Hey, nice topic and welcome DeathByClotheshanger!

Well as for me, I am a fairly big movie dude, I really enjoy well made and thought out movies with deep levels of meaning. I find this is when the genre is at it's best. I can't stand the quality of movies which are generally available. It's at a point now that my girlfriend and I can walk into a video store (The are like 3 around my pad), look around for 1/2 an hour and walk out without renting anything. DId you know that the average movie is made for the intellect of a grade 6?

I decided to rent the movie with my girlfriend and we sat threw the first one. I was instantly drawn into the world, the whole, feel the story the dialogue, the characters, the drama. It was quite total. By the end of the first one, I was completly hooked. I think later the next day we rented the second one, this one we sorta *COUGH*... missed part of it... and I ended up watching it from the second DVD on and by the end of the second one, I felt so dark as MC must have, very powerful stuff, like at the end of GF I.

I saw GF III sometime later. I think what I truly enjoy about the GF is it's a completly intelligent tale, with no shortcuts taken or measures to tone it down. It's completly emotional and deals with themes that are not only universal, but are deep and relatable by everyone. There is a duality that exists in the GF trilogy, the universal nature of the themes and stories are not deminished by the originality inherent in the story or the film making. The GF trilogy was truly groundbreaking stuff and still is often imitated, but never duplicated.