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Let's talk about Movies which Inspire You
Heyyy... site kinda slow on posts, so let's have a wreckable thread...k...
I like movies which have the Never Give Up Hope thingy. This really inspired me especially when I went through the dark days of my financial tsunami. My all time fav is a very well made Thai Movie called Bang Rachan which is a real historical situation that happened long, long ago. The story is about how a small village that got into the way of a massive Burmese invasion of Thailand. With their little resources they held up the invasion for months until the Burms were so fed up, they sent a huge force of 200,000 soldiers to crush the couple hundred of villagers. In their final defense, all the warriors died, men, women and the elderly folks. It was a very touching story which shows that with grit and determination, common folks can go the max. I think in English, it is called the Village Warriors. To this day, the huge bronze monument of the warriors still stand in that village. Of course I do like the film The 300 Spartans and the remake, 300. Love the motto, Never Say Die! So what's yours? Pray tell.....:ha: |
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Not in any order;
Top Gun Red Dawn Blackhawk Down Rudy Full Metal Jacket ( The first half when they are in basic training ) :lurk::lurk: Ummm I'll think of more in a few hours. |
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Hey Jeff, Red Dawn.... I like the concept of the invasion. I wonder how many people remember this movie with the blokes there like Charlie Sheen still a kid.
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Braveheart
Rocky I, III The Killing Fields Castaway City of Angels Say Anything The Breakfast Club My Left Foot Wall-E Pay it Forward Schindler's List Quite a few more... :) ~Cheryl |
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Charlie Sheen,Patrick Swayze,Jennifer Gray,Emilyo Estevez and a couple others that made it after that movie |
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That inspired me (in no particular order)...
Breakfast at Tiffany's Barefoot in the Park Equilibrium Dark City Dogma Wag the Dog Platoon Apocalypse Now War INC K-Pax Pulp Fiction Kundun The Guru (with Jimi Mistry and Heather Graham, not that horrible Mike Meyers thing) That are my favourites (ie I could watch them again and again and again)... Grosse Point Blank The Dark Knight Cold Dog Soup Born in East LA The Usual Suspects Kill Bill The lists are by no means complete; I watch LOTS of movies because I can't stand commercial breaks, and most of what's on TV is really insipid. |
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The Song of Bernadette (I loaned this DVD to a friend of mine once and he watched it over 100 times before I got it back and then I bought him his own DVD as a birthday present).
Therese - The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux The Chronices of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as well as Prince Caspian Beverley Hills Chihuahua (a little bit, anyways) |
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Soul Plane
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"Battlefield Earth"
"Patch Adams" Darn near every war picture. "Gran Torino" |
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Red Dawn....WOW! I loved that movie back in the day! The ones I could watch over and over again (and have), are The Hunt for Red October (One Ping Only Please), Sommersby, and First Knight. Yes, I confess I love me some Sean Connery.:ha:
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Grumpy Old Men, Grumpier Old Men
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I Like the never give up hope themed movies myself so Raiders of the lost Ark is probably tops. Favorite futility of war movie hands down...Full Metal Jacket...and back to the never give up theme...that classic 1970's hit.....D.D.D.
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Stefanie, I bought Bang Rajan a few days ago and will be watching it real soon after it arrives. I've got some private messages from your dad about the movie and am sure I will be thinking about all of our great discussions when I watch the movie. I miss him a lot!
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Two Words:
TAXI DRIVER |
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mine would have to be:
breakfast club pretty in pink red dawn( i watch it ever time it comes on fx) labrinth ( david bowie is hot!) under seige 1 &2 marked for death demolition man too wong fou thanks for everything julie newmar 1600 pennsylvania ave and there are so many more |
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I can tell you which movies get me all choked up with positive emotion:
Casablanca- the Marseilles scene always get me. Gettysburg- the defense of Little Round Top by the 20th Maine under Col. Joshua Chamberlain on 7/2/1863. When they charge downhill into the face of the advancing Confederates, I feel like standing up and shouting. Air Force One- "Get off of my plane." Need I say more? One of the great movie lines of all time. Band of Brothers- the entire series. Saving Private Ryan-I still get choked up when the old Ryan kneels down at the grave of Capt. Miller (Hanks). Space Cowboys- the entire movie. A treat for an old geezer like me. |
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Red Dawn
Amerika -- A mini series that only aired once and I've read that it's banned in the U.S. now. Matchstick Men Thornbirds -- another TV mini series I can watch over and over Diary Of A Mad Black Woman What's Eating Gilbert Grape Peggy Sue Got Married Rainman When A Man Loves A Woman French Kiss Mask Miss Congeniality The Devil Wears Prada All John Travolta movies .... and so many more! |
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oh and :
the hand that rocks the cradle |
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I don't count?
I started to watch Bang Rajan this morning before Mass just to get an idea if it's suitable to watch with an 11 year old. No language or nudity problems but a whole lot of violence in the first 8 minutes. Still too early to tell if I'll let Michael watch it. Tog wrote me some about his martial arts background but I don't remember the details and no longer have that PM. |
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Bob, my husband and I were just watching Taxi Driver and commenting on the fact that if Martin Scorsese had just made a single movie, and it had been Taxi Driver and then he kicked off, it would have been like the best movie ever.
I know he did a lot of other stuff, Godfather series etc, but the combo of him with Di Niro, Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel in Taxi Driver was so good it was almost scary. Then that creepy lowdown jazz score behind everything....goosebumps, LOL |
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Absolutely G.A. it's tough for me to find a lot of flicks believable but that had a long lasting impression.
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Movies that I have to watch whenever they come on TV:
Saturday Night Fever (I know...waiting for the comments...) Cool Hand Luke The Breakfast Club Other favorites: Dead Poet's Society St. Elmo's Fire Unforgiven Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Wars II: The Empire Strikes Back Superman II Rambo: First Blood Predator Terminator There's a bunch more, but that's a good start, LOL. Frank |
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Don't feel bad, I'm a compulsive SNF watcher myself. It drives my friends bonkers, because I'm normally a rudie and they just don't get it.
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[quote=bigdog;81299]Movies that I have to watch whenever they come on TV:
:discocrazed::djnana2: Saturday Night Fever (I know...waiting for the comments...) :2182: Frank. You in the white polyester leisure suit?:2757::moonwalknaner: |
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I'm new but will just jump in anyhow..lol
There are many movies that I love. I am a big John Wayne fan. I would add many of his movies to the inspirational category. Here are a few more: The Ultimate Gift Field of Dreams Mr. Holland’s Opus The Sound of Music Follow Me Boys Follow Me Boys has to be one of the best. It may be because it is just good, or be because of how it reminds me of a great uncle, who was just as dedicated the the boys....and was a similar scoutmaster. aaron |
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I tend to go more for horror and sci fi. Not exactly I guess what most would term "inspirational" but I don;t really watch movies to be inspired, just to be entertained.
My 14 year old and I were watching "Mimic 3" on Sci Fi last night and it was such a load of dog poo...whereas, the original 'Mimic' was actually a pretty good creepo film. It has these bugs....oh well you just have to see it LOL We were discussing the fact at lunch today that 'back in the day' when mom was younger than her, maybe 10-11, all the movies with bugs and dinosaurs and stuff were mainly black and white films where they had taken actual creatures (like real ants or spiders of maybe an iguana for a dino film) and filmed it up real close, then put all the people in front of it all blown up huge so that they looked like little inch tall folks. She finds it difficult to believe that they didn't have Industrial Light and Magic to build realistic monsters in the 1960's and early 70's like the shark in Jaws or the alien in Alien, and when I explained to her that we actually did not have computers capable of viewing, much less generating, graphics and stuff like we have now until well into the 90's she was stunned. AH, youth.... |
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Lilith we continue to share the same good taste in film. Boy did I love the cheesy black and whites.
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I LOVE Braveheart...
"Ego nunquam pronunciari mendacium! Sed ego sum homo indomitus." And Saturday Night Fever... '... the only way you're gonna survive is to do what you think is right, not what they keep trying to jam you into. You let 'em do that and you're gonna end up in nothing but misery! " The Breakfast Club... "I never did it either. I'm not a nymphomaniac. I'm a compulsive liar. " Clint Eastwood movie fan too... "Well, if there's gonna be any shooting, I gotta get my rest." "You know you're a nag? A very pretty one, but a nag." "You think nuns don't laugh?...I don't know, I never spent the night with one before." I could go on... :D Hope it's a great Monday y'all! :) ~Cheryl |
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most of the moves I'm really in to would probably not be ever ones cup of tea but i like moves that have well developed and interesting characters which leaves out 98% of all Hollywood moves
favorite moves going backward Blue Citrus hart 2007 Shelter 2006 Lonely harts club 2001? Crouching Tiger hidden Dragon 2000 What's Eating Gilbert Grape ? dispirit lives (not that schlock seres)1999 Dead Poet society ? i cant remember I'm old you know! Grand canyon 1993 ? Eagles 1982 Omega Man 1974 ? the Boys in the Band 1969/ Sunday bloody Sunday 1968? Fahrenheit 1967 All About Eve 1967? The guns over Navarron ? dont think i spelled that right but i was under 6 when it came out thats just a drop in the bucket i didn't want to boar you but i think from the titles iv selected you can get a pretty good idea of my taste Now if you want to open this up to favorite Books we could really get a good thread going |
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Pauly I remember being scared out of my wits seeing the zombies with white eyes in the omega man... Now a days kids would just laugh. :ha:
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but the character is still in my mind one that exemplifies a man that refuses to give up even in the face of futility and a bleak future a tuely selfless man wiling to give his life in the service of the week and helpless a true hero |
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i left out one
QB7 not because it was such a good move but because it was the first move to bring out publicly what the Nazis doctors did to the people that were interred in the concentration camps i think it was 1965 or 1967ish black and white it left an indelible lesson in my mind i did not see the move until 1976 my parents felt it was to intense for me to watch at any younger an age this was were i developed my intense dislike of war and the cruelties of man ageist his fellow man sorry if thats preachy Many of the moves i have listed are there because of the lessons i learned from them i have been impacted by every one of them in some way |
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I have to break up the movies in categories:
Inspirational Forest Gump Field of Dreams Dead Poets Society Apollo 13 Comedy Black Sheep Tommy Boy 50 First Dates SciFI Fire in the Sky Signs |
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I realize, having reviewed my collection, that I've left some out.
Boondock Saints Brazil Waterworld (shut up, shut up!) The Cotton Club All of the Die Hards, but especially the first one Space Cowboys. |
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And I would definitely add Apollo 13, Mr. Holland's Opus, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, Black Hawk Down, Flags of Our Fathers, Exodus, and We Were Soldiers.
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"Defiance"
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The Legend of Billy Jack
One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Jeremiah Johnson |
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Forgot to add: Fireproof
:) ~Cheryl |
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Gotta be
Bill and Ted's excellent adventure and bogus journey, Wayne's world breakfast club, stand by me, flatliners nil by mouth, leon saving private ryan |
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Classics lol
Dumb and Dumber BloodSport Blacksheep Apocalypto Remember the Titans |
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Inspirational:
To kill a mockingbird Stand by me Favourites: Phantom of the opera Apocalypse now Good morning Vietnam Pulp fiction Strictly ballroom Muriel's wedding American beauty Das boot The rocky horror picture show The producers (the original with Mel Brooks) Lord of the rings probably other too, but can't think of them |
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Cassie i have to agree on Muriel's wedding
vary interesting move about how people sell them selves short and the devastating consciouses to others |
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Cassie, thanks...don't know how I omitted To Kill A Mockingbird.
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I could make a neverending list but this one film sticks in my mind as something I think everyone should see.
A Japanese film called Tampopo Tampopo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I think this person sums it up. Quote:
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Hey Mitchell - Tampopo sounds really interesting - I will try to order it locally.
Howard - I was beginning to think that I was the only person who remembered "To kill a mockingbird" - haven't seen it for years but will never forget it - will try to order that locally too! Paulo - glad you liked "Murial's wedding" too - I'm a big fan of Baz Luhrmann and "Strictly Ballroom" was surreal! In 1979 after getting out of Iran during the revolution, we spent 6 months touring around Australia and the Australia we saw then was just like "Murial" and "Strictly" - Jim was offered a job there in Brisbane and I had to say - "on your own!". So many murders and thefts - shops wouldn't serve the surfers and we had to buy milk and bread for them. Not at all what the propaganda says about the country. Iran was lovely and I would go back there in a heartbeat - kind and decent people. |
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Oh yeah! Tampopo is a fantastic movie. All those noodles!
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