For motivation once in a while I'll watch that Viking epic "The Thirteenth Warrior" for the positive thinking in the whole thing,
"Ride With the Devil" about Missouri irregulars in the War of Secession never gets old either.
Along the same lines, the 1992 edition of "Last of the Mohicans" is pure escapist fare too
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
