If you ever want... A GOOD MOVIE

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Dont dog on Forrest, thats a good flick.

Anyone here seen American Me? It is a prison movie, starring Edward James Olmos.

Speaking of prison movies, The Shawshank Redemption for sure.

Shawshank is a classic, I cannot believe I left that off my list!

[MadtownPacker]

Damn Woody, I thought you where joking. Yes it is called Joe Dirt, starring . Even gots C. Walken in it. Watch it!

[woodbuck27]

My favorites from this list:

Saving Private Ryan
Braveheart
To Kill A Mockingbird
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
On Golden Pond
Kramer vs. Kramer
Tombstone
Hoosiers
The Prince Of Tides

Fargo was good the first couple of times I saw it.

I remember Midnight Express being good, but I haven't seen since I was a kid.

" Prince Of Tides , Fargo was good the first couple of times I saw it. I remember Midnight Express being good " Harvey

Now were talking movies that were on my short list fron that long list of recommended films.

Prince of Tides blew me away and I had a class of mine actually watch this film and I gave them an assignment on it. I seldom loose any tears at a movie"the ending of ET got me" haha, as I saw it in the theater the second time around

but that movie Prince of Tides and Nick Noolte's performance along with Barbara Streisand just totaled me. I didn't have enough kleenex and I have never been able to understand my emotions watching this movie ( no I was fortunate to never be abused by any Family member , the City was tough) except I like Nick Nolte in this role, a different role for him.

I felt that he deserved the Academy award for BEST Actor over Warren Beatty (Bugsy) although Beatty was v. good too. I recall that I saw Bugsy and the next week The Prince Of Tides" and I absolutely loved The Prince...

Fargo. DAM..I still LOVE this film. It's way too funny. An excellent Black Comedy and none of those fellas should have ever turned to crime.

If YOU liked that Harvey... I recommend the movie starring Will Patton and Billy Bob Thornton called " A simple Plan" solid 3/5 *'s but a good story line and twisty ,as I recall.

What would YOU do if YOU found yourself in that position?

also on that fella Billy Bob:

I highly recommend Billy Bob Thornton's movie Sling Blade.

To me Billy Bob Thornton is rather unique and is to (male) actors as Barbara Hershey (who I love) is to actress's.

This one makes my top five as I don't go for the mainstream movies even though I certinly appreciate their good to greatness. It may be dificult to get a tape of it in top shape but it may be avail. and redone on DVD but the film...

The Midnight Express was wildly impressive to me. DAM ! That movie blew me away. I want to see it again... now!!!

[MJZiggy]

I haven't seen Midnight Express, but I have seen Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Nice NO flick...

[woodbuck27]

Dont dog on Forrest, thats a good flick.

Anyone here seen American Me? It is a prison movie, starring Edward James Olmos.

Speaking of prison movies, The Shawshank Redemption for sure.

I have to disagree on Forrest Gump also.

I think anyone who didn't enjoy it the first time around maybe deserves to see it a second time. Certainly a fine Tom Hanks performance.

OK I'll come out of my fav. movie closet and it's in your post Mad.

The Shawshank Redemption is one kick ass film. I was absolutely tossed by that fine fine movie. If someone didn't enjoy this wonderful film achievement, I again would recommend a second time around. Maybe my fav. film ALL Time and I've seen 3K- 4K Movies (I estimate).

[pacfan]

My contributions I would add that aren't listed:

Hamburger Hill: being a combat vet, this story reminds me of the trash talking/comaraderie we had among ourselves in our platoon. The scene about the mash potatoes was dead-on accurate.

Dances with Wolves: being an Indian, this was the first mainstream movie that showed Indians to be more than just stereotypical savages speaking in broken english.

other great movies that are listed:

Godfather: "he made him an offer he couldn't refuse"

Shawshank: "get busy living or get busy dieing"

Good Will Hunting: "how do you like dem apples?"

Braveheart: "Well, we didn't get dressed up for nothing."

[CyclonePackFan]

What are your five (5) choices on the original Link's long list of recommended movies?

Honestly, I haven't seen most of those. I've always had way too much HW to do to spend a lot of time watching movies. I've probably seen 8 movies in a theater (SoaP, Star Wars I, II, and III, Spiderman I and II, SWAT, Saw II (last two were dollar theatre)) in the past 4 years, and I don't have time to rent...maybe this spring when I'm working again.

Now that my excuses are out of the way, on to your question

Green Mile and Forrest Gump were pretty good...

To Kill a Mockingbird and Hunt for Red October were good movies that still don't do their books justice (It's hard to do a movie of any Clancy book, he relies on inner-monologue too much)

Mr. Holland's Opus, Gladiator, both good

Apollo 13 was a PHENOMINAL movie. Tom Hanks is a space nut (any man who sees a statue of Tsiolkofsky in Russia and knows immediately who it is and what he did has to be), and he does Lovell justice. I've met a lot of the people portrayed in that movie, Chris Kraft, Gene Krantz (Ed Harris), Sy Liebergot (bald guy with the huge glasses, he was EECOM for that mission), I've sat in the Flight Director's chair in the Apollo Mission Control room and listened to both Krantz and Liebergot narrate the events of that mission, I've also had the priviledge of watching Apollo 13 in the Apollo Mission Control room, where it all happened, which REALLY is an indescribable experience

Braveheart - one of my personal favorites

Every small-town athlete has to have watched Hoosiers (also Rudy)

I'm actually probably going to start watching a lot of movies on this list.

Other favorites off the top 15: Silence of the Lambs, Dances with Wolves, Shawshank Redemption (I've seen that movie so many times, a friend was watching it last week and sent me an AIM message with a quote, which I responded to with the next 20 lines in the movie)

[woodbuck27]

Damn Woody, I thought you where joking. Yes it is called Joe Dirt, starring . Even gots C. Walken in it. Watch it!

I'm busting up here Mad.

I never heard of that movie till today ( I thought you were kidding me,hahahaha). but I do recall seeing that poster, somewhere.

X 10 !!!

[pacfan]

anybody remember Vision Quest with Matthew Modine? That was a good flick.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I felt that he deserved the Academy award for BEST Actor over Warren Beatty (Bugsy) although Beatty was v. good too. I recall that I saw Bugsy and the next week The Prince Of Tides" and I absolutely loved The Prince...

I agree. I've always liked Nick Nolte and the films his in, but this one was his best. Very underrated. I would have given him an Oscar also. I don't have a lot of respect for them anyways, so who cares. I even liked Streisand, and I normally can't stand her.

I highly recommend Billy Bob Thornton's movie Sling Blade.

Also a very good movie.

The Midnight Express was wildly impressive to me. DAM ! That movie blew me away. I want to see it again... now!!!

I'd like to see it again--now that I'm older.

[HarveyWallbangers]

The Shawshank Redemption is one kick ass film. I was absolutely tossed by that fine fine movie. If someone didn't enjoy this wonderful film achievement, I again would recommend a second time around. Maybe my fav. film ALL Time and I've seen 3K- 4K Movies (I estimate).

GREAT movie. One of only two films that I've gone and watched by myself at the theatre. It was so good that I watched it a second time alone at the theatre.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Dances with Wolves: being an Indian, this was the first mainstream movie that showed Indians to be more than just stereotypical savages speaking in broken english.

Another great one. I grew up in North Dakota, so it's one of the few movies that shows scenery that I'm very familiar with. As a North Dakota, American Indian history is something we were taught a lot about (or at least it was when I went to school), so I found the story fascinating.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Other movies I liked include:

Shane, Star Wars, The Passion Of The Christ, Lord Of The Rings, The Godfather, A Beautiful Mind, Casablanca, Pulp Fiction, The Shining, Goodfellas, The Silence Of THe Lambs

Some lesser known films that I really liked include:

The World According To Garp, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Swingers, Before Sunrise, Heaven And Earth, Diner, City Of Joy, and Amelie.

[GrnBay007]

I loved Dances With Wolves. Great story and beautiful scenery. I like Kevin Costner a lot. Anyone see one of his from the 90's called Revenge? That was a good movie he was in with Madeleine Stowe.

[woodbuck27]

I loved Dances With Wolves. Great story and beautiful scenery. I like Kevin Costner a lot. Anyone see one of his from the 90's called Revenge? That was a good movie he was in with Madeleine Stowe.

Revenge mmmm. a very decent movie:

A Review:

The opening is a spectacular jet flight complemented with breathtaking scenery and spine-tingling soundtrack.

Two strong-willed men, Jay Cochran and Tibbey Mendez befriend, but their friendship won't last.

Their different worlds collide when Jay Cochran falls in love with Tibbey's wife, Mireya. Mireya Mendez is involved in a marriage from hell . She is kept in a "golden cage" and treated like a commodity by her tyrannical husband Tibbey. She isn't allowed to like or dislike anything; she must do as she is told; she must have no dreams; she longs for a child but her husband is selfish and can't be bothered with children.

Mireya pays with her life for the right to love, be loved and to be treated as an equal. Cochran pays a high price too. He nearly dies after a cruel beating, which is his punishment from Tibbey.

There's lots of humanity in this story:

A man finds a stranger, unconscious and dying, takes him to his home and nurses him until he is back on his feet; then the poor loner dies in the middle of nowhere and is buried by his new travel companion, who happened to be the caring Jay Cochran.

There is burning passion and tender loving between Cochran and Mireya. The love scenes are really special , not exploitive to boost the film's marketability.

The music score is magnificent and cinematography, outstanding.

A trio of great talents, Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe delight with brilliant performances. The final scene is almost silent, yet so powerful that it was mind blowing !

The end affirms that Revenge is not about violence and adultery. Forgiveness is asked for and given. Jay Cochran finds Mireya in a convent. Dressed in white and under the angelic light coming through the window blending with gentle candlelight, Mireya looks pure. Cochran is just on time for their final "I love you's", then...

she dies in his arms. In Jay Cochran's eyes, immense sorrow, pain beyond belief and great love - selfless and REVERENT!

Reverent as the convent itself, reaching for the sky and embraced by a majestic sun-drenched mountain top.

Kevin Costner's portrayal of Cochran's emotional turmoil is exceptional. Occasionally the Academy awards go to the right people, but arguably not this time.

Are you a hopeless romantic? If so, maybe you'll enjoy this movie alot?There are not enough stars in the sky for the LOVE for Jay and Mireya.

This powerful erotic drama is a powerful achievement and deserves acclamation!