From: garpal@shaw.ca   
      
   Hello all   
       Movies! I want to see good movies.   
       Yes, I know that each of us have our preferences...I have found that the   
   young lad at the video story does not have the same interests that I do. And   
   because of that I don¹t often ask for references from them. The younger folk   
   are focused on different things and what may be funny to them is, to me,   
   not.   
       So to set the stage these are movies that I have enjoyed:   
      
      1.  13 Days ­ A movie set in the sixties about the Cuban crisis. We were   
   in France at that time and I saw the various tactics that were done by the   
   military from a juvenile perspective. I was a teenager with no experience to   
   draw on. When I watched the movie I was able to relate, to some small   
   degree. I heard later on from another teenager who¹s Dad was junior to mine   
   some interesting stuff. He told me that on this one occasion my Dad came   
   over and knocked on their door, my Dad gave those particular orders that I   
   know nothing about and, according to my friend, his father went back to bed   
   after making all the appropriate responses. I guess that some of our   
   military personal did not view the danger that may have been there. It all   
   turned out well, I think. It does make me think about another movie that had   
   a similar response to lurking danger ­ Tora, Tora, Tora   
       2. Tora Tora Tora is an old movie about the attack by the Japanese on   
   Pearl Harbor¹. It¹s another war movie but I found it was almost an   
   historical account of the event. To me the success of the Americans, as   
   displayed in the movie, was by shear chance. Luck if you will. That battle   
   could have gone either way. To me the movie is a credit to the ones who   
   produced it.  As far as I know it was accurate with no favoritism given to   
   the Americans.   
       3. Forest Gump - I heard about this movie before I watched it. Great   
   movie I was told. Yup. I didn¹t know that Forest taught Elvis how to...   
       4. Heaven Can Wait - a football love story....a fantasy, if you will...   
       5. Midway ­ another war movie that is a documentary but still a Œmovie¹.   
   I can¹t remember much about it as I confuse Tora Tora Tora with this one. It   
   may have been produced by the same company as TTT   
       6. Saving Private Ryan ­ the camaraderie of the men caught my attention.   
   Some scenes I found frightful. The scene of in hand to hand combat in the   
   upstairs room bothered me for some time. But that is war, not a nice thing   
   for anyone.   
       7. Jerry Maguire - now this man has a problems. He starts off strong   
   because of his ability do do certain things and then, his conscience gets in   
   the way and creates problems. I related well to the bathroom scene, he   
   persisted and achieved the results he wanted in spite of his desire to throw   
   in the towel. The comment by the football player I found interesting: "You   
   think we are fighting and I think we are finally talking". Wow.   
       8. I'm thinking about what I should include here....   
      
   I may have more but let me know what you think about the above and make some   
   suggestions, if you so choose. I like movies that have 'meat' and a story   
   line. Hokey, I don't appreciate. But then I am willing to learn and just   
   what is 'hokey'?   
   Cheers,   
   Gary   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)