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Post by timshelboy on Jul 7, 2022 21:44:13 GMT
Could only come up with a few
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WENT THE DAY WELL? and THE WAY TO THE STARS. Maybe BRIEF ENCOUNTER and IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY
What films make you patriotic?
And/or is patriotism/nationalism still a valid emotion (?) in our increasingly ffractured world?
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Post by marshamae on Jul 7, 2022 21:56:46 GMT
It’s a wonderful life and mr smith goes to Washington. They remind me that people can choose to support others, help others.
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Post by Isapop on Jul 7, 2022 22:00:44 GMT
This memorable scene
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 7, 2022 22:31:30 GMT
A movie have never made me feel patriotic.
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 7, 2022 22:40:40 GMT
A movie have never made me feel patriotic. does anything? (Can;t recall where u from)
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Post by politicidal on Jul 7, 2022 22:48:42 GMT
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Post by stryker on Jul 7, 2022 22:57:47 GMT
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Post by stryker on Jul 7, 2022 23:03:25 GMT
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jul 7, 2022 23:07:27 GMT
Never happened
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 7, 2022 23:09:34 GMT
You win the "least anticipted entry so far" award 
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 7, 2022 23:10:41 GMT
Again - Does anything evoke this emotion? (I think you USA?)
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 7, 2022 23:16:32 GMT
a couple more from me   and maybe RANDOM HARVEST, LOST HORIZON and BEAU GESTE (39) |
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Post by Stammerhead on Jul 7, 2022 23:48:08 GMT
It’s more scenes than entire films…
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 8, 2022 0:07:23 GMT
I'm not even sure what the word means anymore, and suspect it might garner as many definitions as there are people to ask. To me, it means belief in a nation's stated principles, along with little tolerance and profound disappointment for any sacrifice of them for the sake of expediency, greed or whatever. As Judge Dan Haywood, Spencer Tracy put it very well when describing what a country is in Judgement at Nuremberg:
"It's what it stands for...when standing for something is the most difficult."
Probably the closest a film has come to embodying that - and inspiring patriotism - for me is All the President's Men. Two intrepid reporters seeking truth, one courageous editor and an equally courageous publisher, standing against the might of those at the levers of power when intolerable deeds committed in the abuse of that power were discovered. And after two years, a majority in both houses of Congress came to see for themselves how intolerable those deeds were.
It now sadly seems only a time capsule: perhaps the last period in U.S. history when belief in - and commitment to - our stated principles prevailed. Both the belief and the commitment have been eroding ever since.
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Post by Penn Guinn on Jul 8, 2022 0:13:26 GMT
Too Corny ? <shrug>   |
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 8, 2022 0:40:38 GMT
I'll second Yankee Doodle Dandy and up the ante with 1776 (watched the magnificent dvd yesterday).
The closing "America" scene in The Deer Hunter.
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 8, 2022 0:50:30 GMT
I'm not even sure what the word means anymore, and suspect it might garner as many definitions as there are people to ask. To me, it means belief in a nation's stated principles, along with little tolerance and profound disappointment for any sacrifice of them for the sake of expediency, greed or whatever. As Judge Dan Haywood, Spencer Tracy put it very well when describing what a country is in Judgement at Nuremberg: "It's what it stands for...when standing for something is the most difficult." Probably the closest a film has come to embodying that - and inspiring patriotism - for me is All the President's Men. Two intrepid reporters seeking truth, one courageous editor and an equally courageous publisher, standing against the might of those at the levers of power when intolerable deeds committed in the abuse of that power were discovered. And after two years, a majority in both houses of Congress came to see for themselves how intolerable those deeds were. It now sadly seems only a time capsule: perhaps the last period in U.S. history when belief in - and commitment to - our stated principles prevailed. Both the belief and the commitment have been eroding ever since. I googled before I posted and was going by this simple one the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.For me it is primarily an emotion rather than a thought (in fact the thoughts I have often belie the emotion)
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 8, 2022 1:42:32 GMT
That sounds fine to me. Of course, the forms it can take cover a broad spectrum. At one end, there's the "my country, right or wrong/love it or leave it" form and at the other, the "this is not who we are/we're better than this" form (sorry for employing cliches, but they serve to illustrate). I've always considered it quite patriotic to insist on holding one's nation to the standards it set for itself, and speak out when it doesn't live up to them.
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 8, 2022 2:36:16 GMT
That sounds fine to me. Of course, the forms it can take cover a broad spectrum. At one end, there's the "my country, right or wrong/love it or leave it" form and at the other, the "this is not who we are/we're better than this" form (sorry for employing cliches, but they serve to illustrate). I've always considered it quite patriotic to insist on holding one's nation to the standards it set for itself, and speak out when it doesn't live up to them. with RAMBO and IAWL jockeying for position in the contenders we certainly have the full spectrum covered 
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Post by stryker on Jul 8, 2022 5:08:15 GMT
I'm not even sure what the word means anymore, and suspect it might garner as many definitions as there are people to ask. To me, it means belief in a nation's stated principles, along with little tolerance and profound disappointment for any sacrifice of them for the sake of expediency, greed or whatever. As Judge Dan Haywood, Spencer Tracy put it very well when describing what a country is in Judgement at Nuremberg: "It's what it stands for...when standing for something is the most difficult." Probably the closest a film has come to embodying that - and inspiring patriotism - for me is All the President's Men. Two intrepid reporters seeking truth, one courageous editor and an equally courageous publisher, standing against the might of those at the levers of power when intolerable deeds committed in the abuse of that power were discovered. And after two years, a majority in both houses of Congress came to see for themselves how intolerable those deeds were. It now sadly seems only a time capsule: perhaps the last period in U.S. history when belief in - and commitment to - our stated principles prevailed. Both the belief and the commitment have been eroding ever since. I know how you feel Doghouse, but I'm talking about South Africa, where the hope we once had of a better future for all is but a distant memory. Sometimes one just has to take Shelter from the Storm because A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall.
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