Favorite movies

[Carbon]

Whats everyones top 3 favorite movies?

 

[Carbon]

I like black hawk down
the 10 Commandments
And,
Turn "Washington Spies" series.

 

[Carbon]

Blackhawk down is debatable.

 

[DialecticSkeptic]

Whats everyones top 3 favorite movies?

1. The Last Samurai (2003).
2. Gladiator (2000).
3. Cinderella Man (2005).

 

[Fred]

1. The Cokeville Miracle
2. 71: Into the Fire
3. Equals

 

[Carbon]

1. The Last Samurai (2003).
2. Gladiator (2000).
3. Cinderella Man (2005).

Cool. I never seen Cinderella Man. Whats is it about, if I may ask?

 

[Carbon]

1. The Cokeville Miracle
2. 71: Into the Fire
3. Equals

Cool. I'm seeing some movies I never even heard of. I'll have to look them up.

 

[Fred]

Cool. I'm seeing some movies I never even heard of. I'll have to look them up.

71: Into the Fire is a South Korean movie. It's all in Korean but there are English subtitles.
Powerful.

 

[DialecticSkeptic]

Cool. I never seen Cinderella Man. What is it about, if I may ask?

It's an inspiring true story of James J. Braddock, a washed-up boxer who defies the odds during the Great Depression, fighting his way from poverty to an impossible comeback (official trailer). With gripping boxing scenes, raw emotion, and a powerful performance by Russell Crowe, it is an absolute must-watch movie—one that I watch at least once every year.

 

[Carbon]

It's an inspiring true story of James J. Braddock, a washed-up boxer who defies the odds during the Great Depression, fighting his way from poverty to an impossible comeback (official trailer). With gripping boxing scenes, raw emotion, and a powerful performance by Russell Crowe, it is an absolute must-watch movie—one that I watch at least once every year.

Awesome. Sounds like something I will like.

 

[DialecticSkeptic]

Awesome. Sounds like something I will like.

If you end up liking Cinderella Man (2005)—and you had better—then I would highly, highly recommend next the movie Warrior (2011, official trailer). It's an intense, emotionally charged drama about two estranged brothers who battle their past—and each other—in the ultimate fight for redemption (mixed martial arts). With brutal, high-stakes action and powerhouse performances from Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton, this film delivers a gripping mix of heart, raw intensity, and unforgettable moments. This is another one keeps you gripped in your seat and, perhaps literally, cheering out loud (and maybe a few tears).

 

[Hazelelponi]

So, my very favorite movie is Die Hard, it was just epic Bruce Willis is actually just a good actor that has done a few good movies. The original Star Wars was good. After that and with them is Stargate (the movie).

TV series has to be Hell on Wheels as #1. (I have actually never sat down to watch Turn).

Jack Reacher books are also good, and the new television series is living up to the books far better than that horrible movie.

It should probably be noted I wasn't saved until 10 years ago, most of it was never based on any Christian ethics it was just cool stuff to watch..

 

[fastfredy0]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles - favorite comedy
Scrooge (from the 50s version) - maybe youngster tradition to watch each Xmas
Any movie where the good guy gets treated badly and gets revenge like Taken 1,2,3 or Walking Tall (Gladiator is another example)

 

[makesends]

Whats everyones top 3 favorite movies?

LOTR 1, 2, 3 and maybe call them all one so I can say, THE HOBBIT 1, 2, 3, though I don't like them quite as much.

Besides them, I don't know, though the first Star Trek movie (with the V'GER cloud) is still one of my favorites. And I watch the original Star Wars movies over and over. Come to think of it, I still like the old Star Trek series better than any of the 'Next Generation', and others, because they had lousy props, lousy physics, lots of lousy stuff, but it still usually felt like exploration, which I love, instead of politics, which I hate. Same with the Alien series—the first one was all exploration of the unknown, (and how to fix what the cat's curiosity did).

Something about CGI in the last few years has a way of taking the enjoyable "raw edge of incompetence" off movies. —It's a little like Joe Walsh's music when he was younger had this less-polished feel to it. Or how the old Vacuum Tube amps and LP records sounded compared to even the best, as far as I know, modern transistor amps and digital media. I'm not saying modern CGI etc isn't better, but just that I enjoyed it more in the past.



When a movie seems designed to teach me a moral lesson, particularly a liberal lesson, and particularly a politically-correct liberal lesson, instead of to just be a movie, I don't like that.

I can enjoy documentaries about the earth, even when they say outlandish things, like, "The loss of the penguin mother's baby is heartbreaking" (when she looks no sadder, her head hanging no lower, her shoulders no more drooping, than in the whole documentary preceding that statement), as long as they quit trying to sell Global Warmi ...er, Human-caused Climate Change, or whatever it is called now.

See? — @DialecticSkeptic and @Arial are not the only ones with busy brains.

 

[Carbon]

LOTR 1, 2, 3 and maybe call them all one so I can say, THE HOBBIT 1, 2, 3, though I don't like them quite as much.

Besides them, I don't know, though the first Star Trek movie (with the V'GER cloud) is still one of my favorites. And I watch the original Star Wars movies over and over. Come to think of it, I still like the old Star Trek series better than any of the 'Next Generation', and others, because they had lousy props, lousy physics, lots of lousy stuff, but it still usually felt like exploration, which I love, instead of politics, which I hate. Same with the Alien series—the first one was all exploration of the unknown, (and how to fix what the cat's curiosity did).

Haha, I love the original star trek!

Something about CGI in the last few years has a way of taking the enjoyable "raw edge of incompetence" off movies. —It's a little like Joe Walsh's music when he was younger had this less-polished feel to it. Or how the old Vacuum Tube amps and LP records sounded compared to even the best, as far as I know, modern transistor amps and digital media. I'm not saying modern CGI etc isn't better, but just that I enjoyed it more in the past.



When a movie seems designed to teach me a moral lesson, particularly a liberal lesson, and particularly a politically-correct liberal lesson, instead of to just be a movie, I don't like that.

I can enjoy documentaries about the earth, even when they say outlandish things, like, "The loss of the penguin mother's baby is heartbreaking" (when she looks no sadder, her head hanging no lower, her shoulders no more drooping, than in the whole documentary preceding that statement), as long as they quit trying to sell Global Warmi ...er, Human-caused Climate Change, or whatever it is called now.

See? — @DialecticSkeptic and @Arial are not the only ones with busy brains.

 

[fastfredy0]

Haha, I love the original star trek!

gee....that makes 3 of us at least.

I remember years ago trying to recall how many episodes I could number where knowing of one scene in the episode counted as a point. I got up to 48 at the time. I think there were 75 or 78 episodes over 3 seasons. Just for fun I looked it up and apparently there were 79.
Unlike @makesends , I enjoyed "Next Generation" and to lesser extent "Voyager". Deep Space 9 was that good.

Oh yeah ... I so badly wanted 7of9 to "assimilate me"

 

[DialecticSkeptic]

gee....that makes 3 of us at least.

I remember years ago trying to recall how many episodes I could number where knowing of one scene in the episode counted as a point. I got up to 48 at the time. I think there were 75 or 78 episodes over 3 seasons. Just for fun I looked it up and apparently there were 79.
Unlike @makesends , I enjoyed "Next Generation" and to lesser extent "Voyager". Deep Space 9 was that good.

Oh yeah ... I so badly wanted 7of9 to "assimilate me"

Okay, now I want to climb aboard the Star Trek train. Here are my favorite series:

1. Deep Space Nine
2. The Next Generation
3. Strange New Worlds
4. Picard
5. Discovery
6. Voyager
7. The Original Series
8. Enterprise <-- Not a favorite at all, but I've seen it, so I have to include it.

 

[Carbon]

Okay, now I want to climb aboard the Star Trek train. Here are my favorite series:

1. Deep Space Nine
2. The Next Generation
3. Strange New Worlds
4. Picard
5. Discovery
6. Voyager
7. The Original Series
8. Enterprise <-- Not a favorite at all, but I've seen it, so I have to include it.

Wow, I didn't know there was that many.

 

[DialecticSkeptic]

Wow, I didn't know there was that many.

There are more, actually. Those are just the ones I have watched (partially or completely). I believe there are 11 Star Trek series in total.