list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Legends of the Fall on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Legends_of_the_Fall/89909/default.aspx Title: Legends of the Fall
Year: 1994
Director: Edward Zwick
Plot: The sweeping, melodramatic saga of three brothers, their powerful father, and a beautiful woman, the popular period drama Legends of the Fall presents a romanticized view of rugged masculinity against lush Montana scenery. Based on a novel by Jim Harrison, the film covers decades in the lives of Alfred (Aidan Quinn), Tristan (Brad Pitt), and Samuel (Henry Thomas) Ludlow, the sons of retired military man William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins). Raised by the unorthodox Ludlow after the departure of their mother, the boys grow up close, sharing an appreciation of the land and a pioneering spirit. The family becomes divided, however, when young Sam enlists in World War I over his father's objections, and his brothers follow suit to protect him. Despite these efforts, Sam dies in battle, leaving Alfred and Tristan to return home and deal with the lingering torment. Further complicating matters is the presence of Sam's beautiful fiancée, Susannah (Julia Ormond). After Sam's death, she attracts the romantic attention of both the responsible Alfred and the brooding Tristan, a conflict that threatens to drive the brothers apart. Aspiring to epic status, the film utilizes period detail and attractive landscapes as a backdrop for tragic, doomed romance. While some critics complained that the film resembled a romance novel writ, veering at times into the overwrought, audiences embraced the combination of emotion and grand historical scale, making the film a box-office success. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:33:55 GMTLegends of the Fall1994Edward ZwickThe sweeping, melodramatic saga of three brothers, their powerful father, and a beautiful woman, the popular period drama Legends of the Fall presents a romanticized view of rugged masculinity against lush Montana scenery. Based on a novel by Jim Harrison, the film covers decades in the lives of Alfred (<a href="/players/P____58261/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Aidan Quinn</a>), Tristan (<a href="/players/P____56988/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Brad Pitt</a>), and Samuel (<a href="/players/P___114021/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Henry Thomas</a>) Ludlow, the sons of retired military man William Ludlow (<a href="/players/P____94812/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Anthony Hopkins</a>). Raised by the unorthodox Ludlow after the departure of their mother, the boys grow up close, sharing an appreciation of the land and a pioneering spirit. The family becomes divided, however, when young Sam enlists in World War I over his father's objections, and his brothers follow suit to protect him. Despite these efforts, Sam dies in battle, leaving Alfred and Tristan to return home and deal with the lingering torment. Further complicating matters is the presence of Sam's beautiful fiancée, Susannah (<a href="/players/P____54232/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Julia Ormond</a>). After Sam's death, she attracts the romantic attention of both the responsible Alfred and the brooding Tristan, a conflict that threatens to drive the brothers apart. Aspiring to epic status, the film utilizes period detail and attractive landscapes as a backdrop for tragic, doomed romance. While some critics complained that the film resembled a romance novel writ, veering at times into the overwrought, audiences embraced the combination of emotion and grand historical scale, making the film a box-office success. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide9Taggedy Taggged (6-10)27373http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t80855shadh.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Legends_of_the_Fall/89909/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/parkbench3/archive/2009/1/15/39579.aspx Post By: parkbench3
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Post Date: 1/15/2009 9:03:33 PM
Body: This movie has a great soundtrack and is filled with beautiful scenes in the artistic sense an is a prettty good movie overall definetily worth watching at least once once. I'm writing this due to my disgust with one aspect of the movie. The character Tristan played by Brad Pitt is depicted as almost godlike in the movie which is why I find this movie so disgusting. Tristan has to be the most egotistical character in American film history. I mean he acts like he cares about his family but ends up being the catalyst that destroys nealry everyone around him and all the while he struts around in layer upon layer of false humility as if the world exists only for him. I found the movie disturbing and interesting on that level. I wonder if any one else gets the same feeling from it.
]]>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:03:33 GMTparkbench3parkbench3 Blog1/15/2009 9:03:33 PMThis movie has a great soundtrack and is filled with beautiful scenes in the artistic sense an is a prettty good movie overall definetily worth watching at least once once. I'm writing this due to my disgust with one aspect of the movie. The character Tristan played by Brad Pitt is depicted as almost godlike in the movie which is why I find this movie so disgusting. Tristan has to be the most egotistical character in American film history. I mean he acts like he cares about his family but ends up being the catalyst that destroys nealry everyone around him and all the while he struts around in layer upon layer of false humility as if the world exists only for him. I found the movie disturbing and interesting on that level. I wonder if any one else gets the same feeling from it. http://www.spout.com/groups/FRESH/Re_Burn_After_Reading/75/35745/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: rjsprague
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Post Date: 9/30/2008 9:06:03 PM
Body: Yes unlike in Legends of the Fall, where Brad Pitt's pathetic character only dies at the very end while fighting a bear, or A River Runs Through It (An excellent film btw), where his character, again, doesn't die till near the end despite being a blatant fool, this movie finally does something right - it kills Brad Pitt's stupid character quickly. I enjoy Brad Pitt as an actor, and certainly he has had some excellent roles, but pandering to the audience who must have their beloved hottie kept on screen despite it being barely believable he hasn't been clubbed to death in a back alley is just UNFORGIVABLE! (heh hope you catch that reference, god bless youtube). I can't wait to see it now!!!
]]>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:06:03 GMTrjspragueFRESH9/30/2008 9:06:03 PMYes unlike in Legends of the Fall, where Brad Pitt's pathetic character only dies at the very end while fighting a bear, or A River Runs Through It (An excellent film btw), where his character, again, doesn't die till near the end despite being a blatant fool, this movie finally does something right - it kills Brad Pitt's stupid character quickly. I enjoy Brad Pitt as an actor, and certainly he has had some excellent roles, but pandering to the audience who must have their beloved hottie kept on screen despite it being barely believable he hasn't been clubbed to death in a back alley is just UNFORGIVABLE! (heh hope you catch that reference, god bless youtube). I can't wait to see it now!!! http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/9/14/35134.aspx Post By: usesoap
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Post Date: 9/14/2008 10:36:27 PM
Body: I can envision moviegoers exiting “Burn After Reading” with the same befuddlement some have stated upon witnessing Joel and Ethan Coen's Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men.” In fact, the directors are gracious enough to have one of the characters (a hilariously deadpan J.K. Simmons) say it for them: “So just what have we learned from all this?” His fellow C.I.A. officer squirms and kind of shrugs. I could sense the audience grumbling in agreement. But I could not join my fellow patrons in their dissatisfaction, for “Reading” was as unexpected, meandering, and precision-crafted as any of the brothers' comedic outputs. And it was a hell of a lot of fun. In fact, if I may commit an act of heresy amidst my fellow film-loving friends, I had more enjoyable time here than on my initial viewing of “The Big Lebowski.” While it may fall in the middle of the Coens comedic library (wedged above “The Hudsucker Proxy” and slightly below “Fargo” -- with “Raising Arizona” being the pinnacle, and “The Ladykillers the nadir), it's worth it if only for the inspired insanity they allow from their cast, better known for its dramatic endeavors. Those who seek sleek narrative construction in a Coen Brothers film are more likely to find an Oscar on the shelf of Larry The Cable Guy. For they have spent the latter part of their careers rearranging the blocks of structure, repeatedly flipping the bird to cinematic expectations. They make it clear that in “Reading” we are not entering the world in which you and I dwell. It is far distanced from the harsh realism that soaked “No Country.” Sure, they look like humans we may recognize, but they are more akin to live-action cartoons. John Malkovich plays an uptight C.I.A. Desk monkey named Osbourne Cox who is unceremoniously dumped from his rather slight job within the agency. In a profanity-filled tantrum, he stomps out, threatening to burn things to its foundation with a scathing tell-all. Unfortunately, Cox is but a mere Dilbert-esque drone whose words ring rather hollow to an indifferent employer. Things are no better at home, either. His zamboni of a wife (Tilda Swinton) icily plows over his every statement, paving over it with her own dilemmas, like, did he pick up the right cheese for the evening's dinner party. She wants things picture-perfect, for one of the guests in Harry Pfarrer (played by George Clooney), a married, philandering Treasury employee proud of the fact that he's never fired his gun in 20 years of service and an apparent connoisseur of hardwood floors. As their affair deepens, Cox's wife secretly begins amassing information from her husband's various accounts to hand over to her divorce lawyer. The information is compiled on a compact disc that gets left on the floor of Hardbodies Gym, which had the misfortune of having Chad Feldheimer (played by Brad Pitt) and Linda Lidzke (played by Frances McDormand) as employees. Chad, with hair piled high like an encroaching tidal wave, gets it into his whiffle-ball-like head that this disc's owner must be really important because there are lots of numbers and codes and stuff located within (to Chad, a disc of Sudoku puzzles would be equally confusing). Linda, who longs for a series of expensive plastic surgeries to battle time is more than happy to be his accomplice in trying to extort cash for the found information. The series of events that unfold are, at turns, hysterical, violent (sometimes simultaneously), irreverent and irrelevant. It's the enthusiasm in which each actors attacks his or her role that stokes “Reading's” flames. McDormand is so caught up in her attempts at vanity, she's blind to a fellow employee who not-so-subtly longs for her; Clooney successfully hides his striking features under a number of obnoxious tics and crippling paranoia; Malkovich is at his arrogant best, referring to his self-indulgent musings of life at the agency as his phonetically correct “mem-wah.” But from the moment he bops onto the screen about 20 minutes into the picture, there is no mistaking that this is Pitt's picture. When confined to such dramatic mush as “Seven Years in Tibet,” “Meet Joe Black” and “Legends of the Fall,” the actor can come off as a stilted mannequin, hired more for marquee value. But throughout his career, in smaller roles such as “True Romance,” and “12 Monkeys” when he's able to let his freak flag fly, Pitt's a comedic tsunami. Nowhere is it more evident than in “Reading.” Chad is a man so blissfully unaware of just how over his head he is when he hatches his plot, it's surprising that he even remembers to wear pants in public. What you may not find in “Reading” is something that neatly wraps up it's tale in a traditional fashion. For some, this will be unforgivable, but for those who happily vibe along with the cast until, quite literally, the book is closed on this tale, they will find the eccentric comedy is just the right shade of black.
]]>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:36:27 GMTusesoapusesoap Blog9/14/2008 10:36:27 PMI can envision moviegoers exiting &ldquo;Burn After Reading&rdquo; with the same befuddlement some have stated upon witnessing Joel and Ethan Coen's Oscar-winning &ldquo;No Country for Old Men.&rdquo; In fact, the directors are gracious enough to have one of the characters (a hilariously deadpan J.K. Simmons) say it for them: &ldquo;So just what have we learned from all this?&rdquo; His fellow C.I.A. officer squirms and kind of shrugs. I could sense the audience grumbling in agreement. But I could not join my fellow patrons in their dissatisfaction, for &ldquo;Reading&rdquo; was as unexpected, meandering, and precision-crafted as any of the brothers' comedic outputs. And it was a hell of a lot of fun. In fact, if I may commit an act of heresy amidst my fellow film-loving friends, I had more enjoyable time here than on my initial viewing of &ldquo;The Big Lebowski.&rdquo; While it may fall in the middle of the Coens comedic library (wedged above &ldquo;The Hudsucker Proxy&rdquo; and slightly below &ldquo;Fargo&rdquo; -- with &ldquo;Raising Arizona&rdquo; being the pinnacle, and &ldquo;The Ladykillers the nadir), it's worth it if only for the inspired insanity they allow from their cast, better known for its dramatic endeavors. Those who seek sleek narrative construction in a Coen Brothers film are more likely to find an Oscar on the shelf of Larry The Cable Guy. For they have spent the latter part of their careers rearranging the blocks of structure, repeatedly flipping the bird to cinematic expectations. They make it clear that in &ldquo;Reading&rdquo; we are not entering the world in which you and I dwell. It is far distanced from the harsh realism that soaked &ldquo;No Country.&rdquo; Sure, they look like humans we may recognize, but they are more akin to live-action cartoons. John Malkovich plays an uptight C.I.A. Desk monkey named Osbourne Cox who is unceremoniously dumped from his rather slight job within the agency. In a profanity-filled tantrum, he stomps out, threatening to burn things to its foundation with a scathing tell-all. Unfortunately, Cox is but a mere Dilbert-esque drone whose words ring rather hollow to an indifferent employer. Things are no better at home, either. His zamboni of a wife (Tilda Swinton) icily plows over his every statement, paving over it with her own dilemmas, like, did he pick up the right cheese for the evening's dinner party. She wants things picture-perfect, for one of the guests in Harry Pfarrer (played by George Clooney), a married, philandering Treasury employee proud of the fact that he's never fired his gun in 20 years of service and an apparent connoisseur of hardwood floors. As their affair deepens, Cox's wife secretly begins amassing information from her husband's various accounts to hand over to her divorce lawyer. The information is compiled on a compact disc that gets left on the floor of Hardbodies Gym, which had the misfortune of having Chad Feldheimer (played by Brad Pitt) and Linda Lidzke (played by Frances McDormand) as employees. Chad, with hair piled high like an encroaching tidal wave, gets it into his whiffle-ball-like head that this disc's owner must be really important because there are lots of numbers and codes and stuff located within (to Chad, a disc of Sudoku puzzles would be equally confusing). Linda, who longs for a series of expensive plastic surgeries to battle time is more than happy to be his accomplice in trying to extort cash for the found information. The series of events that unfold are, at turns, hysterical, violent (sometimes simultaneously), irreverent and irrelevant. It's the enthusiasm in which each actors attacks his or her role that stokes &ldquo;Reading's&rdquo; flames. McDormand is so caught up in her attempts at vanity, she's blind to a fellow employee who not-so-subtly longs for her; Clooney successfully hides his striking features under a number of obnoxious tics and crippling paranoia; Malkovich is at his arrogant best, referring to his self-indulgent musings of life at the agency as his phonetically correct &ldquo;mem-wah.&rdquo; But from the moment he bops onto the screen about 20 minutes into the picture, there is no mistaking that this is Pitt's picture. When confined to such dramatic mush as &ldquo;Seven Years in Tibet,&rdquo; &ldquo;Meet Joe Black&rdquo; and &ldquo;Legends of the Fall,&rdquo; the actor can come off as a stilted mannequin, hired more for marquee value. But throughout his career, in smaller roles such as &ldquo;True Romance,&rdquo; and &ldquo;12 Monkeys&rdquo; when he's able to let his freak flag fly, Pitt's a comedic tsunami. Nowhere is it more evident than in &ldquo;Reading.&rdquo; Chad is a man so blissfully unaware of just how over his head he is when he hatches his plot, it's surprising that he even remembers to wear pants in public. What you may not find in &ldquo;Reading&rdquo; is something that neatly wraps up it's tale in a traditional fashion. For some, this will be unforgivable, but for those who happily vibe along with the cast until, quite literally, the book is closed on this tale, they will find the eccentric comedy is just the right shade of black. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/22/32892.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 7/22/2008 12:00:34 PM
Body: If there’s one thing I relate to on the big screen, it’s the depiction of fraternal relationships. I’m the middle of three brothers (excluding the half-brother I only knew as a toddler and the former stepbrother I only knew briefly as an adult), and at different points in my life I’ve either hated them or considered them my best friends. So, yeah, I can’t wait to see Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as new siblings who go from being enemies to BFFs when forced to live together. Choosing a handful of favorite movies about brotherhood is really tough. After all, tales of brothers go all the way back to almost the beginning, with the story of Cain and Abel. And a number of favorites can’t exactly be discussed, because the revelation of brothers, especially twin brothers, is often the surprise twist in films. So, before you start naming a thousand other films about brothers that I’ve forgotten (such as The Brothers McMullen and Legends of the Fall), keep in mind that I’ve actually left out a whole pile of brother films, and this is more of a personal favorites list. Coupe de Ville – If there’s one movie that seemed to define my brothers and I growing up, it’s this underrated road movie about three estranged siblings (played by Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross and Daniel Stern) delivering the titular automobile to their father (Alan Arkin). As kids, my brothers and I couldn’t have been any more different, just like the guys in the movie. For at least half a decade, until he seemed to disappear after he left the sitcom Ellen, Gross was like my cinematic alter ego, just because I felt a kinship with his middle-brother character in Coupe de Ville so much. Twins – While I’m on the subject of identification, here’s another movie I was able to relate to, as my older brother was (in my young, confused mind) like Schwarzenegger and I was a fat kid. Now that we’re in our 30s, we’re fortunately more physically balanced (or is it just that my perception has matured?). The Godfather Part II – At one time or another, to one degree or another, most of us with brothers have unfortunately had fratricidal thoughts. Again, murdering one’s brother is a plot that goes back to The Book of Genesis, and the theme shows up in some of the greatest of stories, from Shakespeare’s Richard III to the Shakespearean animated film The Lion King. But as I never wanted to murder either of my brothers for gain of power, I’m including this film instead. Oh, wait, I guess I never actually struggled with the idea of whether or not to kill my brother because he’s a liability and an embarrassment, either. The Public Enemy – In fraternal stories, if brothers aren’t trying to kill each other, they’re at least following separate paths, morally and occupationally. Typically, one is a criminal and the other is a cop, politician or priest. This particular gangster film doesn’t portray the divergence as clearly as subsequent films, such as Johnny Dangerously, We Own the Night or any number of Bollywood films, including the classics Deewaar. But it’s the scene in which the brothers argue about their differences and, ultimately, their similarities, that makes the film that much more interesting. Amar Akbar Anthony – Like Deewaar, this film stars Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan and is also about brothers. This time, though, there’s three of them, and each one allegorically represents a different prominent religious group of post-colonial India. Bachchan plays the Catholic one, and the film is worth checking out just for his musical number involving a giant Easter egg. The Best of Youth – Another film about brothers that also represents its nation’s history, this six-hour saga is even longer than the mere three hour Amar Akbar Anthony. If you’re ever in a fraternal mood, you can fill up a whole day of loosely learning about India and Italy via these movies. Or you can simply enjoy two great movies about brothers. American History X – After fratricide and divergence, another common plot involving brothers is the one found here: elder brother tries to keep younger from following in his footsteps. Interestingly enough, Edward Furlong plays the younger in both this film and in Little Odessa. Adaptation – My younger brother and I are differently creative, and in the past we’ve been mistaken for being twins (unlike me and my older brother being like Twins). So, of course, I had to be a sad sack and identify with the protagonist of the story, while viewing the character’s more popular, more successful brother as my own brother. I guess that would put the third act into a sort of wish fulfillment of fratricide. Maybe I need to stop this list before it upsets my currently great relationships with both my brothers. Big Night – Though differently creative, my younger brother and I have at times worked really well together. As many brothers in history have. Though we never attempted to operate a business together, we were in a band together. I guess for that reason I could have used The Blues Brothers here instead, but I like Big Night a whole hell of a lot more. The Darjeeling Limited – Return of the brotherly trio on a trip. Only this time the father has died (good ol’ Oedipal patricide is almost as popular as fratricide – not that any of the brothers killed Dad; I’m merely talking about wish fulfillment for the audience again) and the brothers are even more different (who would ever believe Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody as actual siblings?). I wonder if Wes Anderson ever saw Coupe de Ville. Or Amar Akbar Anthony. And here’s 10 more favorite brother films: Simple Men; Rain Man; La Bamba; Undertow; The Brothers Grimm; The City of Lost Children; The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Thirteen Days; The Funeral; The Wind that Shakes the Barley. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:00:34 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/22/2008 12:00:34 PM If there’s one thing I relate to on the big screen, it’s the depiction of fraternal relationships. I’m the middle of three brothers (excluding the half-brother I only knew as a toddler and the former stepbrother I only knew briefly as an adult), and at different points in my life I’ve either hated them or considered them my best friends. So, yeah, I can’t wait to see Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as new siblings who go from being enemies to BFFs when forced to live together. Choosing a handful of favorite movies about brotherhood is really tough. After all, tales of brothers go all the way back to almost the beginning, with the story of Cain and Abel. And a number of favorites can’t exactly be discussed, because the revelation of brothers, especially twin brothers, is often the surprise twist in films. So, before you start naming a thousand other films about brothers that I’ve forgotten (such as The Brothers McMullen and Legends of the Fall), keep in mind that I’ve actually left out a whole pile of brother films, and this is more of a personal favorites list. Coupe de Ville – If there’s one movie that seemed to define my brothers and I growing up, it’s this underrated road movie about three estranged siblings (played by Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross and Daniel Stern) delivering the titular automobile to their father (Alan Arkin). As kids, my brothers and I couldn’t have been any more different, just like the guys in the movie. For at least half a decade, until he seemed to disappear after he left the sitcom Ellen, Gross was like my cinematic alter ego, just because I felt a kinship with his middle-brother character in Coupe de Ville so much. Twins – While I’m on the subject of identification, here’s another movie I was able to relate to, as my older brother was (in my young, confused mind) like Schwarzenegger and I was a fat kid. Now that we’re in our 30s, we’re fortunately more physically balanced (or is it just that my perception has matured?). The Godfather Part II – At one time or another, to one degree or another, most of us with brothers have unfortunately had fratricidal thoughts. Again, murdering one’s brother is a plot that goes back to The Book of Genesis, and the theme shows up in some of the greatest of stories, from Shakespeare’s Richard III to the Shakespearean animated film The Lion King. But as I never wanted to murder either of my brothers for gain of power, I’m including this film instead. Oh, wait, I guess I never actually struggled with the idea of whether or not to kill my brother because he’s a liability and an embarrassment, either. The Public Enemy – In fraternal stories, if brothers aren’t trying to kill each other, they’re at least following separate paths, morally and occupationally. Typically, one is a criminal and the other is a cop, politician or priest. This particular gangster film doesn’t portray the divergence as clearly as subsequent films, such as Johnny Dangerously, We Own the Night or any number of Bollywood films, including the classics Deewaar. But it’s the scene in which the brothers argue about their differences and, ultimately, their similarities, that makes the film that much more interesting. Amar Akbar Anthony – Like Deewaar, this film stars Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan and is also about brothers. This time, though, there’s three of them, and each one allegorically represents a different prominent religious group of post-colonial India. Bachchan plays the Catholic one, and the film is worth checking out just for his musical number involving a giant Easter egg. The Best of Youth – Another film about brothers that also represents its nation’s history, this six-hour saga is even longer than the mere three hour Amar Akbar Anthony. If you’re ever in a fraternal mood, you can fill up a whole day of loosely learning about India and Italy via these movies. Or you can simply enjoy two great movies about brothers. American History X – After fratricide and divergence, another common plot involving brothers is the one found here: elder brother tries to keep younger from following in his footsteps. Interestingly enough, Edward Furlong plays the younger in both this film and in Little Odessa. Adaptation – My younger brother and I are differently creative, and in the past we’ve been mistaken for being twins (unlike me and my older brother being like Twins). So, of course, I had to be a sad sack and identify with the protagonist of the story, while viewing the character’s more popular, more successful brother as my own brother. I guess that would put the third act into a sort of wish fulfillment of fratricide. Maybe I need to stop this list before it upsets my currently great relationships with both my brothers. Big Night – Though differently creative, my younger brother and I have at times worked really well together. As many brothers in history have. Though we never attempted to operate a business together, we were in a band together. I guess for that reason I could have used The Blues Brothers here instead, but I like Big Night a whole hell of a lot more. The Darjeeling Limited – Return of the brotherly trio on a trip. Only this time the father has died (good ol’ Oedipal patricide is almost as popular as fratricide – not that any of the brothers killed Dad; I’m merely talking about wish fulfillment for the audience again) and the brothers are even more different (who would ever believe Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody as actual siblings?). I wonder if Wes Anderson ever saw Coupe de Ville. Or Amar Akbar Anthony. And here’s 10 more favorite brother films: Simple Men; Rain Man; La Bamba; Undertow; The Brothers Grimm; The City of Lost Children; The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Thirteen Days; The Funeral; The Wind that Shakes the Barley. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/TOP_5_MOVIES_TO_TEACH_AN_ALIEN_ABOUT_EARTH_WE_HAV/563/32120/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: SkyPilot
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Post Date: 7/4/2008 10:27:24 AM
Body: bavmotors1, you are hereby declared humanity's ambassador. Your films are the sole cargo of the unmanned spacecraft Image1, which launches this morning. Your proposal: Documentaries are right out because that makes the list no fun. Outside of that what an alien “is” carries such a broad range of possibilities that would alter what one might put on the list. Would the alien be like Alf or Galactus? Eating cats or eating planets? Ultimately every study of human kind will produce more questions than answers so that is where I came from with my list. After the number one pick the rest are in no particular order. Contact. The alien has searched the “big ass sky” to find tiny Earth. Contact relates what the experience is like for human kind. The search for alien life might be the only similar effort the two species share. The question Elanor Arroway asks at the end is one I think we'd hope to get the answer to. You know... as long as we're talking. Blood Diamond. Of all the geopolitical movies out there an exposition of the ultra poor dying so the ultra rich can have (or even worse lock away in a box) symbolic trinkets that neither feed nor clothe them is probably the most telling. Legends of the Fall. The story of the most important unit in human interaction – family – intertwined with race, war, romance, human frailty, nature and economics (albeit all North American variations) would give a sense of what cannot be taught – human love. The Shawshank Redemption. Hope is the most important human emotion – love being a subset of hope (in my opinion). And to quote a different movie, “Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest triumph, and your greatest weakness.” Also a fairly accurate description of how prisoners are treated would be educational according to Pearl S. Buck and Winston Churchill. Predator. The message here: don't f*ck with us. Perhaps the alien being is so far advanced that the destruction of Earth and/or human kind is laughably easy but they should know we go down fighting. We like how AlexaSchlosser changed up the conversation to include the Top 5 Movies to Confuse an Alien About Earth. leeroy 711 responded with a great list: 1. Delicatessen - yeah, we eat each other 2. Night of the Living Dead - sometimes it gets out of hand 3. American Movie - this is a documentary of our president 4. The Doom Generation - another gripping documentary 5. Brazil - we all lived happily ever after I'd like to give nods to jackfly11 (list on page 2) and Labuza (page 3). Labuza said something very interesting: "The alien is trying to answer the question 'what is life like on Earth,' but the great question is actually 'What does it mean to be human?'" And benthams_head made me want to see Gates of Heaven by writing this: "A perfect ending to an alien journey through human nature and society. We arrive at the western-most shore of the USA; the last stop on the road to manifest destiny. Morris's film hits on so many things that are conspicuously American: our attitude towards death, our treatment of pets as human surrogates, our rampant use of self-help idioms, and, most importantly, our willingness to accept loneliness in exchange for individual identity. Also, that woman singing to her dog may actually be speaking in an alien tongue." A few movies were mentioned more than once, and the two most-selected are Forrest Gump (4 votes) and The Seventh Seal (3). What do you guys think about that? Has democracy spoken -- are these the two films that best represent human experience?
]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:27:24 GMTSkyPilotFilmgaming7/4/2008 10:27:24 AMbavmotors1, you are hereby declared humanity's ambassador. Your films are the sole cargo of the unmanned spacecraft Image1, which launches this morning. Your proposal: Documentaries are right out because that makes the list no fun. Outside of that what an alien &ldquo;is&rdquo; carries such a broad range of possibilities that would alter what one might put on the list. Would the alien be like Alf or Galactus? Eating cats or eating planets? Ultimately every study of human kind will produce more questions than answers so that is where I came from with my list. After the number one pick the rest are in no particular order. Contact. The alien has searched the &ldquo;big ass sky&rdquo; to find tiny Earth. Contact relates what the experience is like for human kind. The search for alien life might be the only similar effort the two species share. The question Elanor Arroway asks at the end is one I think we'd hope to get the answer to. You know... as long as we're talking. Blood Diamond. Of all the geopolitical movies out there an exposition of the ultra poor dying so the ultra rich can have (or even worse lock away in a box) symbolic trinkets that neither feed nor clothe them is probably the most telling. Legends of the Fall. The story of the most important unit in human interaction &ndash; family &ndash; intertwined with race, war, romance, human frailty, nature and economics (albeit all North American variations) would give a sense of what cannot be taught &ndash; human love. The Shawshank Redemption. Hope is the most important human emotion &ndash; love being a subset of hope (in my opinion). And to quote a different movie, &ldquo;Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest triumph, and your greatest weakness.&rdquo; Also a fairly accurate description of how prisoners are treated would be educational according to Pearl S. Buck and Winston Churchill. Predator. The message here: don't f*ck with us. Perhaps the alien being is so far advanced that the destruction of Earth and/or human kind is laughably easy but they should know we go down fighting. We like how AlexaSchlosser changed up the conversation to include the Top 5 Movies to Confuse an Alien About Earth. leeroy 711 responded with a great list: 1. Delicatessen - yeah, we eat each other 2. Night of the Living Dead - sometimes it gets out of hand 3. American Movie - this is a documentary of our president 4. The Doom Generation - another gripping documentary 5. Brazil - we all lived happily ever after I'd like to give nods to jackfly11 (list on page 2) and Labuza (page 3). Labuza said something very interesting: "The alien is trying to answer the question 'what is life like on Earth,' but the great question is actually 'What does it mean to be human?'" And benthams_head made me want to see Gates of Heaven by writing this: "A perfect ending to an alien journey through human nature and society. We arrive at the western-most shore of the USA; the last stop on the road to manifest destiny. Morris's film hits on so many things that are conspicuously American: our attitude towards death, our treatment of pets as human surrogates, our rampant use of self-help idioms, and, most importantly, our willingness to accept loneliness in exchange for individual identity. Also, that woman singing to her dog may actually be speaking in an alien tongue." A few movies were mentioned more than once, and the two most-selected are Forrest Gump (4 votes) and The Seventh Seal (3). What do you guys think about that? Has democracy spoken -- are these the two films that best represent human experience? http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/Re_TOP_5_MOVIES_TO_TEACH_AN_ALIEN_ABOUT_EARTH/563/31515/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: bavmotors1
Post To: Filmgaming
Post Date: 6/22/2008 11:38:04 AM
Body: Documentaries are right out because that makes the list no fun. Outside of that what an alien “is” carries such a broad range of possibilities that would alter what one might put on the list. Would the alien be like Alf or Galactus? Eating cats or eating planets? Ultimately every study of human kind will produce more questions than answers so that is where I came from with my list. After the number one pick the rest are in no particular order. Contact. The alien has searched the “big ass sky” to find tiny Earth. Contact relates what the experience is like for human kind. The search for alien life might be the only similar effort the two species share. The question Elanor Arroway asks at the end is one I think we'd hope to get the answer to. You know... as long as we're talking. Blood Diamond. Of all the geopolitical movies out there an exposition of the ultra poor dying so the ultra rich can have (or even worse lock away in a box) symbolic trinkets that neither feed nor clothe them is probably the most telling. Legends of the Fall. The story of the most important unit in human interaction – family – intertwined with race, war, romance, human frailty, nature and economics (albeit all North American variations) would give a sense of what cannot be taught – human love. The Shawshank Redemption. Hope is the most important human emotion – love being a subset of hope (in my opinion). And to quote a different movie, “Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest triumph, and your greatest weakness.” Also a fairly accurate description of how prisoners are treated would be educational according to Pearl S. Buck and Winston Churchill. Predator. The message here: don't f*ck with us. Perhaps the alien being is so far advanced that the destruction of Earth and/or human kind is laughably easy but they should know we go down fighting.
]]>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:38:04 GMTbavmotors1Filmgaming6/22/2008 11:38:04 AM Documentaries are right out because that makes the list no fun. Outside of that what an alien &ldquo;is&rdquo; carries such a broad range of possibilities that would alter what one might put on the list. Would the alien be like Alf or Galactus? Eating cats or eating planets? Ultimately every study of human kind will produce more questions than answers so that is where I came from with my list. After the number one pick the rest are in no particular order. Contact. The alien has searched the &ldquo;big ass sky&rdquo; to find tiny Earth. Contact relates what the experience is like for human kind. The search for alien life might be the only similar effort the two species share. The question Elanor Arroway asks at the end is one I think we'd hope to get the answer to. You know... as long as we're talking. Blood Diamond. Of all the geopolitical movies out there an exposition of the ultra poor dying so the ultra rich can have (or even worse lock away in a box) symbolic trinkets that neither feed nor clothe them is probably the most telling. Legends of the Fall. The story of the most important unit in human interaction &ndash; family &ndash; intertwined with race, war, romance, human frailty, nature and economics (albeit all North American variations) would give a sense of what cannot be taught &ndash; human love. The Shawshank Redemption. Hope is the most important human emotion &ndash; love being a subset of hope (in my opinion). And to quote a different movie, &ldquo;Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest triumph, and your greatest weakness.&rdquo; Also a fairly accurate description of how prisoners are treated would be educational according to Pearl S. Buck and Winston Churchill. Predator. The message here: don't f*ck with us. Perhaps the alien being is so far advanced that the destruction of Earth and/or human kind is laughably easy but they should know we go down fighting. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_Tear_Jerking_Scenes/190/9727/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: pippin06
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 5/30/2007 11:14:00 AM
Body: Wow! All men replied to this topic so far. It's good to know boys do cry after all, hee hee.I just wanted to throw my two cents in.Movies with scenes I always cry for:Gone with the Wind: Ok. If you had been watching this movie for four hours, that teary farewell scene culminating into "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" would you make you cry too. You've just been through a Civil War, the death of two parents, the death of your only child, and you've pining for the wrong man this whole time not to mention all the failed tricks and schemes you masterminded, even stealing your sister's only beau, to try to win his affections. Oh wait, I mean Scarlett has. Then the stubborn woman just realizes things a little too late. Those tears are real.The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: The first time I watched this movie, I cried for the last hour. I did see it at the midnight showing, to be fair, and I was tired and riddled with too much excitement. Now, I can make it to the part when Sam has to carry Frodo before Gollum jumps them on Mount Doom. Then, I'm good until we get to Aragorn's heartwrenching, "My friends, you bow to no one" to the four little hobbits who saved the great big Middle Earth. Then, I'm pretty much crying right on through to Annie Lennox. Hey, it happens. Oh, and it's another almost four hour long running time.E.T.: I have never once in the history of me knowing this movie not cried. I think it's psychological now. It pretty much starts about the time E.T. is on his death bed and poor little Gertie has to listen to them try to shock him back. Then, I'm good until that goodbye scene. Hey - say what you want about Spielberg, but that is probably one of the most perfect movie endings there is, because it encapsulates everything the movie is about. What really adds to it: John Williams' sweeping musical score. I'm a sucker for it.Schindler's List: I have only watched this movie twice or three times. I can't watch it more than that. I spent most of the movie being too appalled to cry. So, when it gets down to that final scene, where survivors lay stones atop his grave, that's when all of that powerful emotion just kind of catches up to you, isn't it? Plus...how long was that movie? I'm telling you, the longer ones make you cry, maybe because you sat there and you have that prickly feeling in of all of your extremeties....Legends of the Fall: Ha ha. Regardless of what you may think of this movie, I cried many tears when I saw this, at least the first time. It's a very depressing movie, and there's a lot of death. Murder, suicide, bear maulings. I can't remember one scene that really stood out. I just remember being really sad, even though I ultimately don't like the movie all that much.Those are the only ones I can think of for now...
]]>Wed, 30 May 2007 15:14:00 GMTpippin06Top 55/30/2007 11:14:00 AMWow! All men replied to this topic so far. It&#39;s good to know boys do cry after all, hee hee.I just wanted to throw my two cents in.Movies with scenes I always cry for:Gone with the Wind: Ok. If you had been watching this movie for four hours, that teary farewell scene culminating into "Frankly my dear, I don&#39;t give a damn" would you make you cry too. You&#39;ve just been through a Civil War, the death of two parents, the death of your only child, and you&#39;ve pining for the wrong man this whole time not to mention all the failed tricks and schemes you masterminded, even stealing your sister&#39;s only beau, to try to win his affections. Oh wait, I mean Scarlett has. Then the stubborn woman just realizes things a little too late. Those tears are real.The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: The first time I watched this movie, I cried for the last hour. I did see it at the midnight showing, to be fair, and I was tired and riddled with too much excitement. Now, I can make it to the part when Sam has to carry Frodo before Gollum jumps them on Mount Doom. Then, I&#39;m good until we get to Aragorn&#39;s heartwrenching, "My friends, you bow to no one" to the four little hobbits who saved the great big Middle Earth. Then, I&#39;m pretty much crying right on through to Annie Lennox. Hey, it happens. Oh, and it&#39;s another almost four hour long running time.E.T.: I have never once in the history of me knowing this movie not cried. I think it&#39;s psychological now. It pretty much starts about the time E.T. is on his death bed and poor little Gertie has to listen to them try to shock him back. Then, I&#39;m good until that goodbye scene. Hey - say what you want about Spielberg, but that is probably one of the most perfect movie endings there is, because it encapsulates everything the movie is about. What really adds to it: John Williams&#39; sweeping musical score. I&#39;m a sucker for it.Schindler&#39;s List: I have only watched this movie twice or three times. I can&#39;t watch it more than that. I spent most of the movie being too appalled to cry. So, when it gets down to that final scene, where survivors lay stones atop his grave, that&#39;s when all of that powerful emotion just kind of catches up to you, isn&#39;t it? Plus...how long was that movie? I&#39;m telling you, the longer ones make you cry, maybe because you sat there and you have that prickly feeling in of all of your extremeties....Legends of the Fall: Ha ha. Regardless of what you may think of this movie, I cried many tears when I saw this, at least the first time. It&#39;s a very depressing movie, and there&#39;s a lot of death. Murder, suicide, bear maulings. I can&#39;t remember one scene that really stood out. I just remember being really sad, even though I ultimately don&#39;t like the movie all that much.Those are the only ones I can think of for now... http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_War_Films/190/3862/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 11/28/2006 5:30:10 PM
Body: [quote user="SkyPilot"] 1. The Thin Red Line--I've never been in the military but the movement of the film feels very realistic, a hurry-up-and-wait situation. But since it's Malick, it's often slow-down-and-wait, too. 2. The Deer Hunter--By now we probably all know that there is no evidence for the Viet Cong forcing their prisoners to play Russian roulette. Fine. It's still one of the most compelling scenes in cinema history. 3. Apocalypse Now--not the Redux, in which the scenes had some interesting points or themes, but I don't think most of the scenes helped the movie. Except maybe the scene where Kurtz comes to the guys' cell and reads to him from--Time magazine was it? Still, you have a trade-off because that's the only time you see Kurtz in the daylight, and I like how in the original he's always in the dark of the temple. 4. Saving Private Ryan--UPPUM WILL YOU GET UP THAT F***ING STAIRCASE! It still does it to me every time. 5. Platoon--I don't have much to say about this one, but I'm not just tacking it on for no good reason. I guess I feel like I could've been there with guys more than any of the other ones. The guys are more childlike than the soldiers of the other films, but they're still capable of shocking violence and depravity. Elias is the kind of Sergeant I would follow. [/quote] All highly conventional choices Adam. I guess I can't argue with them too much though. I always find Spielberg a bit too senimental though. The Deer Hunter is intense and affecting, but sheesh just too long and depressing. I think the industrial town they live in is more depressing than the war. I just saw The Thin Red Line after seeing it not long after it first came out. I've seen Days of Heaven once and Badlands about half a dozen times since then. I was excited to see it again, but although it's shot beautifully, I found it to be not quite the perfect piece of poetry I had sculpted it to be in my memory or re-expectations if you will. It seemed kind of thin. [quote user="paul"]War.It's such a popular genre and, therefore, is usually done poorly, like romance. So, I'm asking myself which films I feel really showed me something about war besides the usual hero vs. villain stuff. The Thin Red Line (for reasons stated above) The New World - although not a designated "war," I still thought there was a war between the colonists and indians. Even such a small war had reprecussions that changed the world. Hotel Rwanda - showed me how a country can cave in on itself without the rest of the world having a clue. It also showed me how much war is about emotions with no regard for reason. Legends of the Fall and Tae Guk Gi - It's amazing how war completely mangles and reinvents a bond between brothers. Chihwaseon - Usually, in war movie you have to watch the war from one side--the hero's side--looking at the other. This movie's hero refuses to choose sides as war after war goes on around him. Something about that perspective really, for me, showed the futility of war. [/quote] I guess I'm still pretty excited to see The New World. Hotel Rwanda was so moving and not like the war movies we are used to in America, which even when lamenting the tragedies of war seem pretty self centered. Ooooh, I've been interested in seeing Chihwaseon for awhile, but haven't heard anyone I actually sort of knew recommend it. Alright, here's my list. 1. KUBRICK! Full Metal Jacket; Paths of Glory; Dr. Strangelove; Barry Lyndon; Ok, I have done this with most of my top 5 lists, but I’m surprised to see I seem to have a favorite filmmaker for many different genres and categories. What can I say about Kubrick but he knew how to portray man’s folly, and where is that more abundant than in war? 2. The General. (1927). Is this a war movie? IMDB says it is. Even in my war movies list, I have to cram in as many comedies as I can. 3. Buffalo Soldiers. (2001). I'm not sure how many of you have seen this? I saw it sort of accidentally. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival just days before 9/11. After that it could not get a wide distribution at movie theaters due to the fear that people would be upset by a movie that seemed to criticize the US military. It doesn't really do that however. I'm not sure if it would have been more well known otherwise, but it's unfortunate more people didn't get a chance to see it. It basically suggests that human beings always strive to be in some sort of state of war and will create their own smaller wars if there is no official one to participate in. Really funny as well! 4. No Man's Land. (2001). Examines many aspects of war, including the damaging impact the pervasive media organizations can play in recent times. 5. The Red and the White. (1967). I can't count the number of thoughtless execusion style killings, and after a while you forget which side is which and it doesn't even matter. and I would also like to mention Little Dieter Needs to Fly, a Herzog documentary which contains some pretty astounding and heroing anectodes from the title character about his experiences in the Vietnam war and a POW camp.
]]>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:30:10 GMTRisseladaTop 511/28/2006 5:30:10 PM[quote user="SkyPilot"] 1. The Thin Red Line--I've never been in the military but the movement of the film feels very realistic, a hurry-up-and-wait situation. But since it's Malick, it's often slow-down-and-wait, too. 2. The Deer Hunter--By now we probably all know that there is no evidence for the Viet Cong forcing their prisoners to play Russian roulette. Fine. It's still one of the most compelling scenes in cinema history. 3. Apocalypse Now--not the Redux, in which the scenes had some interesting points or themes, but I don't think most of the scenes helped the movie. Except maybe the scene where Kurtz comes to the guys' cell and reads to him from--Time magazine was it? Still, you have a trade-off because that's the only time you see Kurtz in the daylight, and I like how in the original he's always in the dark of the temple. 4. Saving Private Ryan--UPPUM WILL YOU GET UP THAT F***ING STAIRCASE! It still does it to me every time. 5. Platoon--I don't have much to say about this one, but I'm not just tacking it on for no good reason. I guess I feel like I could've been there with guys more than any of the other ones. The guys are more childlike than the soldiers of the other films, but they're still capable of shocking violence and depravity. Elias is the kind of Sergeant I would follow. [/quote] All highly conventional choices Adam. I guess I can't argue with them too much though. I always find Spielberg a bit too senimental though. The Deer Hunter is intense and affecting, but sheesh just too long and depressing. I think the industrial town they live in is more depressing than the war. I just saw The Thin Red Line after seeing it not long after it first came out. I've seen Days of Heaven once and Badlands about half a dozen times since then. I was excited to see it again, but although it's shot beautifully, I found it to be not quite the perfect piece of poetry I had sculpted it to be in my memory or re-expectations if you will. It seemed kind of thin. [quote user="paul"]War.It's such a popular genre and, therefore, is usually done poorly, like romance. So, I'm asking myself which films I feel really showed me something about war besides the usual hero vs. villain stuff. The Thin Red Line (for reasons stated above) The New World - although not a designated "war," I still thought there was a war between the colonists and indians. Even such a small war had reprecussions that changed the world. Hotel Rwanda - showed me how a country can cave in on itself without the rest of the world having a clue. It also showed me how much war is about emotions with no regard for reason. Legends of the Fall and Tae Guk Gi - It's amazing how war completely mangles and reinvents a bond between brothers. Chihwaseon - Usually, in war movie you have to watch the war from one side--the hero's side--looking at the other. This movie's hero refuses to choose sides as war after war goes on around him. Something about that perspective really, for me, showed the futility of war. [/quote] I guess I'm still pretty excited to see The New World. Hotel Rwanda was so moving and not like the war movies we are used to in America, which even when lamenting the tragedies of war seem pretty self centered. Ooooh, I've been interested in seeing Chihwaseon for awhile, but haven't heard anyone I actually sort of knew recommend it. Alright, here's my list. 1. KUBRICK! Full Metal Jacket; Paths of Glory; Dr. Strangelove; Barry Lyndon; Ok, I have done this with most of my top 5 lists, but I’m surprised to see I seem to have a favorite filmmaker for many different genres and categories. What can I say about Kubrick but he knew how to portray man’s folly, and where is that more abundant than in war? 2. The General. (1927). Is this a war movie? IMDB says it is. Even in my war movies list, I have to cram in as many comedies as I can. 3. Buffalo Soldiers. (2001). I'm not sure how many of you have seen this? I saw it sort of accidentally. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival just days before 9/11. After that it could not get a wide distribution at movie theaters due to the fear that people would be upset by a movie that seemed to criticize the US military. It doesn't really do that however. I'm not sure if it would have been more well known otherwise, but it's unfortunate more people didn't get a chance to see it. It basically suggests that human beings always strive to be in some sort of state of war and will create their own smaller wars if there is no official one to participate in. Really funny as well! 4. No Man's Land. (2001). Examines many aspects of war, including the damaging impact the pervasive media organizations can play in recent times. 5. The Red and the White. (1967). I can't count the number of thoughtless execusion style killings, and after a while you forget which side is which and it doesn't even matter. and I would also like to mention Little Dieter Needs to Fly, a Herzog documentary which contains some pretty astounding and heroing anectodes from the title character about his experiences in the Vietnam war and a POW camp. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_War_Films/190/3805/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: paul
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 11/27/2006 4:35:29 PM
Body: War.It's such a popular genre and, therefore, is usually done poorly, like romance. So, I'm asking myself which films I feel really showed me something about war besides the usual hero vs. villain stuff.The Thin Red Line (for reasons stated above)The New World - although not a designated "war," I still thought there was a war between the colonists and indians. Even such a small war had reprecussions that changed the world.Hotel Rwanda - showed me how a country can cave in on itself without the rest of the world having a clue. It also showed me how much war is about emotions with no regard for reason.Legends of the Fall and Tae Guk Gi - It's amazing how war completely mangles and reinvents a bond between brothers.Chihwaseon - Usually, in war movie you have to watch the war from one side--the hero's side--looking at the other. This movie's hero refuses to choose sides as war after war goes on around him. Something about that perspective really, for me, showed the futility of war.
]]>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:35:29 GMTpaulTop 511/27/2006 4:35:29 PMWar.It's such a popular genre and, therefore, is usually done poorly, like romance. So, I'm asking myself which films I feel really showed me something about war besides the usual hero vs. villain stuff.The Thin Red Line (for reasons stated above)The New World - although not a designated "war," I still thought there was a war between the colonists and indians. Even such a small war had reprecussions that changed the world.Hotel Rwanda - showed me how a country can cave in on itself without the rest of the world having a clue. It also showed me how much war is about emotions with no regard for reason.Legends of the Fall and Tae Guk Gi - It's amazing how war completely mangles and reinvents a bond between brothers.Chihwaseon - Usually, in war movie you have to watch the war from one side--the hero's side--looking at the other. This movie's hero refuses to choose sides as war after war goes on around him. Something about that perspective really, for me, showed the futility of war. http://www.spout.com/groups/Best_movie_quotes/Re_Guess_The_Movie_Quote/17/2336/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: spoutgirl
Post To: Best movie quotes
Post Date: 8/11/2006 3:37:42 PM
Body: Would it be Legends of the Fall? :)
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