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Movie suggestions wanted [vanity]
vanity | 2/2/7 | self

Posted on 02/02/2007 9:29:39 AM PST by ex-snook

Got a gift subscription on Netflix. Not having not gone to a movie for some time, I'm lost. I need suggestions for my wife and me. thanks,


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To: ex-snook

Scratch Magnolia. I meant American Beauty.


61 posted on 02/02/2007 3:36:56 PM PST by aspen64 (Release the hounds!!)
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To: svcw

"Hopscotch" is one of my old favorites; along with "The Great Waldo Pepper."


62 posted on 02/02/2007 3:38:51 PM PST by Loud Mime ("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
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To: ex-snook
Whayt kind of movies do you and your wife like?

Get Team America (but I'm assuming you already saw that)

Instead of movies, how about renting old classic tv shows? I'm having a ball visiting with Dr. Bob Hartley in Chicago on The Bob Newhart Show

Visiting Andy Taylor, Aunt Bea, Opie, Floyd the Barber, Barney fife, etc in Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show.

Visting with Gomer Pyle and Sargeant Carter on their Marine base.

Visting with the maid Hazel in the Baxter residence where she works and lives.

Visiting the teenaged female surfer Gidget in Southern California

And Visiting with a certain Flying Nun in Puerto Rico

Visiting with Col. Hogan at Stalag 13

Visting with "That Girl", Ann Marie, in New York City

Visiting With Groucho Marx on the set of his his game show: You Bet Your Life

Visting with Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, his brother Wally, their parents Ward and June, and not to mention old Eddie Haskell in the suburban town of Mayfield.

And also:

Edward R. Murrow - The Best of Person to Person

The Dick Cavett Show - Comic Legends

The Dick Cavett Show - Hollywood Greats

63 posted on 02/02/2007 4:01:07 PM PST by lowbridge ("The mainstream media IS the Democrat Party". - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: ex-snook
The Apartment (1960)
64 posted on 02/02/2007 4:02:44 PM PST by lowbridge ("The mainstream media IS the Democrat Party". - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Loud Mime

That is a good one. My husband and I have really enjoyed all the old Alfred Hitchcock movies, now those are thrillers.


65 posted on 02/02/2007 4:30:03 PM PST by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: svcw
Although it's creepy, Psycho was a work of art. I'm a photographer and love the old black and white lighting. Yusef Karsch was a master at it.
66 posted on 02/02/2007 8:06:59 PM PST by Loud Mime ("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
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To: ex-snook

Brazil-The Criterion Collection Edition, fantastic, anti-big government, terrorists, rebel heating and air conditioner repairman (DeNiro) working on the lam because he doesn't want to fill out the government paperwork, you can watch it 20 times and find something different each time. Great Black Comedy.

JFK, YES, JFK, this is coming from someone who is convinced Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy, This film is unintentionally one of the GREATEST BLACK COMEDIES ever made. Stone loses his mind on this one and implicates EVERYONE! Every conspiracy theory in the world is intermingled, the performances are magnificent, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, John Candy, and Kevin Bacon are standouts.

The Manchurian Candidate - The original, blows away the remake.

The Dead Zone with Christopher Walken, best Stephen King movie adaptation. Prophecy is another great Walken flick.

Seven -Great horror, serial killer flick.

Total Recall- Great fun action flick

Barry Lyndon-Great Kubrick film, trust me on this one.

I've got a ton of others but that's a nice starter. Just about any Clint Eastwood movie, westerns and action flicks.

Mel Gibson, Braveheart, The Patriot, Conspiracy Theory

Gladiator is a good one along the braveheart lines, Spartacus is the original "gladiator", get the Criterion Collection one for the full movie.

Ben Hur too


67 posted on 02/02/2007 8:19:38 PM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: uncitizen

True Romance is very good and has a GREAT scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper, it's worth it for just that scene.


68 posted on 02/02/2007 8:21:14 PM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: word_warrior_bob

How can I forget one of my other Black Comedy and all time favorites.

THE KING OF COMEDY-Twisted Black Comedy with a delusional DeNiro who stalks Jerry Lewis playing a Johnny Carson character, Sandra Bernhardt is also a stalker, great, great, great movie.


69 posted on 02/02/2007 8:23:31 PM PST by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: ex-snook
The Pianist
Europa Europa
The Three Days of the Condor
Conspiracy
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Ronin
Sophie's Choice
Band of Brothers
Apt Pupil
Schindler's List
A Beautiful Mind
Life is Beautiful
70 posted on 02/02/2007 8:27:42 PM PST by Petronski (Who am I and why am I here?)
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To: ex-snook
Goodfellas
71 posted on 02/02/2007 8:34:44 PM PST by Petronski (Who am I and why am I here?)
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To: ex-snook

"Master and Commander": beautiful acting, beautiful cinematography and special effects, quite moving in many places. An excellent study of male character and psychology. And lots of great action.


72 posted on 02/02/2007 8:49:07 PM PST by Fairview
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To: ex-snook

You can try the X-men movies, altho haven't seen them all yet, ditto the Spiderman movies. Also you can try the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Narnia.

Intense military;
Saving Private Ryan
Blackhawk Down
We were Soldiers

Religious Themed;
Passion of the Christ
One Night with the King
Behind the Sun
Left Behind 1 & ll
The Gospel of John

Science Fiction;
Matrix 1 & ll
High Frequency

Reality; United 93


73 posted on 02/02/2007 9:30:55 PM PST by whatisthetruth
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To: All

Much appreciation for all your imput. Freeper support is outstanding. My wife and I will check out the reviews of all your favorites. I'm sure we will find among your favorites, many that will be ours. Regards to all, thanks again.


74 posted on 02/03/2007 6:53:19 AM PST by ex-snook ("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: ex-snook

"The bad seed"


75 posted on 02/03/2007 6:54:38 AM PST by Vision ("Delight yourself in the Lord; and he will give you your heart's desires." Psalm 37:4)
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To: ex-snook
"Brigham City"
"Hoosiers" (enjoyable even by those who have no interest in basketball)
"Rudy"
"Apocalypto" (much better than I expected)
"Gods and Generals" (for those interested in history)
"Gone with the Wind"
"Braveheart"
"Ben Hur"
"Wizard of Oz"
76 posted on 02/03/2007 7:44:50 AM PST by Dante3
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To: word_warrior_bob
I had forgotten about "The Manchurian Candidate." The original is a must-see in today's world. The remake was nonsense.
77 posted on 02/05/2007 11:51:50 AM PST by Jane Austen
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To: ex-snook

Lord Alfred Hitchcock's films. All of them but particularly the quartet of Vertigo The Birds Psycho and Marnie. The older ones: Notorious, Shadow of a Doubt and don't forget Rebecca..I could go on

Then Kubrick: most of them: The Shining; Spartacus; Barry Lyndon

Then Orson Welles: The Magnificent Ambersons yes...Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil. WOW!

Just a starter list.


78 posted on 02/20/2007 6:31:32 PM PST by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: ex-snook

"Leprechaun 4, Leprechaun In Space"


LOL!!


79 posted on 02/20/2007 6:35:41 PM PST by KoRn
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To: ex-snook

Take a break from FReeping and laugh your ass off watching Airplane! The greatest comedy of all time.


80 posted on 02/20/2007 6:39:15 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Good night Chesty, wherever you are!)
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