Posted on 07/04/2020 6:50:17 AM PDT by MAGA2017
Can anyone here recommend good patriotic films that would be suitable for a family to watch together this July 4th weekend? I have kids that range from age 9 to 14. Thank you.
The Patriot
April Morning (free, on youtube)
The Patriot
Adams (5? part series based on David McCullough's book)
I could probably come up with 50 more. Easily.
The Patriot...Mel Gibson
The Patriot with Mel Gibson
1776, although it is a bit long. My kids always enjoyed it
Forrest Gump
This will sound strange, but Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Toward the end of the “The Two Towers,” Samwise makes an incredible speech when all hope seems lost, where he says there will be a dawn and it will be brighter than ever, and that we do these things because there is good in the world that must be saved and preserved.
As he says this, he’s looking at Frodo who is beginning to feel the terrible burden of the ring, but you get the sense that he has finally concluded that even Gollum has good in him.
The Longest Day...
The heated exchange early in the movie between the British officer enlisting the help of a colonial militia and the main character of the movie (Nathanial, the white man who was orphaned as a child and raised by the Mohicans) portends the future of North America in a big way:
BRITISH OFFICER (in response to Nathanial's skepticism about having the settlers leave their frontier homes undefended while they were away helping the British defend their forts in upstate New York): "You call yourself a patriot, and a loyal subject to the crown?"
NATHANIAL (who obviously must have been an ancestor of Donald J. Trump): "I don't call myself subject to much at all."
Miracle (ice hockey)
Red Dawn (the original version)
Independence Day
The Band of Brothers series...
The Crossing.
The Devil’s Disciple.
1776 will be on TCM this afternoon.
James Gagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy... You can rent on Youtube for $3 bucks.
“Yankee Doodle Dandy”
It’s the best!!
“The Fighting Sullivans”
As previously mentioned, “Band of Brothers,” and “The Pacific.”
If you desire an intermission between movies, may I recommend http://www.dday.org The 76th Anniversary commemoration of D-day is excellent, and all the presenters are friends of mine. Just click the arrow.
The movie musical, 1776
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Based on the true story of music composer George M Cohan (though be aware, there is a scene arond the beginning of the movie in which Cohan relates the story of him being born. Cohan says, “I was a good Democrat, even in those days.”
Untrue. Cohan was a diehard, lifelong Republican.
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