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[fourfive8]

Both Avatar 1 and 2, much like many fantasies, require imagination to appreciate. Excellent direction and CGI in both.

 

[fourfive8]

To round out my list in this group of favorites would be both Quigley Down Under and the Harry Potter series. Much like Tolkien, Rowling created an amazing story with Harry Potter. The late Alan Rickman was excellent in both Quigley and Harry Potter

 

[fourfive8]

I'll add a relatively unknown, low budget movie for contrast based on the true story of Homer Hickam growing up in a coal mining town in West Virginia. An American story

 

[Daniel Cary]

"Matewan" 1987 was interesting, WV Coal Union, 1920's

A lot of movies I've discredited, violent, terrible endings, go nowhere, etc. But yrs later or watching it several times, (open the mind). I've never developed quite an appreciation for the writing that goes into some film, Cohen Brothers, Sham M. Night Mylan, etc ...

 

[Daniel Cary]

At Close Range ..

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

"Matewan" 1987 was interesting, WV Coal Union, 1920's

A lot of movies I've discredited, violent, terrible endings, go nowhere, etc. But yrs later or watching it several times, (open the mind). I've never developed quite an appreciation for the writing that goes into some film, Cohen Brothers, Sham M. Night Mylan, etc ...

No country for old men. Great movie

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

What do y’all think of Apocalypto?

 

[Daniel Cary]

What do y’all think of Apocalypto?

I wish they'd play good movies more often than "these series" .. That's an excellent, profound, movie, thanks for the reminder!

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

I wish they'd play good movies more often than "these series" .. That's an excellent, profound, movie, thanks for the reminder!

Watching it now. Very well produced

 

[Daniel Cary]

No country for old men. Great movie

• It’s hard to believe that just fifteen years ago the Coen Brothers revolutionized the modern Western with their 2007 film, No Country for Old Men. Widely considered by many to be the Coen brothers' best film, it would go on to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 80th Academy Awards.

 

[Daniel Cary]

• It’s hard to believe that just fifteen years ago the Coen Brothers revolutionized the modern Western with their 2007 film, No Country for Old Men. Widely considered by many to be the Coen brothers' best film, it would go on to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 80th Academy Awards.

Idk if you'd seen their 2010 "True Grit" .. another great Cohen dialogue.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

Idk if you'd seen their 2010 "True Grit" .. another great Cohen dialogue.

Thought it was really good. Very few remakes are. The remake of “The Magnificent Seven” is an abomination.

 

[meigsbucks]

"Matewan" 1987 was interesting, WV Coal Union, 1920's

A lot of movies I've discredited, violent, terrible endings, go nowhere, etc. But yrs later or watching it several times, (open the mind). I've never developed quite an appreciation for the writing that goes into some film, Cohen Brothers, Sham M. Night Mylan, etc ...

"Matewan" 1987 was interesting, WV Coal Union, 1920's

A lot of movies I've discredited, violent, terrible endings, go nowhere, etc. But yrs later or watching it several times, (open the mind). I've never developed quite an appreciation for the writing that goes into some film, Cohen Brothers, Sham M. Night Mylan, etc ...

Ron Stapleton was in Matewan. He was a local trucker and they liked his imposing presence and voice and hired him to be in the movie. He gets killed in a shootout. I knew him because he owed a trucking company I dealt with.

 

[D.M.V]

Not to cause any controversy but another great film maker id like to mention is Woody Allen. It's come to light in recent years that he's not everything Mia Farrow and the METo, every man on earth is a rapist movement has made him out to be. Ok. With that kinda said and out of the way he had a string of films from the mid 70s up until the 90s that were excellent , and still some great ones past that. One thing is say about his films is you definitely have to be older, approaching or in your 40s to appreciate there brilliance. Not only does he usually pay homage to great classic film motifes but he tells these stories that are so humanistic. There funny sad tragic and visiral sometimes all in one picture. Annie Hall, Broadway Danny Rose, Hannah and her sisters, Crimes and misdemeanors.

 

[fourfive8]

True, you never know about gems of entertainment and art.

Since the Coen brothers were mentioned, might as well remember ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ and more recently ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’. Both featured the unique talent of Tim Blake Nelson. Can’t help but laugh out loud and smile imaging Nelson playing the Runt From Reata Pass, aka the San Saba Songbird, in the Buster Scruggs mini production