How have you been inspired by a movie?

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Philo B 93
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4:15p, 11/13/19
Have you ever been inspired by a movie in a way that changed your life?

I know guys who joined the Navy because of Top Gun. I know a professional musician who started playing guitar because of La Bamba. (I know, I know, but true story. Right place and time and whatnot.).

I had a conversation about this recently and realized how powerful a movie can be.
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4:53p, 11/13/19
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V for Vendetta inspired me to get up and leave the theater.
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5:01p, 11/13/19
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Not knocking your buddies, but could you imagine a boot camp instructor in the 80's finding out you joined because of a Tom Cruise movie?
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Without Limits made me think I could run better


(Spoiler: it didn't actually make me run better)
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5:23p, 11/13/19
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Brokeback Mountain inspired me to, wait.......what was the question?
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In reply to GiveEmHellBill • 6:20p, 11/13/19
GiveEmHellBill said:
V for Vendetta inspired me to get up and leave the theater.


You missed out. Great movie. Still one of my favorite comic book movies.
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6:29p, 11/13/19
I started filming plastic bags after American Beauty.
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7:07p, 11/13/19
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For me it's EuroTrip, which came out my Junior year of high school. I saw the movie with my best friend. After the movie, we vowed to go on a similar trip the summer after our Senior year. So we saved for about 1.5 years and went on a 5 week European trip that summer before I started at A&M. And I never looked back with traveling.

If I hadn't gone on that trip, I don't think I would have made the leap to live abroad for 4 years, where I met my wife. As silly as it seems, I owe it to that movie.
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10 of my friends and I were inspired to rob the vault at the Bellagio, Mirage and MGM Grand after watching Vegas Vacation
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In reply to Enzo The Baker • 7:27p, 11/13/19
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Enzo The Baker said:
For me it's EuroTrip, which came out my Junior year of high school. I saw the movie with my best friend. After the movie, we vowed to go on a similar trip the summer after our Senior year. So we saved for about 1.5 years and went on a 5 week European trip that summer before I started at A&M. And I never looked back with traveling.

If I hadn't gone on that trip, I don't think I would have made the leap to live abroad for 4 years, where I met my wife. As silly as it seems, I owe it to that movie.
Did you visit Club Vandersexxx? Asking for a friend.
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7:27p, 11/13/19
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My wife and I plan to retire to the Caribbean or Mexico maybe 5 years down the road and have talked about a food truck after watching Chef multiple times.
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7:44p, 11/13/19
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Does porn count? - lots of nights filled with "reenacting" scenes from a plethora of "films"

Jurassic Park - I earned my nickname/user name from this movie. I played sports like a raptor, made love like a raptor, and ate like a raptor. The name stuck after that.

The Sandlot - played a lot more baseball with my friends.

Swingers - made a spur of the moment road trip to Winstar immediately after rewatching this movie for the umpteenth time.
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In reply to Definitely Not A Cop • 8:30p, 11/13/19
Champ Bailey said:
Not knocking your buddies, but could you imagine a boot camp instructor in the 80's finding out you joined because of a Tom Cruise movie?
The guys I'm talking about were hard workers and athletes from a small Texas town in the late 80s. They didn't have much money, they weren't grade-mongers, and they didn't want to spend another 2-4 years in a junior college classroom. Their options were labor or one of the Armed Forces. And they were 18... they didn't over-analyze it. If Matt Dillon or Patrick Swayze had put out a great Army move with jets, motorcycles, girls, and beach volleyball, I'm sure enrollment would have spiked for the Army also.
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In reply to Definitely Not A Cop • 8:53p, 11/13/19
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Champ Bailey said:
Not knocking your buddies, but could you imagine a boot camp instructor in the 80's finding out you joined because of a Tom Cruise movie?


They were hurting so bad for recruits at the time that they didn't care why they were there.
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9:33p, 11/13/19
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I drank myself to death because of Leaving Las Vegas.
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In reply to Enzo The Baker • 9:40p, 11/13/19
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Inspired by wrong movie, username doesn't fit.
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9:54p, 11/13/19
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Opening of Casino changed the way I gamble at casinos, I guess.
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In reply to Definitely Not A Cop • 10:04p, 11/13/19
Champ Bailey said:
Not knocking your buddies, but could you imagine a boot camp instructor in the 80's finding out you joined because of a Tom Cruise movie?
Why exactly do you think the military cooperates with movies like that?
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In reply to Definitely Not A Cop • 10:16p, 11/13/19
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Champ Bailey said:
Not knocking your buddies, but could you imagine a boot camp instructor in the 80's finding out you joined because of a Tom Cruise movie?
People have joined the military for far worse reasons than this.
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8:50a, 11/14/19
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Wild Things inspired me to get a really big TV at my house so I could watch the pool scene as it was meant to be (frame by frame with frequent pausing) and without people interrupting me with their ridiculous comments like:

"That's disgusting."
"Put that away."
"Sir, I'm the manager, we've had several compl- oh my god, please leave."
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In reply to Head Ninja In Charge • 8:58a, 11/14/19
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Champ Bailey said:
Not knocking your buddies, but could you imagine a boot camp instructor in the 80's finding out you joined because of a Tom Cruise movie?
People have joined the military for far worse reasons than this.
Yeah, imagine all of the people who joined up after watching Stripes.
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In reply to Potcake • 9:13a, 11/14/19
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Potcake said:
My wife and I plan to retire to the Caribbean or Mexico maybe 5 years down the road and have talked about a food truck after watching Chef multiple times.


OK, Plan B
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3:09p, 11/14/19
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The scene in Rocky Balboa where he speaks to his son was worth the price of admission to the whole film. Tears welded up in my eyes while watching that scene for the first time.

Cinderella Man is #2. Showed me what a real man does for his family.
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3:20p, 11/14/19
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How I Got Into College inspired me to only apply to schools I was sure I could get into (not totally true but kinda)
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In reply to Potcake • 7:07p, 11/14/19
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Potcake said:
My wife and I plan to retire to the Caribbean or Mexico maybe 5 years down the road and have talked about a food truck after watching Chef multiple times.


Ha! We watched this last night. Good movie.

I can't recall a movie inspiring me to directly do something, but Star Wars pretty much shaped my life after seeing it.
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In reply to jokershady • 2:17p, 11/15/19
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jokershady said:
The scene in Rocky Balboa where he speaks to his son was worth the price of admission to the whole film.
I went with my Dad to see that about a week after my ex-wife and I split up. I was lower than whale **** going in to the theater, but after that scene I wanted to run out and start kicking ass...
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In reply to Head Ninja In Charge • 2:40p, 11/15/19
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Head Ninja In Charge said:
Champ Bailey said:
Not knocking your buddies, but could you imagine a boot camp instructor in the 80's finding out you joined because of a Tom Cruise movie?
People have joined the military for far worse reasons than this.


Haha I don't disagree. I support anyone that wants to join the service, I just know that they had to have caught some grief if they told their instructors that's what made them join.
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2:41p, 11/15/19
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Opted to pursue something in art/design after seeing Toy Story and seeing the potential of a new medium.

Currently working as a UX designer (degree in architecture) and codirecting an animated short film.
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I just remembered one. Fandango inspired a group of us to do a pilgrimage out to Big Bend to the spot where they buried Dom.

Hit Boquilas while we were there (pre 9/11).
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4:52p, 11/15/19
Jackass....

Inspired me to break my leg in 8th grade.
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Rad got me into BMX racing as a kid.

Karate Kid got me to try karate. Wanted to be Johnny.

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Coco. The movie came out shortly after I lost a loved one, so I couldn't watch it. After saw it, I was inspired to start recognizing Dia de Los Muertos.
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Chariots of Fire inspired me to start running. When the '84 Olympics came I got to carry the torch as part of running the torch across America.

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There are actually a lot of good stories in here
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12:36a, 11/16/19
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I fully admit this is super cheesy but I make myself watch It's a Wonderful Life every year during the holidays. It reminds me to be aware of the ways in which we can impact people both positively and negatively every day as we go through life. We take a lot of things and people for granted but in a small way we're connected to so many people to whom we are totally blind.

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