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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
memories about Baby
I *adored* this movie. Haven't seen it since I was a little kid, but I remember thinking, "Oh my god, that was SUCH a good movie!" ...and it really stuck with me. I only remember the plot vaguely; but I know that I cried so hard when the mother dinosaur found the baby again I thought my lungs would explode (I was about six or seven years old at the time).
I also remember the dinosaur effects being really cool, and I was sure if I watched it now I'd be like, what the heck is with the clay dinosaurs? You know how these things never compare with our memories. But some people on here have said it still isn't that bad. Now I'm definitely going to have to rent it and watch it again.
PS: what is it with Sean Young? She's in like every 80's movie ever MADE!
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
This one was all about Heart.
I grade movies on how the affect me as much if not more than artistry, content, editing, etc. This movie has haunted me for weeks, and was the first movie that made me cry since I was about ten years old. Not just choked up, and not like I felt like I might cry and resisted; there was no resisting about this one. That's enough for me right there to put it in my top ten all time films as far as personal effect. When you add in amazing spare storytelling and editing, amazing sparse shooting, fascinating lighting and production, nuanced acting, and incredible music, or rather an incredible all around matching of editing, production, and score, with overall social impact and an important and timely message...you have a classic; Oscar or no Oscar. That is why the few flaws tend to fade in my mind...and why any flaws tend to seem insignificant, and mentioning them churlish, in the face of such impact...and why they have so little to do with my rating. This one was all about heart.