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Best pro-America Movies
July 2, 2004 | bobjam

Posted on 07/02/2004 5:53:40 AM PDT by bobjam

With all of the publicity and hype over Moore's Bush hating and America bashing "documentary", it might be good on this Fourth of July weekend to sit back a reflect upon those movies that make us pround to be Americans. My suggestions are:

1) Midway- the Navy at its finest. Nothing beats the way the movie incorporates actual footage of the battle.

2) Last of the Mohicans- this movie captures the difficulty faced by frontiersmen, the British attitude towards them, and the spectacular beauty of the American wilderness.

3) The Alamo- the John Wayne version. The courage it took for the vastly outnumbered Davey Crocket, Jim Bowie, et al to stand up to Santa Ana was legendary.

What are some of your suggestions?


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: america; culture; hollywood; movies; patriotism
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1 posted on 07/02/2004 5:53:40 AM PDT by bobjam
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Saving Private Ryan.


2 posted on 07/02/2004 5:54:50 AM PDT by nwrep
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Try "1776". It's a musical but pretty good.


3 posted on 07/02/2004 5:54:53 AM PDT by Merdoug
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To: bobjam

Patton. Especially the opening monologue.


4 posted on 07/02/2004 5:55:07 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
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5 posted on 07/02/2004 5:56:23 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: bobjam

One of my favorites, "In Harms Way.."


6 posted on 07/02/2004 5:56:24 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Its noteworthy that the two biggest shills for the left are Michael Moore and Al Franken..)
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To: bobjam
Different angle than I think you are looking for, but Apollo 13 shows Americans overcoming very American-type problems, and I love the movie dearly for it.
7 posted on 07/02/2004 5:56:39 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: bobjam

If you can get it, watch, "I Bombed Pearl Harbor". It is a Japanese made movie dating back to the 60's. It shows how bad the Japanese got beat at Midway. Not a bad movie at all.


8 posted on 07/02/2004 5:57:17 AM PDT by U S Army EOD (John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.)
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To: bobjam

The Patriot starring Mel Gibson.


9 posted on 07/02/2004 5:57:53 AM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: bobjam

Red Dawn.


10 posted on 07/02/2004 5:58:52 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot ("Man I'm tired of being right!" Ace Ventura)
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11 posted on 07/02/2004 6:01:46 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
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To: bobjam

So Proudly We Hail

Shenandoah


12 posted on 07/02/2004 6:09:45 AM PDT by MagnumRancid
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To: bobjam
2) Last of the Mohicans- this movie captures the difficulty faced by frontiersmen, the British attitude towards them, and the spectacular beauty of the American wilderness

The Daniel Day Lewis version was excellent. But it still can't hold a candle to the 1970's Masterpiece Theatre miniseries one.

13 posted on 07/02/2004 6:11:01 AM PDT by The G Man (John Kerry? America just can't afford a 9/10 President in a 9/11 world.)
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To: bobjam

I highly suggest picking up the 2 disc DVD set of Walt Disney: On the Front Lines. Various cartoon shorts and the feature length film Victory Through Air Power. These two discs remind us of a time when Hollywood actually aided the war effort. Great, great stuff.


15 posted on 07/02/2004 6:17:03 AM PDT by CSM43 (President Reagan freed the slaves of communism)
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To: Abbeville Conservative

More I think about it, more I agree with your pick. I mean, we can be Americans even in the absence of killing an enemy.


16 posted on 07/02/2004 6:18:40 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: bobjam
It's hard to believe that they ever made any pro America movies in light of the current attitudes in Hollywood these days.

As for The Alamo, John Wayne's was as good as any and better than most even if it wasn't technically about America (in those days). In some ways the most recent Disney release of The Alamo was the best of that story. I thought Billy Bob's portrayal of Davey Crockett was superb, as was the perfectly human qualities of the participants.

For pro-American movies of the war genre, Command Decision (Clark Gable), The Patriot ( Mel Gibson), Band of Brothers (Several I never heard of), Memphis Belle (Long List of Stars) and Night People (Gregory Peck, Cold War) were excellent.

For anthologies, try How The West Was Won (Too Many To Name)

If I think of it today, I'll likely recall many more.

17 posted on 07/02/2004 6:19:59 AM PDT by stevem
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Any and all of the John Ford epics of Americana.."Fort Apache"."She wore a Yellow Ribbon"."The Horse Soldiers"


18 posted on 07/02/2004 6:24:19 AM PDT by ken5050 (We've looked for WMD in Iraq for LESS time than Hillary looked for the Rose Law firm billing records)
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To: bobjam

Best pro-American movie?
Hands down, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Directed by Michael Curtiz. The life story of George M. Cohan and family with Jimmy Cagney, Walter Huston, Joan Leslie!!!

If "Yankee Doodle Dandy" doesn't give you goosebumps and make you proud to be an American then you better check your pulse!


Semper Fi,
Kelly


19 posted on 07/02/2004 6:25:34 AM PDT by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1/5 1st Mar Div. Nam 69&70 Semper Fi http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com)
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Forrest GUMP

Believe it or not - it protrays the 1960s peace movement as a bunch of thugs, communists, and woman beaters.


20 posted on 07/02/2004 6:25:58 AM PDT by mandingo republican (Baal worshipers I tell ya! They are all Baal worshipers! - FREE HONG KONG, CUBA, IRAN!!!!)
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