AisA Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 The acting in Inherit the Wind is fabulous. Fredric March in particular does a great job projecting the vacuous pomposity of a religious fanatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invictus Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Amadeus is fantastic -- can't count how many times I've seen that one. A good film but highly inaccurate. The director deviated significantly from the acknowledged facts about Mozart and inaccurately portrayed him as a vulgar and sometimes whiny aristocrat. Also, most historians believe that his relationship with Salieri was a close one and definitely did not end with Mozart being murdered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorityOfOne Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Yeah, I should have mentioned that. (For that matter, so should the movie.) Nevertheless, it's one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Halley Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 It has been a while since I have seen Amadeus... but I had thought that Salieri had not killed him in the movie, but thought he did. Salieri's reasoning, if I recall, was that God did not want him to have any good music to his name (or no eternal fame?), so God killed Mozart before he could finish the peice Salieri was going to steal from him... I don't know how historically accurate this is, but I think that is the way it happened in the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorityOfOne Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 I saw The Scarlet Letter tonight. I don't know if it's been mentioned, but it has now. :-) Great movie! It has one of my favorite actors, Gary Oldman, and he's fantastic (as always). Plus Demi Moore is so convincingly strong and defiant that I'd be tempted to put her name in the "to play Dagny" list... if only she looked the part. It occurs to me that I really haven't seen enough of Moore's movies. I should rent some... any recommendations? (Please, nobody recommend "Aliens.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielshrugged Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 It occurs to me that I really haven't seen enough of Moore's movies. I should rent some... any recommendations? (Please, nobody recommend "Aliens.") If you haven't seen Ghost, it's worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AisA Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Demi Moore has an interesting role in "A Few Good Men." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socionomer Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 "The Wind and the Lion" with Sean Connery (a Berber chief) and Brian Keith (Teddy Roosevelt). Based on a true incident around 1902 where the Berbers kidnap an american businessman (a woman and her kids in the movie). My favorite scene in the movie is the part where a detachment of Marines and Sailors from a U.S. battleship in port (Tangiers?) march through the city and storm the palace of the prince in order to put political pressure on the local government to reign in the wayward sheik and get the american hostages. The movie holds an eerie resemblance to events unfolding in the region today (the germans and french don't lift a finger to help). I give it 4 stars! Anybody else remember it and care to comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinorityOfOne Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Cool, thanks. I did see Ghost many years ago, but I don't remember much about it. How was G.I. Jane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invictus Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 G.I. Jane is the only Demi Moore film I can remember seeing. It was about five years ago and I don't recall much beyond the dreadful marine haircut she gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondigitalia Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 How was G.I. Jane? Terrible. IMO, it was nothing more than a vehicle for increasing Moore's celebrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggyKD Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Wow, I'm surprised no one mentioned "Gladiator." Granted, the supernatural element (Maximus, the protagonist, speaking to figurines representing his family, for example) detracts from the heroism that makes the movie so good, but I don't think it's enough to deem the movie "bad." I also especially enjoy the soundtrack (which I have a copy of), very heroic and inspiring. I would definitely recommend this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 i knew i was forgetting some movie!! 'Gladiator' was simply superb!! love the scene in the colosseum where he turns and says his full name ... totally awesome! dinesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invictus Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 What did you all think of Scott's other film, Black Hawk Down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always_learning Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 I have not seen Black Hawk Down since it has been in the theaters, but from what I remember it was good. I remember enjoying it at least, it is full of heroism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshRyan Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 I just saw Black Hawk Down for the first time pretty recently, and I have mixed feelings about it. In a lot of ways, it is a very well-made film, and it does have moments of heroism as Joerj11 mentioned. But overall, it seemed rather malevolent to me and was pretty mixed thematically (e.g., it had both pro- and anti-American elements). In the end, I guess I would say that it is worth seeing once (if you like war movies, at least), but I probably wouldn't bother with it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfarmer Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 I thought Stand By Me was a very good movie. And, believe it or not, I enjoyed the remake of Dawn of the Dead. Yeah, you can laugh but I thought it gave a good depection of man's will to survive, even in the toughest circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argive99 Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Sure it seems grim. But the moral core is rock solid. Those who live by reason like Bacon's character ultimately triumph in the realm that crimes can be solved through reason and diligence. Those, like Penn's character and Robbins' character, continue to suffer because of their emotionally driven mistakes. JC, I have a question about the ending of Mystic River. So anyone that doesn't want to know should stop reading now. I liked the movie up until the ending. The ending parade had me confused. Bacon's character and Penn's character wink at each other. Did this signify that Bacon (the detective) knew that Penn's character had killed the Robbin's character? I feel like it must have b/c if it didn't then the movie when be mocking justice letting a cold blooded murderer like Penn get off. I wish Eastwood would have made that clearer. Also, the actor I liked the best in the entire movie was Lawrence Fishbourne who was excellent as the streetwise detective. Fishbourne is an excellent actor despite his politics but then next to Penn and Robbins anybody looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always_learning Posted April 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 I saw “Second Hand Lions” the other day. It’s a very fun and happy film, I enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Halley Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Yes, a fun film with a good message... "They really lived." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RationalBiker Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 A few movies I enjoyed, no particular order, some maybe already listed. Momento Following LA Confidential The Life of Brian LOTR (all of them) Kill Bill (both) Reservior Dogs Tombstone Smila's Sense of Snow Girl, Interrupted The Professional Geez, I could go on... I watch too many movies!! VES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesg Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 I barely skimmed the list so far, but I don't think anyone has listed Where Eagles Dare. So I will. The movie has a great story and intelligent characters who are also men (and women) of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 My CyberNet contains a list of movies of interest to Objectivists appearing on cable or satellite each month. There are mini-reviews of "oldies but goodies" that Ayn Rand liked and more modern films suggested by other Objectivists. Some CyberNetters take my movie list to the video store when they are looking for just the right movie to rent. I'll be glad to send a free sample CyberNet on request (see sig). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryptonique Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Neat movies: Enemy at the gates (my girlfriend recommends) Tears of the Sun Spy Game Ghost The Rock Enemy of the State The Client Just Cause Murder In the First A Few Good Men The Thomas Crowne Affair (both versions) Top Gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Hawk Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Here's a list of some movies I like. Atlhough most have positives and negatives, the positives predominate: The Thirty-Nine Steps Witness for the Prosecution (and basically any other Hitchcock movie) The Brothers Karamazov The Scarlet Pimpernel (Leslie Howard/Merle Oberon version) Cyrano de Bergerac The Great Escape Casablanca Marooned Hobson's Choice (with Sharon Gless) Whispering Smith Only the Valiant Hombre Seven Ways from Sundown Prince of Foxes The Winslow Boy (Cedric Hardwicke version) It Happened One Night Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Zulu Tora! Tora! Tora! Khartoum (Charlton Heston, Lawrence Olivier, Ralph Richardson) I also like a lot of the movies that have already been recommended, such as Flight of the Phoenix, Braveheart, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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