Many excellent films in this list but only a few stand out for me as painfully good. Standouts...
Quote:
|
Million Dollar Baby. I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
|
Rented that one last week and couldn't even finish it. Hits too close.
What Dreams May Come - Gorgeous movie but with so much sorrow.
Philadelphia - Can't get much worse than disease plus hate.
Fisher King - Williams digs deep. Can't imagine where he goes for this stuff.
Life as a House - Kline is great.
Awakenings - Williams/DeNiro, I'm in a rut.
Brian's Song... yep.
Eternal Sunshine was a candidate but resolved beautifully. The compromise of love.
The movies that affect me most are without a tangible villain. Men can be hated, punished, vanquished, and the outcome is usually predictable, often feels contrived and loses my attention even if the loss was powerful. OTOH the loss or separation by disease or accident, when the enemy is emotionless, unassailable, without human flaw, those make me feel helpless. Resolution must come from within, and if it's pushing my buttons I
feel how I don't have a handle on it.