Comments on: The most inspirational movie ever

By: leslie speakers

leslie speakers — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:54:42 +0000

I love the bit at the end with Rocky II, really pushing the “people's champion” angle of the story. Chuck Wepner should be so lucky.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:39:27 +0000

Thanks for your help with identifying them! I had no idea Christian Bale was in Newsies!

By: Fae

Fae — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:59:00 +0000

the Tim Allen movie is Galaxy Quest. “Never give up, never surrender!”
“By Grabthar’s hammer, I will avenge you.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:02:00 +0000

Thank you so muchI went to overthinkit.com and there was not a list of the movies, like yahoo.com said there would be. I’m so relieved you had it – a few of those were making me CRAZY that I didn’t know them. Might use this as a checklist to watch over Christmas break.
-R

By: Will the Thrill

Will the Thrill — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0000

The Matrix speech is from The matrix reloaded, because it comes when the Nebuchadnezzar first comes to Zion which happens in the 2nd movie, i remember cause right after this speech is when they have the giant rave in the great hall where apparently everyone who still lives in Zion looks Haitian or Jamaican and Neo/Trinity sneak of to have sex, and the last clip from rocky is not from Rocky 6, is def Rocky 2. He got it right, you can tell by just looking at his hair.

By: heimanj

heimanj — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Wasn’t Morpheus’ big speech from Matrix Reloaded, not Matrix Revolutions?

Been awhile since I’ve seen either film, but I do remember “Reloaded” having a big speech in it.

By: Kyle Brumbaugh

Kyle Brumbaugh — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:35:00 +0000

I don’t think the last cut is Rocky 2, (The rematch with Apollo Creed) I believe it is Rocky Balboa.(The latest Rocky film) Since the age of Stallone is definitely advanced. I think the shot actually comes from outside of his restaurant. Here is the link to the trailer and you can pretty much match things up.

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3319464217/

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:10:00 +0000

It’s “The Great Muppet Caper”. And I think “Superman” is actually “Superman II” (where he brings the flag back to the top of the white house at the end.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:02:00 +0000

Are you positive that the first clip is from “The Muppet Movie”? I’m almost sure it belongs to “The Muppets Take Manhattan” or “The Great Muppet Caper.”

By: Paul Nicholson

Paul Nicholson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:21:00 +0000

I'm still pretty happy with getting 47 out of 57 clips (55 movies) right off the top of my head, no googling.

Funny thing is i've only actually seen 27 of the movies!

The rest are just so iconic and so often played that i knew them from other clips i've seen. Gives me a good list of movies to throw in Netflix though. Thanks for pointing out the holes in my viewing history :-)

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:17:00 +0000

I cried at my desk.

Thanks for that.

By: Paul Nicholson

Paul Nicholson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:05:00 +0000

How very appropriate that Matt would get to fill in the blank on “Army of Darkness” :-)

By: MBlinks

MBlinks — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:02:00 +0000

Paul -

Thanks for watching, and congrats on identifying almost everything! I'm a huge geek, obviously, and I'm glad that other geeks are geeking out over this.

As the Introverted One noticed, you left out Swingers between Troy and Miracle. (Curiously enough, that's the last clip I added, so maybe great minds think alike?)

The one you're not sure about (the man screaming "Who's with me?!") is Army of Darkness. That's Bruce Campbell rallying the troops against the Deadites.

Not surprised you had trouble with the clip before Spartacus. That's from Meatballs - the campers getting pumped to a rousing chant of "It just doesn't matter!"

And the final clip is actually Rocky TWO. In the first movie, he runs up the steps alone. In the second one, he's accompanied by a whole mess of children, which is so gloriously stupid it just had to be the last word.

Take care!

- Matt

By: Matt Evans

Matt Evans — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:58:00 +0000

The one with Bruce Campbell (right after The Untouchables) is Army of Darkness

By: introverted one

introverted one — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:04:00 +0000

‘Bring it On’
‘Network’ not ‘Broadcast News’
That short clip before ‘Miracle’ is ‘Swingers’ I believe.
Sean Connery film is ‘The Untouchables’