i think this movie pretty much shaped me into the person that i am today. when i was a kid, i was a hugeeee bookworm, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was my favorite book of all-time. i probably saw the movie before i read the book, but the first time i remember actually seeing it was definitely after. it just stunned me. it gave me a deep love for animation and surrealist imagery. i even still own my mom's copy on vhs, which i never actually watched since we never had a vcr. i have such an unbelievably deep love for this movie, book, and many adaptations that i come across (do NOT ask me about tim burton's though i HATE it...). i'd say an honorable mention is Gregg Araki's Nowhere (1997), which i saw for the first time when i was 16. that movie is still my all-time favorite to this day, and started my deep love for watching movies, but i don't think i'd love it as much as i do if i hadn't experienced the weirdness from Disney's Alice in Wonderland. absolutely shaped me as a person
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i've rec'd this before but it holds the most special place in my heart it's the only answer i could imagine giving
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favorite book and movie (disney) as a kid and i still absolutely adore it. watched the 80s czech adaptation recently and also fell head over heels. i think it's incredibly full of weird charm and was definitely the reason for me loving more surreal things as a young adult
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I can legitimately say I would not be the same person I am now if I had never seen Amelie. there's this episode of This American Life called "Spark Bird" - the bird that first sparks someone's interest in/obsession with birding - well I like to refer to "spark movies" and Amelie was it for me. it showed me what cinema could do. I had never seen a movie that encapsulated my worldview but also how I wanted the world to be and look. seeing it as a teenager probably had a lot to do with it - the longing, the quirkiness - but the visual/artist part of me realized movies could do and express things I never thought possible and never had words or images for. it was like a floodgate opened, it was my gateway drug to more movies, art, music, and the way I experienced myself in the world. it was so formative for me it's like my brain soaked it up and I can't help that it's always there permeating everything with more whimsy, flair, and color ✨
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Long story short, I think I first watched it when I was around 9 or 10. I had just moved to a new place, didn’t know anyone yet, and had recently become friends with someone who ended up being really special in my life. I remember her brother had this huge movie collection, and one day they invited me over to watch something and it was Spirited Away. So not only did that moment mark the beginning of our friendship, but the film also became one of my all-time favorites because of everything it represents. I’m not the kind of person who usually watches the same movie over and over, but this one was an exception! I’ve watched it countless times. Back then, it sort of became our thing to watch movies together, and I think that’s when I really started falling in love with films.
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