Thread by @LarrySchwe94560

1) TEN GREAT FUN MOVIES THAT ALL SHOULD SEE (no need to search for deep meaning here)

*In no particular order.

1) "Galaxy Quest" (1999) Tim Allen, Alan Richman, Sigourney Weaver. Great spoof on "Star Trek" with Allen as Captain Jason Naismith whose "historical documents" . . .

1) contd . . . land in the hands of a besieged race from outer space battling an evil lizard villain. Good performance from Richman, clever lines.
Fun fact: I met the screen writer, who is a friend of my current director.

2) "While You were Sleeping," (1995) stars Sandra Bullock in my favorite role of hers with Bill Pullman's best performance. Lucy, who thinks she's in love with Peter (Peter Gallagher), saves his life when he falls on a railroad track. Before she can dispel the notion . . .

2) contd . . . the family (including Peter Boyle as the father) believe she is Peter's fiancee and adopt Lucy accordingly. Very touching.

3) "Here Comes the Boom," (2012), Kevin James and Salma Hayek. James plays a disillusioned high school teacher to rekindles his . . .

4) contd . . . enthusiasm for teaching as he puts together a plan to save the music department headed by Henry Winkler. Scott Voss (James) learns he can make a lot of money losing "tough man" fights, only to convince himself he can win.

BIG subtext here about . . .

4) contd . . . LEGAL immigration, with a focus on people wanting to become Americans. Touching ending.

5) "Serial," (1980), Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, and an all-star cast of B actors make this an incredibly funny movie. Mull's "Harvey Holroyd" is battling the Mill Valley/SF . .

5) contd . . . women's rights/environmentalist movement as he desperately (and hilariously) tries to hang on to his family. Fantastic jibes at political correctness and leftism.

6) "Remember the Titans," (2000), Denzel Washington and Will Patton as football coaches in VA . . .

6) contd . . . at the early days of school integration. Washington's true-life Herman Boone replaced would-be coach Bill Yoast (Patton) as black & white players learn to cooperate. So do the coaches, who became lifelong friends.

In today's woke world when EVERY SINGLE MOVIE . .

6) contd . . . is required to have this structure of blacks always good, whites always prejudiced, this was a solid, even-handed treatment of a difficult situation handled by two great men.

7) "The Equalizer" (vol. 1) (2014), the great Denzel becomes a different hero, a middle aged man who has "special talents" who steps up when he sees the Russkie mob battering prostitutes. Washington has his character with a touch of ADD. Bloody, but goooooood.

8) "Nobody," (2021) Bob Odenkirk ("Hutch") appears to be a somewhat downtrodden family man until burglars light his fires. Again, same "special talents" concept, but Hutch is a little more ruthless than Denzel's McCall. Language & bullets.

8) "Mystery Men," (1999), was a superhero movie without superheros yet people thought they were superheroes. Ben Stiller ("Mr. Furious") and William H. Macy ("the Shoveler") are great as was (I hate to say this) Janeane Garafalo. Fun, no language, no blood.

9) "Kick Ass," *2010) again, before the real Marvel Universe got rolling, a group of kids with (real) special talents get into trouble. Nick Cage as "Hitgirl"'s father is funny too.

10) Finally, the "Secret Life of Walter Mitty," (2013) was not a big hit, but endearing and funny. A nobody guy from the art department of Life Mag goes on a quest to find "the" cover pic for the final issue. Stiller is good, the adventures, hardly believable but quite fun.