Topic: those great old movies

[LadyVirginia]

Thanks, Z but we have the complete set. I have to admit the first one is my favorite. But ever since I watched that youtube vid you posted I've been longing to do a movie marathon of TTM series.

P? The Wizard of Oz?   
I came to hate it when that movie was on.  In the 70's it seemed it was one of those films that was guaranteed to be on once a year as an "event" and boy, did we "have" to watch it on our house. Every year. Once we were on vacation and yep we watched in the hotel that night.

For me, it's one of those movies that once goes a loooong way.

[Magnum]

IDP nice summation on Rocky loved that movie but never thought in depth about it like you. Makes me like it all the more now.

I liked Dances with Wolves but another movie that came out about that time was Last of the Mohicans that I liked much more.

  Most Gregory Peck movies  are what get me. Right now The Tow Jakes in on.(jack nickolson)

I love WWII movies. Recently I saw 12 O' Clock High and  Gregory Peck was great in that movie.

[IronDioPriest]

IDP nice summation on Rocky loved that movie but never thought in depth about it like you. Makes me like it all the more now...

I'd be curious for anyone else to re-watch "Rocky" with a Christian message freshly in mind, and have them share their thoughts. The Christian allegory is so woven into the subtle details of the character that I think most people miss it. Whether it is absorbed unconsciously, I don't know. I just know I never saw it until I "saw" it, and then it was plain as day.

[Pablo de Fleurs]

P? The Wizard of Oz?   
I came to hate it when that movie was on.  In the 70's it seemed it was one of those films that was guaranteed to be on once a year as an "event" and boy, did we "have" to watch it on our house. Every year. Once we were on vacation and yep we watched in the hotel that night.

For me, it's one of those movies that once goes a loooong way.

We looked forward to it back then (I'm in my early 50's). Just bought it on DVD ($3.99) & watched it w/ our kids. I love the "man behind the curtain" sequence & have often used it in Apologetics to describe the relationship of science (the man behind the elegant, sophisticated, mysterious curtain of facts, data & so-called "evidence") and theology.

Another [slightly] older movie, "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" (with an OZ throwback scene when the Soggy Bottom Boys ambush the KKK Color Guard - reminiscent of the Scarecrow & crew ambushing the witches guards).