OT: You turn on the boob tube (cable) and scroll through the guide. What 5 movies make you stop and watch till the end?
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I liked both those films but Diane Kruger saved them both imo. Helen Mirren and Jon Voight were perfectly cast in the 2nd I will say. But...this is why we watch.
They should call those Bond movies the Bond Identity….no cheeky fun, no suave and debonair dialogue, just turned them into run of the mill action movies.
Too many to make a top 5 list but some I always like to watch include:
The Searchers
The Green Mile
The Big Lebowski
Last of the Mohicans
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Jaws
The Quiet Man
Burn After Reading
Miller’s Crossing
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Life Aquatic
Etc, etc, etc
The Searchers
The Green Mile
The Big Lebowski
Last of the Mohicans
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Jaws
The Quiet Man
Burn After Reading
Miller’s Crossing
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Life Aquatic
Etc, etc, etc
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Nope. I can enjoy the Major League ....but it's not a "must." If you grew up in the 50s and 60s baseball was a way of life. Every spring and summer, on your bike, glove hanging on bat and find a few guys to play scrub. I could recite the lineup of all 16 MLB teams and approximate their average, Hrs and RBI.
Every day waited for the paper to scan the box scores. The pageantry of HS football in Pa. stole my devotion and I moved on the play and coach. But when my sons came of age, I rediscovered baseball (pitching BP and coaching too much). Those movies allow me to revisit the hopes and dreams of my youth.
imbecile..
I was the same way with baseball growing up, but I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s…that’s why I love all baseball movies. And fortunately I passed that love on to my son and hopefully onto both of my grandsons when they get older.
Both of my sons played a little college ball and I always had a bucket of balls and pitched them bp till my arm went numb. Those were among the greatest times of my life.
Same with my son and I am paying for all the bp these days with a bad rotator cuff.
There are 100’s of movies amc, fx etc could play and yet they are stuck playing the same movies over and over again.
few good men,
Equalizer again and again,
Marvel,
Cast away,
Etc etc.
few good men,
Equalizer again and again,
Marvel,
Cast away,
Etc etc.
Sack Lunch
Rochelle Rochelle
Death Blow
Blame it on the Rain
Chunnel
Rochelle Rochelle
Death Blow
Blame it on the Rain
Chunnel
This is true. TCM has much more variety. Right now I’m watching Bad Day at Black Rock.
Stupid spectrum had that on highest tier. I pay 270.00 and yet don’t have highest tier for cable and internet. Just crazy.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Animal House
This is Spinal Tap
Planet of the Apes ( Charlton Heston )
Road House
Animal House
This is Spinal Tap
Planet of the Apes ( Charlton Heston )
Road House
I have many but I will limit myself to:
Top Gun Maverick
Outlaw Josie Wales
Shooter
I don't know why these three get me almost every time but they do.
Top Gun Maverick
Outlaw Josie Wales
Shooter
I don't know why these three get me almost every time but they do.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
Glengarry Glen Ross
Stand By Me
Three Amigos (what can I say, I always laugh all the way through this movie...)
Fight Club
Eyes Wide Shut
Glengarry Glen Ross
Stand By Me
Three Amigos (what can I say, I always laugh all the way through this movie...)
For some reason Eyes Wide Shut really works for me. (No it’s not the boobs, but I don’t look away.)
Gettysburg
Saving Private Ryan
Searchers
Dances With Wolves
Any Vintage John Candy
Saving Private Ryan
Searchers
Dances With Wolves
Any Vintage John Candy
Godfather I and II
Bourne Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum
Fellowship, Two Towers and Return of the King
Tombstone
Any episode of the Civil War (Ken Burns)
I totally abused the 5 choices there - apologies.
Bourne Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum
Fellowship, Two Towers and Return of the King
Tombstone
Any episode of the Civil War (Ken Burns)
I totally abused the 5 choices there - apologies.