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First Movie
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:58 am
by Varthikes
I tend to ask the question on every forum.
What would be the first movie you would show to someone from another world?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:12 am
by Tiberius
Baraka
If you don't understand why, you should go and watch it.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:36 am
by Sionnach Glic
Schindilers List. (Yes, yes, I butchered the spelling.)
Its a film I think everyone should watch once in their lives.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:21 pm
by DBS
October Sky.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:23 pm
by Sionnach Glic
i've heard of that somewhere before. What's it about again?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:31 pm
by DBS
It is set in 1957 and details a secondary school kid from a mining town become fascinated with rockets after Sputnik is launced. He and some friends start to make some, and it becomes a way for him to think about escaping his situation. I really like the movie.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:48 pm
by Graham Kennedy
I'd be tempted to say Contact.
"This is what finding you meant to us..."
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:49 pm
by Sionnach Glic
@DBS
Thanks, must look out for that one.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:59 am
by Foxbat
In no particular order...
Big Trouble in Little China / Galaxy Quest / Caddy Shack / Major League / Office Space
and so on... I'm a firm believer that we need to have a sense of Humor. That's what I'd want to show another alien race...
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:40 am
by Q
Independence Day....and hope they don't get any ideas......
Ona more serious note, I'd sit down and talk to them , no point in feeding them garbage as well.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:18 am
by Tiberius
Just don't show them Soylent green!
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:47 am
by Space Ghost
Unfortunately, any movie you showed them would be so out of context. But I guess I would show him/her/it Ben Hur as it is fairly timeless. Of course, my favorite movie is still The Shawshank Redemption.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:04 am
by DBS
Space Ghost wrote:Unfortunately, any movie you showed them would be so out of context.
Yeah, most "good" movies cause us to think deeply about what it means to be human, and unless a visitor already knew us that well, the meaning would probably be lost on them.
I would think, though, that a good sampling of dramas would at least provide examples of our dramatic arts. I would be really interested to know what (if any) analogue they would have
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:56 am
by Sionnach Glic
Thats a good point, how would an alien connect with what the films are trying to show? If some alien sat you down in front of a film, I don't think any of us would understand whats going on.
I think I'd prefer just to wander round with him/her/it and let it see our culture for himself.
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:37 pm
by Space Ghost
During the filming of the movie Zulu, none of the Zulu extras had ever seen a movie before. The director arranged an outdoor screening of a western, much to the amusement of the Zulus.
If you think about it, a movie is something of an oddity. Grown people dressing up in costumes, pretending to be someone they are not and recorded for an audience to view.