Blockbuster is gone, who would had ever predicted that?

Cold War Illustrated: Fail Safe (1964). Simply done, yet so suspenseful!

I haven't seen the original Fail Safe, but the 2000 TV play version of it (it was sent live when it was broadcast) was good.
It also had a stellar cast.

"Open Range" was good. One of only a few (IMO) really good performances by Kevin Costner. Of course, Robert Duvall rarely if ever turns in a bad one.

I have never been disappointed by Robert Duvall. He’s always great even when he’s been in mediocre movies like Days of Thunder.

I just watched it maybe a week ago, and it was a very good movie.

Swords and Sandals or Epics- Gladiator and Troy. Man, i love those two movies.

Gladiator is absolutely perfect on every level even with all of the historical inaccuracies. Troy was pretty good but I don't think it was nearly as compelling.

It was a perfect example of retelling the story by cutting out 50% (the Greek mythology part about divine internations in the conflict), and still everything made perfect sense. I absolutely loved how the invincibility of Achilles was visualized not by showing his skin to be stabbing proof, but by having him always stay clean even after a day of battle, and surviving by superior agility. It's my second favorite Wolfgang Petersen movie, and it deserves more recognition IMO.

Road Movie:
Vanishing Point 1971

Nothing better!

Where does "The Never Ending Story" fall in that list?

What I liked about the Achilles angle is how it gave the myth of his invulnerability to weapons credibility. Early on the young attendant mentions it and he discounts it, insisting on wearing his leather armor into battle. When he's killed he's shown to pull out all the arrows except the one in his heel. Fires are burning and it's reasonable to assume that by the time he's found the only wound visible would have been the stone arrowhead still lodged in his heel.

I saw that too, very impressive that the whole thing was broadcast live! However, it didn't scare the poop out of me like the original.

If you have kids, "The Never Ending Story" is a wonderful, imaginative classic they should see. Great film for what it was.

Concur about Troy. Not a bad film, but not amazing either. Gladiator was better.

Yep. Plus, it has some of the most beautiful cinematography in any western I’ve seen.

Starship Troopers
Forrest Gump
Speed
Dirty Harry
Magnum Force
Bullitt

The Lion In Winter. Patrick Stewart made a very good attempt in the remake, but the original had Peter O’Toole and Katherine Hepburn and ain't nobody topping them.

Predator and Commando.

All of the Predator sequels have ranged from outright bad to forgettable. Predator 2’s only redeeming quality is Bill Paxton’s over the top yet great performance. “Predators” is simply forgettable. Who the hell decided that it was a great idea to cast Topher Grace in a Predator film?? And then “The Predator” from 2018 was just simply moronic.

That film simply had the proverbial “lightning in a bottle” when it came to the cast. Everyone remembers O’Toole and Hepburn of course but Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton were outstanding as well. Oh and this film has a connection with Excalibur. The actor who played Arthur in Excalibur also played one of Henry’s sons in Lion in Winter.