My Favorite Movies
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| 1 |
The Last Samurai 2003, R)
Excellent acting, moving story, beautiful imagery. |
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| 2 |
Gladiator 2000, R)
One of my all time favorites! |
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| 3 |
King Arthur 2004, PG-13)
Excellent film that only suffered from stilted dialog and poor film editing in the theatrical release. DVD release was much better. |
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| 4 |
The Postman 1997, PG-13)
I liked Kevin Costner's vision of this story better than Brinn's original book. It was trashed by critics just because they wanted to simper over the big money-maker Titanic. |
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| 5 |
Ladyhawke 1985, PG-13)
Beautiful story with top notch acting. One of Rutger Hauer's best efforts. |
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| 6 |
Braveheart 1995, R)
Although history took a pretty good beating in this film I found the alternate tale and acting quite compelling. |
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| 7 |
Helen of Troy 2003, Unrated)
I actually thought this version of the story more true to the Iliad than Peterson's feature film. |
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| 8 |
Attila 2001, Unrated)
Good effort for a television production. My first introduction to Gerard Butler. Although some critics did not like Butler's performance, I thought Powers Boothe was the weak spot. |
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| 9 |
Julius Caesar 2002, R)
Another good effort for a television production. |
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| 10 |
The 13th Warrior 1999, R)
Another good film that the critics trashed. |
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| 11 |
The Thirteenth Floor 1999, R)
Very intriguing story and luscious cinematography |
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| 12 |
El Cid 2008, Unrated)
Good historical epic. Excellent acting. Only wish more of the Cid's middle career was included. |
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| 13 |
300 2007, R)
As a technologist I had to admire the CGI. Gerard Butler and company in leather speedos was nice eye candy as well. |
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| 14 |
The Untouchables 1987, R)
Taut and well acted. Sean Connery definitely deserved his Oscar for this one although Kevin Costner was quite good too. |
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| 15 |
The 300 Spartans 1962, Unrated)
More closely followed the events as related by Herodotus. Good job by Richard Egan as well. |
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| 16 |
Time After Time 1979, PG)
Malcom McDowell is always an interesting actor to watch and I love time travel tales. |
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| 17 |
Ben Hur 2003, Unrated)
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| 18 |
The Ten Commandments 1956, G)
Another classic. I prefer the first half, though, to the second. Moses isn't nearly as interesting after he gets religion. |
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| 19 |
The Big Red One 1980, PG)
One of my favorite WWII flicks. |
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| 20 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002, PG-13)
Great acting, story, and special effects. |
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| 21 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001, PG-13)
I was actually surprised that I enjoyed this film so much. I'm not usually a fan of fantasy but this was a great story well told and well produced. |
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| 22 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003, PG-13)
Excellent film, fast paced, great costumes, terrific acting |
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| 23 |
Troy 2004, R)
Although reasonably well done I was disappointed that Greek mythology was eliminated from the story line. |
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| 24 |
Alexander 2004, R)
I thought the acting was quite good (even Jolie's accent) but felt the film editing created a slowness to the production that could have easily been avoided. |
