Comments on: AFI’s List Of The 100 Most Inspiring Films Of All Time

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:08:32 +0000

How about “Man of LaMancha” with its stirring song “To Dream the Impossible Dream” and its message of never giving up? I can’t believe it wasn’t on the list

By: gulliver w fourmyle

gulliver w fourmyle — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:16:25 +0000

re: ‘crouching tiger’—a classic inspiration concerning a young woman’s realization how one may be tricked by evil—and if we go ‘foreign’? where is kurasawa’s rashamon, or ran? fellini’s ‘la dolce vita’, ‘8 &1/2’? or kubrick stepping in to take over ‘paths of glory’? dare i mention citizen kane’s inspiration to all, that old money can’t buy youthful innocence? or control everyone? inspiration may mean many things—getting good at punching heads—or as frederick march, playing
‘death’ himself, way back in 1931? realizing ‘there is a love, more powerful than death.’—or raymond massey as john cabal, in ‘things to come’ replying to his friend ‘passworthy’s’ anguish, watching our 1st lunar bound vessel ‘but we’re such little animals’—john cabal’s reply—(paraphrased)’yes, little animals, and if that is all we are, we must live and die as such—so it’s all the universe, or nothing.’—that’s a bit more inspiring than giving mr. ali brain-damage. now where are my big scissorhands?

By: gulliver w fourmyle

gulliver w fourmyle — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:33:25 +0000

whoops, they did list ‘lawrence’—‘sorry bought that, chief.’

By: gulliver w fourmyle

gulliver w fourmyle — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:27:34 +0000

sir alexander korda and h.g.well’s ‘things to come’ is the obvious #1.
where’s ‘full metal jacket’? where’s brando’s ‘burn’? or ‘hamburger hill’? or ‘death race 2000’? or redford’s ‘three days of the condor’? or
nolte’s ‘farewell to the king’? or caine’s ‘zulu’ and ‘the billion dollar brain’? and really, no ‘death takes a holiday’? no ‘rob roy’? or ‘the professional’? where’s ‘moby dick’? guess nobody saw ‘the fountainhead’? or ‘the third man’? ‘laurence of arabia’? or ‘the dogs of war’?—so 3 were brit films—all above reveal the human condition, and inspire viewers to a higher state—but then to ommit such as ‘death takes a holiday’? certainly the best of american work on ‘inspiration’—well, consider the source—probably people that would actually think ‘gladiator’ deserved an oscar, vs. the recycle bin—for hollywood, 20 out of 100 ain’t bad—

By: Rose Daddona

Rose Daddona — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:25:24 +0000

I submit THe Red Shoes By Michael Powell

By: psych

psych — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:15:21 +0000

where’s requiem for a dream? that has to be one of the most inspirational, powerful, anti-drug movies ever.

By: R.

R. — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:01:11 +0000

Where’s “On Borrowed Time” ?

By: R.

R. — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:55:46 +0000

Here’s the 300 nominees:

http://www.afi.com/Docs/tvevents/pdf/cheers300.pdf

By: R.

R. — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:53:09 +0000

Where’s Papillion? Or My Bodyguard? or Hunchback of Notre Dame? Or Zulu?

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:57:52 +0000

Why isnt the original King Kong on hear wasnt it suposed to of inspierd people to make stop motion pictures ??????????

Like Peter Jackson wanted to remake it?

By: Lizardfreak

Lizardfreak — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:12:21 +0000

I’m surprised Awakenings is not on the list.

By: Poodle

Poodle — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:17:56 +0000

Oops, my bad. Hooray for Seabiscuit.
As for CTHD, I’m always inspired by an unrequited love. It shows that loyalty and honor plays a big role in tradition (but not always). Or maybe I’m just sentimental.