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Happy 80th Birthday to the greatest film ever made | Opinion
Kentucky.com ^ | 2/17/2023 | Bob Heleringer

Posted on 02/17/2023 9:37:25 PM PST by Saije

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To: Saije

That’s a strange way to spell The Karate Kid.


41 posted on 02/18/2023 3:46:13 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: rexthecat

I am shocked! Shocked I say.


42 posted on 02/18/2023 3:46:21 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: drSteve78

My favorite part is the young Romanian couple.

“He’s just a lucky guy”.


43 posted on 02/18/2023 4:11:09 AM PST by gridlock (Nobody is going to come into your yard to tend your garden. )
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To: waterhill

The dark gritty tone of Touch of Evil stays with you the rest of your life.


44 posted on 02/18/2023 4:13:56 AM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: 21twelve

Zulu is a great movie and my personal favorite.

But i love Africa and i love choral singing, so Zulu is a slam-dunk for me.


45 posted on 02/18/2023 4:16:47 AM PST by gridlock (Nobody is going to come into your yard to tend your garden. )
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To: leopud

“Best Years” is #1...


46 posted on 02/18/2023 4:18:49 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.q at)
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To: Joe 6-pack

her post just left me speechless....only thing i can think is she didnt watch the entire movie, and she missed the PARIS sequence entirely. Theres a very good reason why Rick is so cynical and bitter..or “grumpy and grouchy” as she said. I mean..THATS LITERALLY THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE MOVIE!!. In the early 90’s, i took a girlfriend to see it at the amazing FOX THEATER in Detroit...place was jam packed. In the lobby, they had the piano that Sam played in the film...couldn’t believe how small it was...but yea, thats the only way to see this amazing film. Def the greatest “lost love” movie ever...


47 posted on 02/18/2023 4:18:52 AM PST by basalt (qb's)
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To: Adder

that post kinda floored me..umm...theres a very good reason why Rick is so grumpy and grouchy...she must have missed the “Paris sequence” totally...its just the main part of the film, thats all....


48 posted on 02/18/2023 4:24:20 AM PST by basalt (qb's)
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To: Saije

I thought Citizen Kane was a stinker. Touch of Evil also bad. I’m not a big Orson Wells fan. Casablanca was just OK, but not great.

A few of my favorites include: Patton, Court Jester, Big Country, Judgment at Nuremberg, They Died with Their Boots On, Hobson’s Choice, Apollo 13, Europa Europa and Saving Private Ryan.

I liked Bogart better in the African Queen, Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the Caine Mutiny.


49 posted on 02/18/2023 4:28:50 AM PST by Blennos
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To: Puppage

“I am shocked! Shocked I say.”

Where would FR be today without that line/meme with the photo of Claud Rains from that scene?


50 posted on 02/18/2023 4:31:35 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: Saije

It is one of the best.


51 posted on 02/18/2023 4:31:54 AM PST by redfreedom (You can vote your way into socialism, but you may have to shoot your way out.)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

“Rick is such a grumpy, grouchy loser.”

I hate those guys. Grumpy, grouchy, dark and brooding. Like narcissistic two-year-olds. Grow up already, man.

I never saw Casablanca as I don’t like war movies overall. I did see The Best Years Of Our Lives, though, and loved it. It’s been a while — may have to watch it again.


52 posted on 02/18/2023 4:32:23 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
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To: laplata

Right behind The Quiet Man.


53 posted on 02/18/2023 4:33:08 AM PST by steve8714 (Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
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To: Saije
"Casablanca" was a great flick. The best? Think about that. "La Dolce Vita", "Godfather II", "Schindler's List", "Porky's III, the Porkening - the remake", "Citizen Kane", "It's a Wonderful Life"?

I mean, what are the metrics?

54 posted on 02/18/2023 4:38:33 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: gridlock

when that young Romanian girl goes to Rick and asks if she sleeps with Capt Renault for an exit visa, “will he keep his word”...and then asks Rick “if a girl did a bad thing because she loved her husband so much, and to get to America, but she kept this bad thing locked in her heart”...i mean, if you dont feel and understand that, i got nothin for ya.....


55 posted on 02/18/2023 4:39:57 AM PST by basalt (qb's)
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To: Saije

Casablanca and Master & Commander are tied for my favorite.

Just picked up the 4K of Casablanca. Highly recommended.


56 posted on 02/18/2023 4:41:13 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: Mount Athos

Yes.... Orig Manchurian Candidate was fantastic. I also love Pee Wee’s Big Adventure for all around great film making and loads of laughs. Forrest Gump was very good, too. CB is a classic and in my top 10. Still love Gone With the Wind... :


57 posted on 02/18/2023 4:43:39 AM PST by Pigsley (I)
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To: basalt

That’s a beautiful and heart breaking scene. So much left unsaid. Brilliant film making.


58 posted on 02/18/2023 4:44:21 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: MayflowerMadam

i cant believe women are missing the mark so badly on this film...the film is about a long, lost love....and it is NOT a “war” film...Ingrid Bergmans beauty is worth seeing the movie on its own....smh.


59 posted on 02/18/2023 4:45:44 AM PST by basalt (qb's)
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To: Saije

I saw Casablanceafor the first time they way it should be seen. During the summer in a old theater in Blowing Rock NC with a broken heart.


60 posted on 02/18/2023 4:48:26 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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