Some of my Favorite movies

The list is longer but today I thought I would put a clip of two of them here as I was walking through a best movie section today.

Brubaker:

By IMBD
http://imdb.com/title/tt0080474/
Robert Redford plays another dignified character, this time as new warden Henry Brubaker posing as an inmate in a corrupt prison to understand the deplorable conditions there. As is the case with any prison-related film, we get to see some really ugly things here. Maybe "Brubaker" goes a little overboard in portraying its main character as a saint, but considering that the main point is to show the inhumanity of this country's penal system (which apparently hasn't changed much since this movie came out), they do a good job. I'd say that it's another movie that, if nothing else, deserves kudos for disproving the "Disney-ized" version of the world that we often get shown. A very good movie.



My favorite quote is near the end of the movie where the woman who put him in charge asked if why wont he change his convictions. Brubaker responds he would discuss strategy perhaps but not his principles.


Papillon
http://imdb.com/title/tt0070511/

The true story of Henri Charriere (nicknamed "Papillon" because of his butterfly tattooed chest), a Frenchman falsely accused of murder and sent to French Guiana's inescapable penal colony. Charriere spent years trying to escape from this mosquito-ridden, malaria-prone hellhole, but every attempt somehow went awry. On many occasions, the recaptured Charriere was sent into solitary confinement and only survived thanks to his incredible mental strength. Ultimately, the authorities lost hope of taming his urge to break out, so they abandoned him on Devil's Island, a tiny land mass where guards were not needed since the constantly ferocious surrounding sea was ample deterent for any would-be escapees.



Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. Why do I like this movie? Its about a man's will to live and not be broken by his surroundings or other people. He needs to find a place where he can enjoy life and not be bound by his means to a place where he will die spiritually and mentally. Some good quotes in this movie but I like, "Hey you bastards, I'm still here!"

I like movies in other categories as well but in the human spirit kind: Rudy Rudiger, Seabiscuit, October Sky ~ these movies are based on people who lived. Other movies would be fictional characters but also take from humanity like the movie Rocky. Not just movies about Americans but any man or woman who lived on Earth and who had the spirit to fight for the vale of their lives and well being.