Dead Poets Society. Bits from The Green Mile, The Sureshank Redemption and Lord Of the Rings.
Anything with Robin Williams in it usually has a feel good factor.
Studio Ghibli movies usually make me feel good. Except from Grave of the Fireflies.
Studio Ghibli movies usually make me feel good. Except from Grave of the Fireflies.
"Fireflies" makes me cry. But I agree there is a certain feelgood element to many Ghibli movies, especially directed by Miyazaki.
Starwars episode 3 was pretty damn life affirming ;p
and that proves how much a damn geek i am.
Ian
Amelie is one of my favorite movies ever.
I also adore anything by Miyazaki, though I haven't seen Fireflies because it's so sad. I don't like weepy movies.
The deciding factor for me loving a movie, however, would seem to not be related to how happy the movie is; it's a quality of quirkyness, and existential subtexts. Hence I love Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and The Fountain. And Little Miss Sunshine, one of the best comedies I've ever seen.
And yeah, I watch movies again and again, too. I think I've seen Amelie 8 times now.... I'd watch it more if I could, but my mom hates rewatching movies and since she's always home I can't find time to watch them alone.
Amélie, Little Miss Sunshine, Edward Scissorhands (in a very bittersweet way), all Miyazaki's movies but especially Howl's Moving Castle, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Harold & Maude (also in a bittersweet way), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Corpse Bride, A Mighty Wind, Beauty & the Beast (the Disney version).
Whew, that's a lot .
Oh, and Garden State! Can't believe I forgot that one. And Big Fish.
Another movie that I am extremely nostalgic about (I am so nostalgic and in tune with some of my previous obsessions, and the emotions tied to them, it's crazy) was "Labyrinth", talk about obsession, for a while the only movie I wanted to see was "Labyrinth." I would watch it over and over and never get tired of it.
Oh! "Labyrinth"'s great! (Assuming you're talking about the "Labyrinth" with David Bowie as the Goblin King and he steals the baby and there are orange puppet-creatures that play ball with their own heads.) I only saw it two or three times, though.
I did not know that about Tim Burton.
Oh! "Labyrinth"'s great! (Assuming you're talking about the "Labyrinth" with David Bowie as the Goblin King and he steals the baby and there are orange puppet-creatures that play ball with their own heads.) I only saw it two or three times, though.
Reckon so. (Also written by Terry Jones from "Monty Python" who later collaborated with Brian Froud -- designer from Labyrinth and Dark Crystal -- to write "The Pressed Fairy Book") My fav. character from that is the barking knight on his dog.
"Dark Crystal" is also very feel-good, too, in it's own way.
Anything with Robin Williams in it usually has a feel good factor.
Robin Williams may be Aspie. He has such an incredible mimic-ability, the likes of which the world has rarely seen (or at least not in mass-media), such a unique comic ability, that he's got to have some kind of neurodiverse thing going on, with him.
There's a story told by Oliver Sachs (the guy who wrote "Awakenings" -- apologies I may have mispelled.) He was meeting Robin Williams because the latter was going to play him in the movie, and Robin Williams was copying him without realising it.
Apparently both the aforementioned are classed as "honorary Touretters" although neither have Tourettes. Anyway that story reminds me that I would do something very similar with my friends, again without really realising.
Robin Hood/Men in Tights
Hehe. Yeah that was funny. Reminds me. I may have forgot to mention "The Princess Bride".
The funny thing is, people haven't agreed with me that imitation is an Aspie trait/mannerism. I think it is. We're known to be good mimics, otherwise how else can we "fill in" what we lack in social intuition?
Digby Tantam disagrees there. He has even highlighted the inability to "act" as a way to differentiate between AS and personality disorders etc. I wonder if any autistic actors have ever had words with him about that? 
Weird Science
Remember that one?
"Kenny", "Field Of Dreams", "A League Of Their Own", "Desperately Seeking Susan" are some fo the movies that made me feel good. Too bad my copy of "Desperately Seeking Susan" got stolen when my house was burgled a couple of Christmases ago, as I don't know if the shops would carry another copy. I thought the character played by Madonna had the coolest luggage!