Movie Lists
Entertaining and thought-provoking. We watch mostly movies made for kids,
but every now and again we see a flick that takes us someplace.
We'd love to hear your suggestions.
Groundhog Day
(1993 - Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell) What if every day were the same, day-in and day-out,
until you were able to discover something about yourself and the world you
didn't know when you woke up? Beautiful love scene in the coffee shop.
The Mission
(1986 - Robert De Niro Jeremy Irons) When love meets expediency, we discover the hard and
difficult Way of the Cross. One of the best reconciliation scenes we've ever
seen.
Romero
(1989 - Raul Julia, Richard Jordan) True tale of the power of love in the face of brutality.
Here's the story of how the army America backed brutalized the people of El
Salvador, and how those who followed Christ and an unlikely Archbishop (who
wouldn't play the puppet) overcame all odds.
Leap of Faith
(1992 - Steve Martin, Debra Winger) Not just another Elmer Gantry story. God wins! For
anyone who has ever felt like a fake but had to go on anyway.
Pleasantville
(1998 - Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels) Fantasy that looks back at the not-so-good old
days and celebrates the heroism of learning how to be the person God created
you to be.
Rainman
(1988 - Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise) Two brothers take a journey across America to find a
connection stronger than the physical and emotional disabilities that
pretent to separate them.
Bladerunner
(1982 - Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer) Future dreamscape where two people learn to live and
love with whatever time they are given. Asks a lot of haunting questions
about why we have been given life and how we learn to live knowing we have
to die.
The Natural
(1984 - Robert Redford, Robert Duvall) The tale of a comeback. Great line: "I believe we
have two lives: the one we learn with and the one we live with after
that."
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969 - Paul Newman, Robert Redford) Entertaining look at the lives
and loves of two men who spend their lives chasing after a prize they cannot
catch and running from a demon they cannot escape.
Star Wars Trilogy
(IV: A New Hope, 1977; V: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980; VI: Return of the Jedi,
1983 - Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford) Space fantasy, adventure film, but also a parable
about the ultimate triumph of good over evil.
The
Matrix (1999, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne) Futuristic fantasy about the necessity of embracing and
living into (if not necessarily understanding) our destiny day by day. Also
about the great potential that waits to be born in us all, if we (or others
who care about us) can only believe.
As
Good as it Gets (1997, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt) Romance full of grace and
understanding enacted by two masters of the trade.
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