(Just Kidding)
A good movie that gets me....’Taking Chance’
I’ve seen all of those movies except the one about Churchill, which I intend to watch. I expect to enjoy it.
The rest of the movies on the list are outstanding and all are highly recommended.
Wilson : I guess they named a lot of that Southern trash after old Stonewall. Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey : Who'd they name you after? Or do you know? Wilson : I'm saying that Stonewall Jackson was trash himself. Him and Lee and all the rest of them rebs. You, too. Frank 'Stonewall' Torrey : You're a low-down lyin' Yankee! Wilson : Prove it.The current Godzilla film...Boston gets annihilated.
I’d like to put in a good word for “On the Waterfront”, which on one level is a response to the people going against McCarthy.
“Book of Eli” — with Denzel W. At first blush it seems sci-fi-ish and Mad Max-ish; but it is so much more than that. It is post-apocalypse, and in the tyrannical chaotic world that ensues, the film redirects the viewer to emphasize the fact that the lone remaining Bible is the most important thing in existence.
“Book of Eli” — with Denzel W. At first blush it seems sci-fi-ish and Mad Max-ish; but it is so much more than that. It is post-apocalypse, and in the tyrannical chaotic world that ensues, the film redirects the viewer to emphasize the fact that the lone remaining Bible is the most important thing in existence.
Only place I can find creative works compatible with conservative values anymore is in Japan.
Darkest Hour is brilliant. Oldham deserved his Oscar.
Cinderella Man, definitely. Truly uplifting. Max Baer is unfairly treated, but Ron Howard does a good job with the family and story, which is basically true. (This story shared sports print in the 1930s with Seabiscuit, also an inspiring true tale.)
The Dark Knight Rises, more than The Dark Knight: Christopher Nolan is essentially retelling A Tale of Two Cities (and even uses names from it, and quotes from it), and it exposes leftist revolution for the evil it really is.
All three Captain America movies, in one way or another. They are easily my favorites of the MCU. Chris Evans does not let his personal politics corrupt his portrayal of the lead character, which is perfectly done.
I disagree on TLotR: Peter Jackson and company made too many unnecessary changes that diluted the characters and philosophy (read: implicit monotheism) in the books. There is a reason the Tolkien family did not approve. I have read the trilogy 24+ times, and I concur.
Blazing Saddles.
Shane featured prominently in the grim finale (internally, though not externally, with Dark Phoenix later) to the X-Men saga, Logan.
Xavier extols the film to Laura, and she quotes Shane’s final speech (verbatim!) when the children bury Wolverine at the end.
Despite some annoying anachronisms, I enjoyed “The Darkest Hour.” There was no sex, no nudity, no profanity, and the movie even featured a cat.
This list should include “The Outlaw Josey Wales” and “Dirty Harry”
At the time, I said “The Incredibles” celebrated excellence at the expense of mediocrity. I didn’t think there would ever be a superhero movie as good — certainly not live-action. (Until the first Avengers movie came out.)
Mars Attacks! - Because the Martians blow up Congress.
The Darkest Hour was great. Loved it.
The Incredibles
10-year-old Dash Parr demolishes the prevalent self-esteem culture found in most schools in one of the best exchanges of the film, replying to his mother that saying “everyone is special” is “another way of saying no one is.”
Pretty sure that was said by Syndrome, the bad guy. He said “everyone is special, or no one is”, regarding his plot to kill supers.
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
This was a great movie, and I really liked Sharon’s speech at Peggy’s funeral.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_74jmfais
Very reminiscent of Captain America’s speech in the comics...
““Doesn’t matter what the press says. Doesn’t matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right.
This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world — “No, YOU move.” “