The lion in winter… 1968

[dawson1Participant 138]

I enjoy watching old movies for some odd reason. Last night I had the time to sit and watch a full movie without being interrupted. I’ve always liked Peter O’Toole and his role in Lawrence of Arabia is iconic. A few lines struck me pretty hard during flick but none more than this one line. I had to post it because it was all too true.

Henry II: I want no women in my life.
Princess Alais: You’re tired.
Henry II: I could have conquered Europe – all of it – but I had women in my life.

What a line !!! That will stick with me for years to come.

[Anonymous 18]

A man unhindered with the responsibility of the children (one or two kids plus the woman) can achieve a lot.

50% of researchers who did any scientific breakthrough worth giving a s~~~ were in their 50s. They were unmarried.
The rest 50% achieved their pinnacle at median age of 32. And nothing after that. They were married.

The latter group achieved and got a thot’s attention and never could again live a life to their real potential.

Being women free is bliss. I for one am looking really forward to my 40s and 50s. 30s can be a struggle but I am enjoying the thots hitting the wall. The pressure of marriage from relatives is at its peak but that s~~~ will subsidize as I near the 35 mark.

[D.B.D.Participant 889]

Wow, that’s a good line. I remember that now.
Iconic timeless film indeed. Also neat to see young and almost unrecognizable actors Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton…who were gay for each other.

[Gravel PitParticipant]

dawson1 wrote:

Peter O’Toole and his role in Lawrence of Arabia

That whole movie is quotable. It’s good reputation is deserving.

I was born in 1986, when you’re as young as me, you hear film titles like Lawrence of Arabia and they don’t mean much… “old people s~~~” … but I finally ran out of decent modern films to care about and I had to start watching the classics, when I finally grew up and started appreciating fine art.

“There is nothing in the desert, and no man needs nothing.”

“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.”

I fell into Lawrence of Arabia from watching Prometheus too much. lol

[MonkParticipant 16978]

Many of the old B&W films are superb. They can’t write or produce anything like them now. Try ‘The Long Memory’ or the 1959 version of the ’39 Steps’. For horror, nothing touches the original ‘The Mummy’.

Made for TV series are often good too – ‘Callan’ and the original ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ (the modern remake was embarrassingly bad). Really atmospheric.

On the flipside, I quite like cheesy old science fiction movies. (Notice how no-one can write sci-fi anymore? All the great writers are dead).

[Gravel PitParticipant]

Monk wrote:

‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ (the modern remake was embarrassingly bad).

whoa whoa…. That is one of my favorite movies lol I didn’t even know it was a remake

[Gravel PitParticipant]

For the young guys here, who didn’t have the advantage of growing up knowing all the classics. We were born after color TV lol.

For those guys, we have to start off easy with some titles like these: Guys under 30 haven’t seen these but should…

A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Dr. Strangelove

stuff with Charleton Heston
Omega Man (I found this one from a guy here recommended it)
the original Planet of the Apes

Vanishing Point
The American Friend
2001: A Space Odyssey

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (sounds trite but us young guys have never seen this stuff, they need to break the surface)
Patton
Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter

and many more… Im dont have my collection in front of me.

[hmskl’dParticipant 6406]

Excellent. wrt Henry II ..

Any close relationship exhausts me emotionally. I can’t imagine the drain on emotions living with a woman from sunrise to sunset. No escape from it all. It would be pure punishment. Yes, I want no close relationships in whatever time remaining.

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