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Top 10 Movies Conservative College Students Are Watching
humaneventsonline.com ^ | 12/13/05 | humaneventsonline.com

Posted on 12/15/2005 11:49:16 AM PST by paltz

Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Top 10 Movies Conservative College Students Are Watching

Ranked by the staff of the Leadership Institute’s Campus Leadership Program.

1. The Passion of the Christ

The testament of Christ, the basis of all Western thought and tradition, the most important moment in history.

2. A Man for All Seasons

Thomas More defies the will of the King by refusing to attest to the sacredness of the King’s marriage, and pays with his life.

3. Lean on Me

Morgan Freeman is a principal at a dilapidated New Jersey high school that he reinvigorates through hard work, achievement and stern discipline.

4. Cheaper by the Dozen

A fun family film extolling more virtue than Hollywood has produced in a long time.

5. Death Wish


After his family is destroyed by thugs, Charles Bronson decides to teach criminals the lesson that the liberals can’t through courtrooms or mediation.

6. Red Dawn

Communists invade the heartland, and a band of boys take to the hills and start an insurgency against the invaders.

7. Dirty Harry

Much in the same vein as Death Wish, Clint Eastwood is a police officer doing what it takes to fight crime against the liberals who worry more about defendant rights than the victims.

8. The Outlaw Josey Wales

Clint Eastwood is a soldier who fights those who took everything he cared about.

9. Zulu

Heroism in the face of overwhelming odds, 139 Welshmen fight off 4,000 Zulu soldiers.

10. PCU

The state of modern colleges, summed up in an excellent comedy showing the ridiculousness of the politically correct mob.

Posted 12/13/05 3:00 AM

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To: thefactor

"Nice suit . . . is that Dacron?"


41 posted on 12/15/2005 1:09:51 PM PST by Xenalyte (Tom Cruise is in my closet and he won't come out.)
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To: paltz

Let me add a few more conservative and Christian movies that college students are watching (me being a graduating Senior ;D):..

Signs..Pretty much shows that "miracles can happen" deals with faith in a higher power-God.

The Lord of The Rings..Standing against evil, against all odds, and with self-scrifice (then there are few Biblical parallels in the movies)

Narnia..Same as above, only that "It is The Passion, for Kids ;)"

Luther..retelling of the Story of the Christian leader, and reformer who (no offense to my Catholic brothers and sisters) God used to bring the Church back from the eave of disaster non-Biblical teachings/practics~

The Island..A very conservative movie that was not PC (even though it has some sex scenes..) it was a stand against cloning and seemed pro-life.

Another surprising one is PAYCHECK..I know most of you are wondering: WHAT IS HE THINKING..well I found that it was almost an allegory for the battle between God (Father, Son, Spirit) and Satan's evil minions (Satan, AntiChrist, and Unholy Profit) from an almost Catholic pov!

Anymore that Ya'll can think of..?


42 posted on 12/15/2005 1:22:38 PM PST by JSDude1 (If we are not governed by God, we WILL be governed by Tyrants-William Penn..founder of Pennsylvania)
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To: paltz
I'm not buying it. This list seems too contrived. How were these titles introduced--by the polster or freely volunteered by the those polled?

Does "conservative" modify college or college student? Are the numbers taken from college library loan records or from local video/DVD rental stores? What makes a student "conservative" (attendance at a Christian College) and how does this factor in?

Don't get me wrong. I've seen many on this list and own several myself. The choices seem heavily weighted by sex (Red Dawn, Dirty Harry, Death Wish). My daughter is quite conservative and may have chosen one or two from this list, but many of her favorites are not there: LOTR, October Sky, Frequency, (anything by M. Night Shyamalan), Rear Window, Shop Around the Corner, Patriot, The Court Jester, ...

43 posted on 12/15/2005 1:30:43 PM PST by nonsporting
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To: Hoodlum91
But where's "Team America"?

My thoughts exactly. LOL

44 posted on 12/15/2005 1:38:44 PM PST by Unknown Pundit
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To: Unknown Pundit; Hoodlum91

Kim Jong Il: Now you see, the changing of the worrd is inevitabre!

Lisa: I'm sorry, it's what?

Kim Jong Il: Inevit, inevitabre.

Lisa: One more time.

Kim Jong Il: [shouts] Inevitebre! Jesus Christ, open your f***ing ears!

46 posted on 12/15/2005 1:52:07 PM PST by JellyJam (Best headline ever: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: paltz

They ought to try "The Siege of Firebase Gloria" with R. Lee Ermey.


47 posted on 12/15/2005 2:00:52 PM PST by LS
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To: kAcknor
"Volley fire, at 100 yards. Present. Aim. FIRE!"

Michael Caine as Lt. Bromhead.

48 posted on 12/15/2005 2:02:37 PM PST by LS
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To: JellyJam

Featuring the greatest actor in the world, "Ah-rec Bawd-win."


49 posted on 12/15/2005 2:03:49 PM PST by LS
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To: LS

"Pride and Prejudice" is excellent and in the theatres.


50 posted on 12/15/2005 2:10:56 PM PST by Broker (roger ball)
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To: Xenalyte
PCU is one of the funniest underrated movies I know. The scene where David Spade is giving the passwords to Balls and Shaft's headquarters always cracks me up.,

That movie was hilarious.

Your wearing the T-shirt of the BAND! ....

Don't be that guy.


51 posted on 12/15/2005 2:13:05 PM PST by Centurion2000 ((Aubrey, Tx) --- America, we get the best government corporations can buy.)
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To: TR Jeffersonian

ping


52 posted on 12/15/2005 2:17:27 PM PST by kalee
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To: Hoodlum91
But where's "Team America"?

Everyone has AIDS!

53 posted on 12/15/2005 2:18:44 PM PST by AmishDude (Your corporate slogan could be here! FReepmail me for my confiscatory rates.)
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