely true (I haven't made any of this up, though one might debate the validity of my two equations, and thus of the number they "produce").  I hope it was clear enough, and not too strange to share.  (There are also some other fairly amazing and fairly specific coincidences between the movie and my life, but it's not necessary to go into all the various details.)

   

  In Christ,

  Douglas

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