What movies give you hope?



Rudy. Uplifting. He followed his dream and made it happen.

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. When I first saw it I was struck by the final words in the movie... That even after all she went through, she would still have the courage to find love again. AMAZING.

What's Love Got to Do With It? Nam myoho renge kyo...



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Amelie...


Makes me emotional, each time I watch it

"What Dreams May Come"

"Evita"

"Mr. Holland's Opus"

"Lean On Me"

Follow your dreams.


A little effort and belief can change your whole world. Never give up!


Adriaaaaannn!!!!!

"Soul Food"

"Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

"Real Women Have Curves"

"The Shawshank Redemption"

"What Dreams May Come"

"Lean on Me"

"The Miracle Worker"

"Carrie" (Just kidding... but, it is a good movie)

Chico1 said:

Good Choices.

I haven't seen Lean On Me though.

applekisses said:

I have to see Hedwig since Jedi told me that Midnight Radio reminded him of me.

Real Women Have Curves is just great.

Shawshank: "Get busy living... or get busy dying"

OdysseyMiles said:

Man, I haven't seen that in sooooo long, but that songs just gets to me.

Ta-nah Daaaaahhh
Ta-nah Daaaaahhh

Makes you wanna take on the world, eh?

The Last Temptation of Christ -- it's faith-based fiction.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy

Malcolm X

Get On The Bus -- Spike Lee's most underappreciated film

Henry V (1989)

Remember The Titans

Of Human Bondage

Walkabout
Breaking the Waves

"Rocky"

"The Karate Kid" (yes, I'm serious!)

"Saturday Night Fever"

"American Movie"

"Hoop Dreams"

"Roger & Me"

"Field of Dreams"

"Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

Shawshank Redemption

Hamlet (the Kenneth Brannagh version, not Mel Gibson's horrid rendition)


American Beauty

The Hours

VinaBlue said:

Yup. Folks should play that song when they have an important meeting or a family barbecue with the in-laws .

VinaBlue said:

OMG...you HAVE to see Hedwig...you'll love it!



TEAR ME DOWN
Don't you know me Kansas City,
I'm the new Berlin wall
Try and tear me down.

I was born on the other side
of a town ripped in two
I made it over the great divide
now I'm coming for you

Enemies and adversaries
they try and tear me down
You want me, baby, I dare you
Try and tear me down

I rose from off of the doctor's slab
like Lazarus from the pit
Now everyone wants to take a stab
and decorate me
with blood graffiti and spit

Enemies and adversaries
they try and tear me down
You want me, baby, I dare you
Try and tear me down.

On August 13th, 1961,
a wall was erected
down the middle of the city of Berlin.
The world was divided by a cold war
and the Berlin Wall
was the most hated symbol of that divide
Reviled. Graffitied. Spit upon.
We thought the wall would stand forever,
and now that it's gone,
we don't know who we are anymore.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Hedwig is like that wall,
standing before you in the divide
between East and West,
Slavery and Freedom,
Man and Woman,
Top and Bottom.
And you can try to tear her down,
but before you do,
you must remember one thing.

Hey.
There ain't much of a difference
between a bridge and a wall
Without me right in the middle, babe
you would be nothing at all.

Enemies and adversaries
they try and tear me down
You want me, baby, I dare you
try and tear me down.

Enemies and adversaries
they try and tear me down
You want me, baby, I dare you
try and tear me down

From East Berlin to Junction City
Hello New York hello Missouri
What you try and tear me down
come on and tear come on and tear me down.


Song written by Stephen Trask

*****

MIDNIGHT RADIO
Rain falls hard
Burns dry
A dream
Or a song
That hits you so hard
Filling you up
And suddenly gone

Breath Feel Love
Give Free
Know in you soul
Like your blood knows the way
From you heart to your brain
Know that you're whole

And you're shining
Like the brightest star
A transmission
On the midnight radio
And you're spinning
Like a 45
Ballerina
Dancing to your rock and roll

Here's to Patti
And Tina
And Yoko
Aretha
And Nona
And Nico
And me

And all the strange rock and rollers
You know you're doing all right
So hold on to each other
You gotta hold on tonight

And you're shining
Like the brightest stars
A transmission
On the midnight radio

And you're spinning
Your new 45's
All the misfits and the losers
Yeah, you know you're rock and rollers
Spinning to your rock and roll

Lift up your hands


Song written by Stephen Trask
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Case said:

Karate Kid!!! I've always thought that Mr.Miyagi is soooo much like Yoda.



Walk on road... Hm?
Walk left side... safe
Walk right side... safe
Walk middle...
Sooner or later
Get squished,
Just like grape.


Saturday Night Fever I don't recall much, but I used to watch Staying Alive over and over and over. It made me want to dance!

July said:

Kind of a given, huh? I've always loved the part when he's breaking shit and he comes across his dad's music. The power of music takes over...

OdysseyMiles said:

True Dat.

Ok. I'm gonna rent Rocky and Hedwig and the Angry Inch this weekend.

summerdawn said:

amelie's a good one.

a movie i saw recently that i really liked, and found rather inspiring: "big fish."

long-time favorites: ghandi, auntie mame, life is beautiful

applekisses said:

Thanks for posting the lyrics, Apples! Now I HAVE to see it!

summerdawn said:

That's one of my favourites too

It gives such a feel good factor

Heiress said:

I still haven't seen Ghandi or Life is Beautiful.

VinaBlue said:

You're welcome! Let me know what you think of it.

VinaBlue said:

VinaBlue said:

ah, well then you are in for a treat. you will love them.