@musicprnt - You said * The Longest Day*.
I just rewatched today, probably the 4th time.
I didn’t like or see why folks liked Shampoo. I disliked it when I saw it and wouldn’t recommend anyone see it, personally. I haven’t seen a lot of the movies folks have listed. I guess I should consider viewing some of them.
Agree that both The Bicycle Thief and Edward Scissorhands are classics that should be seen.
If they haven’t been mentioned, I’d like to suggest Children of Paradise and Il Postino.
Hard to believe there’s only one vote for Rashomon so far, and none for *Seven Samurai/i.
I can’t believe I forgot this essential 80s teen movie:
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
An incoming freshman might want to go for an array of films for an array of reasons, and not always because each flim might be considered good. Like, I hated Silence of the Lambs, but it’s a cultural touch-stone. A student would do well to tailor a personal “film fest” to their own needs.
Concerning “The Paper Chase” I mentioned earlier, here is a review from Roger Ebert.
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-paper-chase-1973
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it but it did affect the college I chose to attend. I like his description of the five types of students we meet in college. I’m not sure I’ve met someone with a photographic memory but I’ve definitely known the rest. I think I’ll rent it soon.
I always liked the movie “The Freshman”, if for anything for the wonderful actor playing the obnoxious film professor at NYU (the actor played “Mr. Bentley” on “The Jeffersons”), having been around film students at NYU and having some for friends and seeing how the teachers could turn a popcorn movie into something earth shattering in meaning lol (I also loved Brando in it, he did a mean parody of his role in the Godfather, loved Maximilliam Schell, too).
@coolweather:
This weekend they had a lot of those movies on, I caught part of “Midway”, which besides being chock full of actors past, present and future , actually had some historical accuracy to it…Hal Holbrook’s character in real life was even weirder than what he portrayed, from what I have read…). Didn’t see “The Devil’s brigade” on the schedule, one of those combinations of cliches that worked out to be a fun movie (the US soldiers who all came out of the brig, mixed with Canadian crack troops, how they come together, etc). To counterbalance those movies, kids also should be forced to watch movies that try to portray war realistically (the late, unlamented “Pearl Harbor” bombed because it tried to recreate a 1950’s war movie), Saving Private Ryan, some of the Vietnam movies, The Hurt Locker, among others.
They are catch up with friends before they depart, that I would not bother to push any movies.
I could only suggest while being 95% sure that my kid would have not watched any. She would not be interested in any above, which I am 100% sure. But I can see her re-visiting “The Mean Girls” and “The blind Side” - off the top of my head. She never was a big movie / TV viewer, just a very busy kid with tons and tons of friends. However, few exceptions were “The Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter”.
One of the most recent great film nights was watching Airport. Great thriller. All of us had a great time picking out all of the things that would no longer happen as it relates to airplanes, flying, airports, etc. But the kids really enjoyed the suspense of it. (and the goofy relationships). I should have counted the number of times D said “Oh snap”.
I don’t think anyone has mentioned the equally great “Airplane!”
All of the classics mentioned I agree with, but in particular: The Graduate, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jaws, Dr. Strangelove, Rear Window, West Side Story, Brazil, The Sting, Rocky, Raising Arizona, and Lawrence of Arabia.
Adding: The Apartment, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Third Man, Night of the Hunter, Badlands, The Muppet Movie, Glengarry Glen Ross, and any and all Marx Brothers. Also, The Lady Eve (just because it’s a great movie that I think everyone should see).
Tora! Tora!
@sorghum, Animal House was the only movie we practically made our kids watch. Don’t leave home without it!
Knowledge is good!
D1 was anti-greek, and D2 went greek.
“Spring Break,” circa 1983. The worst (best) college film of all time. Changed my perspective, gave me motivation.