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alonelyargonaut:
personally i think resivoir dogs is more revolutionary and original and eye opening than either of the Kill Bills.  The Kill Bills were this homage to all these genres the artist loved, amalgamated into this weird pseudo-fantasy, which was really awesome and original in the sense that it felt so familiar.

Resivoir Dogs on the other hand was this beautiful exercise in minimalistic story telling.  I mean there was maybe a half dozen sets total, and 90% of the movie is guys talking in a warehouse.  It's the perfect indie film.  It opened my eyes to a new form of story telling and the fact that, yeah, you don't always have to show instead of tell, as long as the telling is really really interesting.

Slick:
Reservoir Dogs is excellent. I wanted to try and put it off as a stage play in highschool, for a while. It shows you exactly what you can do with so very little if you're willing to try. And if you happen to be something of a genius.

On minimalism of a different sort, it's been a while since I saw it, but Birds shifted scary movies for me a lot. Comparatively, it's nothing like the ring or the grudge, it's got minimal shock scariness to it, but it's still pretty creepy and unnerving.

Incidentally, Faster Pussycat won't actually change the way you view film too much, but it was groundbreaking in it's time. Imagine seeing Thelma & Louise for the first time, except also imagine that women up to this point in film had only ever been love interests or anything more than passive characters. Also imagine that sexism is still rampant. And then imagine Thelma and Louise have some real evil in them.
Oh, and they're way hotter, too.

KOODustin:
American History X.  I was completely blown away by that film.  It definately changed what I look for in a movie in terms of pacing, story, and character developement.  It was so raw and everyone was good in it (aside from Ethan Suplee, who, while I love as Randy, was basically like playing a racist Frankie from Boy Meets World)  Just a great movie with a strong message.

tomselleck69:
exposure to films like fight club, boondock saints, donnie darko, requiem for a dream, kill bill, etc. has gradually made me more and more cynical, with respect to the way I watch film.

and i'm aware that as much as some fans of those movies are fulfilling the stereotype of "20-something whose perception was like, totally changed by this one film," i am fulfilling the stereotype of "20-something who is playing the obnoxious 'it's popular so therefore i can't like it' game."

although petty elitism has allowed me to seek out and watch a whole bunch of cool movies that are not-so-popular, so i guess i break even with the existential guilt of recognizing my own bullshit.

beat mouse:
Primer. I highly recommend everyone who can find it procure a copy. the film was made for 2000 dollars, as a first time production for the creator, Shane Carruth, who wrote, cast, edited, played the lead, scored, filmed, directed, everything, he did it all. while there are clearly some flaws that make the movie confusing after a first watch (that do albeit become clearer as you watch it more) you can see the true incredible nature of minimalist filmmaking.

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