Oh...I just remembered the most patriotic scene ever in a movie. Jamie Lee Curtis in "True Lies" doing her dance in the hotel room while trying to plant a bug. God bless America!
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Oh...I just remembered the most patriotic scene ever in a movie. Jamie Lee Curtis in "True Lies" doing her dance in the hotel room while trying to plant a bug. God bless America!
Well, if we're going to nominate mini-series, I'll add From the Earth to the Moon.
-Not sure if it counts, but the PBS series directed by Ken Burns "The National Parks: America's Best Idea", on the National Parks is downright amazing in terms of production value, it's really well done.
Dr. Strangelove?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTaSJk0n_Y
I have that doc. It just reminds me that people are still pigs. They trashed Yosemite back then and they are still trashing it today.Quote:
Originally Posted by hatidua
Now, the Civil War, WWII and The Pacific are three docs I can't get through without the allergies hitting me. Close second for Baseball. Guess these are where I find the patriotism.
Dr. Strangelove +1, how could I forget that one.
Good call.
Hmmm...not sure if military = "patriotic" per se but I'd say "Gardens of Stone" is certainly one of my favorite military movies, with "Black Hawk Down" being a close second.
"The Patriot" I call a swing and a miss. It always pisses me off when Hollywood takes a great, great story and then turns it into a formulaic Hollywood BS-fest. The story of Daniel Morgan, Nathaneal Greene, Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton and the battles in the Carolinas in the latter part of the Revolutionary War is a great story that Mel Gibson turned into a silly soap opera.
Ditto for "We Were Soldiers" which was a great book and an awful movie.
Paths to Glory
Great choice! Love that movie [Beer]Quote:
Originally Posted by Madeinhb
Braveheart
Patriot and Braveheart are great. My favorite 4th of july movie, hands down Sandlot. Love that movie.