The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
IMPress Polly (03-19-2018)
Just off the top of my head...
Blade Runner
Mud
Jurassic Park
Braveheart
Sicario
Apocalypse Now
JFK
Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
--John Adams
IMPress Polly (03-19-2018)
Thelma & Louise!!Agent Cooper wrote:
Thelma & Louise
Have you seen Arrival, incidentally? I think you might like it if you liked Close Encounters of the Third Kind!Close Encounters
Oh good! You had me worried there for a second.Anything Python....as in Monty
This one's always a good choice, IMO.Standing Wolf wrote:
The Grapes of Wrath
Yeeeeeesssssssss! It is special to us!hanger4 wrote:
LOTR Trilogy
Thank you for not listing Jurassic World.Ethereal wrote:
Jurassic Park
When the first Chris Reeve Superman film came out, I spent a lot of my free time going to see it - over and over and over again. I was just blown away by the (at the time) state-of-the-art special effects, the flying effects in particular. (I grew up watching George Reeves as Superman on t.v., and it was never really all that convincing.) I eventually lost track of how many times I went to see that movie at the theatre, but I know it was more than twenty.
The only other time I've ever gone to the theatre to see repeated showings of a film anywhere near that obsessively was when Braveheart came out, and that was only seven.
And then back in high school, I went to see Billy Jack with my friends a total of six times, and we all thought it was the greatest movie ever made.
If I were making a list of favorite movies today, of the three I think only Braveheart would make the cut.
To my previously posted list, I would have to add, now that I think about it, The Right Stuff, Four Brothers, Juno and The Verdict.
Last edited by Standing Wolf; 03-19-2018 at 08:13 AM.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
IMPress Polly (03-19-2018)
I have always thought Blade Runner sucked. I suspect a lot of people "like" it because they think they are supposed to like it.
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater
IMPress Polly (03-19-2018)
It's a much better movie, IMO, in the "Final Cut" version - without the studio-imposed voiceover (they didn't think audiences would understand what was going on without it) and tacked-on happy ending. For me, it's a near-perfect blend of futuristic, near-dystopian sci-fi and an old noir-ish detective film from the '40s. (There's a fascinating book about the making of Blade Runner, btw, called 'Future Noir', in fact, which I can't recommend highly enough if you're a fan.)
Hey, Cletus...did you ever get around to watching The Wind and the Lion? I recall posting some clips from it, either on this board or the last one, and you said you thought it looked interesting.
“Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard
"Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Princess Bride
Original Star Wars Trilogy
Dazed and Confused
Almost Famous
IMPress Polly (03-19-2018)
For you Hulu subscribers this one has been added.
Billy Chrystal and Greggory Hines Running Scared.
I was living in Chicago at the time and Vacationing in Key West. I just thought it was funny.
IMPress Polly (03-19-2018)