Let Freedom Ring!!!!

[PeruvianSkies]

So what's the best movie about Freedom? There are tons of movies about freedom, but I narrowed down these 10 to give a wide cross-section of the various types of freedoms, ranging from slaves to other types of freedoms that we take for granted. Vote now or forever hold your peace!

[Worf101]

None of the above...

"Glory"....

"The Patriot"

"The Battle of Algiers"

"Battlefield Earth"

"Independence Day"

Just some food for thought.

Da Worfster

[PeruvianSkies]

None of the above...

"Glory"....

"The Patriot"

"The Battle of Algiers"

"Battlefield Earth"

"Independence Day"

Just some food for thought.

Da Worfster

I wanted to stay away from WAR movies because then it turns into a war poll, instead I was focusing on personal freedoms more than countries/states/planets etc.

[bobsticks]

What about Hotel Rwanda?

[PeruvianSkies]

I was trying to stay away from the Prison and War genre with this particular poll because they are more genre-specific and I was focusing more on personal freedoms. One entry that I realized I forgot was V FOR VENDETTA, which I really enjoyed, but also recently discovered one of the flaws of the film, in my opinion. V FOR VENDETTA never really gives us a sense of loss of freedom. Sure, we see the 'finger men' instigating with the Evey because of curfew, but we rarely see any atrocities being committed in this futuristic world to really give a hardcore sense that things are really that bad. So bad that people would start a revolution to fight back. Yes, we see that art and music seem to have been taken away, but there still isn't a larger scale sense that people are suffering. The only suffering that we see is (after we are made aware) cause by V on Evey when she thinks that she has been caught by the government.

HOTEL RWANDA nearly made the list, but as usual 10 entries really narrows things down quick.

[bobsticks]

Fair enough. Under those circumstances I'll probably cast my vote for "Gladiator"--one of the few remarkably well done films that may later be regarded as being of "epic proportions" IMO.

I agree on "V For Vendetta", although I personally would be rioting in the streets at the censorship of art and music it might be a one man march.

Thanks to this thread I'm at least considering watching "Farenheit 911" tonight. Moore's films usually start off with a logical premise and delve so deeply into extreme case examples that it's always good to elevate the heartrate. If you hear screamin' it may be me.


NP: Yes~FragileDVD-A

[noddin0ff]

What? How could you forget "Logans Run" ! ;-)

[Rich-n-Texas]

I voted for ONE FLEW... because it seemed to portray my family very well.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Good grief StickyBobby!!!

[Gerald Cooperberg]

Shortbus.

[thekid]

What about the obvious - Like Shawshank Redemption or Midnight Express ( one of the few movies where people stood and applauded in the theater and yelled at the scream "Run"! at the end of the movie....)

On a less obvious note how about "Mutiny on the Bounty" or a similar but more comedic note "Mr. Roberts".