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Conservitarian Movies

Postby Stewball on Sat May 12, 2012 6:44 pm

That is, exemplary movies that promote standing for justice, reasonable philosophies for living-religion and opposing oppression

Gladiator--bread & circuses//in a democracy you gotta win the crowd but the crowd is a mob
Braveheart
Inherit the Wind
Mao's Last Dancer--communism vs. capitalism
The Help
The Tree of Life--If there is a God, He does not intervene
The Brave One
Sucker Punch
High Noon
Robin Hood (2010)--Opposes an oppressive crown, sheriff and church
Schindlers's List
To Kill a Mockingbird
Doubt--religion's biggest problem, if God intervenes, then why (fill in the blank)?
Eyes Wide Shut--the primacy of fidelity and the need to avoid jealousy
The Devil's Advocate--vanity (valuing your rights above other's) is the ONLY sin
The Dark Knight--pretty standard except for Alfred's speech about those who "just want to watch the world burn".
Rambo--all three (opposing oppression, standing for justice and reasonable philosophies), "God didn't save you, we did".
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Re: Conservitarian Movies

Postby Stewball on Sat May 12, 2012 6:47 pm

Anyone moronic enough to suggest Birth of a Nation will have a burning cross staked into his heart.

Serious nominations gladly considered.

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Re: Conservitarian Movies

Postby abcdefgh on Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:53 am

Birth of a nat...

No, wait, I don't know if I've fully acknowledged the meaning of the word, but would Fury and The Ox-Bow incident apply?
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Re: Conservitarian Movies

Postby ShogunRua on Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:16 am

Really, any film by Frank Capra, who was a noted conservative director. Especially Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

Additionally, there is a very sneaky undercurrent of this in many of Sidney Lumet's pictures whether it's Network or his various cop/court dramas.

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Re: Conservitarian Movies

Postby Stewball on Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:08 pm

abcdefg wrote:No, wait, I don't know if I've fully acknowledged the meaning of the word, but would Fury and The Ox-Bow incident apply?


Not sure, I haven't seen either of them.

ShogunRua wrote:Really, any film by Frank Capra, who was a noted conservative director. Especially Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

Conservative then is reactionary now, and libertarian would be like the politics of the devil now. And Capra's films all had a healthy dose of saccharin anyway, and don't get me started on Jimmy Stewart or It's a Wonderful Life. :roll: I do remember Lost Horizon being good and was sort of and anti-utopian.

Additionally, there is a very sneaky undercurrent of this in many of Sidney Lumet's pictures whether it's Network or his various cop/court dramas.


Lumet had a pretty wide range of subjects, but Network definitely.

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