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Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« on: August 01, 2014, 06:12:43 pm »


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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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2014, 06:16:02 pm »

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...
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 06:43:57 pm »
"Bodyguard" when she (Whitney Houston) sings that song at the end.

(that song written by Dolly Parton)
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2014, 06:58:45 pm »
Quote from: truth_seeker on August 01, 2014, 06:43:57 pm
"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:
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2014, 07:17:51 pm »
A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruze.
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2014, 08:08:10 pm »
I love this movie.  Silverado


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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2014, 08:31:24 pm »
Silverado is one of my favorites - a great cast and a great story.
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2014, 08:54:32 pm »

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:
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« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2014, 08:57:46 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW6IrQSR9X4

An unforgettable scene...."CHARLIE!!!  THEY TOOK MY THUMB!!"
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2014, 10:10:09 pm »
Ladies, gentlemen and the undecided - the greatest movie of all time.


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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2014, 10:14:00 pm »
The Punisher ..."God's going to sit this one out".
Midnight Run ..."Serrano's got the disks"
and "Here's 2 words for you, Shut the F*k up".
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« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2014, 10:24:20 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on August 01, 2014, 07:17:51 pm
A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruze.

That has to be near the top, imo.    :beer:
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« Reply #16 on: August 01, 2014, 10:29:11 pm »

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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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #17 on: August 01, 2014, 10:40:52 pm »
An extraordinary jewel and under-noticed movie - Dean Spanley!

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


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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2014, 11:03:43 pm »
The Dirty Dozen....there's just something about Jim Brown making that final run.......

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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2014, 11:03:48 pm »
One of my faves:

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2014, 11:06:05 pm »
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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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2014, 09:58:44 am »
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
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Re: Your favorite movies that weren't blockbusters...but seemed greater each time you watched them!
« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2014, 10:41:21 am »
Quote from: NavyCanDo on August 02, 2014, 09:58:44 am
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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« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2014, 11:20:23 am »


The combat scenes in this one (yes there are some) are as close to real as I have ever seen on film.
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