— Jake Sully, Avatar (2009)All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
— Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild (2007)I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
— The Last Samurai (2003)Katsumoto: Do you believe a man can change his destiny? Algren: I think a man does what he can, until his destiny is revealed to him.
— Lars and the Real Girl (2007)Lars: Well, Bianca can help you. She's got nurse's training. Gus: No she doesn't. That's because she's a plastic...thing. Lars: That's amazing. Did you hear that? Bianca said God made her to help people.
— Ron Franz, Into the Wild (2007)When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines on you.
— Gen. Omar Bradley, Patton (1970)Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles.
— Gladiator (2000)Quintus: "People should know when they're beaten!" Maximus: "Would you, Quintus? Would I?"
— Patton, Patton (1970)(looking at remains of a battle) I love it! God help me, I love it so. I love it more than my life.
— Miranda, Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)Miranda (to Daniel): I bring home a birthday cake and a few gifts; you bring home the Goddamn San Diego Zoo. And I have to clean up after it!
— Maximus, Gladiator (2000)I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.
— Yuri Orlov, Lord of War (2005)Often the most barbaric atrocities occur when both sides proclaim themselves freedom fighters.
— Miles, Sideways (2004)If you don't have money at my age, you're not even in the game anymore. You're just a pasture animal waiting for the abattoir.
— Patton, Patton (1970)No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win a war by making the other poor bastard die for his country!
— Miles, Sideways (2004)Half my life is over, and I have nothing to show for it...I’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue, surging out to sea with a ton of raw sewage.
— Christopher McCanless, Into the Wild (2007)The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences.
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Eivind wrote
on February 14th, 2010 at 1:09 am
Yes, I do take guest reviews, provided they are up to the standard I think my readers deserve. Check your inbox, Roger – it would be fun to feature your work.
Eivind
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bj0rnborg wrote
on February 13th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
“I love you man” is a bromance that I really would love to see analyzed like this. Do you take guest-reviews? I could consider making one if so.
Cheers
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Michiel wrote
on February 3rd, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Yeah, choke is a great documentary, would be great to see that on on your site!
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Eivind wrote
on February 3rd, 2010 at 8:51 am
Dion – I actually have that movie on my shelf and yet I haven’t even thought about featuring it. Thanks for the tip.
Merlin – Wow, that sounds like a kick ass movie to feature here. Did you know I train Jujitsu myself? The Japanese tradition. I’ve really needed that. So I look forward to watching this for very personal reasons as well.
Mike – You’re not the first one to suggest it, so I believe I must pick it up soon.
Now, I only need the time to feature them all.
Thanks again!
Eivind
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Mike wrote
on February 3rd, 2010 at 7:43 am
13th Warrior!
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Merlin wrote
on February 3rd, 2010 at 5:44 am
Choke
This documentary follows Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Master Rickson Gracie as he trains and enters the World Vale Tudo (freestyle fighting) competition. It is less focused on fighting than on his psychological and physical training, and is a look inside the life of a man that lives in deep integrity, strong family tradition, and yet trains using yoga, meditation, pranayama, and of course Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is a beast. What an example of sensitivity combined with utter ferociousness.
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Dion Blair wrote
on February 1st, 2010 at 5:32 am
A River Runs Through It. Great film about becoming a man. A great representation of the turn of the century male.
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Eivind wrote
on November 14th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Thanks, Durwin, that’s a real good suggestion. I can promise you that it will be featured here in early 2010.
Jonathan: I deleted two of your posts as they listed movies that have not yet been released. I won’t accept nonsense here. The Last Airbender is however an excellent TV-show, but I don’t do TV shows I’m afraid.
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Durwin Foster wrote
on November 13th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Gran Torino:
Clint Eastwood’s portrayal of a “manly man” out of step with his children’s pomo culture, but seemingly in-step with the needs of his immigrant neighbours was compelling.
In Spiral Dynamics terms, he offers “blue” where it is really needed, in the gang infested ‘hood, while at the same time softening up enough to receive redemption for the killings he did during the Korean war.
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jonathan wrote
on November 8th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
avatar the last airbender
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Eivind wrote
on November 7th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I have considered The Dark Knight already, Robert. For much the same reasons you state. I'm sorry your messages keep getting trapped in my spam filter (I just found it there). I'm going to look into it.
Eivind
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Bj0rnborg wrote
on November 3rd, 2009 at 7:43 pm
It definately was.
Here are two more suggestions:
The dark knight (Who is the rolemodel, Two Face, the hero that gets corrupted, can you only be a hero for a short while before becoming a villain as he states during the movie? batman, The true hero and whos biggest heroic act is to accept the blame that is not his, to ensure peace and stabillity. The hero becomes a villain, once more. Joker, the true villain that also does some good (one could say heroic) deeds.
To me this sums up the issues with modern masculinity. I would love to read your thoughts on this movie.
And ofcourse, Brokeback mountain.
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Eivind wrote
on October 26th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Just wanted you all to know Dead Poets Society has now been published.
Thank you Roger for the suggestion. I hope it has been worth the wait.
Eivind
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antonio wrote
on October 13th, 2009 at 10:03 am
I forgot beerfest and eurotrip, sorry.
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antonio wrote
on October 13th, 2009 at 10:01 am
You arent a man unless youve watched PAYBACK with Mel Gibson!!!!!!!!!… just kidding.
Also THE PASSION OF CHRIST shows how a man can have great leadership skills and take lots
of pain for his people, the Jews. Also THE MATRIX just the first one(the rest are GAY…no offense to gay guys). ALso the BACK TO THE FUTURE is also highly recommended. Stellar action movies like THE PATRIOT or KING ARTHUR as well. DEFINITELY PATRIOT or COLD MOUNTAIN
even though COLD MOUNTAIN is sad in the end.
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Arthur wrote
on September 30th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I have little doubt that you guys will approve of this.
The 25 Manliest Films of All Time
http://www.arthurshall.com/x_2007_manly_films.shtml
And yes the above is my site.
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Eivind wrote
on September 22nd, 2009 at 9:14 am
Keep’em coming. I’m listening. I will definitely do Eyes Wide Shut soon.
Eivind
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Kaare Saatvedt wrote
on September 10th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Stanley Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut
Kubricks kanskje beste og mest undervurderte film.
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Andrew wrote
on August 18th, 2009 at 11:41 am
How about ‘The Fountain’ by Darren Aronofsky?
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Eivind wrote
on August 6th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Phra Khru Bah was one inspiring dude! The “powerful ideas from the movie” concept will be featured on all movie reviews from now on.
Dead Poets Society coming up
E
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Michiel wrote
on August 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 pm
I’m really happy you saw it and put it on your site Eivind
Really liked the story too, specially the strong ideas you sum up that grasp the core of this documentary.
Thank you.
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Eivind wrote
on August 2nd, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Buddha’s Lost Children has arrived Michiel. Tell me what you think
Eivind
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Michiel wrote
on July 24th, 2009 at 10:42 am
That’s great Eivind, I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.
Michiel
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Eivind wrote
on July 24th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Michiel,
The Last Samurai has just arrived.
And you’re on for Buddha’s Lost Children! Looks amazing and I have heard of it before.
Eivind
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Eivind wrote
on July 24th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Hey Alberto,
I’ve looked up Light years Away and it looks interesting, but cannot find it for a decent price. Do you know where I can get a copy?
Eivind
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Michiel wrote
on July 16th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
“The last temtation of Christ” I think is the only movie I haven/t seen in this list so I’m looking forward to that. Great website, I’m involved in working with men and boys and try to use and integral method so ít’s great to see other people combine it as well.
I have a few more suggstions I liked:
“buddha’s lost children”, a documentary about a thai buddhist monk, ex-thaiboxing champion, that takes care of orphans, as a mentor and trainer. I specially like the “hard love” he demonstrates.
“the fisher king”, a modern version of the methaphoric story of Parcival. Bout pain, fear and responsibility, with Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges
“the brothers mcMullen”, about 3 Irish brothers and how they deal with relationships.
“the last samurai”, about what is worth fighting for.
Ok, I will stop now…..
Thanx for the great site and keep it up!
Michiel
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Eivind wrote
on July 6th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
It looks like the Last temptation of Christ is a winner! Not seen it, would like to, and will feature it later this year.
Thanks for the great suggestions, keep’em coming!
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Kjell wrote
on July 5th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
I have two recommendations this time:
- Ford Fairlane: It’s tons of fun and it’d be cool to see him in light of your analysis.
- I totally support the idea of Last temptation of Christ. One of the best movies ever!
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Alberto wrote
on June 29th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
I want to recomend “Light Years Away” of Alain Tanner. Is a film about the search of two men from different generations and with sort of a master-disciple relationship.
Salud
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Eivind wrote
on June 27th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Thanks, Roger! I have decided to feature Dead Poets’ Society some time in the future. I think it is a very good choice.
Thanks Patrick for these great suggestions. I agree with Rob Roy, although I have my eyes set on Braveheart before that. Last temptation of Christ is a very exciting idea.
Has Andrew Cohen produced a feature film?
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Patrick wrote
on June 25th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Rob Roy.
Good movie about integrity, loyalty, being true to to what is most demanded.
Trainspotting
Begby has something that is very very deeply buried inside my green self.
The last temptation of Christ
Beautiful movie. He’s on a path and will face everything up till total submission/surrender.
Anything from (spiritual teacher) Andrew Cohen you can get your hands on.
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Bj0rnborg wrote
on June 19th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Hi Elvind
I absolutely love your work.
I would like to recomend “Dead poets society”. I believe this is can be a good movie about initiation, mentorship, the road from boyhood to adult, while at the same time beeing a great movie.
Love and respect
Roger
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Eivind wrote
on June 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Guys, I would love to do TV shows as well, but I haven’t the resources for that right now. The hours I have to spend to gain enough understanding of a show to offer any worthwhile observations are too long (I threw away my TV many years ago and don’t watch TV shows anymore). For the time being, it will just be movies, but that may change in the future.
Also, there will come a time when everyone can set up their own subpage and do as many reviews as they’d like themselves. So why not start planning your own Band of Brothers feature right now?
Thanks for the feedback!
Eivind
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john dupuy wrote
on June 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Totally concur with Daniel’s recommendation of Band of Brothers.
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john dupuy wrote
on June 17th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Mongol: whether it is an accurate portrayal of Genghis Khan, I don’t know, but as a as a illustration of the journey of a boy to manhood I think it works wonderfully.
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Daniel R Smith wrote
on June 10th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Band Of Brothers
From Review:
Band of brothers is an awesome show. It is very acurate and captures the character grow and bonding perfectly.