Remember the Titans *

This movie I saw for my second or third time about two years ago.

"People want to know ... Who we are. We are the Titans, the mighty, mighty Titans."

My friend has seen the real coach this movie was based on speak. I hear it's quite a story, what really happened.

This is definitely in my top twenty.



9.22.08 Originally I wasn't going to put up any clips and take a break for a while, but this movie is just too good, and too full of great material.



Here's one a little longer but it's Gettysburg, and the meaning is deep, and profound.



I'm still looking for the speech about the Titans, but no luck as of yet.

"In Greek Mythology the Titans were greater even than the Gods. They ruled their Universe with absolute power. That football field out there tonight, that's our Universe." (the soundbite was in one of the trailers, but it cuts it up a bit. I guess even YouTube isn't perfect yet, but it's still amazing for being just a few short years old.

Training Day

I didn't really like it, but Denzel is a phenomenal actor. I saw this a few years ago and heard a promotion for a showing of it in a couple of days as a reminder.

The Magnificent Seven

Quite a cast - and good for a time when men had guts. There's a lot more to be seen in this one, but I'm too tired to write about it tonight, and I think I'd have to see it again to really get it. - Our nation's changed a lot since the message this film intended to convey.

Young Frankenstein

I didn't get to see the whole movie, but I wish that I had. I enjoyed the satire, and would like to see it again. I also felt encouraged that a movie, intended to be that bad means just about anyone who wants to could do a film and it likely wouldn't be worse. :)

Easy Rider

I never saw this classic until a good friend had me watch it at this place sometime back in 2005. I just caught a clip of it with the song, "The Weight," by the band, "The Band," on Youtube, and that purple mountain majesty made me remember that this is a film worth seeing again. I totally missed any references to that culture that 50 somethings new so well, but got stomped out of my knowledge with the success and merger and acquisition culture of the 1980s'. I think it's almost worth viewing from time to time just for us not to lose track of what that generation was looking for, but failed to find, and keep successfully. Lots of lessons to think about and maybe even learn here, and the soundtrack is pretty darn good too.

Dark Knight - Heath Ledger's Post-Humus Academy Award

The Dark Knight is a classic movie, worthy of seeing again, and again. It's deep, it's well written, great casting, action packed, and theatrically portrayed. On top of all the drama, there's a lot of quotable quotes. I think they did a great job with it. What acting. I can't wait to see it again.

Others at Random

Watched a fun 10 minute movie collage on youtube tonight that caused some note taking and some memory joggers.

I know somewhere along the line of course I have also seen:

Ghostbusters, Titanic, Blues Brothers, Heaven Can Wait, Gangs of New York, and that is one I could probably even see again.



a well edited, and fun - .58 second video that pretty much sums it up.