Favorite Movies

[HONDO74]

Does anybody KNOW if Juda Ben Hur was a real-life person in history?
For example, along the Via Dolorosa, Ben Hur (movie circa 1959) crouches down to offer Jesus a drink of water, but the director is careful not to have the water actually make it to His mouth, kicked away by one of the Roman escort; thus, the movie is careful not to insinuate a new entry into The Epistles.

Yet, Ben Hur's mother and sister are cleansed of leprosy as a result of being in the rain of the storm caused by The Crucifixion .

Interesting. To me. And I hope to you .

Judah Ben-Hur, or just Ben-Hur, is a fictional character and the title character from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

[Rufus T. Firefly]

.....The Magnificent Seven.....

I think he should have selected an original for a western and not a remake.

You do know that The Magnificent Seven with Yul Brynner and the rest was a re-make of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, right? And, there's even a SF remake of the western version that even has Robert Vaughn in it playing the same character he did in The Magnificent Seven.

Rufus. as a big western fan I am aware that the Magnificent Seven, was a western adaptation of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. There are also three sequels. the Return of the Magnificent Seven,(1966) with Yul Brynner and then Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969), and The Magnificent Seven Ride (1972) with Lee Van Cleef. None were as successful as the original film.I don't believe that Robert Vaughn was in any of the squeals. I don't know what this (SF remake) is.

I am not knocking the new version. I have watched it several times and enjoyed it.

Good. Many are totally unaware of Kurosawa's movies

The SF version was a Roger Corman movie: Battle beyond the Stars. It's hilariously bad but has many amusing aspects particularly Vaughn re-hasing his own character

[HONDO74]

Good. Many are totally unaware of Kurosawa's movies

The SF version was a Roger Corman movie: Battle beyond the Stars. It's hilariously bad but has many amusing aspects particularly Vaughn re-hasing his own character

I haven't seen this one before. I see someone uploaded it to YouTube. I can;t latch onto it to download it so I will have to watch it later. I watched a few minutes of it. Kind of looks like a C grade SiFi movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WklPABGo77k

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Good. Many are totally unaware of Kurosawa's movies

The SF version was a Roger Corman movie: Battle beyond the Stars. It's hilariously bad but has many amusing aspects particularly Vaughn re-hasing his own character

I haven't seen this one before. I see someone uploaded it to YouTube. I can;t latch onto it to download it so I will have to watch it later. I watched a few minutes of it. Kind of looks like a C grade SiFi movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WklPABGo77k

It is at best a C -- it's a Corman movie so it's supposed to be a C,

His movies are famous or infamous for low budget but a lot of famous actors started in his movies, like Jack Nicholson.... Vincent Price did several.

[aterry11]

Did they not call Corman the King of the Drive in movie?

Kurosawa's Dreams. Beware the Fox people.

Oddly current Brazil by Gilliam?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Thanks, Hondo74.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Brother Son, Sister Moon makes one wonder how the few (couple?) people in the past 2000 years got to have The Stigmata.

Also, I found it fascinating how a person like Francis of Assisi came to change so completely in life.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Did they not call Corman the King of the Drive in movie?

Kurosawa's Dreams. Beware the Fox people.

Oddly current Brazil by Gilliam?

Kurosawa - all
Brazil and also The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

[rogruth]

Once Upon a Time in America.
Once Upon a Time in the West.
The Vikings.
American in Paris.
Singing in the Rain.
Almost any Jodie Foster movie.

[HONDO74]

Almost any Jodie Foster movie.

The Silence of the Lambs

[rogruth]

Almost any Jodie Foster movie.

The Silence of the Lambs

But of course. And,
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.
Stealing Home. Nell. Taxi Driver. Contact.
The Accused. Sommersby. Panic Room.
Anna and the King. Foxes. Et al.

[rogruth]

I'm watching right now one of my old favorites, the Ronald Coleman version of the Prisoner of Zenda.There is a later version in color that, if I
remember correctly, is almost an exact copy of the earlier version. So both versions are added to my list.

[E7]

The Ipcress File
Blowup
The Parallax View
Blow Out

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Last night, I was able to catch most of Signs, again, and I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time I saw it. I think that alien, and the views we got of him/them so sparingly, were perfect. Real.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Last night, I was able to catch most of Signs, again, and I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time I saw it. I think that alien, and the views we got of him/them so sparingly, were perfect. Real.

I was busy reading a book while The Avengers and then John Wick were on the tube......