I liked this one:
and this one:
Posted on 11/05/2023 8:08:03 AM PST by DallasBiff
They’re not movies with John Galt speeches, and most of them aren’t really ideological at all. But the messages or the values are there.
Amazing Grace (2007)
John Newton was a slave trader who was converted to Christianity. He renounced his previous life and became an evangelical minister in the Church of England, an abolitionist, and the author of a beautiful hymn. “Was blind but now I see,” indeed. Among the people who heard his preaching was a young member of parliament, William Wilberforce, who was inspired to lead a long campaign for the abolition of slavery—from his maiden speech in 1789 to the final passage of the Abolition Act a month after his death in 1833. This movie reminds us that humanity has made great progress toward freedom, that each battle for freedom can be long and seemingly futile, but that the goal is worth time and money and effort>
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“The Cowboys” with John Wayne.
Shenandoah. Color movies were rather new. Loved James Stewart. “He started from the bottom and went down’.
Then there’s the “You’re free” quote to the slave. I was too young to understand what that meant. A handsome, young Doug McClure marrying the daughter and then going off to war. John Wayne’s son taking a sword in the gut shocked me. Then there was the son taking a bullet by accident.
It was all sad but hopeful.
I saw “Amistad.” IIRC, the main character was the African played by Djimon Hounsou. Matthew McConoughy plays an attorney. It was like watching a legal drama.
I see no one mentioned the attempt to do an Atlas Shrugged movie. A movie the entertainment industry tried to kill and, in some ways, succeeded. The volume 1 wasn’t bad, the 2nd volume wasn’t good, the 3rd volume was downright awful.
I still applaud the attempt!
I think “The Fountainhead” is a libertarian in message film.
Amazing that the three movies were made at all.
Agree!
I liked this one:
and this one:
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