http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/-t1.htm From Citizen Kane to whatever other movies you can think of, discuss them here! Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:43:36 GMT 10 http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e54/SelenaForever01/nightcomerica.jpg http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/-t1.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/crash-2005-t6105.htm catbox_9
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B]]> Movies Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:43:36 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/crash-2005-t6105.htm#173258 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/crash-2005-t6105.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/titanic-1997-t6030.htm catbox_9 Titanic is about the ship of the same name. I'm sure everybody knows the story to this movie so I won't really go into much detail. At the time, this was the most expensive film ever produced and it was the highest grossing film of all-time until the last month or so when it was passed by Avatar. This film tied All About Eve's record of 14 Academy Award nominations and tied Ben-Hur with 11 Oscars including best picture. Overall, this is a decent to good film. I found the frame story incredibly ... Movies Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:21:06 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/titanic-1997-t6030.htm#172871 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/titanic-1997-t6030.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/slumdog-millionaire-2008-t6014.htm catbox_9 Slumdog Millionaire is about a guy from an Indian slum who goes on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. He is accused of cheating. Over a series of flashbacks we learn about his life and a girl he's in love with. He hopes to live happily ever after with her. This film won 8 Oscars including best picture. Overall, I didn't think this was all that great and I'm surprised this film won as many Oscars as it did. The story is decent but nothing terribly interesting. The film has ... Movies Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:56:08 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/slumdog-millionaire-2008-t6014.htm#172743 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/slumdog-millionaire-2008-t6014.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/driving-miss-daisy-1989-t6009.htm catbox_9 Driving Miss Daisy is a film about a widowed old Jewish woman living in Atlanta. She is too old to drive so her son hires a driver to drive her around. The film starts in the 1940s and portrays racism in the South during that time period. The film takes place over several decades and the woman eventually becomes good friends with her drives she originally did not want. Jessica Tandy won an Oscar for best actress making her the oldest ever nominee and winner of the award at 80. The film also won ... Movies Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:51:51 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/driving-miss-daisy-1989-t6009.htm#172716 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/driving-miss-daisy-1989-t6009.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/amadeus-1984-t6008.htm catbox_9 Amadeus is a film about the lives of musical composers Mozart and Salieri. This movie isn't particularly accurate and in the film the two composers are big rivals. Salieri eventually contributes to Mozart's death which is not at all what actually happened. It's a decent movie and it won 8 Oscars and is the mos recent film to have two actors nominated for best actor.

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C]]> Movies Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:42:01 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/amadeus-1984-t6008.htm#172715 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/amadeus-1984-t6008.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-greatest-show-on-earth-1952-t6007.htm catbox_9 The Greatest Show on Earth is a story about a circus. The movie is full of real circus acts. It stars Charlton Heston as the circus manager along with a bunch of other people. There's a story mixed in but it's more circus acts than anything. The film won best picture over more highly-acclaimed films and is often cited as amongst the worst best picture winners of all-time.

72/100
C-]]> Movies Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:32:23 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-greatest-show-on-earth-1952-t6007.htm#172714 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-greatest-show-on-earth-1952-t6007.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/tom-jones-1963-t6006.htm catbox_9 Tom Jones is about a guy named Tom Jones. He is the son of a servant and is raised by the servant's master as if he were the guy's own son. He has a lavish lifestyle and meets a girl he loves. She also loves him and they want to marry but they're all from high society and since he was born out of wedlock her parents forbid it. This is a comedy that won best picture along with 3 other Oscars. The only part of this movie I found particularly enjoyable was the opening sequence which was in the style ... Movies Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:24:46 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/tom-jones-1963-t6006.htm#172713 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/tom-jones-1963-t6006.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/mrs-miniver-1942-t5995.htm catbox_9 William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver is a story about the Miniver family. The family is an upper-middle-class family whose lives seem to be going well. The elder son meets the granddaughter of a well-to-do woman and they marry. World War II breaks out and their lives get a lot worse. At this point the story is vaguely reminiscent of a previous best picture winner Cavalcade but nowhere near close enough to call it a rip-off. In the end some people die but they weren't the people the audience expects to ... Movies Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:00:44 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/mrs-miniver-1942-t5995.htm#172598 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/mrs-miniver-1942-t5995.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gigi-1958-t5994.htm catbox_9 Gigi is a best picture-winning musical. Like almost all musicals, I hated this. Luckily for my sake, it is the last best picture-winning musical that I have not seen so I probably won't see another musical for quite some time. As for the actual film, this film is a love story about a girl named Gigi. She is sent to some people to learn to fit into high society and begins quite poorly. This is reasonably similar to another musical, My Fair Lady although I find this worse. This film somehow ... Movies Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:51:29 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gigi-1958-t5994.htm#172597 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gigi-1958-t5994.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/all-the-king-s-men-1949-t5990.htm catbox_9
74/100
C]]> Movies Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:10:57 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/all-the-king-s-men-1949-t5990.htm#172569 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/all-the-king-s-men-1949-t5990.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-departed-2006-t5989.htm catbox_9 Martin Scorsese's The Departed is a crime film. There's an Irish mob boss in Boston. The mob boss is a father-like figure to a Massachusetts State Police Special Investigation Unit Officer. At the same time, another police officer is working undercover with mob. The film has a fairly involved plot although it's not nearly as complicated as films like The Big Sleep. This film won some Oscars including best picture. Overall, it's very good. 84/100 B Movies Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:05:35 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-departed-2006-t5989.htm#172568 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-departed-2006-t5989.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/chicago-2002-t5988.htm catbox_9 Chicago is a musical. There's some women that murder people and are in jail. They all want to hire some defense attorney that has never lost a case. The plot is kind of silly and the music is terrible but this somehow works and the film won a few Oscars including best picture. This film isn't brilliant or anything, but for a musical it's pretty good.

75/100
C]]> Movies Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:55:37 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/chicago-2002-t5988.htm#172567 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/chicago-2002-t5988.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/dances-with-wolves-1990-t5979.htm catbox_9 Dances With Wolves is about an army lieutenant during the Civil War who ends up alone in a deserted western fort. While there, he becomes friends with some people from a Sioux tribe. With a run time of just under 4 hours, a lot more happens in this film but there's no sense going into that. This film won a bunch of Oscars including best picture and best director for Costner.

82/100
B-]]> Movies Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:24:04 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/dances-with-wolves-1990-t5979.htm#172500 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/dances-with-wolves-1990-t5979.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/rocky-1976-t5981.htm catbox_9 Rocky is about a boxer named Rocky Balboa. He lives in Philadelphia and hasn't done much. A heavyweight championship bout is supposed to take place in Philadelphia but one contestant drops out due to injury so the defending champion decides to fight a no-name from Philadelphia. Overall, this film was rather dull until the fight at the end which was pretty interesting. The film won a few Oscars and won best picture. I'm sort of surprised that this film won the best picture Oscar. In total this ... Movies Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:49:19 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/rocky-1976-t5981.htm#172502 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/rocky-1976-t5981.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gladiator-2000-t5980.htm catbox_9 Ridley Scott's sword and sandal epic Gladiator is about a general in the Roman army. He is told by the emperor that he, not the emperor's son, will be the heir to the throne. The son angrily murders his father and orders the general to be executed. The general escapes and becomes a gladiator and desperately tries to gain power so that he can restore the Roman Senate which is what he was asked to do at the beginning of the film. This film is ever-so-slightly based on some historical events but ... Movies Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:38:26 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gladiator-2000-t5980.htm#172501 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gladiator-2000-t5980.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/million-dollar-baby-2004-t5971.htm catbox_9 Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby is a film about the boxing career of a female boxer. Eastwood serves as her trainer, something he is originally reluctant to do because he doesn't train female boxers and she's too old to start a career. She ends up becoming a great boxer and serves a role as a daughter-like figure. During a championship bout she is sucker punched between rounds and lands neck first on a chair causing her to be a quadriplegic. Overall, this film is pretty good. It won 4 Oscars ... Movies Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:09:36 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/million-dollar-baby-2004-t5971.htm#172439 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/million-dollar-baby-2004-t5971.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/patton-1970-t5970.htm catbox_9 Patton is a film about General George Patton. This film deals with his life during part of World War II. This film won a host of Oscars including best picture. George C. Scott won an Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of the general. Overall, it's a fairly decent movie but it's far from the greatest war movie I've seen.

79.5/100
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F]]> Movies Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:39:03 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-english-patient-1996-t5969.htm#172437 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-english-patient-1996-t5969.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/ordinary-people-1980-t5962.htm catbox_9 Robert Redford's directorial debut Ordinary People is about a family in Illinois. The surviving son has recently returned home from a psychiatric institution after attempting to kill himself. The other son has died several years ago in a boating accident. The son sees a psychiatrist. Over the course of the movie the son begins to adjust to life and one of his friends eventually kills herself. Overall, not a whole lot happens but it's still fairly interesting. This film won 4 Oscars including ... Movies Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:01:28 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/ordinary-people-1980-t5962.htm#172409 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/ordinary-people-1980-t5962.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/a-beautiful-mind-2001-t5961.htm catbox_9 Ron Howard's film A Beautiful Mind is about a guy who is good at math. He starts out as a student at Princeton and eventually has a good job at MIT. He does some work for the government and then the film deals with his role in stopping the Soviets during the Cold War. In a twist, it turns out that the protagonist has schizophrenia and most of what was seen is actually a hallucination. The character spends many years working with his mental illness and eventually wins a Nobel Prize. Technically ... Movies Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:33:10 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/a-beautiful-mind-2001-t5961.htm#172408 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/a-beautiful-mind-2001-t5961.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/out-of-africa-1985-t5944.htm catbox_9
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F]]> Movies Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:40:03 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/out-of-africa-1985-t5944.htm#172352 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/out-of-africa-1985-t5944.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/rain-man-1988-t5945.htm catbox_9 In Rain Man Tom Cruise's father dies but he doesn't get any of his father's huge estate while some unknown benefactor gets it all. It turns out the benefactor is the mental institution that is taking care of his brother he did not know existed who is also an autistic savant. Cruise kidnaps his brother and drives him across country to Los Angeles hoping to get half the money before deciding he wants to instead be his brother's caregiver. This film won several Oscars including best picture. ... Movies Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:50:28 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/rain-man-1988-t5945.htm#172353 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/rain-man-1988-t5945.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sting-1973-t5919.htm catbox_9 The Sting is a movie about some con men trying to con a banker/mobster out of a large sum of money. The con they select is quite complex and takes up most of the movie. Fans of King of the Hill will find the plot somewhat familiar. This film won seven Oscars including best picture. Overall, I thought the film was quite well-done. Despite a rather intricate plot, the film isn't particularly difficult to follow and is overall a mostly great film. 85/100 B Movies Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:42:55 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sting-1973-t5919.htm#172248 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sting-1973-t5919.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/terms-of-endearment-1983-t5917.htm catbox_9 This film is about a mother (Shirley MacLaine) and her grown up daughter and their relationship over several years. In the film the daughter has a few kids, lives in another state, cheats on her husband, etc. The film is kind of slow until one day the mom finds out she has cancer and she then dies a few scenes later. The film also features Jack Nickolson. Overall, this film won five Oscars including best picture. Of the five, three went to The Simpsons producer James L. Brooks. Overall, ... Movies Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:58:33 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/terms-of-endearment-1983-t5917.htm#172241 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/terms-of-endearment-1983-t5917.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-deer-hunter-1978-t5898.htm catbox_9
55/100
F]]> Movies Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:40:48 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-deer-hunter-1978-t5898.htm#172201 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-deer-hunter-1978-t5898.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/tora-tora-tora-1970-t5882.htm GoGetEmTigers Tora! Tora! Tora! This was an interesting film. I saw it with my parents and my dad NEVER WENT TO MOVIES! The only two movies that I know he ever paid to go see was "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (he was a HS Phych and History Teacher and he took all his Psych classes to see that film to expose the students to the conditions of mental hospitals and their patients during that time), and "Tora! Tora! Tora!" He was a WWII vet and Tora was the most accurate film according ... Movies Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:01:26 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/tora-tora-tora-1970-t5882.htm#172135 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/tora-tora-tora-1970-t5882.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-french-connection-1971-t5881.htm catbox_9 The French Connection is a film dealing with drug smuggling. There's some drugs that go from France to the United States. There are some New York cops that try to stop the drug trafficking. Overall, the plot was fairly entertaining. Overall, this was a better-than-average film. It was nothing overly-spectacular but it was still fairly good. The film features a car chase where a car chases an above-ground subway. This sequence is one of the best-regarded car chases of all-time. This film also ... Movies Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:22:56 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-french-connection-1971-t5881.htm#172134 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-french-connection-1971-t5881.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/platoon-1986-t5872.htm catbox_9 Platoon is a Vietnam War movie about a platoon of soldiers. The film basically deals with several guys and what goes on during the wars in the jungles. There's some battle scenes and some murdering of civilians and stuff like that. This film won 4 Oscars including best picture. I didn't like it as much as Apocalypse Now but it was still decent. People who are bigger fans of war movies will probably like this. The film features the song "White Rabbit" which earns it a few bonus points....those ... Movies Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:30:27 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/platoon-1986-t5872.htm#172112 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/platoon-1986-t5872.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/midnight-cowboy-1969-t5871.htm catbox_9 In Midnight Cowboy Joe Buck (John Voight) is a Texan who moves to New York hoping to make a living as a male prostitute. He is pretty terrible at this - so terrible that he pays the first woman he has sex with $20. Shortly thereafter, he meets a cripple (Dustin Hoffman) who cons him out of another $20. The two eventually meet again and become the best of friends. Hoffman's character is slowly dying throughout the film and all he talks about is going to Miami. Buck eventually gives up ... Movies Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:06:57 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/midnight-cowboy-1969-t5871.htm#172111 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/midnight-cowboy-1969-t5871.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/oliver-1968-t5868.htm catbox_9 Oliver! is Carol Reed's musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. Basically an orphan kid ends up living with a bunch of pickpockets. As this was a musical it was full of songs that were rather annoying. The plot didn't seem particularly interesting and I'm not sure I'd want to read this book even though the only Dickens book I have read, Great Expectations, was pretty good. This film won six Academy Awards including best picture. Over the years this choice has been criticized ... Movies Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:17:44 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/oliver-1968-t5868.htm#172106 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/oliver-1968-t5868.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/in-the-heat-of-the-night-1967-t5866.htm catbox_9 In the Heat of the Night is about a Pennsylvanian African American homicide detective that happens to be in a small town in Mississippi when a murder of a wealthy guy takes place. Initially the protagonist is brought in and it is assumed he's guilty since he's black and has a lot of money. It turns out he's a cop and his police chief confirms this and recommends he helps investigate the murder which eventually is what happens. The guy does a pretty good job but there's all sorts of racism along ... Movies Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:58:46 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/in-the-heat-of-the-night-1967-t5866.htm#172099 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/in-the-heat-of-the-night-1967-t5866.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pants-2005-t5855.htm bobrob2004 I bought this and the 2nd one for my sister for Christmas. I was really bored today, so I watched it. This movie is about 4 teenage girls and pants...that travel... Actually, it was a lot better than I thought it would be. I wouldn't exactly call this a "chick-flick" and the girls are bad to look at either... On to the plot: The four girls have literally known each other from birth and one summer between their sophomore and junior they stumble upon some pants that magically ... Movies Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:44:59 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pants-2005-t5855.htm#172069 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pants-2005-t5855.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sound-of-music-1965-t5854.htm catbox_9 The Sound of Music is a musical film. In this film a would-be nun stays with an Austrian man and his seven kids and tries to help educate them. The father is a jerk and doesn't let his kids do much of anything but the new governess changes everything. Eventually the two fall in love and she decides not to be a nun after all. Out of seemingly nowhere the film turns into a Nazi-type film and the family tries to flee to Switzerland to escape the Nazis. While I abhor musicals, this film was reasonably ... Movies Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:33:06 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sound-of-music-1965-t5854.htm#172066 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-sound-of-music-1965-t5854.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/braveheart-1995-t5852.htm catbox_9 Braveheart is a best picture-winning epic film about William Wallace. In the film Wallace leads the Scottish in an attempt to win independence from the British. I found this film similar to several other epic films notably Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus which served as an inspiration for this film. While the film is horribly inaccurate, it was still fairly decent. The film won 5 of the 10 Oscars it was nominated for. The film held my attention for the full three hours and had some pretty good ... Movies Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:16:33 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/braveheart-1995-t5852.htm#172062 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/braveheart-1995-t5852.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/marty-1955-t5850.htm catbox_9 Marty is a bachelor in his mid-30s. His friends and family are concerned that he isn't married. He says he'd like to but has given up and has learned to face the facts that he'll never marry. His mother makes him go out to a bar one night and he meets a girl whose blind date left her mid-date. The two hit it off and have a great night and he says he'll call her tomorrow. His friends and family don't want him to since she's too plain. At the end the viewer is led to believe that they'll end up ... Movies Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:03:06 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/marty-1955-t5850.htm#172050 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/marty-1955-t5850.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/cavalcade-1933-t5841.htm catbox_9 Cavalcade is an epic film about a family in London. The film starts in 1899 and ends in 1933. It covers some historical events like the Second Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the Titanic, and World War 1. This film won a few Oscars including best picture. It was a decent film and had some reasonably interesting characters. There was nothing overly-spectacular about it but at least it was good enough to keep my interest for the duration. 74/100 C Movies Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:01:13 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/cavalcade-1933-t5841.htm#172002 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/cavalcade-1933-t5841.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/hamlet-1948-t5839.htm catbox_9 Laurence Olivier's Hamlet is a theatrical version of Shakespeare's play. In this story Prince Hamlet's father, King Hamlet, has died and it turns out he was murdered (by being poisoned in the ear) so Hamlet wants revenge. The film ends with a bunch of people dying. I never enjoyed reading Shakespeare and I didn't enjoy this film. You'd think all the people dying would make it cool, but it wasn't. The method of dying was also sort of strange for most of the people (ear poison, cut to the ... Movies Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:11:52 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/hamlet-1948-t5839.htm#171987 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/hamlet-1948-t5839.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gentleman-s-agreement-1947-t5826.htm catbox_9 Gentleman's Agreement is a film where Gregory Peck plays a journalist. He's been asked to write a piece about antisemitism. In order to get a good feel for what he's writing, he decides to pretend to be Jewish. Since he's new to New York he thinks this won't be hard to do. There's a love story thrown in for good measure. This film was rather controversial upon its release. Despite that it was Fox's highest-grossing film of the year and won 3 Oscars including best picture. Overall, I thought ... Movies Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:46:34 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gentleman-s-agreement-1947-t5826.htm#171924 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/gentleman-s-agreement-1947-t5826.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/wings-1927-t5812.htm catbox_9 Wings is the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture and so far (and will probably forever remain) the only silent film to win the award. This film is about World War 1 and fighter pilots. The two main characters start out as enemies fighting over the same girl but end up the best of friends. Overall, this was a lot better than I was expecting. Parts of it were rather dull (such as the long scene in Paris where one character is fascinated by bubbles) but overall it was pretty ... Movies Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:16:15 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/wings-1927-t5812.htm#171880 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/wings-1927-t5812.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-life-of-emile-zola-1937-t5808.htm catbox_9 As the title suggests, The Life of Emile Zola is a biopic about the life of Emile Zola. For those that aren't familiar, Zola was a French author. The film focuses mostly on the Dreyfus affair. The Dreyfus affair refers to a Frenchmen named Dreyfus who was found guilty of treason but was actually innocent. This film won 3 Oscars including best picture. The story was sort of interesting as I had no idea who Emile Zola was. The film was not good enough to make me seek more information on Zola ... Movies Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:25:44 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-life-of-emile-zola-1937-t5808.htm#171874 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-life-of-emile-zola-1937-t5808.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/a-man-for-all-seasons-1966-t5807.htm catbox_9 A Man For All Seasons is a period piece about King Henry VIII wanting a divorce. The protagonist in this film is Sir Thomas More who is a guy that refuses to take an oath declaring the king the supreme head of the Church of England. This film won 6 Oscars including best picture. Overall, I found this terrible. The king wants a divorce and he'll of course get it. They keep threatening to try the main character for treason if he doesn't take his oath and he keeps saying go ahead. They finally ... Movies Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:53:04 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/a-man-for-all-seasons-1966-t5807.htm#171867 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/a-man-for-all-seasons-1966-t5807.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/around-the-world-in-80-days-1955-t5806.htm catbox_9 Around the World in 80 Days is based on a Jules Verne novel of the same name. In this film a British man makes a large wager with a bunch of people that he can travel around the world in 80 days time. The film deals mostly with his journey. At the same time, the protagonist is being chased by a police investigator who thinks he has stolen a large sum of money. The film stars David Niven as the lead and Mexican comedian Cantinflas as his sidekick. Shirley MacLaine joins about midway through ... Movies Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:15:14 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/around-the-world-in-80-days-1955-t5806.htm#171864 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/around-the-world-in-80-days-1955-t5806.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1935-t5796.htm catbox_9 Mutiny on the Bounty is one of many adaptations of a novel of the same name. This is based on an actual mutiny aboard a British ship called the Bounty but this film is full of historical inaccuracies due in large part to being based on a novelization of what happened rather than what actually happened. The film stars Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh who is abusive towards his crew. Leading the mutiny is Clark Gable. Both of them, along with Franchot Tone, were nominated for Best Actor in ... Movies Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:51:03 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1935-t5796.htm#171824 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/mutiny-on-the-bounty-1935-t5796.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/how-green-was-my-valley-1941-t5781.htm catbox_9 How Green Was My Valley is a film directed by John Ford that won best picture. Today this film is most-remembered for being the film that won best picture instead of Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon, both of which are amongst my 5 favorite films of all-time. This film is about a Welsh family in the early 1900s most of whom are coal miners. Overall, I found this film incredibly boring. Somehow it beat two of the best films ever to win the Academy Award for best picture. It also won some ... Movies Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:10:38 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/how-green-was-my-valley-1941-t5781.htm#171785 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/how-green-was-my-valley-1941-t5781.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/grand-hotel-1932-t5771.htm catbox_9 Grand Hotel is a best picture-winning drama film. This film includes quite an ensemble cast including Greta Garbow, John and Lionel Barrymore, and Joan Crawford. The film deals with a bunch of people staying at an opulent hotel in Berlin. There's a poor guy about to die so he's spending money frivolously, a ballet dancer, and some other people. The film involves several romances and a murder as well. Despite a host of big-name actors, none of the actors in this film received Academy Award ... Movies Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:58:30 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/grand-hotel-1932-t5771.htm#171699 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/grand-hotel-1932-t5771.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/from-here-to-eternity-1953-t5770.htm catbox_9 From Here to Eternity is a best picture-winning film based on a novel by the same name. In the film there's a guy in the army played by Montgomery Clift who used to be a good boxer but won't box in the army for reasons revealed later. Everyone is mean to him because of that. There's some other people that play important roles and it all leads up to the attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of the film. This film won 8 Oscars including best picture. Personally, I didn't like this at all. I watched ... Movies Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:45:34 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/from-here-to-eternity-1953-t5770.htm#171698 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/from-here-to-eternity-1953-t5770.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/cimarron-1931-t5762.htm catbox_9 Cimarron is an epic western film that won best picture. This film is about a man and his wife over a 40 year period or so. They abandon their home and move out west to Oklahoma which at the time was an unorganized territory. They live there and watch it become a state and have a bunch of stuff happen until the film ends in 1929. Over the course of the film, the husband leaves his family for many years at a time several times. At the time, this film was very expensive to make costing RKO ... Movies Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:47:37 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/cimarron-1931-t5762.htm#171668 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/cimarron-1931-t5762.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/going-my-way-1944-t5760.htm catbox_9 Going My Way is a musical starring Bing Crosby. In the film, he plays a priest who comes to work at a church where the current priest has been there for 45 years. The church is in financial trouble and the bishop hopes a young priest like Crosby might be able to fix it. Overall, I didn't like this for several reasons. First, it was a musical and I've never seen a musical I liked. Second, the characters and plot didn't really interest me. At least musicals like Singin' in the Rain had good ... Movies Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:49:49 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/going-my-way-1944-t5760.htm#171662 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/going-my-way-1944-t5760.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/you-can-t-take-it-with-you-1938-t5753.htm catbox_9 Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You is a best picture-winning screwball comedy. In this film, the son of a wealthy banker wants to marry a girl who has a very strange family. The banker's family doesn't approve and the film deals with everyone trying to get along. Stars in this film include James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, and Jean Arthur. Considering the strong cast and the fact Capra was the director, I assumed I would enjoy this film. In actuality, I found this film very strange ... Movies Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:09:07 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/you-can-t-take-it-with-you-1938-t5753.htm#171629 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/you-can-t-take-it-with-you-1938-t5753.htm http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-great-ziegfeld-1936-t5752.htm catbox_9 The Great Ziegfeld is a somewhat autobiographical film about Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. who was a real Broadway producer. The film chronicles his life as an early producer until his death. The film isn't particularly accurate as to how things actually went, but I'm not sure it was supposed to. This film is considered a musical, but it didn't really have all that much music for a musical, especially in the first half. This film won the Oscar for best picture and that was the only reason I watched ... Movies Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:52:57 GMT http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-great-ziegfeld-1936-t5752.htm#171622 http://www.dtf1.net/movies-f29/the-great-ziegfeld-1936-t5752.htm