movies. we all love them, we all watch them,and sometimes they change our lives. mostly they don't, but sometimes they do, and hereare some of the ones that did for me. number 1: spider-man. it's not a perfect film.it's not even the best spider-man film, but when i saw it, it was the firsttime that i ever experienced spider-man's origin story, and it was that whichcemented him as being
Sukiyabashi Jiro, my favorite superhero. as a kid, i loved spider-manbecause he was just really cool, and i spent literally years of my life fantecizing about having all of his powers.pretty standard, really. as i grew up, however, i realized that the reason i liked spider-man somuch was because he was just
the most relatable superhero for me.he's given this great power that he doesn't ask for. he instantly goes out anduses that power for personal gain, and it's only after his arrogence catches up with him thathe then decides to go and use his power for good. maybe it's weird for me to relate to thecharacter so much, but i never felt like i asked to be charlieissocoollike.it's just something that's kind of happened to me, and now that it is who i am,i do feel a responsibility to try and use that for good as opposed to justusing it for myself, and, of all people, spider-man was the one whotaught me that. number 2: jiro dreams of sushi. so this is adocumentary about an 85-year-old
sushi chef called jiro that my friend mickeleh toldme to watch because he felt like jiro, the 85-year-old sushi chef, remindedhim of me, and i don't even like sushi, so obviously i was intriged. i really love this film, but i was simultaneously flateredand a bit worried that jiro reminded mickeleh of me. flatered because jiro's crazy dedecation to sushihas made him arguably the best in the world at what he does. i don't think i deserve it,but yes i am happy to be compared to that. but it scared be because while jiro does seem tobe happy, it's hard to really know if he feels fulfulled by the lifethat he's led, and he also seems to have some pretty seriousregrets about not being close to his family
because of his dedication to his work. i always thought that i wanted to be the kindof person who would work, and work, and work, and work atone particular thing and become the best that i could at that one thing. and i stillkind of do want, but at the same time this film reminded me not to work so hard that iforget to live as well. number 3: toy story 3. i'm pretty sure that theoriginal toy story was my first ever favorite film. i have good memories of sitting right here in thisvery spot, actually, watching it over and over and over again on vhs.i remember acting it out with my little brother in front of the television, and obviouslyi got my own buzz lightyear for christmas too.
then twelve years passed, and i see a trailer forthis film called wall-e, which i initially dismiss as just being anotheranimated film for kids, but then i see it in the cinema, i fall in love with it, completely inlove with it. i go home, i look up pixar, the people who made the film,i discover they're the same people who made toy story my mind is blown, and instantly i'm a pixar fanboy.again. two more years pass, and i find myself at pixarstudios about to see a preview screening of toy story 3 before the film has even finished andafter introducing it, the director of the film, lee unkrich, turns aroundand says, "hey charlie, my kids love your videos." i don't know if i really learned any lessons from thewhole thing other than that just
sometimes things can come full circle in ways thatyou do not expect them to, and when they do it can be unbelievably cool. number 4: kiki's delivery service. so a teenage boy,relating to spider-man. maybe that's not much of a leap, but finding myself at 20-years-old relating veryheavily to a 13-year-old animated witch with a talking cat was slightly moreunexpected for me. mild spoilers: in the film, kiki, who loves to fly on her broom,leaves home and sets up a delivery service, and so the thing that she loves, flying, becomes her job. as a result of this, kiki then finds herself losing herability to fly and it's only through an effort to try and get her powers back that she realizes shehas to find a new purpose in order
to be able to fly again. basically, the film is aperfect analogy for writer's block and for what it's like to lose your passion forsomething that you used to love. i'm a massive fan of studio ghibli's films. if you haven't heard of them,they are basically the japanese equivalent of disney, and kiki's always been my favorite film of theirs simplybecause of that lesson it taught me about creativity, which it taught me at a time when i really needed tohear it and when nobody in real life seemed to be giving me theanswer i was looking for. i had to find it in a movie. number 5: shaun of the dead. every single filmthat i have ever watched has in some way contributed to me wanting to be afilmmaker, but if i had to pick one that tipped me over the edge, it would undoubtedly beshaun of the dead. this might not come as a massive surprise
given that, like shaun of the dead, every film i'vemade so far has been a low-budget british comedy that plays off of a bigger genreand given that edgar wright's movies are a massive influence on many aspiringfilmmakers my age, almost to the point of clichã©, but i can't deny my influences just 'causethey're the same as everyone else's. it's such a brilliant film, it is so well written andwell shot, but the key for me was that it was those things while simultaneouslybeing low-budget and british, and it was thinking about those things that mademe realize that filmmaking is a real-life thing that i can actually do if i wanted to,and now i am. so, yay. that's my list. thanks for watching.goodbye!
stephen fry voice: you've just had the almostimponderable joy of watching charlieissocoollike, which makes you, like, cool. thank you for watching. here's my most recentvideo in case you missed it. i was inspired to make this video after seeingmickeleh's videos on this topic, and he, in turn, was inspired by jon d. barker,so do check out their videos as well, and if you'd like to do your own personallysignificant films, then feel free to. you're allowed. it's your life. do what you wish. but don't murder or all of the other illegal things. but you can make video responses-- no you can't even dothat anymore, can you? i guess just don't do anything then.
heh heh... silence
movies. we all love them, we all watch them,and sometimes they change our lives. mostly they don't, but sometimes they do, and hereare some of the ones that did for me. number 1: spider-man. it's not a perfect film.it's not even the best spider-man film, but when i saw it, it was the firsttime that i ever experienced spider-man's origin story, and it was that whichcemented him as being
Sukiyabashi Jiro, my favorite superhero. as a kid, i loved spider-manbecause he was just really cool, and i spent literally years of my life fantecizing about having all of his powers.pretty standard, really. as i grew up, however, i realized that the reason i liked spider-man somuch was because he was just
the most relatable superhero for me.he's given this great power that he doesn't ask for. he instantly goes out anduses that power for personal gain, and it's only after his arrogence catches up with him thathe then decides to go and use his power for good. maybe it's weird for me to relate to thecharacter so much, but i never felt like i asked to be charlieissocoollike.it's just something that's kind of happened to me, and now that it is who i am,i do feel a responsibility to try and use that for good as opposed to justusing it for myself, and, of all people, spider-man was the one whotaught me that. number 2: jiro dreams of sushi. so this is adocumentary about an 85-year-old
sushi chef called jiro that my friend mickeleh toldme to watch because he felt like jiro, the 85-year-old sushi chef, remindedhim of me, and i don't even like sushi, so obviously i was intriged. i really love this film, but i was simultaneously flateredand a bit worried that jiro reminded mickeleh of me. flatered because jiro's crazy dedecation to sushihas made him arguably the best in the world at what he does. i don't think i deserve it,but yes i am happy to be compared to that. but it scared be because while jiro does seem tobe happy, it's hard to really know if he feels fulfulled by the lifethat he's led, and he also seems to have some pretty seriousregrets about not being close to his family
because of his dedication to his work. i always thought that i wanted to be the kindof person who would work, and work, and work, and work atone particular thing and become the best that i could at that one thing. and i stillkind of do want, but at the same time this film reminded me not to work so hard that iforget to live as well. number 3: toy story 3. i'm pretty sure that theoriginal toy story was my first ever favorite film. i have good memories of sitting right here in thisvery spot, actually, watching it over and over and over again on vhs.i remember acting it out with my little brother in front of the television, and obviouslyi got my own buzz lightyear for christmas too.
then twelve years passed, and i see a trailer forthis film called wall-e, which i initially dismiss as just being anotheranimated film for kids, but then i see it in the cinema, i fall in love with it, completely inlove with it. i go home, i look up pixar, the people who made the film,i discover they're the same people who made toy story my mind is blown, and instantly i'm a pixar fanboy.again. two more years pass, and i find myself at pixarstudios about to see a preview screening of toy story 3 before the film has even finished andafter introducing it, the director of the film, lee unkrich, turns aroundand says, "hey charlie, my kids love your videos." i don't know if i really learned any lessons from thewhole thing other than that just
sometimes things can come full circle in ways thatyou do not expect them to, and when they do it can be unbelievably cool. number 4: kiki's delivery service. so a teenage boy,relating to spider-man. maybe that's not much of a leap, but finding myself at 20-years-old relating veryheavily to a 13-year-old animated witch with a talking cat was slightly moreunexpected for me. mild spoilers: in the film, kiki, who loves to fly on her broom,leaves home and sets up a delivery service, and so the thing that she loves, flying, becomes her job. as a result of this, kiki then finds herself losing herability to fly and it's only through an effort to try and get her powers back that she realizes shehas to find a new purpose in order
to be able to fly again. basically, the film is aperfect analogy for writer's block and for what it's like to lose your passion forsomething that you used to love. i'm a massive fan of studio ghibli's films. if you haven't heard of them,they are basically the japanese equivalent of disney, and kiki's always been my favorite film of theirs simplybecause of that lesson it taught me about creativity, which it taught me at a time when i really needed tohear it and when nobody in real life seemed to be giving me theanswer i was looking for. i had to find it in a movie. number 5: shaun of the dead. every single filmthat i have ever watched has in some way contributed to me wanting to be afilmmaker, but if i had to pick one that tipped me over the edge, it would undoubtedly beshaun of the dead. this might not come as a massive surprise
given that, like shaun of the dead, every film i'vemade so far has been a low-budget british comedy that plays off of a bigger genreand given that edgar wright's movies are a massive influence on many aspiringfilmmakers my age, almost to the point of clichã©, but i can't deny my influences just 'causethey're the same as everyone else's. it's such a brilliant film, it is so well written andwell shot, but the key for me was that it was those things while simultaneouslybeing low-budget and british, and it was thinking about those things that mademe realize that filmmaking is a real-life thing that i can actually do if i wanted to,and now i am. so, yay. that's my list. thanks for watching.goodbye!
stephen fry voice: you've just had the almostimponderable joy of watching charlieissocoollike, which makes you, like, cool. thank you for watching. here's my most recentvideo in case you missed it. i was inspired to make this video after seeingmickeleh's videos on this topic, and he, in turn, was inspired by jon d. barker,so do check out their videos as well, and if you'd like to do your own personallysignificant films, then feel free to. you're allowed. it's your life. do what you wish. but don't murder or all of the other illegal things. but you can make video responses-- no you can't even dothat anymore, can you? i guess just don't do anything then.
heh heh... silence