[macgeek2005]

I'm looking for peaceful movies that are simply delightful but masterful. There is way too much brutality in the world of film, and i'm the kind of person who leans toward those loving family movies where it's a simply story about a family, a story that touches the heart, so to speak.

The only movie I can think of that's in the style i'm looking for is The Secret Garden. The 1993 version produced by Coppola. I'd like to know of ANY other movies that are of the quality of this masterpiece. The cinemetography, the story, and style, the MUSIC. The music is incredible. Zbigniew Preisner did an incredible job with the hauntingly beautiful score.

Remember, I want little to no violence, I want good music in the classical style preferebly, and loving human connections.

Please refer me to any films that come to mind.

Thanks.

[Dark Helmet]

The colour purple.

Or commando.

[osxpinot]

Finding Neverland, A River Runs Through It, more that I can't think of right now

[Dr. Wahnsinn]

Check out a 6 hours long Italian film with the English title "Best of Youth". Great film.

[OwlBoy]

Homeward Bound

[Oversoul]

Alfonso Cuarón's A Little Princess.

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by OwlBoy 

Homeward Bound

No no no, way too much tension there.

[Dakar²]

Hero

[Visnaut]

Check out Shogun Assassin. It's a harrowing tale of a son whose mother wouldn't let him buy a sword, but goes on to become the most careful ninja ever!

I kid, I kid... Sorry, couldn't resist

You should check out Big Fish. Very light-hearted and has its own quirky beauty about it.

[Kr0nos]

Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

For absolute aesthetical beauty and generally a good score (but some mild violence) try The New World by Terrence Malick

[analogika]

Amélie. Definitely.

Also, check out "Chocolat", with the lovely Juliette Binoche.

[turtle777]

With Honors (1994)

-t

[olePigeon]

Rob Roy

[James L]

The Shining, but only if you see this version:

The Shining | Re-Cut - ebaumsworld.com



Merry Christmas!

James L

[Philip J. Fry]

The Notebook?

[His Dudeness]

Smoke was a good movie. Smoke (1995)


American Beauty was OUTSTANDING. You would probably like that.

Exotica was great. Exotica (1994)

Heaven and Earth Heaven & Earth (1993)
was great, too.

The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club (1993)
was a great one, also.

[Lateralus]

Tron

[zro]

The Ballad Of Cable Hogue

[amsalpemkcus]

Gigli

[ironknee]

local hero...trust me

[Sourbook]

Originally Posted by ironknee 

local hero...trust me

Seconded.

[Nebagakid]

Finding Nemo, it is loving, but there are some tense moments, but it resolves itself beautifully in the end.

Peaceful doesn't usually yeild too much tension, which don't create that great of a story.

and why are you looking for such a specific kind of movie?

[alligator]

Go with any Cary Grant film or other "classic" films. My wife and I enjoy these much more than the violent movies today. The scripts are better too.

[RAILhead]

Gremlins.

[badidea]

The Straight Story (David Lynch)
Garden State (Zach Braff)
La Vita è Bella (Roberto Begnini)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Jim Carrey)
Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch/Bill Murray)
Lost in Translation (Sophia Coppola/Bill Murray)

^in no particular order

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by Nebagakid 

Finding Nemo, it is loving, but there are some tense moments, but it resolves itself beautifully in the end.

Peaceful doesn't usually yeild too much tension, which don't create that great of a story.

and why are you looking for such a specific kind of movie?

My guess is he's either looking for something for kids, or is a pantywaist.

[macgeek2005]

Originally Posted by Dakar² 

My guess is he's either looking for something for kids, or is a pantywaist.

Haha. I don't know if you guys remember, but just a month ago or so, I was asking for all the best war movies.

Anyway, i'm not asking for that "particular" type of movie. There can be tension. Tension is good. Just not unnessesery violence, and there needs to be human connections and sensitivity. The kind of movie that brings you inside it. The kind of movie, where afterwards, if you listen to the music from it, you'll literally hear the sounds from the movie in your head, and feel the feelings of being in that story.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by macgeek2005 

Haha. I don't know if you guys remember, but just a month ago or so, I was asking for all the best war movies.

You're a bi-polar pantywaist!

[macgeek2005]

Originally Posted by Dakar² 

You're a bi-polar pantywaist!

I'm a pantywaist huh? Let me tell you something about sissy's, ninny's, "weak" men, etc.

"Weakness" is being brainwashed into believing that a "man" likes brutal gory war movies. Weakness is not being able to confront sensitive human feelings. "Weakness" means putting up a hard shell of armor around you to protect your fragile soul.

Strength is the ability to come forth with your true self and express all forms of human emotion. Strength is Love, Beauty, Boldness. Strength is being able to cry and express ones feelings fully.

99 out of 100 cases like yours are people who enjoy violent movies over non-violent ones because the violent ones feed their protective shell, whereas the non-violent ones threaten to crack it open. Have a strong inside man. Bring out your true feelings. Theres no use in hiding them. There is no strength in brutality. Brutality comes from weakness and fear.

Thanks for the help guys. I will continue to walk proudly in this world, making sure everyone knows that I am a sensitive guy who doesn't care to hide his feelings, and who finds gangsters and brutes disgusting.

[Dakar²]

Eh, I wasn't being serious. I'd think adding bi-polar would have been the proof on that one.

[macgeek2005]

Originally Posted by Dakar² 

Eh, I wasn't being serious. I'd think adding bi-polar would have been the proof on that one.

Eh, that's okay. It gave me an opportunity to give my lecture on male sensitivity.

[hayesk]

Secondhand Lions

[torsoboy]

Originally Posted by macgeek2005 

I'm a pantywaist huh? Let me tell you something about sissy's, ninny's, "weak" men, etc.

"Weakness" is being brainwashed into believing that a "man" likes brutal gory war movies. Weakness is not being able to confront sensitive human feelings. "Weakness" means putting up a hard shell of armor around you to protect your fragile soul.

Strength is the ability to come forth with your true self and express all forms of human emotion. Strength is Love, Beauty, Boldness. Strength is being able to cry and express ones feelings fully.

99 out of 100 cases like yours are people who enjoy violent movies over non-violent ones because the violent ones feed their protective shell, whereas the non-violent ones threaten to crack it open. Have a strong inside man. Bring out your true feelings. Theres no use in hiding them. There is no strength in brutality. Brutality comes from weakness and fear.

Thanks for the help guys. I will continue to walk proudly in this world, making sure everyone knows that I am a sensitive guy who doesn't care to hide his feelings, and who finds gangsters and brutes disgusting.

Sounds like an oppinion to me. I don't think you will find either of those descriptions in any dictionary. I think you just got made fun of too much for being so sensitive and so you have now created this "shell" around yourself that is made of your own deffinitions of what "strength" is so that you fit right into it. I don't have a problem with that, but you shouldn't try to pass your made up deffinitions on as truths.

[ironknee]

Originally Posted by Sourbook 

Seconded.

thanks man...you know i bought the dvd about 5 years ago...but i have moved a fre times since and i can't find it....i might have to buy it again....