I need everybody's help!!!!!

gglass4269 · 02-26-09, 12:21 PM

Im doing a project for class that involves making a list of movies every high school student needs to see. Films on my list include Ikiru (dont let life go to waste), Shawshank Redemption (never give up hope), All Quiet on the Western Front(war is pointless), etc... If you could please name a movie and write a litle blurb about why students should see it, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks! =)

I already have a list of movies, but I need quotes! That's why I'm asking for everyone's help. Here in Pekin, IL no one at my high school has ever heard of Kurosawa, Godard, etc... So please don't think I'm trying to get you guys to do my hmwk. Help a fellow film geek out please! =) Thanks!

An4h0ny · 02-26-09, 12:26 PM

Wolf359 · 02-26-09, 12:26 PM

I suggest Schindler's List.

A reminder of what real evil is and how one man can make a difference.

Goat3001 · 02-26-09, 12:27 PM

Yeah I'm not doing your homework for you. But I'll give you one movie: Ferris Buellers Day Off... if you agree, you can write your own blurb.

riotinmyskull · 02-26-09, 12:30 PM

who can kill a child
children of the corn
the brood

Matthew Ackerly · 02-26-09, 12:30 PM

Requiem For A Dream - DON'T DO DRUGS!

Ash Ketchum · 02-26-09, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gglass4269

Im doing a project for class that involves making a list of movies every high school student needs to see. Films on my list include Ikiru (dont let life go to waste), Shawshank Redemption (never give up hope), All Quiet on the Western Front(war is pointless), etc... If you could please name a movie and write a litle blurb about why students should see it, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks! =)

Take SHAWSHANK off your list and I'll be more inclined to help.

But, there are certain movies that are an indelible part of the culture that should be seen by every high school student that might help them learn a little something about this country and its culture, AND the art of cinema:

KING KONG (1933)
42ND STREET (1933)
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) - at least one Hawks
CASABLANCA (1943)
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
REAR WINDOW (1954) - at least one Hitchcock
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
THE SEARCHERS (1956) - at least one Ford
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) - at least one Wilder and at least one Monroe

That should keep them busy for a while.

RyoHazuki · 02-26-09, 12:47 PM

You already have a list of movies? What's our job then?

Solid Snake PAC · 02-26-09, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum

Take SHAWSHANK off your list and I'll be more inclined to help.

But, there are certain movies that are an indelible part of the culture that should be seen by every high school student that might help them learn a little something about this country and its culture, AND the art of cinema:

KING KONG (1933)
42ND STREET (1933)
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) - at least one Hawks
CASABLANCA (1943)
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
REAR WINDOW (1954) - at least one Hitchcock
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
THE SEARCHERS (1956) - at least one Ford
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) - at least one Wilder and at least one Monroe

That should keep them busy for a while.

None of those films are films that a High School Student should see. At that age it's all about Pop Culture...King Kong is the only on there that most know about.

I'd go with:
Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Rocky
Goodfellas
The Godfather
The Matrix
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Requiem For A Dream

scott1598 · 02-26-09, 12:53 PM

Say Anything...

Count Dooku · 02-26-09, 01:45 PM

I think that if I were making a list of movies I would actually screen for a high school class, the movies would be different because I would have to take into consideration the MPAA ratings, and I would include more recent movies because I would be afraid they would tune out anything B/W, or w/out stars they know.

But if we're putting it this way: a list of movies every high school student needs to see

I'll suggest these:

Citizen Kane (1941)
It's the greatest movie ever made, so just watch it, dammit.

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
A great movie about The Great Depression with important message about the inherent dignity of all people.
More timely today, than ever.

Paths of Glory (1957)
IMHO, the best movie about the madness of war, and a great critique of the authority that sends men to war.
[Better I think than The Bridge on the River Kwai, which came out the same year and won the best picture Oscar]

High Noon (1952)
A great movie just to watch. Also a great Western, but unlike most Westerns of the era.
Theme of standing up for what you believe in, even when the public is against you.

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Again just a great movie.
Deals with themes of racism and prejudice, and the perversion of justice.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Really a great movie for students who will identify with the patients who are trapped and subject to the whims of their captors.
Teaches the lesson: QUESTION AUTHORITY !!!

Schindler's List (1993)
Portrays the horrors of the Holocaust, but also demonstrates the importance of hope and the value of one person making a difference.

The Bus · 02-26-09, 01:50 PM

Rounders (1998)
Lesson: In the poker game of life, women are the rake man. They are the fuckin' rake.

sauce07 · 02-26-09, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Ackerly

Requiem For A Dream - DON'T DO DRUGS!

This is what I came in to post. If this was shown to every freshmen class in America, the nations hard drug problem would stop immediately.

naitram · 02-26-09, 02:09 PM

Apocalypse Now (never get off the boat)

Count Dooku · 02-26-09, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sauce07

This is what I came in to post. If Requiem For A Dream was shown to every freshmen class in America, the nations hard drug problem would stop immediately.

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Ash Ketchum · 02-26-09, 02:17 PM

[quote=Solid Snake PAC;9293535]None of those films are films that a High School Student should see. At that age it's all about Pop Culture...

The whole point of school is to teach and show kids things they don't already know about, things they wouldn't discover on their own, not to reinforce contemporary pop culture's unholy hold on them.

DthRdrX · 02-26-09, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Dooku

spoilerized due to profane/sexual material

Spoiler:

Sounds like a good idea to me.

arminius · 02-26-09, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by gglass4269

Im doing a project for class that involves making a list of movies every high school student needs to see. Films on my list include Ikiru (dont let life go to waste), Shawshank Redemption (never give up hope), All Quiet on the Western Front(war is pointless), etc... If you could please name a movie and write a litle blurb about why students should see it, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks! =)

I already have a list of movies, but I need quotes! That's why I'm asking for everyone's help. Here in Pekin, IL no one at my high school has ever heard of Kurosawa, Godard, etc... So please don't think I'm trying to get you guys to do my hmwk. Help a fellow film geek out please! =) Thanks!

Cross of Iron - War is Absurd

SFranke · 02-26-09, 05:21 PM

If this is representative of the kind of assignments you are receiving, whatever program you are in is worthless. Do yourself a favor: withdraw, stop wasting your time and get a job.

Drexl · 02-26-09, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SFranke

If this is representative of the kind of assignments you are receiving, whatever program you are in is worthless. Do yourself a favor: withdraw, stop wasting your time and get a job.

That's a good one for Clerks.

gglass4269 · 02-26-09, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFranke

If this is representative of the kind of assignments you are receiving, whatever program you are in is worthless. Do yourself a favor: withdraw, stop wasting your time and get a job.

uh...I'm still in high school man and this is for a drama club..You don't have to come on the boards and dispense your penis envy silent bob like quippets at anyone who dosn't meet your standards.

LickTheABCs · 02-26-09, 11:09 PM

Battle Royale.

Kurtie Dee · 02-26-09, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gglass4269

uh...I'm still in high school man and this is for a drama club..You don't have to come on the boards and dispense your penis envy silent bob like quippets at anyone who dosn't meet your standards.

Drop out of high school! ... college costs like, what, a million dollars now? And by the time you graduate we won't have an economy anyway.

But seriously, I always felt like Fast Times At Ridgemont High told me more about making it through high school than anything ...

RocShemp · 02-26-09, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Dooku

spoilerized due to profane/sexual material

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Darknite39 · 02-26-09, 11:26 PM

Breakfast Club?

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