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We all have movies that...the first time we saw them, didn't impress us that much.  But the second and third time, you realize what a great movie it is.

Oh yes we do.   Although I'll go on the record that I hated The Bridges of Madison County.   :laugh:

So...movies like Gladiator, or Braveheart are not eligible.  We're not talking Top 10 movies or Oscar winners.


So I'll start.   


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoNT6u3mQew

Enemy of the State - This was a movie from 1998 that's actually prophetic.  The cast is very good.   So many memorable scenes and lines....



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"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

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"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQVSrpQwJdo


The Bourne Legacy - Jeremy Renner is awesome in this genre.  An everyman face that fills the screen.

Great cast.  Great action.  Nice twists...
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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"Bodyguard" when she (Whitney Houston) sings that song at the end.

(that song written by Dolly Parton)
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"Bodyguard" when she (Whitney Houston) sings that song at the end.

(that song written by Dolly Parton)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qOcaBhLh3Q


Hard to keep a dry eye there.....   :beer:
« Last Edit: August 01, 2014, 11:01:17 pm by DCPatriot »
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruze.
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Silverado is one of my favorites - a great cast and a great story.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nRMXwmD84Y

Highly recommend The Pope of Greenwich Village.  A great story... a great cast.

You'll never forget it.   :beer:
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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An unforgettable scene...."CHARLIE!!!  THEY TOOK MY THUMB!!"
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Ladies, gentlemen and the undecided - the greatest movie of all time.


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A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruze.

That has to be near the top, imo.    :beer:
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0gn4A8tLA

Here's another good one.  Dustin Hoffman is terrific as a psychotic crime head.  Edward Burns is fantastic as always.


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"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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An extraordinary jewel and under-noticed movie - Dean Spanley!

I absolutely fell in love with it and highly recommend it!


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The Dirty Dozen....there's just something about Jim Brown making that final run.......

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One of my faves:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being


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Another, Spirited Away



I could put up every Miyazaki movie as a fave that gets better each time I watch 'em, but I'll confine myself to Spirited Away (for now).
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Need to add a best Foreign Language Film to the list. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

I love this movie. Too bad most Americans never heard of it.


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Need to add a best Foreign Language Film to the list. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

I love this movie. Too bad most Americans never heard of it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IAljVEG4tk

Wow, Navy!  That sure looks compelling.....but back in 1982 when my own daughter was born, I had the bad luck of renting a VHS tape of Sophie's Choice.

Had a brand new rear projection SONY television.

When I understood the 'choice' they were speaking about, I reflexively threw the remote at the television screen...a very expensive impulse mistake.

Won't watch another movie like that again.    :patriot:
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"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The combat scenes in this one (yes there are some) are as close to real as I have ever seen on film.
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien

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« Last Edit: August 02, 2014, 03:26:09 pm by Bigun »
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J. R. R. Tolkien