tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416476.post113704151144359191..comments2023-10-12T06:26:55.850-04:00Comments on SHERRIL'S MYRIAD OF MUSINGS: The Highest Form of FlatterySherrilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043182622334797614noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416476.post-1137287949581446292006-01-14T20:19:00.000-05:002006-01-14T20:19:00.000-05:00Fabulous list! I shall have to give some thought ...Fabulous list! I shall have to give some thought to what mine would be, but <B>To Kill a Mockingbird</B> would be in there somewhere, as would <B>Born on the Fourth of July</B>, and maybe <B>Mississippi Burning</B>. <BR/><BR/>But geez louise! What a grim picture of America I'd be painting!<BR/><BR/>Okay. Add <B>Far and Away</B>. That gets us some America as Land of Opportunity. Keep <B>Oh Brother! Where Art Thou?</B> for all the reasons you mentioned. That's five. Lessee...<BR/><BR/><B>A Home of Our Own</B> (Kathy Bates movie, really fabulous, but not a Big Picture sort of movie - also a good glimpse of a single mother trying to make it in America.) <BR/><BR/><B>Places in the Heart</B> for a look at America in the Great Depression, and a good glimpse of Texas to boot. <BR/><BR/><B>The Last of the Mohicans</B> to give an honest account of what America has done to her native population.<BR/><BR/><B>All the President's Men</B> because here we go again.<BR/><BR/>And finally, <B>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</B> to represent the America I hope we aspire to.<BR/><BR/>BUT, I'm leaving out some truly fabulous historical movies, like Ron Howard's <B>Apollo 13</B>! Oh! So many movies. Such hard choices. Maybe America is too big for just 10 movies.<BR/><BR/>Fabulous post! Fabulous idea!Diane S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05100912049079312991noreply@blogger.com