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Movies I revisit when I need to recharge.

Wally_Hood

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Widebrim said:
Murder, My Sweet
Sahara ('43)
Kansas City Confidential
The Adventures of Don Juan
The Mark of Zorro ('40)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
D.O.A. ('50)
The Black Raven ('43)
Any 3 Stooges short with Shemp...:eusa_doh:

Outstanding selection, Widebrim. The Bogey Sahara is an outstanding film, as is Kansas City Confidential.

For refreshment, I tend towards Singin' in the Rain, Casablanca, and, inexplicably, Mildred Pierce.
 

Widebrim

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Harp said:
Mary Poppins, starring my adolescent crush, Julie Andrews. :D

:eek:fftopic:
Once upon a time, long ago and far away, and many moons past,
inside a darkened Quonset hut tucked behind the wire, mines, dangling beer cans, sandbags, M-60s and mortars, and filled almost by my whole damn entire detachment; everyone who wasn't pulling guard that nite, the best guys in the whole wide world whom I dearly loved, I switched on the projector--armed with the sure certain knowledge that my nineteen year old ass was about to get kicked. lol

Harp, I never guessed it of you! Good one, brother!:eusa_clap
 

Corto

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Harp said:
:eek:fftopic:
Once upon a time, long ago and far away, and many moons past,
inside a darkened Quonset hut tucked behind the wire, mines, dangling beer cans, sandbags, M-60s and mortars, and filled almost by my whole damn entire detachment; everyone who wasn't pulling guard that nite, the best guys in the whole wide world whom I dearly loved, I switched on the projector--armed with the sure certain knowledge that my nineteen year old ass was about to get kicked. lol
Harp...you are a brave, brave man...
 

Mr_D.

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Well, most of mine are not about the golden era, but here's my list.

(in order of how often I watch from most to least)

ANY CLASSIC DISNEY MOVIE
Pirates of the Caribbean (all 3)
A Knights tale
The Breakfast Club
A Night at the Roxbury
The fast and the furious
Half Baked
Dick Tracy
 

WH1

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Harp said:
Mary Poppins, starring my adolescent crush, Julie Andrews. :D

:eek:fftopic:
Once upon a time, long ago and far away, and many moons past,
inside a darkened Quonset hut tucked behind the wire, mines, dangling beer cans, sandbags, M-60s and mortars, and filled almost by my whole damn entire detachment; everyone who wasn't pulling guard that nite, the best guys in the whole wide world whom I dearly loved, I switched on the projector--armed with the sure certain knowledge that my nineteen year old ass was about to get kicked. lol

:eek:fftopic: :eusa_doh:
Harp
Major party foul! You didn't start that war story in the universally accepted way..."NO SH**, there I was....." Shame on you I expect better from an airborne knuckle scraper.
;)
 

Harp

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WH1 said:
:eek:fftopic:
...You didn't start that war story in the universally accepted way..."NO SH**, there I was....."
;)

:eek:fftopic:

"NO SH**; there I was standing alone on the LZ with the team's
tomcat mascot, Motherf****r, when the mail chopper came in and
the door gunner tossed out two mail sacks and a movie reel box cover
stenciled Mary Poppins. And I knew what I had to do. lol lol
 

Mahagonny Bill

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I've thought about this a lot, and my answer has to be Chaplin's Modern Times. It's always funny and still relevant today with the modern world conspiring against the Little Tramp at every turn. However he keeps plugging along and smiles. Whenever I need a break from the world I watch Modern TImes and find the strength to keep moving on.

Plus Paulette Goddard is a totally hot teenage waif babe. :rolleyes:
 

AmateisGal

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WH1 said:
Great choice, I always watch for this one on AMC,TCM,and FMC one of my favorite Cary Grant performances (see my avatar) because he is so against type and seems to have a lot of fun with it.

Agreed! My husband, who always poo-poo'd my love of classic movies, watched this and loved it. It's his favorite movie now. :)
 

SkullCowboy

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Quick and dirty off the top of my head:

The Crow (The first one with Brandon Lee)

Others are:

Lawrence of Arabia
Captain Horatio Hornblower

Any of the Eastwood\Leone spaghetti westerns or
Once Upon a Time in the West.

Lighter fare?

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Great Race


My wife bemoans my movie collection and my ability to watch them over and over. Until I remind her of her addiction to purses...:rolleyes:
 

Chainsaw

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Anything with Clint Eastwood

Anything By John Woo (look 'em up)

Highlander

Ingrained on the brain Sound of Music,
Mary Popins

36 Chambers

Resivoir Dogs & Pulp fiction

Gladiator

I'm going to include a couple video games, as they're they the new medium

Shadow of Rome

Rath of Heaven

Splinter cell
 

flat-top

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I have a few movies that I watch as tradition, to put me in a good state of mind. I start the Summer with a little movie called Just Looking, and then around early September I watch Liberty Heights. It would actually seem weird to me to watch them any other time. In December, I (like everyone else) make it a point to watch It's A Wonderful Life. I work retail, and I'm usually in full misery mode, so I look forward to a nice quiet night with the wife to watch it and feel (temporarily) at ease.
 

HadleyH

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To recharge the soul is such a personal thing.... French New Wave movies (late 50s early 60s) always do it for me! Atmosphere, mood, beauty, romance, cold rainy streets, ..... Just to think about it makes me feel better! :D :D :D

Movies like this : "Band of Outsiders" 1964

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Miss sofia

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Pulp Fiction
Once upon a time in America
The deer Hunter
Gone with the wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Blade Runner
The King and I
Brief Encounter
Cinema Paradiso (the end makes me feel glad to be alive every time)
The Magnificent Seven
Dr Zhivago

The list is endless..:)
 

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