Favorite Patriotic Movies
off the top of my head
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
Its A Wonderful Life
The Grapes Of Wrath
How The West Was Won
The Patriot
Independence Day
Dave
your choices ?
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I cant think of a real good movie about the Declaration Of Independence, but the musical "1776" wasnt bad.
I would add a few.
A few days ago I watched Miracle - about a bunch of college hockey players beating the renowned "unbeatable" Russian professional hockey team at the 1980 Olympics.
A couple about concientious objectors. The first one is Seargent York, and the second that some might think is unlikely, but I don't, and that's Hacksaw Ridge, about a man who refused to even carry a gun who was a true hero, the only one in the history of the USA to have never fired a shot yet was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
I agree those are good choices.
Not a movie, but I thought the HBO miniseries John Adams did a really good job with that.
You are right.
My favorite is American Sniper.
My favourite sniper movie is Shooter - watched it a few times and never got bored. But then I'm attracted to sniper movies (and there are a lot of them) because I was my school rifle marksman champion. Had I been the right age to serve in a war that Canada was involved in I would probably have been a sniper.
My favorite character in that movie was the old guy swagger went to talk to to see if he knew anyone that could make the shot that he was framed with .
His line , we were told artificial sweeteners were safe , there were WMD in Iraq , and anna nicole married for love ....
was one of my favs .
have borrowed and modified that line from time to time in discussions .
lie of 2016 , it was hillarys turn , till the voters said otherwise .
lie of 2020 , the election was stolen . never did believe that crap .
lie of 2024
joe biden was mentally competent in 24 , and harris was qualified , until the voters said otherwise .
just glad i didnt vote for either offered that year.
I would believe anna nicole married for love before i believed any of the above .
Never underestimate an old man, my favorite line in that exchange. “Still have the shovel”
Why the hand slaps?
paper-wrapped bullets?
Evening..not quite American movies but watching YouTube at the moment and in Halifax, Nova Scotia...l
Looks a very nice place especially around the harbour area...the Scottish guy does walking tours on video and you feel like you are actually there...
The maratime provinces - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland/labrodor is a part of Canada I never traveled to and if I were back in Canada I would want to tour there.
My enthusiasm for that movie had more to do with Christopher Scott Kyle, who I regard as a genuine hero and a role model for men.
When it comes to movies about snipers, I thought "Enemy at the Gates" to be one of the best. It was about a Soviet sniper at the battle of Stalingrad and the special sniper the Germans deploy to destroy the enemy sniper units.
What did Chris Kyle have to do with the movie Shooter? His autobiography was adapted to the movie American Sniper.
I thnk I saw the movie Enemy at the Gates a few years ago.
I was talking about American Sniper.
Oooops! Of course you were. I guess I was confused because you were replying to my comment wherein I referred to Shooter.
The theory is it will burn up leaving the barrel while the bullet will maintain the rifling from the original rifle, thus disguising the actual weapon that does the shooting while pointing the finger at a different one.
Patching is also a hold over from the days of muzzle loaders ,
ML usually use a cloth patch coated with some form of lubricant , usually plant based . the patch seals the bore between the projectile and the bore to lessen how much gas escapes around the projectile .
Paper patching can take up the space between bore and projectile if one does not have the correct diameter projectile .
paper patching a projectile for a bore that is old and gotten somewhat out of specifications is not uncommon , remember paper use to be expensive .
Plus, it did help to keep your "shot" from rolling out if you tipped your barrel down.
I was really just pointing out that I listened to the old guy's comments, but thanks to you and Mark for further explaining the concept.
What I really wanted to know is what the old guy meant by slapping the others' hands.
Don't want to be buried in the hills out past Terlingua...
I dont really recall the context the old guy was mentioning , could have something to do with upsetting or spoiling another snipers set up and shot, spoiling their plan , but thats just a wild assed guess since like i said , i dont remember that being said .
I always wondered how many conspiracy theorists went out in those hills with metal detectors after that movie came out . wouldnt take much for that to become an urban legend .
Red Dawn
War Games
Saving Private Ryan
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
The Patriot with Mel Gibson was pretty darn good. American Sniper was also quite good. Saving Private Ryan one of my favorites.