The Apartment, Kung Fu Hustle, Star Wars, Local Hero, Breaking Away, Singin in the Rain
I don't know what strings these together. A lot of them are the story of nobodies becoming somebodies. Which as a nobody I guess gives me hope.
Star Wars might seem like a cliche but I was 8 years old and my father had just had an operation for stomach cancer and unbeknownst to me had been given a year to live, even if the operation was successful. My mother, who was dehydrated from the crying in secret she had been doing, was sick of me hanging around the house and told me to go see this movie, which she had heard was good.
In fact, it was great. And as it turned out my dad lived for another 20 years.
(TommyShanks, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:28, Reply)