Inspiring Films

[Guest053011]

Originally Posted by atlcomedy

How about a gift subscription to Netflix? You buy online and can print the certificate that you can put in a physical basket or send it via email.

As media delivery is changing the notion of building a physical collection or being able to "put them in a cabinet" is becoming passe.

I hate getting movies as gifts because invariably they aren't the titles I would have selected & I just think "what a waste"

My friend is in Canada, no Netflix for us poor saps. However, that wouldn't work for my gift box. I'm working on a theme of items to help them enjoy the fleeting good moments while they go through a long period unavoidable hardship.

A great example of a movie my friend enjoyed: Everything Is Illuminated.

I'm actually thinking : The Soloist.

However I'm noting all these titles down as I suspect I'll be sending them more packages over time. More suggestions welcome

[CajunGent]

Lauren,

How about a book. I would suggest The House that Love Built. A biography of The Life of Millard Fuller. Founder of Habitat for Humanity.

[ed_mustafa]

How about Bolt? Or Casablanca? I know Bolt is a cartoon but I still like it. How can you go wrong with a classic like Casablanca!

[Guest053011]

Originally Posted by CajunGent

Lauren,

How about a book. I would suggest The House that Love Built. A biography of The Life of Millard Fuller. Founder of Habitat for Humanity.

Already got a book for the gift! That's part of the box I'm sending. Along with music, and edible things.

[Sisyphus]

"And Now For Something Completely Different" - because sometimes the best way to deal with hard times are to just check out & forget them for a little while.

"A Beautiful Mind" - because the inability to distinguish between what is so & what it is not so may be the most difficult circumstance of all... yet still one that can ultimately be managed to the point where it too can be mastered.

[John Bull]

All That Jazz; Bird; Patton

[growler]

Lauren, try these Finding NeverLand, The Cuirous Case of Benjamin Button, and The Reader....not the most uplifting but I couldn't stop thinking about it after I saw it.

[Chevalier]

Inspiring and uplifting?

Overcoming adversity and the unconquerable human spirit

Chariots of Fire
Casablanca
Rocky (despite Stallone, but ONLY the original)
Slumdog Millionaire

And, despite it being schlock/cheap melodrama (what do you expect with John Ritter and Bert Convy?), Hero At Large. I know, I know, it's not a GOOD movie, but still . . .

[WTF]

Originally Posted by Lauren Summerhill

That's part of the box I'm sending. Along with music, and edible things.

Put yourself in that box under 'edible things'...that should cheer'em up!

[terbul]

Quirky, funny, and inspiring: Amazing Grace, Waking Ned Devine, Local Hero, Bend it Like Beckham

[Guest053011]

Originally Posted by WTF

Put yourself in that box under 'edible things'...that should cheer'em up!

I wish! They're super square. It's a work associate from my day job, and the box is a gift for a husband and wife. They're just learned one of them has a terminal illness. I think keeping me out of the box would be wise.

Thanks for the sweet thought though LOL

[Happy Diver]

Lots of inspirational oldies.

"Magnificent Obsession"
"People Will Talk" --a very unappreciated Cary Grant
"The Four Feathers"
"Goodbye Mr. Chips"
"All Quiet on the Western Front"

[notdeadyet]

If they're basketball fans....Hoosiers.
If they're baseball fans....Bang the Drum Slowly or The Natural.
For silliness.....Rat Race or It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
For lots of sweet moments, some hysterically funny ones, and Brando mimicking Brando....The Freshman.

[pjorourke]

Originally Posted by notdeadyet

If they're basketball fans....Hoosiers.

Hey, wasn't that on Monday night?

[AvaAstor]

"Shawshank Redemption" One of the best movies......