Recommendation for a "feel good" movie>
 

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During the "Covid year" we have watched more movies at home than ever. We have DirecTV and check ahead the next week or so on channels that may have movies playing of interest and DVR them. We also have Netflix. So typically on many nights we watch one. Some are "stinkers" and we bail out early, others are "keepers" and hit the right tone for us.

Last night we watched "Wonder". It was so heartwarming. From 2017, with Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and some wonderful young actors. We DVRd it from channel 'Freeform' on D-TV, but no doubt avail from other platforms. The movie> 'Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.'

It's so well done, and pulls you through all emotions. This should be shown at all elementary schools.

Highly recommend it.


Wonder (2017) - IMDb
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Binge watch all the 3 stooges shows and Hogans Heroes. Weekend is shot...

Couldn't the budget for the film extend to a decent pair of shoes to go with the suit Owen Wilson wears in the picture.
Sartorial slovenliness!

Thanks for the tip. Going to give Wonder a look today.

The movie that stuck with me during this ordeal was A Dog's Purpose.

I second A Dog’s Purpose, it brought a rare tear to my eyes.

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absolutely a 'third' for A dog's Purpose.

I'm a guy. Not necessarily a Macho-guy I guess. Because it really doesn't take much to get me to tear up. Family and some movies that hit the heart do it every time. Must say, there were times (even in a movie theater..) that made me sound like a sniveling and weeping guy, trying to hide it...
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Another good movie is "Stardust" with Charlie Cox and Robert DeNiro

The Dig on Netflix

One of my all time favorite movies is 'Secretariat" It's a movie about the greatest race horse of all time. Really well done.

Return to Me

The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
 

I recently stumbled on an older movie and decided to take a chance. The movie is "The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)" The story is about; Monty Wildhorn, an alcoholic novelist of Westerns, who has lost his drive. His nephew pushes him to summer in quiet Belle Isle. He begrudgingly befriends a newly single mom and her 3 girls who help him find the inspiration to write again. It stars Stars: Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, and Madeline Carroll. A few minutes into the movie, I was hooked.... I highly recommend it. It was available on my Amazon Prime streaming, but I see many other streaming sources. The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)

This is one of my favorite films.

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The absolute isolation of that film is what gets to me. The heroism of the robots. I agree, great movie.

For something more recent, and feel good, the 1985 Movie, Vision Quest. It really brings you back to the 80s watching it. Love that movie.

I loved it when the little robots started cheating at cards!

So now I have to strap on the hook, peg leg and call the parrot to my shoulder to obtain it again :). You'd think with Prime, Paramount+, Hulu+Live, Netflix, and HBOMax that one of them would have a free, streamable 50 year old movie that I OWNED at one point. Back then movies cost a LOT of money to buy. $30 in 1980, is the same as $95 today. I'm not paying for it again.

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Oh boy...THAT one is a real tearjerker, so "heartwarming", funny, poignant, and pulls emotions - but in a generally wonderful happy way.

The cast is simply great as well.

David Duchovny
Minnie Driver
Carroll O'Connor
Robert Loggia
Bonnie Hunt
David Alan Grier
Jim Belushi

Return to Me (2000) - IMDb
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"A Walk in the Woods".

Robert Redford and Nick Nolte. Some good chuckles and some stunning scenery.

Based on a true story about two older guys who attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.

I used to hike and backpack the White Mountains in NH, but never attempted this incredible journey.

1984 and animal farm

LOL. You are such a Brit. (I mean that kindly)

You know that all Yankees are born in "trainers".

SEABISCUIT (True story)

UNBROKEN (True story)

RUNNING BRAVE (True Story)

"Cinderella Man"

True story.

The Intern with Robert De Nero and Ann Hathaway.

TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams.

The image or link got blown out - Are you talking about "*Batteries Not Included" ?

I'll chime in with 'Hidalgo' and 'War Horse'. I love stories about how wonderful animals can be, wish more humans tried to be the same..

I agree about the movie. Also the book is excellent as well.

Which book is that?

Thanks, all. I'd run out of movies to watch. Just started what looks to be a good series on Netflix tonite: The Serpent. Lots of shots of Bangkokk.

GI Jane

And for those who enjoy a good horse movie...Phar Lap. Also based on a real horse. :MOJE_whot::MOJE_whot:(Nellie)

I just watched The Life Ahead on Netflix. It stars Sophia Loren. It's subtitled but easy to watch. She's a holocaust survivor running a sort-of daycare. She forms an unlikely relationship with a bitter street kid whom she takes in after he robs her. Written/produced by her son, in what he said may be her final film appearance.

Sophia Loren is amazing in this, in all her ageing beauty. The street kid, Ibrahema Gueye, and the antiques shop owner are excellent.

Thanks for the suggestion, the wife and I streamed the flick earlier tonight for our weekly "movie night". We recently both read a couple books about the "thru hikers on the Application Trail" and the movie was timely. Boy do we wish we were in our 20's again, but had the time and resources we have now so we could make the dream a reality. Oh well, we will just have to live with the memories of all the many Appalachian Trial hikes we have done in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine while our bodies still had it in them : )

I can't speak to this particular movie, but there are literally thousands of "free" movies available to watch via streaming. Yes, there are ads. But those are making up the costs to the streaming provider. Sometimes there are no ads, like Amazon Prime movies. You do need the Amazon Prime subscription, of course.

I'd put movies I was interested in in a "watch list", so I was notified when they became available for either streaming or free streaming. Many services provide this.

The "Roku Channel" is available online even without having a Roku streaming player. Roku Channel I would put movies you want to see in a "Watch List". Silent Running is available for streaming for $3.99 in quite a few places. There are other services that have quite a library of "free" (with ads) movies.

Just watched "the map of tiny perfect things" .. what a neat movie!

"Take The Lead", with Antonio Banderas. No violence, no foul language and a TRUE story to boot. Very uplifting.:popcorn::popcorn:

Second Hand Lions....Michael Caine and Robert Duvall.....one of our favorites.

For Christmastime, The Fourth Wise Man, with Martin Sheen

Wartime submarine movies, K9 The Widowmaker and of course The Hunt for Red October

Recent movie I liked, "Run, Hide, Fight" about a school shooting and personal bravery.

An old black and white cult classic, "The Bad Seed"......very unique.

Also one of my old time favorites, "Mr Blandings builds his Dream House". Cary Grant.

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If you haven't already seen any of these check them out:

"Run Silent Run Deep"

"Torpedo Run"

"Operation Pacific"

"Destination Tokyo"

And my all time favorite "Das Boot" in German with subtitles of course.

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I will steal the Thread (I'm the OP), for this little tidbit.

Lately, I've been in the habit of going to the bedroom about 9pm - while SHE watching more News (I've had it with news...) For the last week I've been checking out the old "Twilight Zone" series from the 60s. Night before last, watched The Twilight Zone:
- The Lateness of the Hour (1960) ... INGER STEVENS played "Jana".

I was taken by her pretty appearance (hey, I'm a guy...). Typical TZ "shocker ending"... I thought to myself after watching - "I need to google her to see if she is still alive - must be 90 or so". Forgot to yesterday - remembered to check just now.

OMG...so sad, died at 36>

Following her suicide from acute barbiturate poisoning, it was revealed that Inger had been long married (from 1961) to African-American bit actor Ike Jones. The marriage, for obvious reasons, was kept under wraps to protect her career. They were estranged at the time she died.
She cheated death three times. In her first suicide attempt, she swallowed sleeping pills and ammonia which left her with blood clots in her lungs, legs swelled up to twice their size, and temporary blindness (she miraculously recovered within weeks); one time, she and Rod Steiger were nearly asphyxiated by carbon monoxide fumes while filming a scene from Cry Terror! (1958) in a tunnel (Steiger said years later she initially refused medical treatment at the scene, she said she wanted to die); and once she leaped from a crash-landing jet liner minutes before it exploded.
SPOILER: One of her best remembered TV roles was the episode The Twilight Zone: The Hitch-Hiker (1960), in which she played a frantic driver who kept passing the same hitchhiker on the road ("Going my way?"). The audience later finds out the phantom actually represented Death and that she had been killed in a car accident all along.
Was romantically involved with Bing Crosby during and after they appeared together in Man on Fire (1957). The relationship never led to marriage because Stevens refused to convert to Catholicism. When Crosby married Kathryn Grant, (who had converted) a year or two later, Stevens was devastated.
A month after her death, her widower, Ike Jones, asked to be named administrator of her estate. Her brother appeared in court to support him, and eventually was given half of the estate. He immediately gave all the money to children's charities and mental health organizations.
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Below are 3 movies that I enjoyed very much. I suggest that you watch them in the order below. Also you can watch the previews that I put next to the titles

Enjoy

The Ultimate Gift The Ultimate Gift - Official Movie Trailer - YouTube

The Ultimate Life The Ultimate Life - Official Trailer 2013 - YouTube

The Ultimate Legacy The Ultimate Legacy Trailer - YouTube

Second Hand Lions and Mr. Blanding Builds his Dream House are wonderful recommendations.