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Inspirational Movies
| June 21st, 2011 at 11:07:39 PM permalink | |
| FleaStiff Member since: Oct 19, 2009 Threads: 75 Posts: 4822 | Sorry folks. I just looked at that list ... well, glanced at it, I guess. Some of those films depressed me. Some of those films have annoying aspects that I think should deny them a spot on the list. Bridge of the river Kwai was absurdist nonsense. Warner Brother's Sergeant York nearly faced propaganda hearings under Senator Nye. And there was no near-miss lightning strike, as with just about any man who turns his life around, a woman did it for him. Saving Private Ryan? You notice how after one of them is killed, he appears in a long range shot later in the film? |
| June 22nd, 2011 at 12:35:26 AM permalink | |
| Ericayne Member since: Mar 9, 2010 Threads: 0 Posts: 88 | It's hard to categorize art. Everybody has an opinion. That being said....lots of "inspirational" films can be mentioned....and some great ones have already been. For whatever reason, "Whale Rider" comes to mind. So there you go. |
| June 22nd, 2011 at 1:15:55 AM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 547 Posts: 6207 |
Personally, I think As Good as it Gets is a serious omission. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| June 22nd, 2011 at 3:17:09 AM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6403 | Scent of a Woman is very good. Al Pacino is very convincing and its worth your time just to see the last 15min of the thing. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| June 22nd, 2011 at 2:56:41 PM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Nov 17, 2009 Threads: 113 Posts: 2045 | Does it matter to Hot Blonde that the films suggested by the Board are almost all "male" centric (naturally, given the demographic) as opposed to inspirational stories about women? I wonder if this is more what she was looking for? Thelma and Louise Legally Blonde That's all I got... |
| July 16th, 2011 at 3:55:20 PM permalink | |
| HotBlonde Member since: Feb 8, 2011 Threads: 31 Posts: 772 |
Well, no, it doesn't matter to me. And the funny thing is I've always loved "What's Love Got To Do With It" but no one ever recommends that one. Maybe it's because it's about a woman, maybe it's because she's black, I don't know. I think it's an amazing movie about finding one's own self-worth but I never hear anyone talking about it. "...see and think about yourself as the master of your own fate..." - Brian Tracy |
| July 16th, 2011 at 4:01:06 PM permalink | |
| PeteM Member since: Feb 14, 2010 Threads: 4 Posts: 78 | Oh, hell yes. My wife LOVES that last 15 minutes. "I'd take a flamethrower to this place!" Anybody notice that the bad kid was a very young Phillip Seymour Hoffman? "Win with a smile, lose with grace." |
| July 16th, 2011 at 4:03:28 PM permalink | |
| HotBlonde Member since: Feb 8, 2011 Threads: 31 Posts: 772 | What movie are you talking about? "...see and think about yourself as the master of your own fate..." - Brian Tracy |
| July 16th, 2011 at 4:50:19 PM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 547 Posts: 6207 |
Philip Seymour Hoffman was in the movie when he just started acting in movies. But he was already in his mid 20's. I don't know why PeteM brought up the movie. -------------------------------------------- The Contender (2000) is a very inspirational movie to me, although it is not normally considered as such. Joan Allen does such a convincing job as a Senator with high ideals, that I half wish she would run for office. In some ways appointing a woman as VP could be tougher than running for the office. If you run at least everything is in the open. In this movie, the old guard simply decides to ruin her life so that she is not appointed. The public is so salacious for gossip that they don't care that a woman's life is being ruined. While nearly everyone knows that there have been 8 president's who died in office, very few people realize that 7 vice president's have also died in office and from 1789 through today, the vice presidency has been vacant for a total of 37 years and 290 days, over the course of 18 administrations. However, it's been almost 4 decades since it was last empty. The movie is good, because the set up is very non-inspirational. The President is looking to appoint a woman for vice president because his term is ending and he wants something for the history books. So while the story has a very selfish political set up, it ends up being hugely inspirational by the end. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| July 16th, 2011 at 5:55:55 PM permalink | |
| mrjjj Member since: Sep 4, 2010 Threads: 62 Posts: 1304 |
Easy question.....'Return to Paradise'. Ken If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Playing at the casino doesn't make you a pro any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. I prefer to be hated for telling the truth, than loved for telling a lie. No person has yet convinced me that their way of playing roulette is better than my way. Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things roulette AP players don't like to do. I'm sure AP (roulette) worked just fine back in 1923. Gambler's Fallacy is a term coined by unsuccessful gamblers to validate their reasons for losing. 5.26%, so what?......I get taxed everyday. Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. Don't play/study roulette for a TOTAL of 9 hours in your lifetime and then preach that a person can not do 'well' with it.
Also, don't let the '2+2 will never equal 5' crowd bring you down. TRIAL & ERROR guys, I can't say it enough! When you're finished changing, you're finished. |
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