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    Following my previous thread of the "Three Games" I challenge you to choose the Three Movies that Touched you the Most.
    They don't have to be the best movies that you saw, just the three ones that comes to mind when you think of it.
    For me it was:

    Wings of Desire "Der Himmel über Berlin" (1987) - Wim Wenders
    Blade Runner (1982) - Riddley Scott
    Red Beard "Akahige" (1965) - Akira Kurosawa

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    Aviation movies?

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    Not necessary, I guess by posted titles.

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    These 3 movies I grew up with and I still enjoy them today.
    Sands of Iwo Jima
    They Were Expendable
    War of the Worlds (Gene Barry version)

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    Jim, it could only be the Gene Barry version of the War of the Worlds.

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    Brazil
    Silent Running
    Master and Commander

    The first two really bring a lump to my throat and I can't watch them if I'm feeling down

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blackronin View Post
    No, no. Any film.
    Ok then.

    Hachiko - very sad and touching, but great.
    Slumdog Millionaire - great story. I like it.
    Planet of the Apes - i dont need to say anything I think

    Runner ups:
    Red Baron - Playing WoG all the time, is hard to not think on it.
    Senta a Pua - Documentary of the 1st Aviation Group.

    Thanks


    Nick

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    WOW this is a tough one. I had to think about this when I saw the thread. So here are the one I think of.

    Gettysburg-- I have heard some people that think it is not real the way they talk about each other but most of the generals were very good friends so it give you the human element of friendship and loyalty.

    Number 2 is a hard one so I have to go with Master & Commander/Pork Chop Hill/12 O'clock High. Gets you into the mind of the commanding officer and the decisions that have to be made.

    3 well this is a strange one. Its a movie I never heard of but when I saw it had tears in my eyes. Second Hand Lion. If you have never seen or heard of this movie check it out if you can. Robert Duval and Michael Cain are the stars and they do an outstanding job in this movie.

    And yes I can go on and on for other movies that are great.

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    I don't have a top 3 favorite films, just a top 5. I really can't pare it down lower than 5.

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    So damn easy, they were my childhood that shaped a million dreams, it was the first movie I ever saw and remember where and when even though I was so young that my parents thought I would sleep through it.

    They then followed me through my childhood and teens and now finally as a father I have introduced the epic story to my son who also loves them and the circle is complete, now I am the master.

    STAR WARS
    Episode IV: A New Hope
    Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
    Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    Brazil
    Silent Running
    Master and Commander

    The first two really bring a lump to my throat and I can't watch them if I'm feeling down
    All good choices! (A few of my reenactor buddies made a bunch of props for Master and Commander.)

    My list also includes Silent Running. That film had a huge impact on me, and still does even today. I watched it with my kids for the first time within the last year, and I hope it had an impact on them, too.
    Also on my list, Little Big Man.
    And... wow... only one more... it's a toss up between Jeremiah Johnson, Star Wars, and Conan the Barbarian... so, I'll go with... The Magic Sword, instead. It's one of the earliest movies I can recall seeing, and I'm fairly certain it put me on the road of ruin that I am now on (all that fantasy, magic, and sword rubbish).

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    Well the various movie makers in my view/tast generaly make bad movies most of the time, but when they make a good movie it is usally outstanding making the idea of choise difficult. I cannot limit to 3 but have to stretch it out to 5. I do not normally have the patience to sit down and watch a movie from start to finish, but these are different:
    1/ Stanley Kubrick's "2001" fist saw it in 1969.
    2/ "Amadeus"
    3/ "Last of the Mohicans"
    4/ "Gettysburg"
    5/ "Das Boat"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doug View Post
    1/ Stanley Kubrick's "2001" fist saw it in 1969.
    Agreed amazing film and way ahead of its time and went on to inspire space-sci-fi for many many years after, hell it still does!


    ALIEN ! Now that was also an epic film!

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    1) Mrs. Miniver
    2) The Way We Were
    3) Letters from Iwo Jima

    I am not ashamed to say that I weep uncontrollably when I watch these movies. The first, because of the unconquerably nobility of the English spirit, the second because of the tragic inevitability of the forces that drag Redford and Streisand apart, forces that were so much a part of my youth. The third, because of the tragic way in which a generation of Japanese youth was mercilessly and ruthlessly sacrificed on the altar of their officers' ambitions and misguided sense of loyalty to a senseless system.

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    had to think about it for a bit but reflection made it easy.

    the 5th element
    stalag 17
    the best years of our lives

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    Three is so little.

    1. The sand pebbles (Steve Mc Queen)
    2. Rio Bravo (John Wayne & Dean Martin)
    3. Star Wars, the first trilogy

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    I have to go with the following:
    Second Hand Lions
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Pursuit of Honour.

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    The last Samurai.
    Cockle shell heroes.
    Schindler's List.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    There are so many amazing movies and some of them that were chosen match so perfectly some of us, don't they?

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    Movies

    Zulu
    Waterloo
    Field of Dreams

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    I'm a real sook when it comes to touching films, I don't dare ever watch the "Notebook" as I work in aged care and Alzheimer's is too close to home.
    So my top three sook it up films are:

    1. What Dreams May Come (Best Robin Williams film in my opinion, good one for those that have met their "sole mates".)
    2. The Time Travellers Wife (Probably Eric Bana's best performance to date, had to reach for the tissues at the end.)
    3. Silent Running. ( Starred Bruce Dern who is not a favorite of mine but I saw Silent Running as a kid and I blubbed for half an hour after the movie thinking about that little robot tending his garden in space for all eternity.)

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    I'm sooo glad I'm not the only one to blub and put Silent Running on his list. I'm going to put my second down as La Gloire de Mon Pere/Le Chateau de ma Mere, (I know strictly speaking that's two films but it's a continuous story and makes me blub every time.)

    The death of Lili lesBellons the little peasant lad who befreinds the main character is almost too much for words. The little wild boy who knew every inch of his warm southern homeland and its natural history in that intimate way countrymen do was always my favourite as my father read us the books as bedtime stories, translating as he went.
    I broke my heart to hear at the end:
    "In 1917, in a dark forest in the north, a bullet to the forehead cut short his young life, and he fell, in the rain, onto the leaves of cold plants whose names he did not know."
    I'm crying now - daft bugger!

    My last would be Fiddler on the Roof.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boney10 View Post
    Movies

    Zulu
    Waterloo
    Field of Dreams
    If I'd thought of them in time Chris, Field of Dreams would certainly be on my list, and although not Zulu, Zulu Dawn would be.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Rio Bravo was brought up and I almost forgot about The Searchers. Great movie. Maybe we should go for the top 20 each of have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Wilco View Post
    What Dreams May Come (Best Robin Williams film in my opinion, good one for those that have met their "sole mates".)
    It doesn't help that it's a film about dying (both literally and in the sense of "push on, or give up"), and the names of two of the main characters are "Chris" and "Ian"; care to take a guess at what my first and middle names are?

    And that's as close as I'm coming to answering *this* question, thank you so very much.

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    In no particular order

    I'll second Chris with Zulu - the first film I saw on my own, and got me reading about the period
    2001 - A Space Odyssey - awesome sci-fi, and I was (and am) a fan of A.C. Clarke's stories
    Star Wars partly 'cos I saw it with my future wife on our first date, but also 'cos it's a truly timeless cinematic experience.

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    In no particular order

    I'll second Chris with Zulu - the first film I saw on my own, and got me reading about the period
    2001 - A Space Odyssey - awesome sci-fi, and I was (and am) a fan of A.C. Clarke's stories
    Star Wars partly 'cos I saw it with my future wife on our first date, but also 'cos it's a truly timeless cinematic experience.

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    Honourable mention to Spielbergs "The Mission" from the series Amazing Stories (1985) A must for you B17 owners. I remember sitting up as a teen to watch this after my folks had turned in and crying myself to sleep.

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    1. Star Wars. A New Hope. [SF]
    2. Willow. [Fantasy]
    3. Pearl Harbor [War Romance - some personal story]
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    High marks also to the ending of The Railway Children (the 1970 original). As the steam clears on the platform Jenny Agutter's cry of "Daddy! My Daddy!" as she launches herself towards him is pure gold.

    Did you know that though Bobby played by the then 17 year-old Agutter was supposed to be the eldest, the 11 year old Phyllis was played by Sally Thomsett who was three years older than her co star? Forbidden by contract to reveal her true age she was not allowed to be seen smoking, drinking, driving her car, or in the company of her boyfriend during the shoot and while the film crew treated Jenny Agutter as a near adult they kept patting Thomsett on the head and giving her sweets!

    How about the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas? That's a good'un for a howl too

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    And Jenny's death in Forrest Gump - I don't think we've mentioned that have we?

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    I don't know about movies that touched me, but I do have five all time favorite movies.

    (In no particular order)
    1) Phantom of the Opera (1925 silent)
    2) Captain Blood (Errol Flynn pirate swashbuckler)
    3) Goldfinger (James Bond... duh)
    4) Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell... cool)
    5) Branagh's Henry V (much more preferred over the Olivier version)

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    Okay, I'm just going to have to do 4. They are, in no particular order,
    Master and Commander. Love the film and it's one of the few I own that I'll watch more than once.
    Lawrence of Arabia. Ditto.
    Woodstock. Impacted my life like no other film, and no!!! I'm not a hippy and never have been!!!
    Lastly, a 3 way tie, the Pitch Black trilogy, Hurt Locker, and Tombstone. All movies I'll watch more than once. So I guess that's really 8. Sorry.

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    So many great movies, hard to cut it down to three.

    Dr. Strangelove
    Letters from Iwo Jima
    The Man Who Would Be King

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    Top 3 list? With all the great movies mentioned we could do a top 25 or 50. Some of the ones mentioned would be on my list. Dr. Strange Love and Failsafe would be together.

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    In no particular order:
    Frozen: The part where Anna saves Elsa is very emotional; the "Let it Go" sequence is phenomenal as well.
    The Sound of Music: The reprise of "Climb Every Mountain" at the end as the Von Trapp family crosses the Alps is one of my all-time favorites.
    The Hunt For Red October: Sean Connery's acting as troubled Russian submarine captain Marco Raimius is superb.

    Runners up include:
    The original Star Wars trilogy: Provably the most touching part would either be Hans Solo telling Leia he loves her before he is frozen in carbonite or Darth Vader's return to the light side when he saves Luke's life.

    Tangled: The "At Last I See the Light" song as Flynn Rider and Rapunzel sit in the boat on the sea is one of my all-time favorites as well.
    The Lord of the Rings: Timeless literature by JRR Tolkien adapted beautifully for the cinema by Peter Jackson. The part where Frodo is so weighed down by the One Ring that Sam offers to carry him is extremely touching. "I may not be able to carry It, Mr Frodo, but I can carry you!"
    The Avengers: Alright, perhaps not so much of a tear-jerker, but the end scene with Nick Fury and the World Security Council is awesome.
    World Security Council: "I don't think you understand what you've started. Letting the Avengers loose on this world. They're dangerous."
    Nick Fury: "They surely are. And the whole world knows it. Every world knows it."
    World Security Council: "Was that the point of all this? A statement?"
    Nick Fury: "A promise."


    and finally, Captain America: Winter Soldier. The scene where Steve Rogers (Captain America) finds out his new enemy, the Winter Soldier, used to be his best friend, is heartbreaking. But even more emotional is where he refuses to fight the Winter Soldier.
    Steve Rogers: "You know me..."
    The Winter Soldier: "No, I don't!"
    [attacks Steve]
    Steve Rogers: "I'm not going to fight you..."
    [drops his shield]
    Steve Rogers: "Your name is James Buchanan Barnes..."
    The Winter Soldier: "SHUT UP!"
    [hits Steve]
    Steve Rogers: "You're my friend..."
    The Winter Soldier: "You're my MISSION!"
    [repeatedly pummels Steve]
    Steve Rogers: [bruised and bloodied] "Then finish it... because I'm with you til the end of the line..."


    I do feel that some of these should be in my top 3 though - it was such a tough choice!
    Last edited by HotleadColdfeet; 09-30-2014 at 19:58. Reason: Felt some of my choices needed explaining. ;)

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    It's a Wonderful Life (always convicts and inspires me) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/
    Magnolia (I know, and have been in some ways, these people - the final shot is worth the film) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175880/
    The Joy Luck Club (for the first time, I asked what my Dad's story was - completely changed my entire perspective of him) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107282/
    Wit (first time I was able to talk to Sue about how I felt regarding her having cancer) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243664/...nm_flmg_act_29
    “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato

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    Eric, you just touch 4 movies that I've loved very much. I try to see "It's a Wonderful Life" once every year. Cappra, Stewart and Donna Reed made something wonderful. I think that together with some other people, Frank Cappra represents the best America has to offer.

    Magnolia is perhaps the movie that touched me more in the line of all the inner sorrows, shame and loneliness people feel.

    The Joy Luck Club is always a reminder that the more we're different the more we're the same everywhere in the world.

    Wit is wit.

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    Joaquim, I think Capra is someone who points us to what could be - an idealist, yes, and for that, often dismissed, unfortunately.

    I think the Joy Luck Club, though centered on Chinese characters, is really about parents and children, regardless of culture. I watched this film when it came out with my Chinese wife and Father- and Mother-in-law. As noted, the film spoke to me directly, a good old Italian-American.

    Magnolia is an incredible film, and I think it is Tom Cruise's best performance, especially when he deals with the passing of his father. The ending is amazing. Unlike 400 Blows, the final shot when the gal smiles in light of the unconditional love being shown to her by the cop expresses redemption and hope. 400 Blows, on the other hand, broke my heart, witnessing the desperate lostness of the young boy. Both films are well worth the watching.

    I took Wit out thinking it was Sense and Sensibility meets Dead Poets Society or some such thing. I had no idea what the film was about, but we enjoy Emma Thompson and movies about educators (To Sir with Love, etc.). When the film opened with her finding out she has terminal cancer, and then goes downhill regarding "fun", I was in shock. I took the film out for Sue and me to relax. It ended up being cathartic.
    “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato

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    I Completely agree with you, Eric.

    Every time I watch Magnolia I can't avoid thinking about Time from David Bowie. Why?



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