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Lawrence of Arabia (1 Viewer)
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Sundays Rule
Footballguy
david lean is one of my all time fave directors. If you like that try out Dr. Zhivago and Bridge on the River Kwai. He knows how to make every shot epic.
Best movie ever. Read Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
Honestly, this is my favorite movie ever, and I'm still bitter that Peck won the 62 Best Actor oscar over O'Toole. I've read just about every book published by or about TE Lawrence (I had a lot of spare time to kill my junior year of college)
Honestly, this is my favorite movie ever, and I'm still bitter that Peck won the 62 Best Actor oscar over O'Toole. I've read just about every book published by or about TE Lawrence (I had a lot of spare time to kill my junior year of college)
SofaKings
Footballguy
Cool. Thanks.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
He was an English guy
Went to fight the Turkish.
He was an English guy
Went to fight the Turkish.
There were lots of excellent performances in LoA. Omar Sharif as Sherif Ali is great and won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, and so is Alec Guiness as Prince Faisal al Saud, the chief of the al Saud tribe who later becomes the first king of Saudi Arabia. It's a great movie, well deserving of its Best Picture Oscar and its somewhat iconic status, even if some of it's history is a little off.
fsword
Footballguy
Did you hear about the guy with five......?His pants fit like a glove.
Flying V
Footballguy
:( I'd also recommend With Lawrence in Arabia by Lowell Thomas. A shorter read with some excellent photos of the people and places in the story.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
About as exciting as watching paint dry.
Less exciting than watching old people eat.
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Less exciting than watching old people eat.
:( pretty sure this was necessary as the op was asking for assistance with other reads about this story.Why not stay gone?About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
pretty sure this was necessary as the op was asking for assistance with other reads about this story.Why not stay gone?About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
I'm sorry?ETA: Doesn't look like he's getting much "assistance". Why not lighten up?
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snitwitch
Footballguy
About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
I've watched it twice. The second time on the 92" big screen so it was BIG the way it's "supposed" to be. I guess I just don't get "classic" movies in the same way that I don't get "classic" books.I'm glad for the people that like them. I'm sure I've got many movies on my favorite list that most people think are 
saintsfan
Footballguy
Hey Red, how would you like to be eaten by the Big Bad Wolf???
snitwitch
Footballguy
What about classics like The Godfather? Is there a cut off year, before which certain movies bore you?About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
scoobygang
Footballguy
VOOOOOOLARE!
SofaKings
Footballguy
Just ordered Seven Pillars.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
I usually respect, and often agree with, your opinions Andy. You are dead wrong on this one.About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I've said many times that The Godfather is overrated.There is a definite cutoff date for me - 1977. Yes, that means Star Wars.
saintsfan
Footballguy
He's gonna fart the song!!!!
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Hey. What's that speck out on the horizon?................................................................................................................................Is it just me or is the speck getting bigger?..............................................................................................................................The speck's a BLOB now!.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Is that a camel?........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................I think it might be a person....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................I usually respect, and often agree with, your opinions Andy. You are dead wrong on this one.About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
saintfool
Dead sexy
"The Conversation"? I think you could dig that flick. Gene Hackman is fantastic in it...I've said many times that The Godfather is overrated.There is a definite cutoff date for me - 1977. Yes, that means Star Wars.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
That is one that I intend to get to.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
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fsword
Footballguy
Lewk, he hold it weeth hees .........
This has to be a
trip. How can you expect anyone to take your opinion on the subject seriously if you pick an arbitrary year as a cut-off point for the quality of movies?
Ozymandias
Footballguy
Lawrence of Arabia is the reason the A-rabs have all the oil.
No reason to thank him.
No reason to thank him.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Interesting. And here I thought it was because they happen to live where the oil is. Crazy me.Besides, who's thanking him for anything - we're talking about a movie.
Sockmonkey
Footballguy
If it weren't for him the Ottoman Turks would have it, and those guys were total nut blisters for 600 years.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I don't care if anyone considers my opinion on the matter at all - seriously or not. Movies are a matter of taste and for my tastes I can't think of a single movie pre-1977 that I thoroughly enjoyed.This has to be aI've said many times that The Godfather is overrated.There is a definite cutoff date for me - 1977. Yes, that means Star Wars.
trip. How can you expect anyone to take your opinion on the subject seriously if you pick an arbitrary year as a cut-off point for the quality of movies?
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Not entirely true. At the beginning of their Empire, especially under Sulieman (The Great) they were actually pretty advanced and secular - in some ways moreso than the European empires they butted heads with at the time.But by the time WWI rolled around they were indeed far removed from the greatness of the early part of their empire. They were ripe for a fall regardless, I doubt they'd have been able to hold on to the oil rich areas for very long.
perry147
Footballguy
I believe Lawrence wanted the Arabs to rule themselves without outside interference - including the British.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Jaws?Taxi Driver?Spartacus?Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?The Three/Four Musketeers?Logun's Run?
Sockmonkey
Footballguy
Oh I'm not arguing the empire's organization, advancement, and military skills (though by 1916 the Young Turk party was a welcome change.) No, I mean the Ottoman Turks were like a nut blister to Western Europe. They were a major pain, and for a loooong time looked like they were set to sweep across Europe if they could just get past Vienna. The Arabs were a bunch of daycare workers compared to them.
Sockmonkey
Footballguy
Yes. And that put him at odds with the Sykes-Picot Agreement between Britain and France. Of course it's the only thing that could have worked, so good on him.
perry147
Footballguy
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ?2001: A Space Odyssey ?A Clockwork Orange?I don't care if anyone considers my opinion on the matter at all - seriously or not. Movies are a matter of taste and for my tastes I can't think of a single movie pre-1977 that I thoroughly enjoyed.This has to be aI've said many times that The Godfather is overrated.There is a definite cutoff date for me - 1977. Yes, that means Star Wars.
Sockmonkey
Footballguy
Hell, with 1977 he's cutting off Rooster Cogburn. The man has no taste.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ?2001: A Space Odyssey ?A Clockwork Orange?I don't care if anyone considers my opinion on the matter at all - seriously or not. Movies are a matter of taste and for my tastes I can't think of a single movie pre-1977 that I thoroughly enjoyed.This has to be aI've said many times that The Godfather is overrated.There is a definite cutoff date for me - 1977. Yes, that means Star Wars.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Okay. You found one.Jaws? -Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? - Never seen it.The Three/Four Musketeers? - Not seen.Logun's Run?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Enjoyed, but not thoroughly. Actually, it's been a while and I should watch it again.
As a movie, it's Kubrick at his pretentious best. Long and boring. If I look at it like a painting, however, there are parts that are pretty good.
Been too long since I've seen it. Didn't enjoy it much when I did.Good lord, I think I'm turning into Smoo.
Gr00vus
Footballguy
Mehmed and Sulieman really did put a scare into Western Europe didn't they? A fascinating period of history that doesn't get the attention it deserves in my opinion. So little was known about the Turks until they exploded on the scene in Asia minor, then they become a world power almost overnight for a few hundred years, scare the heck out of the Christian monarchs and clergy of Western Europe while actually being way more tolerant of other religions than those people ever were, and so on. Plus the whole Vlad Dracul episode.My favorite book on the subject:
Mehmed The Conqueror And His Time
Gr00vus
Footballguy
The Good The Bad And The Ugly?Fistfull Of Dollars?For A Few Dollars More?The Dirty Dozen?Monty Python And The Holy Grail?Okay. You found one.Jaws? -
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Since I don't enjoy older movies, I haven't even gotten around to seeing these. I may have to, however, as I'm running out of new movies to watch.
There's two.
cstu
Footballguy
Great thread on IMDB where a guy explains his view that LoA is over-rated. One of the guys defending LoA ends up calling Shawshank "the most dismal, sanctimonious, predictable, irredeemable piece of tat I've ever had the misfortune of watching."http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/board/flat/22642813About as exciting as watching paint dry.
Less exciting than watching old people eat.
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
"Piece of tat?"Great thread on IMDB where a guy explains his view that LoA is over-rated. One of the guys defending LoA ends up calling Shawshank "the most dismal, sanctimonious, predictable, irredeemable piece of tat I've ever had the misfortune of watching."About as exciting as watching paint dry.Less exciting than watching old people eat.
saintfool
Dead sexy
this is maybe the best of the clint roles. it is stylized, genre defining and often very funny. more often than not, i found it just really cool.
