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Weekend at Bernie's shows us how even dead people love freedom. Truly inspiring.
Add it to the list
Do it yourself!
Some movies not yet mentioned
House of Cards trilogy I have long told my fellow freedom lovers to check out these British miniseries. The series deals with a corrupt member of British parliament who schemes his way to become prime minister delightfully played by Ian Richardson (an actor whose movies are often very supportive of our cause). There is no movie that exposes the corruption of the political process like the House of Cards movies. It explains how politicians manipulate the process for their own gain, how the mainstream media and the politicians conspire to manipulate the public, how polls are used to manipulate the public. Shucks the main character even starts a war to save his skin. House of Cards was based on a book by a Karl Rove-like political consultant who worked for Margaret Thatcher's government. So I have a feeling this is pretty accurate of how politics works.
V (not for Vendetta) This 80s miniseries deals with aliens who come down to earth claiming to want peace and give us solutions for our problems. As their real motivations start becoming clear, a small group rises up against them. The aliens use the government, the mainstream media, and those seeking profit to defend their reign. The aliens use very similar tactics as the nazis did.
Holocaust While we're still on miniseries, we can look at Holocaust. The title should easily tell you what this is about and why it is important.
Spartacus Any Kubric film seems to support our cause, but nobody mentioned this film about a man who led a slave revolt in Rome.
Iron Man I didn't care for this film. Too boring and predictable for my taste. This movie deals with a man who has made billions making weapons for the government but discovers they harm many innocent civilians. As such he turns himself into a superhero to try to right his wrong.
House of Cards trilogy I have long told my fellow freedom lovers to check out these British miniseries. The series deals with a corrupt member of British parliament who schemes his way to become prime minister delightfully played by Ian Richardson (an actor whose movies are often very supportive of our cause). There is no movie that exposes the corruption of the political process like the House of Cards movies. It explains how politicians manipulate the process for their own gain, how the mainstream media and the politicians conspire to manipulate the public, how polls are used to manipulate the public. Shucks the main character even starts a war to save his skin. House of Cards was based on a book by a Karl Rove-like political consultant who worked for Margaret Thatcher's government. So I have a feeling this is pretty accurate of how politics works.
V (not for Vendetta) This 80s miniseries deals with aliens who come down to earth claiming to want peace and give us solutions for our problems. As their real motivations start becoming clear, a small group rises up against them. The aliens use the government, the mainstream media, and those seeking profit to defend their reign. The aliens use very similar tactics as the nazis did.
Holocaust While we're still on miniseries, we can look at Holocaust. The title should easily tell you what this is about and why it is important.
Spartacus Any Kubric film seems to support our cause, but nobody mentioned this film about a man who led a slave revolt in Rome.
Iron Man I didn't care for this film. Too boring and predictable for my taste. This movie deals with a man who has made billions making weapons for the government but discovers they harm many innocent civilians. As such he turns himself into a superhero to try to right his wrong.
I don't see THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, original version, on the list.
This flick has an 'interesting' message for the earthlings.
Stop your wars or be incinerated, due to the fact we now have nuclear weapons, and now pose a threat to other worlds with life on them.
This flick has an 'interesting' message for the earthlings.
Stop your wars or be incinerated, due to the fact we now have nuclear weapons, and now pose a threat to other worlds with life on them.
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Requiem for a Dream.
My favorite movie of all time- its shockingly disturbing and will change your life. Forever.
My favorite movie of all time- its shockingly disturbing and will change your life. Forever.
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Eagle Eye is not only a damn good movie (think 24 and The Matrix rolled into one), its message is very anti-authoritarian and shows the blowback from those who would give up a few freedoms in exchange for more security.
The Fountainhead - I have not seen the movie, but I have read the book. Written by Ayn Rand, the queen of anti-collectivism
The Fountainhead - I have not seen the movie, but I have read the book. Written by Ayn Rand, the queen of anti-collectivism
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The point of this is to collect great, educational & must see quality movies, tv shows, & series that essentially pertain to our movement of Peace, Truth, Freedom, Liberty & Prosperity including government inefficiency, immorality, that encourage individualism over tyranny, self-responsibility over paternalism, and, well, that offer a hearty dose of against-the-grain individualism etc.
Movies that enlighten about the current state of affairs, as well as heed warning & inform should be added here. Also maybe provide a synopsis or blurb about it, as to why its such a classic, and I'll add it up.
You can debate certain movies, or tv shows if you think they don't fit with our movement or add anything of value - i.e the central underlying philosophy does more harm than good. Or offer suggestions, or query if a movie should make it. i.e "Lotr?"
12 Angry Man (1957)
1984
2081
300
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Antz
American History X
A Midnight Clear
A Man For All Seasons
Amazing Grace
Amistad
Akira
A Clockwork Orange
Apocalypse Now
All Quiet on the Western Front
Animal Farm
All the King's Men
A Bronx Tale
Arlington Road
Alien
Aliens
Army of Shadows
Bananas
Batman Begins
Battle of Algiers (1967)
Birth of a Nation (1915)
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brazil
Braveheart
Breach
Breaker Morant
Bourne Ultimatum
Born on the Forth of July
Boom Town
Burnt By the Sun
Bulworth
Caddyshack
Casino
Cavalcade
Cloak & Dagger
Citizen Kane (1941)
City of God
Children of Men
Cinderella Man
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Dr. Strangelove
Dark City (1998)
Death of a President (2006)
Duck Soup (1933)
Dr. Zhivago
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead
Election (1999)
Enemy of the State
Enemy at the Gates
Escape From New York
Europa, Europa (1990)
Farewell My Concubine
Fahrenheit 451
Fight Club
Finding Nemo
Firefly
Grave of the Fireflies
Gandhi
Good Night and Good Luck
Goodfellas
Gladiator
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gallipoli
Grand Illusion
Ghost Busters
Hate
Harry's War
Harrison Bergeron
Hellraiser
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
High Noon
Its a wonderful life
Into The Wild
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, original version)
Idiocracy
I, Robot
Jacob's Ladder (1980)
Jericho
JFK (1991)
John Adams (2008)
Johnny Got His Gun
Joyeux Noel
Land of the Blind (2006)
La Vallee
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of War
Logan's Run
Metropolis (1927)
Minority Report (2002) (free will vs predestination, justice)
Mad Max
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Natural Born Killers
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - resists arbitrary authority
Once Were Warriors
Prison Break
Psycho
Paths of Glory
Pursuit of Happyness
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Red Dawn
Robocop
Rendition
Runaway Jury
Rules of the Game
Scarface
Shindlers List
Sleeper (1973)
Star Wars
Serenity
Simpsons Movie
South park - Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Stalker (1979)
Shooter
Stalingrad
Seven Days in May
Shenandoah
Snow Falling on Cedars
Sunshine
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Tailor of Panama
The Third Man
Tucker: A Man and His Dream
The White Rose
Three Kings
Total Recall
The Brotherhood of the Bell
The Quiet Man
The Third Man
The Inner Circle
The Killing Fields
The Man in the White Suit
The Man Who Would Be King, No Man's Land
The Network
The Matrix Trilogy
The Thin Red Line
The Americanization of Emily
The King of Hearts
The Fountainhead
The Castle
The Road Warrior
The Searchers
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Promise
The Quiet American
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Incredibles
The Godfather Trilogy
The Lost Boys
Time Bandits
THX 1138
The Silence of the Lambs
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Beyond
The Usual Suspects
The Running Man
The Shawshank Redemption
The Deer Hunter
The Goonies
The Siege
Touch Of Evil (1958)
The Twilight Zone Series (1959)
The Patriot (2000)
The Last Castle
The Truman Show
The Kite Runner
They Live
The Philadelphia Experiment
Team America: World Police
The Mouse that Roared
The Terminator Trilogy
The Pentagon Wars
Tron
Tucker: A Man and His Dream
The White Rose
Underground
V
V for Vendetta
Wall Street
'War Inc.'
WarGames
Wag the Dog
What About Bob? (1991)
War Letters: American Experience
X2: X-men United
X-Files
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
This can really be seen as an expansion of the first easy step in a Blueprint for Wakeup.
Damn good list
We should all get together and have a weekend movie thon
Beer, BBQ, Films.
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Has nobody mentioned The Truman Show? A television show basically controls a guy's whole life. He must learn that this perfect and stable vision of society is actually false as the corporation that created the show profits immensely and has little incentive to end its charade. Great movie. Its protagonist was a mainstream actor too(Jim Carey) and it was a decent hit.
The Crucible wasn't bad either, although the play is of course better. Haven't seen The Scarlet Letter, but the book itself has a great plot if a bit draggy in its actual implementation.
The Crucible wasn't bad either, although the play is of course better. Haven't seen The Scarlet Letter, but the book itself has a great plot if a bit draggy in its actual implementation.
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The Truman show is good.
Peter sellers did the movie Being There which has a political bent to it.
Another lost classic.
The Man with a Plan.http://www.amazon.com/Man-Plan-Fred-Tuttle/dp/1569382808
And Bob Roberts.
Peter sellers did the movie Being There which has a political bent to it.
Another lost classic.
The Man with a Plan.http://www.amazon.com/Man-Plan-Fred-Tuttle/dp/1569382808
And Bob Roberts.
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The Bank Job - like the Departed, many twists etc..
Great movie.. very conspiratorial, levels of govt involved (corruption) etc.
A great clip; the bank robbers convo gets played over the airwaves etc.. it then erupts in the papers, next day - not a mention of them in any paper.. (cus the higher ups want it)..
Scene cuts to them on the train
"Not a mention of us.. what do you think?
- it scares me.. I mean, if the news can simply vanish.. so can we"
Great movie.. very conspiratorial, levels of govt involved (corruption) etc.
A great clip; the bank robbers convo gets played over the airwaves etc.. it then erupts in the papers, next day - not a mention of them in any paper.. (cus the higher ups want it)..
Scene cuts to them on the train
"Not a mention of us.. what do you think?
- it scares me.. I mean, if the news can simply vanish.. so can we"
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I spent way too much time watching movies over the holidays.
I agree that Gran Torino was excellent- definitely worth the price of admission- the best Eastwood movie I've seen in a long time.
One that I liked even better is a more obscure movie called "The Wrestler." It caught me completely by surprise- I went on a friends recommendation and wasn't expecting much, but its fantastic- the best movie I've seen in the past couple of years.
Its not showing in all cities yet (I was only able to see it because I was out of town- I have no idea why this movie isn't showing everywhere), but if you see it in your town, its really good- you don't even need to like wrestling to like the movie.
Probably one of the most believable movies you'll ever see. The acting/characters were perfect (which is strange, because I'd never liked Mickey Rourke or Marisa Tomei). Its one of those "sports" movies that transcends sports movies- like the original "Rocky" or "Rudy."
The only problem I had with the movie was trying to believe Marisa Tomei was a "washed up" stripper. She did a great job playing the part, but I refuse to believe any stripper with a body that great would be struggling to make tip money. She's in her mid 40's and has a body most 22 year old strippers could only dream of having. Her topless scenes alone are almost worth the price of admission.
The "Benjamin Button" movie was tolerable- but not half as good as the hype. The characters were not believable (and not because of the whole "reverse aging" thing- they just didn't act like even semi-rational human beings)- and its way too long as well. This one is better as a rental than paying full price at the theater.
Valkyrie was decent- interesting, but for some reason just didn't really grab my attention, which is odd because I'm a military history buff.
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