Tag: Movies

Romantic Movies

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The other day on Facebook, a friend of mine who is a Christian speaker asked for recommendations for romantic movies, but only ones which didn’t have lots of inappropriate material. Now, I understand that the term “inappropriate material” means different things to different people, but I was quite amazed at some of the recommendations he received. Anyway, I decided to start compiling my own list of movies and I would love your help!

  1. Pride & Prejudice
  2. Sense & Sensibility
  3. Persuasion
  4. Emma
  5. Hitch
  6. Ever After
  7. Kate & Leopold
  8. You’ve got mail
  9. Sleepless in Seattle
  10. The Princess Bride
  11. Martha, mett Frank, Daniel and Laurence
  12. 50 First Dates
  13. Music & Lyrics
  14. IQ
  15. The Family Man
  16. Return to me

What did I miss? Do you have any other recommendations?

Fixing Matt’s movie knowledge

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As noted in recent episodes of “The Eagle and Child”, my co-host Matt has a pretty dire knowledge of movies. For example, he has only recently been introduced to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. This Christmas was his first time watching It’s a wonderful life (or “Winter Wonderland” as he insisted on calling it…). Put simply, Matt has had some major flaws in his education…

Since one of the great Spiritual Works of Mercy is “Instructing the ignorant”, I could hardly call myself a good Christian if I didn’t attempt to remedy these serious deficiencies. So, with that, these are my “must-see” movies. The basic rule of thumb I’ve used is: would I judge someone if I found out they hadn’t seen these movies?

Aliens
Anchorman (if you live in San Diego)
Back to the Future trilogy
Batman trilogy
Blade Runner
Braveheart
Bruce Almighty
Casablanca
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Dances with Wolves
Die Hard trilogy
Dirty Dancing
Disney: Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Lion King, Toy Story
Dumb & Dumber
ET
Elf
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Fiddler on the roof
Forrest Gump
Gattaca
Ghostbusters (1984)
Gladiator
Good Will Hunting
Goodfellas
Grease
Hitch
Inception
The Mission
Jaws
James Bond: Goldfinger, Golden Eye, Casino Royale, Skyfall
Jurassic Park
Leon: The Professional
Life is beautiful
Lord of the Rings
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Mary Poppins
Marvel: Iron Man, Captain America, The Avengers
Memento
Mrs Doubtfire
My Fair Lady
Patriot Games
Psycho
Rocky
Roman Holiday
Rudy
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
Space Balls
The Exorcist
The good, the bad and the ugly
The Matrix
The Bourne Identity
The Breakfast Club
The Big Lebowski
The Princess Bride
The Shining
The Dead Poets Society
The Passion of the Christ
The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
The Sound of Music
The Truman Show
The Terminator and Terminator 2
The Wizard of Oz
Top Gun
Zoolander

So…what do you think I’ve missed?