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February 12, 2019, 11:23
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My Favorite Alltime Movie
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Who knows.. Ach-Soooo? |
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February 12, 2019, 11:27
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February 12, 2019, 11:39
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Give that man a cupie doll lol!!!
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February 12, 2019, 12:17
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Toss up for me, but BOTH John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
"The Quiet Man" and "McClintock" |
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February 12, 2019, 12:18
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Roller Ball
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February 12, 2019, 12:42
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Platoon was the greatest for me. Not so much for the action (which was superb), but for the story line narrated by Sheen himself as the scenes evolve. It really put a very human feel into the movie that demonstrated fear, rage, loathe, and a full range of emotions that a man would experience under those conditions. Special effects alone cannot do that.
Much in the same way as in Apocalypse Now, Jeremiah Johnson, or many other classics that live on. Some movies will live on forever. |
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February 12, 2019, 13:10
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Scarface.
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February 12, 2019, 13:15
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Blade Runner...
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February 12, 2019, 13:28
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Heat.
It was my favorite before I even knew what a FAL was, so finding one in it just sets it in concrete.
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February 12, 2019, 13:51
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the movies some of you site are hate america movies
leftist prog bs u seeum what they are. . in 53 americans still loved our country hollywood has hated our country from the 60s on.. if u dont see that ur blind.. |
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February 12, 2019, 14:19
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You'll be amazed at how close the Al Pacino version is to the original. If you pay attention to the opening, you'll see that it was a shameless piece designed to change public attitude and make the NFA possible. Still a good flick. |
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February 12, 2019, 14:20
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Secondhand Lions
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February 12, 2019, 14:28
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The last of the Mohicans. it had everything. fighting, scenery, acting and story line. it had it all!
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February 12, 2019, 15:43
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Jerimiah Johnson, Man from Snowy River, Outlaw Josey Wales
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February 12, 2019, 15:53
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The last of the Mohicans with Harry carry sr
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February 12, 2019, 16:14
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LA Confidential.
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February 12, 2019, 16:14
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Outlaw Josey Wales, hands down.
"Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy."
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February 12, 2019, 16:52
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Favorite? That’s tough. Lots of great movies out there.
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February 12, 2019, 17:07
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February 12, 2019, 19:12
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Apocalypse Now Redux.
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February 12, 2019, 19:47
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 I much prefer the original Apocalypse Now. I thought that the additional scenes in 'Redux' considerably reduced the movie. And I really like the movie... Forrest |
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February 12, 2019, 19:49
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February 12, 2019, 19:51
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This one, Bassy my boy!
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February 12, 2019, 20:40
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It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown,
 . Who doesn't like a Beagle flying a Sopwith Camel?
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February 12, 2019, 20:48
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Toss up between Blazing Saddles, Top Secret, or Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The first Hangover movie was pretty awesome. Saving Private Ryan and some old movie I forgot the name of from when I was a kid with Raquel Welsh in a skimpy buckskin outfit was very memorable as well.
Yeah, that how my mind works. Scary huh???? FWIW - The last time I was actually in a movie theater was in 1977 when Star Wars came out. Not impressed. Have never gone back to a movie theater. Ever. Seriously.
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February 12, 2019, 20:54
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Strictly from a perspective of Life Changing, as a youth it would be The Good The Bad The Ugly & all the others (For a Few dollars More. etc.). I sought out all the LP soundtracks, posters etc...Even made my own Man with no Name wrist band, Holster & Pancho.
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February 12, 2019, 21:00
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Caddyshack
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February 12, 2019, 21:11
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Cleavon Little and Barry Newman.
Vanishing Point. 1971
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February 12, 2019, 21:17
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For it's teachings of life's important lessons: Animal House.
"Face it Flounder, you F'd up, you trusted us." Should be watched at least once a year, or more often if you forget some of it's teachings.
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February 12, 2019, 21:17
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This^
New Bedford Incident and Fail Safe From the British side: Threads The Last Valley. |
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February 12, 2019, 21:36
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Well,
Conan the Barbarian. A timeless tale of a man overcoming all. Fredrick Nietzsche sets the tone in the opening That which doesnt kill us makes us stronger. Thorack
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February 12, 2019, 21:37
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Mystery Men
Apocalypse Now Star Wars: A New Hope (1976) |
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February 12, 2019, 21:53
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That was one of the great Westerns of the period Welch plays a frontier wife who ends up gang raped by a bunch of dirtballs after husband is murdered Gun man finds her, nurses her back to health ends up teaching her his trade Gal murders up the gang Great movie Might be one other where she's in skin tight Buckskins but Hannie Caulder should have won multiple awards Girl did several sexploitation westerns, one other was Bandelero She always ends up molested Seem to recall seeing her on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson nearly falling out of her Buckskins when the movie was released. Other tremendous Westerns were the already mention Josey Wales which kind of jump started cowbow action shooting back in the 70s John Wayne's last movie, The Shootist The Wild Bunch Eastwood in Joe Kidd and The Unforgiven, couple others even some Lee Van Cleef movies I really don't have any such thing as a "favorite" movie There are a bunch though that were damn cool in my racks of DVDs, VHS and Disc |
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February 12, 2019, 22:06
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Dark of the Sun. Rod Taylor, Jim Brown, and Yvette Mimieux.
Good guys don't always win. |
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February 12, 2019, 22:17
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The Quiet Man with John Wayne.
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February 12, 2019, 22:24
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February 12, 2019, 23:00
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For me, great movies can be watched time and time again without loss of enjoyment. Outlaw Josey Wales, The Quiet Man, McClintock, The Shootist, The Hunter, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullit, The Getaway, Heat, The Blues Brothers, Who Dares Wins (aka The Final Option for the US market) and many more fall into that category.
However, my absolute favorite movie is First Blood. The rest of the Rambo movies were trash but I rented FB when it came out on video tape then watched it 7 times in the weekend I had it. Even today, I can still narrate every scene and just recorded it on the DVR couple nights ago. Jimmy Lile's knife spawned millions of cheap ChiCom copies, "Rambo" became a byword for gung ho, weapons enthusiasts while the movie exposed to a wider audience the enduring problems of PTSD and feelings of abandonment of a generation of Vietnam Vets. Sure, there are a bunch of cheesy lines in it but the whole movie adds up to more than those distract from it. The final scenes in the police station were pretty moving to a teenage punk kid living in the UK. 37 years later, after service in the military, including tours in Northern Ireland, which has become Britain's forgotten counter insurgency conflict, Rambo's railings against society and his loss of camaraderie experienced in the military ring true for me. Who knew? 
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February 12, 2019, 23:32
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Some of my childhood favorites:
Little Big Man Silverado Smokey and the Bandit II True Lies Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade |
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February 12, 2019, 23:55
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The 10 Commandments..
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February 13, 2019, 00:53
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Red Dawn (1980s version)
Big Jake Rio Lobo The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Better Off Dead |
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February 13, 2019, 00:54
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Dark of the Sun, Wild Geese, Pork Chop Hill, Full Metal Jacket, Longest Day, Gettysburg..... to name a few.
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February 13, 2019, 02:19
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"Doctor Strangelove" is number one for me.
But then "The Matrix" had me thinking a lot over several days after seeing it. For social commentary it was "Dirty Harry".
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February 13, 2019, 04:22
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^^^ Bingo ^^^
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Blues Brothers
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February 13, 2019, 05:33
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Catch 22
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February 13, 2019, 07:15
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Some great ones mentioned.
Not my favorite ever of all time (not even sure what that would be) but, Death Hunt with Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Angela Dickinson, etc. is a great flick. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082247/ I also like most of the Hitchcock films. And most of the stuff John Milius directed. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587518/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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February 13, 2019, 07:36
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The Professionals: Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, et al.
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February 13, 2019, 10:20
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Gotta throw in a vote for Brando. 'ONE EYE JACKS' one the best of the best.
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February 13, 2019, 13:42
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Princess Diaries, The Sound of Music, and the latest Disney remake of Cinderella. As much as I like Rio Bravo and McClintock, neither of those movies ever get me laid. Just sayin'
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