Which, In Your Opinion, is the Most 'American' Movie?
Apropos the date, which is your choice as the most 'american' movie? No real criteria that I can frame for you. Maybe humor, history, pride, only in America, culture, social comment, character, politics, western frontier, hero, artistry.
Have some serious fun. Obscure is no barrier to suggestion. Your supporting comments appreciated. A few initial suggestions of my own. The styles are completely opposite but I think that the underlying theme is unifying... the quest for a better life.
America, America
Blazing Saddles
The Wizard of Oz
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
July 04, 2018, 05:36 PM
detroit192
1776?
"When in danger or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout" R.I.P. R.A.H. Ooga Chakka Hooga Hooga Ooga Chakka Hooga Hooga NRA Basic Rifle Instructor Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Adult/Child/Infant Instructor Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructor
July 04, 2018, 05:44 PM
Lord Vaalic
Team America
Fuck yeah
Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day
July 04, 2018, 05:58 PM
TMats
The first movie that came to mind, for me, was “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
Jimmy Stewart, WWII bomber pilot, respected actor and gentleman. The beautiful, Donna Reed. Great character actors. Feel good story about a man who thinks he’s a failure, but most certainly is not.
A worthy nomination, at least
_______________________________________________________ despite them
July 04, 2018, 06:12 PM
sig239dlehr
The Searchers.
July 04, 2018, 08:15 PM
jhe888
Animal House. Where else could that movie be set, or made?
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
July 04, 2018, 08:23 PM
FrankMoses
The Deer Hunter immediately popped into my mind.
July 04, 2018, 08:33 PM
0-0
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic: Team America
Fuck yeah
You have balls!
I like balls.
0-0
"OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20
July 04, 2018, 08:39 PM
FN in MT
And for me... "Sgt York" immediately came to mind.
July 04, 2018, 08:54 PM
Gustofer
Top Gun.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
July 04, 2018, 09:12 PM
HuskySig
Shaving Ryan’s Priva... err, Saving Private Ryan
Die Hard
July 04, 2018, 09:42 PM
9mmepiphany
quote:
Originally posted by jhe888: Animal House. Where else could that movie be set, or made?
In that same vein: Woodstock
No, Daoism isn't a religion
July 04, 2018, 10:43 PM
LastCubScout
Vanishing Point!
July 04, 2018, 10:45 PM
1967Goat
American Graffiti.
July 04, 2018, 10:57 PM
Prefontaine
Idiocracy.
Enjoy your EXTRA BIG ASS FRIES!!!
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
July 04, 2018, 11:33 PM
YooperSigs
They Were Expendable.
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
July 05, 2018, 12:11 AM
newtoSig765
quote:
Originally posted by detroit192: 1776?
I have the DVD. We should have watched it tonight.
On the other hand, I just mentioned this thread to my girlfriend, and she said "Yankee Doodle Dandy". A fine idea, and another movie we own.
-------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken
I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18
July 05, 2018, 09:51 AM
PASig
Forrest Gump
July 05, 2018, 10:08 AM
9x18
How The West Was Won.
July 05, 2018, 10:57 AM
Hume
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Yes, it is an Italian film, but it has 3 iconic American Western movie actors in the leading roles. The film is about the American Frontier as seen through the eyes of a foreigner: The Myth of The American West.
It is every man for himself. Alliances are tenuous. Violence is the best form of negotiation. There is an ongoing civil war in-between. The West is a no-man's land. Money is the answer, if you are smart enough to get it first.
Our strength is in ourselves, not in our soil. Farmers and miners are fools. Pick up a gun instead and really play the game: A zero-sum game.