As somewhat explained in the previous post, I am hungry for really good stories. Since I spend a great deal of my time watching TV on my computer in the summer ('cause I'm cheap and lazy), I've decided that instead of TV, this summer I'll watch epic/classic movies, and try to absorb their principle and character and methodology. I want to learn what it means to face the challenges that the world places in front of you with honor. So. Here goes.
First: Gladiator
A man whose sole desire is to go home to his family and work the land ends up on a mission to avenge the death of a good emperor (and of his wife and son); a mission to uphold what is right and do justice. A man who forfeits his life to enact that justice and begin the purification of Rome.
Second: To Sir, with Love.
An engineer gets a teaching job to keep a roof over his head. His moral rectitude and love/respect for his pupils molds them into upstanding men and women, and he discovers that he cannot leave his teaching position: his work is too important.
Third: Anna and the King
An English woman moves to Siam with her son, Louis, to be schoolteacher to the King's son. In the events that ensue, she makes a school for the King's 68 children, liberates a slave, teaches the King's son about justice and slavery, saves the royal family from certain death (a traitor in the King's court attempts a coup), saving the King's life and enabling him to kill the traitor, falls in love with the King and causes him to fall in love with her. She always speaks her mind, does not depart from her values and standards, and remains upright under pressure. The future of the country is changed because of her presence at the heart of the royal family.
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