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Obediah
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Poll Question:
I've been wondering; how high is LOTM on your list of favorite movies? Is it absolutely the best thing you've ever seen? Is it pretty good but not your all-time favorite flic? Or is it a total POS, & should never have been made?
I admit it's not my favorite; it's not even in my top 10! Top 15, possibly; top 20, definitely...but that's as far as it goes!
So go ahead, flame me! Just let me slip into my Nomex skivvies first!
There, all right, fire away! Fire away and fall back!
Also, just what is your favorite movie?
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| I must admit it; my all-time favorite movies is Zorro, the Gay Blade! It's absolutely hilarious; everyone in my family has seen it so many times that we can quote just about every line in the whole thing! If you haven't seen it, please watch it. If you have seen it, please watch it again! |
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Posted - November 06 2006 : 11:27:11 PM
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All righties...
I picked "11th-15th" but maybe for a purely arbitrary reason. I don't really have a "favorite" movie, but there's a whole cluster of them that I really like. It's impossible for me to choose between them all, so I can't really pick any one number between 1 and 10. But that's just my own personal weirdness!
One of my earliest memories is of seeing "Return of the Jedi" and being totally captivated by the Ewoks and Jabba the Hutt--and totally terrifed of the Rancor. (I admit it: I cried and hid my eyes!) So "Return of the Jedi" ranks pretty high on my list, but I still wouldn't say it's my "favorite."
Also, pretty much any period flick adapted from a novel by Jane Austen (my favorite author!) ranks high on the list. I'm a sucker for those period flicks, but maybe that's obvious. I'm a member of this site, after all!  |
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Posted - December 18 2006 : 10:24:45 AM
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Obi, you like slap stick comedy huh? Have you seen any of the "Scary Movie" I hated the 1st one but 2,3, and 4 had me rolling!
4 was real good!
Anyway, my vote went right to LOTM. How can it be any other way with that MMM-MMM-Good man in there that we are soooooo found of?
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Posted - December 18 2006 : 12:55:12 PM
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Originally posted by Light of the Moon
Obi, you like slap stick comedy huh? Have you seen any of the "Scary Movie" I hated the 1st one but 2,3, and 4 had me rolling!
4 was real good!
Anyway, my vote went right to LOTM. How can it be any other way with that MMM-MMM-Good man in there that we are soooooo found of?
ZTGB isn't slapstick, and no, I've never seen any of the "Scary Movie" series (& I don't plan to).
BTW, I'm somewhat surprised that no-one has commented on the "fire away & fall back" line in my original post. For folks who love American history, nobody seems to have caught this true piece of American slang (or what movie it was used in). FYI, this movie ranks in my top ten. |
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Posted - December 18 2006 : 6:34:21 PM
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I chose number one mainly because it is the one movie that seems to call my name everytime I browse the shelf looking for a good movie to watch. I do have a few other favorites but LOTM is defintely in the firsts! The others are also Native American movies so I suppose it is a trend for my favorites.  |
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Posted - December 21 2006 : 11:42:29 PM
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Originally posted by Light of the Moon
Obi, you like slap stick comedy huh? Have you seen any of the "Scary Movie" I hated the 1st one but 2,3, and 4 had me rolling!
4 was real good!
Anyway, my vote went right to LOTM. How can it be any other way with that MMM-MMM-Good man in there that we are soooooo found of?
ZTGB isn't slapstick, and no, I've never seen any of the "Scary Movie" series (& I don't plan to).
Oops! Guess I should have read your post a little closer! Sorry about that!
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Posted - December 22 2006 : 09:49:19 AM
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| I put it as my favorite since I love the movie and the characters. I love any movie with NA men in it, well most. Love Dances With Wolves, although not a Kevin Costner fan but the movie was great. Who can forget Wind In His Hair or Kicking Bird. |
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Originally posted by Obediah
BTW, I'm somewhat surprised that no-one has commented on the "fire away & fall back" line in my original post. For folks who love American history, nobody seems to have caught this true piece of American slang (or what movie it was used in). FYI, this movie ranks in my top ten.
Still no takers about which movie? C'mon guys, I'll give ya'll a clue: of the actors who played in this, there were 4 (that's right) sets of brothers! |
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| I'm really "taking a shot in the dark" here, but could it be "Gettysburg"? It sounds like something Chamberlain might have said on Little Round Top. |
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Posted - January 19 2007 : 09:49:53 AM
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| Well, I'm not a "movie buff" - however, DAS BOOT has to be one of the best made. ;) |
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Posted - January 19 2007 : 12:56:20 PM
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Originally posted by Obediah
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Originally posted by Obediah
BTW, I'm somewhat surprised that no-one has commented on the "fire away & fall back" line in my original post. For folks who love American history, nobody seems to have caught this true piece of American slang (or what movie it was used in). FYI, this movie ranks in my top ten.
Still no takers about which movie? C'mon guys, I'll give ya'll a clue: of the actors who played in this, there were 4 (that's right) sets of brothers!
Okay, the only brothers movie that I am familiar with is "Long Riders" with the Caradine brothers, the Keach brothers, the Quaid brothers, and the Guest brothers.  |
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Posted - January 19 2007 : 1:51:15 PM
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| "The Long Riders" It had Robert, David and Keith Carradine, James and Stacy Keach, Dennis and Randy Quaid and Christopher and Nicholas Guest. Is that the right answer Obi?????? |
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Posted - January 19 2007 : 1:53:20 PM
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| Sorry Caitlin, I just read your post after I posted mine. I looked it up on the internet and came up with The Long Riders. You got there first providing of course it is the right answer. |
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Posted - January 19 2007 : 2:43:09 PM
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Sorry Caitlin, I just read your post after I posted mine. I looked it up on the internet and came up with The Long Riders. You got there first providing of course it is the right answer.
I'm glad someone else was confirming what I thought!  
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Wild Bill Hickok: "I don't know, I just met you."
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Posted - January 19 2007 : 6:03:17 PM
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Originally posted by Irishgirl
Sorry Caitlin, I just read your post after I posted mine. I looked it up on the internet and came up with The Long Riders. You got there first providing of course it is the right answer.
I'm glad someone else was confirming what I thought!
By the way, where is Obi when you need him?
California, of course! 
Now, tell me what that phrase means & why Frank James gave Clell Miller a double-take when Clell said it... |
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Posted - January 20 2007 : 12:57:43 PM
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| Geeze Obi, now I am going to have to watch the movie just to answer your question. Still with all those gorgeous guys it should be worth the watch. |
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Now, tell me what that phrase means & why Frank James gave Clell Miller a double-take when Clell said it...
Okay, had to ask my hubby about this one, since he watches most of the Old West movies - even though the whole familiy does the Old West reenactment http://www.mojavemuleskinners.com 
It was used in the Revolutionary War. It's a military term to strike and fall back.
Why he gave him a dirty look? He was drunk, but Frank was just letting him know what was coming up next.
Fill me in there Irishgirl!
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Posted - January 21 2007 : 6:19:56 PM
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Now, tell me what that phrase means & why Frank James gave Clell Miller a double-take when Clell said it...
Okay, had to ask my hubby about this one, since he watches most of the Old West movies - even though the whole familiy does the Old West reenactment http://www.mojavemuleskinners.com
It was used in the Revolutionary War. It's a military term to strike and fall back.
Why he gave him a dirty look? He was drunk, but Frank was just letting him know what was coming up next.
Fill me in there Irishgirl!
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Hey I am trying in vain to get the movie  Looked in the video store today and Wal-Mart and a few other places but no luck  I still want to see it though so I will not give up but you might as well give us the answer Obi. Caitlin needs to know and me too |
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Posted - January 22 2007 : 4:45:07 PM
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Let's call this CIVIL WAR SLANG 101:
Back in the Civil War (aka "The Late Unpleasantness"), to "fire and fall back" meant to vomit. So when good ol' Clell Miller answered Frank James' question ("Can I ask you something, Clell?") with "Sure Frank, fire away. Fire way and fall back!" it looked to me as if Frank was doing a double take: Clell Miller had just made a pun! (and he certainly wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer!) 
I learned all kinds of practical stuff back in my re-enacting days. 
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Posted - January 22 2007 : 11:03:38 PM
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Let's call this CIVIL WAR SLANG 101:
Back in the Civil War (aka "The Late Unpleasantness"), to "fire and fall back" meant to vomit. So when good ol' Clell Miller answered Frank James' question ("Can I ask you something, Clell?") with "Sure Frank, fire away. Fire way and fall back!" it looked to me as if Frank was doing a double take: Clell Miller had just made a pun! (and he certainly wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer!)
I learned all kinds of practical stuff back in my re-enacting days.
Well, I'm all for more CIVIL WAR SLANG 101:
Intersting stuff, as all slang is, actually. In fact, that would be an interesting forum to open up... sorta like the thread where everyone put the responses of folk when they saw them in "character". Hmmm, wonder where that thread went. Where is Ms. Jo when you need her?
Anyway, that's great! Something I now know that I can tell my hubby and enlighten him for a change!
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Posted - January 23 2007 : 12:00:12 AM
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I put it as my numero uno all-time favorite movie as well. There are some aspects of it that I question / dislike but as a whole it's a fantastic movie. On top of that it led me to this site and all you wonderful people here. How many other movies can claim the same?? None in my book! Some of my other favorite movies are Crazy Horse, Stolen Women, Legends of the Fall, The Four Feathers, and Dances with Wolves (I agree with you IG on WIHH and KB ).
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Back in the Civil War (aka "The Late Unpleasantness"), to "fire and fall back" meant to vomit. So when good ol' Clell Miller answered Frank James' question ("Can I ask you something, Clell?") with "Sure Frank, fire away. Fire way and fall back!"
Thanks for the Civil War Slang 101 lesson Obi. Very interesting... sort of in line with our modern day saying of "spit it out!"
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Intersting stuff, as all slang is, actually. In fact, that would be an interesting forum to open up...
That would be interesting. How about you start it off caitlin as it was your idea? |
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LOVE this poll question - and high time this topic was revised! Of course, I rated LOTM as #1 on my list of all-time favorites...
Thanks, Obediah for posting this. I'm looking forward to hearing more replies from many of our long-time Mohicanites & also from some of our "newbies," as well! |
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| I must admit that since I started this thread (over 2 years ago!?) that ZTGB is no longer my favorite flick...that honor now belongs to Tombstone, followed by Blazing Saddles, then ZTGB. LOTM is still in my Top 20, just barely... |
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| I chose LOTM as my no. 10 favourite, but that was a reasonably arbitrary ranking. Like Dancer, this movie leaps out at me a lot more often than many others to be watched again and again, and it stands up extremely well to repeated viewings, a criteria essential for any of my top ten. And, like Irish, it has the NA/First Nation male component as an added attraction (and I'm TOTALLY on board with Light of the Moon's sentiments on a certain MMMM-Good man whom I'm very fond of too). RedFraggle, I'm with you on Return of the Jedi as a favourite - in fact the original Star Wars trilogy constitutes my top three, with Empire no.1 (I like a bit of darkness in my epics along with the romance), Star Wars no.2 and Jedi no.3. Others in the top 10 include Braveheart, The Princess Bride, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Strictly Ballroom, Titanic and Raiders of the Lost Ark. |
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