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Which John Wayne and WWII movie to introduce my kids to westerns and classic American films.

Posted on 01/19/2016 12:32:17 PM PST by Sparticus

So I was watching a movie with my kids (10 and 13) the other day and was thinking about how different the media is that they consume than from the stuff I was raised on.

I would like to get them interested in older movies with positive messages. Which John Wayne and which WWII movies are your favorites and which would think would grab kids' attention?

I'm thinking "The Cowboys" would be good, but what else would everyone suggest?


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; johnwayne; kids; westerns
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg

ping


41 posted on 01/19/2016 12:48:08 PM PST by EveningStar (It's a cult.)
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To: Sparticus

In Harms Way
El Dorado
The Quiet Man
Mclintock!
The Sands of Iwo Jima
The Flying Lethernecks
Chisum
The Flying Tigers

to name a few.


42 posted on 01/19/2016 12:48:25 PM PST by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: Sparticus

“By God girl, thats a Colts Dragoon. You’re no bigger’n a corn nubbin. What’re you doin with all that pistol?”


43 posted on 01/19/2016 12:49:11 PM PST by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: Sparticus

WW II movies I like include

Operation Petticoat
Father Goose

Midway is lauded, but I didn’t care for it.

If they like an epic with many different plots braided into one theme, try War and Remembrance

My kids enjoyed The Great Escape. Then, there is The Red and the Black.

Also, for light-hearted silliness try Hogan’s Heroes or McHale’s Navy.


44 posted on 01/19/2016 12:50:27 PM PST by Jemian (War Eagle!)
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To: Sparticus

Red River.


45 posted on 01/19/2016 12:50:48 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Sparticus

Look up John Wayne on IMDB and pick one. Well, any one except The Conqueror.


46 posted on 01/19/2016 12:50:52 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: BJ1

True Grit?

You mean the movie with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon?

(ducking...running away)


47 posted on 01/19/2016 12:51:42 PM PST by envisio (I ain't here long... I'm out of napalm and .22 bullets.)
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To: Sparticus

The Cowboys should be late.


48 posted on 01/19/2016 12:51:55 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Sparticus

For kids your age;

Chisum
The Longest Day


49 posted on 01/19/2016 12:51:55 PM PST by bakeneko
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To: TexasCajun

“Him” being Bruce Dern, yes. In the original movie, he is executed by each boy firing point blank as he lay on the ground, in retaliation for Dern men’s murder of John Wayne. In the modified version, Dern is tied to a horse then horse gets whipped, starts galloping then drags him on the ground and through a creek and he dies.


50 posted on 01/19/2016 12:52:07 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Sparticus

It’s no use. The old movies can’t compete with the modern CGI. Kids these days don’t have the attention span needed. Movies now require a shootout, car chase, or major earthwide catastrophe every five minutes.


51 posted on 01/19/2016 12:52:22 PM PST by toast
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True Grit, and the Cowboys. WWII look at 49th Parallel, Sink the Bismark, Flags of our Fathers.


52 posted on 01/19/2016 12:52:39 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: Sparticus

True Grit


53 posted on 01/19/2016 12:54:01 PM PST by Revelation 911
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To: Sparticus

My absolute favorite, and one which I didn’t see or even know about until a couple of years ago is: The Shootist. But it’s not for youngsters. It is for anyone who has spent a long while digesting all of the earlier works. Save the best for last.


54 posted on 01/19/2016 12:54:23 PM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make up stuff. It just wastes everybody's time.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
. In the modified version, Dern is tied to a horse then horse gets whipped, starts galloping then drags him on the ground and through a creek and he dies.

"Well, that's the end of this suit."

55 posted on 01/19/2016 12:54:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Sparticus

They Were Expendable. You get John Wayne and World War 2 in one package. Also, the great and underestimated Robert Montgomery (father of Bewitched Star, Elizabeth Montgomery).

Then, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. A very fine movie about many things.


56 posted on 01/19/2016 12:55:06 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Thanks for the update.


57 posted on 01/19/2016 12:55:13 PM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: TexasCajun

A nice dog gets killed in Hondo too.


58 posted on 01/19/2016 12:56:14 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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To: toast
Kids these days don’t have the attention span needed

You said a mouthful there. I'm showing The Ten Commandments to my class. They cannot watch it straight through. Sheesh!

59 posted on 01/19/2016 12:57:29 PM PST by Jemian (War Eagle!)
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To: toast

No, it’s plenty of use. My nephew was trained early on to love silent movies as well as movies from the golden period of American filmmaking. Don’t be negative; the guy cares about his children.


60 posted on 01/19/2016 12:57:59 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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