What movie(s) reminds you of the last 8 years?

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Hat tip to this thread by Rocknrule

I'll start:

1) The Andromeda Strain (a deadly bacteria that is killing us, developed and protected by the Pentagon and the NSA, that we just can't eliminate)
2) The Godfather (a bunch of murderers, that no one can eliminate)

[NoSheep]

1. The Deer Hunter...the whole thing makes me sick.

edited because I can't spell.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Dr. Strangelove

With Cheney in the title role.

[CLG_News]

3. Good one!! n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

25. That does appear to include many of the worst aspects of the Bush years.

[MannyGoldstein]

36. It's Filled With Lunatics Who Have Great Power n/t

[kenny blankenship]

4. I don't know any movies that are that bad

Maybe...being forced to watch Triumph of the Will over and over?

[ret5hd]

5. Fantasia on a bad acid trip.

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. and without the music.

[Dragonfli]

6. RoboCop

Corporate run everything - Privatized Police - Propaganda Press

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Combination of Being There,

Dr. Strangelove
The Sting
The Godfather
Bob Roberts
The Producers

[CLG_News]

9. The combo works! n/t

[AlCzervik]

8. Idiocracy.

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. Ditto - nm

[npk]

33. Perfect analogy.

I absolutely agree and laughed my ass off every time I see that movie. Luke Wilson rocks the house in that movie.

[alfredo]

10. "Ishtar" Incredible waste of time and money.

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. Brazil.

The world makes no sense whatsoever.

[Greyhound]

13. Oh c'mon, Titanic.

We can see the iceberg ahead but can't do anything about it.

90% of us are locked in steerage.

The captain & crew couldn't do anything even if they had a clue what to do.

The band is playing and the rich have a chance to escape.

[THUNDER HANDS]

14. either

The Day After Tomorrow

or

The Cube

[JBoy]

15. Unforgiven.

[TomInTib]

16. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

[brazos121200]

17. AWAKE, where the main character in the movie has open heart

surgery but the anesthesia doesn't work and he is awake during the entire operation. He feels all the pain but is paralysed so cannot cry out and can do nothing about it but suffer. Very similar to the last eight years.

[tannybogus]

18. They Shoot Horseshit. Don't They? nt

[protect our future]

19. They Live

Roddy Piper starred in it.

[TeeYiYi]

20. The Exorcist.

TYY :scared:

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21. 'American Psycho'

n/t

[Itchinjim]

22. Apocalypse Now.

The horror, the horror.

[Rocknrule]

23. Revenge of the Sith

pretty much nails the Bush era

[CLG_News]

40. LOL!! n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

24. "Reservoir Dogs" and "All The President's Men" and

De Palma's "The Untouchables."

[Kip Humphrey]

26. "1984"

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. Wag The Dog

[ShortnFiery]

28. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

[Cleita]

29. How about a commercial?

"I've fallen and I can't get up!" by Fannie May and Freddie Mac.

[Alexander]

30. Triumph of the Will.

[CLG_News]

35. LOL! n/t

[Arugula Latte]

32. The Sting.

[ITsec]

34. Office Space

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37. 'The Twilight Zone'

[soothsayer]

38. The Money Pit

[PerfectSage]

39. Dumb and Dumber

[dailykoff]

41. Poseidon Adventure

[Occulus]

42. That weird "Alice in Wonderland" porno from the '70s

:silly:

[sudopod]

43. Canadian Bacon. lol nt

[CLG_News]

44. 'Misery'

n/t

[LeftinOH]

45. Bob Roberts.....n/t

[fizzgig]

46. idiocracy

[marions ghost]

64. ditto that for #1--"Idiocracy"

Anybody who hasn't seen Idiocracy...don't see it right now if you're really depressed by the current situation. It won't make you feel any better.

[JFN1]

47. The Long Kiss Goodnight

[timtom]

48. Putney Swope and Greaser's Palace

Both by Robert Downey, Senior. And both because of their absurdity and arbitrariness.

[AngryAmish]

49. Disorderlies

[negativenihil]

50. Dawn of the Dead (1978) n/t

[Carni]

51. Jacob's Ladder

It's been one long very bad LSD trip for 8 years as they have let the middle class die.

[CLG_News]

56. I thought of that one, as well - yup!

n/t

[Carni]

57. That movie--creepiest most depressing

EVER IMO!

I wished after watching it that I had not lol

[greguganus]

52. House Of 1000 Corpses. n/t

[closeupready]

53. Honestly? Cabaret.

n/t

[elehhhhna]

55. bingo!

[closeupready]

60. Last days of the Weimar Republic -

Is it really that much different today? :rofl:

[elehhhhna]

65. "it was a fine affair, but now it's o-vah!"

[road2000]

54. Road to Perdition n/t

[marmar]

58. 28 Days Later

THE END IS EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH!

[Frank Cannon]

59. Back to the Future II

The world created by Biff Tannen after he stole Marty's sports almanac from the future.

[LiberalHeart]

61. Titanic

[LiberalHeart]

63. Risky Business, The Color of Money, Losin' It, Taps, Mission Impossible, Minority Report

All Tom Cruise movies. Must be a Scientology plot.

[madamesilverspurs]

62. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Or maybe "The Gods Must Be Crazy."