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Lorenzo.Tweakn
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 Posted - 2011/03/30 : 16:36:58
This past week ive walked a religion documentary called "regligous" & im currently watching "The U.S vs John Lennon" and i plan on watch "The patriot" next.
im really fascinated by movies & documentaries that question religion or are about historical events/time periods/movements that's not typically taught in school into depth.
if any1 has any suggestions please go ahead n list sum.
thanks
-Lorenzo Acevedo.
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Posted - 2011/03/30 : 16:43:53
This movie is not about either, but it is a good movie for anyone to watch, its about Mexicans and illegal immigration. It is a documentary that any one in the states should see..
"The Other Side of Immigration"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1397086/
It's great...
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Lorenzo.Tweakn
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Posted - 2011/03/30 : 16:51:33
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Originally posted by atomsk:
This movie is not about either, but it is a good movie for anyone to watch, its about Mexicans and illegal immigration.
thats a current historical movement. exactly the kind of movies im looking for!
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Posted - 2011/03/30 : 17:01:51
there's also that movie a day without mexicans which i heard is interesting
check out Pan's Labyrinth it's not 100% historical, but it's setting is during the spanish civil war which happened during WWII
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Posted - 2011/03/30 : 17:09:38
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261#
ENDGAME.
It goes into conspiracy theories quite a bit but you have to take it with a grain of salt and pick up the common sense of it. it's very long
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Posted - 2011/03/30 : 17:10:19
Waking Life
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Lilley
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 02:27:59
300. It's real, man
Don't really know the AMerican education system, so these might be more mainstream.
To Kill a Mockingbird - but that's probably staple for you guys.
Huckleberry Finn - probably same deal, and I don't know of any movie adaptions and they're probably all crap, but a very interesting cross culture study to read nonetheless.
Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket and any other american patriotic rubbish.
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 03:12:37
Religulous was great, I really enjoyed that one. I watched a bit of the Zeitgeist series, though it's been claimed to have questionable facts, it comes with a source guide and it still contains a lot of interesting material that gets you thinking and ultimately you need to do your own research and come to your own conclusions.
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Lorenzo.Tweakn
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 03:28:13
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Originally posted by Lilley:
Don't really know the AMerican education system, so these might be more mainstream.
To Kill a Mockingbird - but that's probably staple for you guys.
Huckleberry Finn - probably same deal, and I don't know of any movie adaptions and they're probably all crap, but a very interesting cross culture study to read nonetheless.
TKM in grade 10
Huck finn grade 11
lol
so generic yet actually interesting to read.
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 04:32:36
TKM is actually a pretty good movie, and is one of the few movies that do a good job of being as close to the book as possible
also for documentaries, Supersize Me was a good one. It's about a guy who eats McDonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner in 30 days!
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Lorenzo.Tweakn
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 04:35:03
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also for documentaries, Supersize Me was a good one. It's about a guy who eats McDonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner in 30 days!
i watched that in health freshman year! :D
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 06:49:12
all the president's men, glory, lawrence of arabia, all quiet on the western front, empire of the sun
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 11:29:18
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Originally posted by Lorenzo.Tweakn:
thats a current historical movement. exactly the kind of movies im looking for!
I didnt notice the second line.. lol...
Here is another one, its about what the usa does to the "terrorist". It is a few years old, but still is pretty good.
It is called "In Guantanamo", you have to ******* it, as that is how the movie was made. Its free and great!
http://vodo.net/ingitmo
Will see if I can remember other movies I have seen.
Edit: You are in luck Sir, Netflix has all my movies I have watched, I pulled some here they are...
A good size of them are about Iraq/Iran, but they are really good...
Restrepo: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/ (must see)
Super Size Me: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/ (another must see)
Guns for Hire: http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=1095080&categoryId=A233
Voices of Iraq: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430745/ (really nice doc with kids doing most of the shots)
Iraq Raw, Turtle Tapes: http://www.amazon.com/Iraq-Raw-Tuttle-Tapes-Ryan/dp/B001DM3QNC (pretty good)
Iraq in Fragments : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492466/
Jesus Camp: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/ (sister said I need to watch this, but have not got around to it...)
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 15:41:40
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
TKM is actually a pretty good movie, and is one of the few movies that do a good job of being as close to the book as possible
Hollywood didn't exist in the early 60's like it does now. I would say the closest movies are The Shawshank Redemption, Stand by me, and Green Mile. I don't think it's a coincidence that these are all Stephen King books. The BBC's Pride and Prejudice is also almost word for word, but it's shithouse so it doesn't count.
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Originally posted by Lorenzo.Tweakn:
so generic yet actually interesting to read.
generic? **** off...
They were virtually ground breaking
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 15:52:21
I only mention this because Atomsk has mentioned some war based stuff, but I found Lord Of War to be a really, really good film. Interesting look at illegal arms trading, and one of the few times in recent years the Nicholas Cage has taken up a serious movie and shown how good he can be.
I think the film is strong though, because it was written by Andrew Niccol. He only makes a few films, but when he does - they are SICK. He did Gattacca in 1997 which is a contender for most under-rated, under-watched film of all time. It's a fantastic film.
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Posted - 2011/03/31 : 16:14:52
quote:
Originally posted by Lilley:
quote:
Originally posted by Lorenzo.Tweakn:
so generic yet actually interesting to read.
generic? **** off...
They were virtually ground breaking
generic as in EVERY1 in the US HAD to read it in the recent years during high school.
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