Can you recommend some movies/videos?

by OnTheWayOut 43 Replies latest jw friends

  • OnTheWayOut
    OnTheWayOut

    I will watch WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON this week, it's on Netflix.
    I also think TICKET TO HEAVEN might be good, I saw that.

    I thought of THE MATRIX, THE ISLAND, THE TRUMAN SHOW. I like such suggestions, keep them coming.

  • Lion Cask
    Lion Cask

    "Marjoe." It is an exposé on the evangelical movement in the US that won the Oscar for best documentary in 1972.

    Another is "Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple." This one goes to understanding cult mentality, documentary produced in 2006.

  • Juan Viejo2
    Juan Viejo2

    "Friends of God" and "The Trials of Ted Haggard" by Alexandra Pelosi are excellent documentaries and really expose the shallow and hypocritical lives of evangelicals.

    Oh, yeah, and "Constantine's Sword."

  • Lion Cask
    Lion Cask

    I'm by no means a ballet fan (would rather go to the dentist, actually) but the movie "Mao's Last Dancer" is worth watching. Based on a true story it among other things provides brilliant insights into how people are brainwashed to think in terms of their own spheres of reality.

  • OnTheWayOut
    OnTheWayOut

    I loved "Mao's Last Dancer" and definitely see the value in that one.

  • 3Mozzies
    3Mozzies

    Hi OTWO :)

    Some good ones have already been mentioned.

    Here's a doco that wont upset anyone & gives you a lot to think about:

    BBC - The Story of God It's a three part Documentary.

    3Mozzies

    (I personally loved RELIGULOUS, I think you will as well)

  • tenyearsafter
    tenyearsafter

    OTWO,

    I wasn't advocating pro or anti religion subjects, I was just asking what you were looking for. The films I recommended were definitely not pro religion...they primarily dealt with the various influences, control types and conflicts that JW's could relate to. Worth a look...

    TYA

  • alamb
    alamb

    The Village.

  • flipper
    flipper

    American Beauty with Kevin Spacey & Annette Bening

    The Green Mile with Tom Hanks

    Cold Mountain with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman

    Capricorn One with Elliot Gould

    Religulous- ( I highly recommend this one )

    In the Bedroom with Sissy Spacek

    Jaws with Roy Scheider

    Deliverance with Burt Reynolds

    Borat with Sasha Baron Cohen

    Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughan & Owen Wilson

    These are some of my favorites off the top of my head. Even the ones which might make " christians " cringe- will teach them invaluable lessons of life - in my opinion

  • dssynergy
    dssynergy

    10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (documentary)...it was excellent.

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