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Re: Must See Movies

SkepticalMetal — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:28:38 GMT

Oh and I also forgot that the anime series Samurai Champloo is likely to appeal to any libertarian, as it has an underlying libertarian theme to it. To give you a hint of how much I like the series - my avatar is of a character from it.

Re: Must See Movies

SkepticalMetal — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:13:25 GMT

Where in the world is Letters from Iwo Jima? A brilliant anti-war film that shows that war is between governments and that the people are the one's who suffer for it.

Oh yeah, and Hana-bi is good too.

Re: Must See Movies

Clayton — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:01:29 GMT

Extract

Anyone familiar with Mike Judge's work (Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill, etc.) knows that he doesn't settle for the status quo. This movie presents a comical challenge to the "Robber Baron" conception of every small-business entrepreneur and provides a little room for "the other side of the story". Great movie.

Clayton -

Re: Must See Movies

Anton — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:43:54 GMT

Occupation 101

Depicts Israel policies on West Bank and Gaza as a kind of fascism.

Re: Must See Movies

Clayton — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:42:24 GMT

Speed Racer the movie.

Seriously.

While the state is no where to be seen, and a large corporation is the primary enemy, it's a beautifully-told story about personal convictions leading to triumph over frightening odds.

Re: Must See Movies

Clayton — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:35:45 GMT

Speed Racer the movie.

Seriously.

While the state is no where to be seen, and a large corporation is the primary enemy, it's a beautifully-told story about personal convictions leading to triumph over frightening odds.

Re: Must See Movies

TANSTAAFL — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:50:44 GMT

Watched Ned Kelly over the weekend. It was a decent movie and a great true story about a man and his family in their fight against corrupt cops.

Re: Must See Movies

Porco Rosso — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:04:57 GMT

Dirty Harry and Miracle at St. Anna are both great and they have libertarian themes. Although, Dirty Harry was criticized for being a fascist. That's some pretty crazy doiblethink.

Re: Must See Movies

Porco Rosso — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:50:50 GMT

What about M. Night Shyamalan's The Village? Now that I think about it, it was really a metaphor for the State.

Re: Must See Movies

Aristippus — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:41:50 GMT

I don't think this has been posted yet: Be Kind Rewind. Features the government (and later, IP lawyers) trying to relocate/shut down a small business. Echoes Mises' sentiments about the sovereignty of the consumer and is generally pro free market.. Also for jazz fans it refers to Fats Waller throughout the movie.

Re: Must See Movies

Conza88 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:10:50 GMT

"I nominate Tomorrow the War Begins: 2010"

Haha, I read all the books. Epic. Have to see the movie. Btw, thread here that I can actually edit. The same atm as page 2 version, but will update eventually.

Re: Must See Movies

mprimeau — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:27:15 GMT

I agree 1000%. I just finished watching A Bug's Life for the first time and I loved every minute of it. It's the most libertarian movie I've seen in years! The theme of exploited sheeple standing up to exploiter government is so blatant that I find it impossible to believe that there weren't some hardcore libertarians involved with the writing. Does anyone know anything about the politics of the people who wrote and produced it?

Re: Must See Movies

DanielMuff — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:21:57 GMT

I saw Waiting for Superman. It was disappointing. As if charter schools would solve the problem.

Re: Must See Movies

Isaac "Izzy" Marmolejo — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:11:44 GMT

Salo is a weird ass movie... its definately not for everyone...

Re: Must See Movies

Simon Lote — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:56:01 GMT

I nominate Tomorrow the War Begins: 2010

Plot: Australia is invaded and a group of (politically correct) teenagers who head to the hills and return to fight a guerilla war after their small town is invaded an occupied by an unspecified Asian army.

It is basically Red Dawn with a decent script, good acting and better cinematography.