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Stealhead

06-21-13, 07:48 PM

Maybe it was a combination tanker-ammo cargo ship-destroyer. I heard the Germans were working on that during the war... read it on the Internets Tubes. :yep:

This scene sadly was misunderstood.

It was supposed to be conveyed that Harvey Keitel had used "the force" to increase the torpedoes speed to such a rate that when it hit the German destroyer it caused a violent rip the space/time continuum which caused the massive explosion.

You can see him using the force right here (once youtube decides to allow me to capture at the correct point it wont even though I am copying URL at current point.)2:13 of this clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vL-IXvwZGk8#t=132s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vL-IXvwZGk8#t=131s)

Red October1984

06-21-13, 08:50 PM

I first threw my popcorn at the screen when Harvey Keitel shouted "Dive! Dive! Dive!" and rang the klaxon three times. The guy I was watching it with (not in the theater) asked my why I would complain about such a little thing. "Hey," I replied, "If they can't get the tiniest thing right, what makes you think they got any of it right?"

I didn't used to be like that...but now I am. :) That's why I did like the movie at one point...but I don't anymore.

I take that back. It gave Pacific Aces some great scenes to use for some of their sound files.

It gave us sound for Pacific Aces....Yes... I'm glad that Pacific Aces has the best sound of any subsim I've played. :arrgh!: I love the crash dive sound in PA.

This scene sadly was misunderstood.

It was supposed to be conveyed that Harvey Keitel had used "the force" to increase the torpedoes speed to such a rate that when it hit the German destroyer it caused a violent rip the space/time continuum which caused the massive explosion.

:rotfl2:

You need to do a youtube series where you pick movies apart like these guys...but in a humorous way like you do on here.

CinemaSins (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYUQQgogVeQY8cMQamhHJcg)

Also, do you notice how the German Helmsman starts frantically turning the wheel when the torpedo is still a distance away....but they still haven't changed course when the torpedo hits.... :rotfl2: Leave the Down-the-Throat-Shots to Commander Richardson, USN. (Run Silent, Run Deep reference :O: )

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I just watched The Guilt Trip with Seth Rogen about the inventor who takes his Mom on a road trip with him while he's promoting his new product.

Anybody who has ever had an embarrassing Mom will love this movie. It's hilarious.

Stealhead

06-21-13, 11:22 PM

You need to do a youtube series where you pick movies apart like these guys...but in a humorous way like you do on here.

CinemaSins (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYUQQgogVeQY8cMQamhHJcg)

The Half in the Bag guys are more on my wave length.These CinemaSins guys just seem well obnoxious. Half in the Bag actually do analyze the films in a humorous manner.

Anyway I do not have the videography skills or the time to produce something that looks good.

Red October1984

06-21-13, 11:34 PM

The Half in the Bag guys are more on my wave length.These CinemaSins guys just seem well obnoxious. Half in the Bag actually do analyze the films in a humorous manner.

Anyway I do not have the videography skills or the time to produce something that looks good.

You don't need videography....

Just a webcam and an idea..... :O:

I haven't seen much Half in the Bag stuff. I only found CinemaSins yesterday. I thought it was kind of amusing how they pick apart movies. :arrgh!:

Sailor Steve

06-22-13, 08:16 AM

I have to give one backhanded compliment to Pearl Harbor, and it's a bizarre thing that has always bugged me. In Tora! Tora! Tora! they have a long discussion of the problems involved in dropping airborne torpedoes in a shallow harbor. The torpedoes tend to plunge deep before rising back to their running depth. They discuss the British solving the problem at Taranto, and they say they've solved the problem, but they never say how.

In Pearl Harbor they have a scene of Japanese crewmen fitting large breakaway wooden fins to the torpedoes, but they never actually say what they're doing or why. Not even a hint.
:rotfl2:

Oberon

06-22-13, 09:26 AM

Pearl Harbor they have a scene of Japanese crewmen fitting large breakaway wooden fins to the torpedoes, but they never actually say what they're doing or why. Not even a hint.
:rotfl2:

I have to correct you there, they do mention why they're putting the wooden fins on. :yep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMBNycVl8c8

I must admit, that's one of my favourite scenes, I just love the setting, the map on the chalkboard, the model ships. Highly unlikely the Japanese actually did have something like that, but it sure looks awesome.

Sailor Steve

06-22-13, 09:49 AM

How bizarre. I just didn't remember that. Of course I detested the movie so much I only saw it the one time. Sorry about that.

Red October1984

06-22-13, 09:56 AM

I have to correct you there, they do mention why they're putting the wooden fins on. :yep: I must admit, that's one of my favourite scenes, I just love the setting, the map on the chalkboard, the model ships. Highly unlikely the Japanese actually did have something like that, but it sure looks awesome.

I had read at one point that the Japanese never would've met in an outdoor setting. It's disrespectful or something in their culture. :hmmm:

I do like the scene too...the music is one of the best parts.

Jimbuna

06-22-13, 11:26 AM

I have to correct you there, they do mention why they're putting the wooden fins on. :yep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMBNycVl8c8

I must admit, that's one of my favourite scenes, I just love the setting, the map on the chalkboard, the model ships. Highly unlikely the Japanese actually did have something like that, but it sure looks awesome.

A part of the film I'll always remember 6:27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIya9oMz6dU

BossMark

06-22-13, 11:29 AM

Jaws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMFyoBf0CWI

Oberon

06-22-13, 02:35 PM

A part of the film I'll always remember 6:27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIya9oMz6dU

Aye, same here.

In regards to the meeting and the model, I did find this:

http://oz.deichman.net/uploaded_images/pearl_harbor_model-724875.jpg

But I honestly couldn't say if that's real or the set for Tora! Tora! Tora!

Jimbuna

06-22-13, 02:48 PM

Either way, that's an interesting picture.

Is that Charlie Chaplin testing the water depth? :)

Oberon

06-22-13, 02:52 PM

Is that Charlie Chaplin testing the water depth? :)

It could be the set for the Japanese translation of 'The Great Dictator'? :hmmm::)

Jimbuna

06-22-13, 03:06 PM

Actually on closer inspection of the picture it looks like the models have been 'chocked' to keep them in position...I'd have thought a lump of lead ballast in the hull would have been more aesthetic looking.

Stealhead

06-22-13, 03:35 PM

Aye, same here.

In regards to the meeting and the model, I did find this:

http://oz.deichman.net/uploaded_images/pearl_harbor_model-724875.jpg

But I honestly couldn't say if that's real or the set for Tora! Tora! Tora!

Being a huge original Godzilla fan I have a collection of DVDs on each DVd they have a documentary about the guys that made the film.One man (Eiji Tsuburaya)) specialized model filming during WWII he produced a film about the Pearl Harbor attack that used little models.I am fairly sure that the above picture is from the production of that film which was released in 1942.According to the documentary this film was so convincing that MacArthur and Nimitz viewed captured copies of the film and they thought it was real footage of the attack.(remember that in those days they did not have our more modern film techniques).

It looks a little crappy form that angle but when filmed at the right speed and from the correct angle it looks much more realistic.They showed several clips from the film in the documentary and it looks pretty convincing especially if you look at though the lens of what a person in that era was used to seeing on film.

The film was called "The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malay" you can find clips on the web.

Pearl Harbor attack clip it is not real so dont anyone get worked up over it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NnGSafE7dQ

Oberon

06-22-13, 03:44 PM

Being a huge original Godzilla fan I have a collection of DVDs on each DVd they have a documentary about the guys that made the film.One man (do not recall his name) specialized model filming during WWII he produced a film about the Pearl Harbor attack that used little models.I am fairly sure that the above picture is from the production of that film which was released in 1942.According to the documentary this film was so convincing that MacArthur and Nimitz viewed captured copies of the film and they thought it was real footage of the attack.(remember that in those days they did not have our more modern film techniques).

That makes sense, it does look like a lot of work to have gone into something that could be equally done as a map or with less detail, although then I do remember the odd case of the scale Chinese model that Google Earth found (http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/07/huge_scale_mode.html) so it's not inconceivable and they do add a lot to terrain awareness for an attacking force.
I guess it could equally be possible that the Japanese film production used the model that had been constructed for the film. An American paper after the war did make the claim that they had a model set up, but equally that could have again been the film set (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19450924&id=qHkuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cYYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3118,2337237).
Something I guess we'll never really know, but I honestly would not put it past the Japanese to put the manpower in to such a project. They are very good at detail. :yep:

EDIT: You're spot on Stealhead, I just found this on another forum:

A captured Japanese photo shows a mockup of Pearl Harbor. This was set up after the attack to make a movie for propaganda purposes. The movie was first shown on Dec.7, 1942.

Although IIRC they did use small mock-up targets for target practice in Karisma Bay since it was geographically similar to Pearl.

Stealhead

06-22-13, 04:32 PM

EDIT: You're spot on Stealhead, I just found this on another forum:

Although IIRC they did use small mock-up targets for target practice in Karisma Bay since it was geographically similar to Pearl.

Yes I have read a few places that they did practice in Kagoshima Bay before the attack do to its similarity to Pearl Harbor.Ironically Kagoshima Bay is not very far from Nagasaki.

I have feeling that the sets used to produce the film where reported as being used in the planning by newspapers they liked being sensational.

Cybermat47

06-23-13, 03:52 AM

Last night I watched a really good movie called Into The White, a WWII movie based on real events. It was incredibly good, and I recommend it to EVERYONE!

EDIT: I also saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen yesterday. It's bad enough when the good guy says "Give me your FACE!", but it's worse when it transpires that he has a face-maiming fetish in all of the movies :-?

Subnuts

06-25-13, 07:01 PM

I bought a copy of Tora! Tora! Tora! on blu-ray the other day for $9.99 and watched it today. It's still a technical marvel, and I admire the historical accuracy of it, but darn, it's obvious that the American crew did not want to be making an epic movie about a disastrous military defeat right in the middle of the Vietnam War. The movie is a bit of a Frankenstein. You can tell the Japanese crew were a heck of a lot more enthusiastic about making the film than "we" were. The Japanese scenes play out so much more interestingly than the American scenes, which consist largely of people in flatly-lit rooms reading memos and talking. The acting by the main cast is fine, but I swear some of the bit parts were friends of the director. Some of the acting is so stilted and wooden I was rolling my eyes.

It's not a bad movie, I'd certainly watch it again before watching Michael Bay's epic fail. I just forgot how dry and stuffy it is in places.

WernherVonTrapp

06-25-13, 08:16 PM

Has anyone seen Midnight Cowboy?
(sorry, didn't mean to change the current subject)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/Midnight_Cowboy.gif/220px-Midnight_Cowboy.gif

Nippelspanner

06-26-13, 06:29 PM

Red Dawn (2012)

If you haven't seen this movie yet... keep it that way and be happy you did not torture your eyes, ears and common sense for 93 minutes non stop.

Ok, we all have our different tastes and all that, like some ppl even managed to enjoy "Pearl 'cheesy' Harbor" or "U-'trolol'571"... but this movie is the worst crap I have seen in... forever. The original one is highly controversial already. Some hate it, some love it. I am among those who like it for its certain charm and maybe for nostalgic reasons.

Anyways, the new one... oh God what did I just see!? I've seen it for free and yet I feel cheated.

Red Dawn Recipe:
Take some of the worst actors you can find, create a cheesy story driven by outdated stereotypes, do not dare to care about help of military advisors... or any advisors at all. Mash it all up and spice it with one of the worst scripts ever and make it so the audience knows what is going to happen next, all the time. Oh and in the end, do not forget to let "The Leader" die...because that is something the audience would neeever suspect.

Gosh, I really need to recover from this - any suggestions for a GOOD movie? Don't care about the genre, but should be not older as 1995 (not in the mood for old stuff atm).

Stealhead

06-26-13, 08:10 PM

You make things difficult going post 1995 I would say "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski" and "Trainspotting" and "Casino" are good 1995 up films."Shawshank Redemption" is good film but it came out in 1994 outside of your cut off.

The "Red Dawn" remake was just Tom Cruise using his money to give his son a role in a movie.The original has a nostalgic value to those that grew up in the 1980's.I like it because it actually has more of an anti-governmental tone rather than an anti-Soviet one the teenagers have to rely on themselves and not on a government.

August

06-26-13, 08:17 PM

What makes 1995 the cut off date for "old stuff"? :)

WernherVonTrapp

06-26-13, 08:26 PM

Red Dawn (2012)

Gosh, I really need to recover from this - any suggestions for a GOOD movie? Don't care about the genre, but should be not older as 1995 (not in the mood for old stuff atm).
I saw the original version in 84 and liked it. Just out of curiosity, have you seen any of the old stuff?

BTW, if you like the newer movies, I suggest you watch Running Scared, if you haven't already.
I don't think you'd be disappointed with this one.
http://911dvd.net/media/Running-Scared.jpg

Nippelspanner

06-26-13, 08:59 PM

@Stealhead
I've seen those movies and pretty much most of what is worth watching from the 70s-2000 time frame, I however missed a lot of stuff during the 2000s, that is why I requested movies not pre 95 ;)

@August
That was badly phrased by me I think. I wouldn't consider movies pre 95 'old' myself, but... see what I told Stealhead...
Besides that, many movies are timeless anyway.

I saw the original version in 84 and liked it. Just out of curiosity, have you seen any of the old stuff?

BTW, if you like the newer movies, I suggest you watch Running Scared, if you haven't already.
I don't think you'd be disappointed with this one.
http://911dvd.net/media/Running-Scared.jpg

Thanks, I will check this one out. And yes, I've seen 'the old stuff'. Think the oldest I've seen was Casablanca.

It is not that I don't like older movies, just right now I'm interested more in the stuff from the last decade. When I check the list in my head with my favorite movies, the utter most are pre 95.

JAWS
Alien(s)
Hunt for Red October
Das Boot
Flight of the Intruder
47 Ronin
The Professional (1995 or 1996? Not sure)
Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather I+II (III was...oh jeeebus)
Platoon
FMJ
Good Fellas
Pearl Harbor (just a joke! :D)
Star Wars (IV-VI)
Indiana Jones (the old ones)
Once Upon a Time in America (one of those long "huh, over already!?" movies)

So yeah, you get the idea...

Sailor Steve

06-26-13, 09:10 PM

Has anyone seen Midnight Cowboy?
Saw it in the theater when it came out. :sunny:

Nippelspanner

06-26-13, 11:10 PM

BTW, if you like the newer movies, I suggest you watch Running Scared, if you haven't already.
I don't think you'd be disappointed with this one.
http://911dvd.net/media/Running-Scared.jpg

And you were right. It was quite entertaining, thanks!:up:

WernherVonTrapp

06-27-13, 12:10 AM

And you were right. It was quite entertaining, thanks!:up:I don't want to post any spoilers, so I'll just ask:
What did you think of that freaky couple mid-movie?
AND
Did the ending surprise you?

WernherVonTrapp

06-27-13, 04:42 AM

Saw it in the theater when it came out. :sunny:I saw it a short time later when the rating was changed from "X" to an "R" rating. I thought it was a great movie, but a sad movie overall. I wonder how many people realize that this was the movie that started the "I'm walking here, I'm walking here" movie line seen in Back To The Future II, Forest Gump and other movies.:hmm2:

Nippelspanner

06-27-13, 04:42 AM

I don't want to post any spoilers, so I'll just ask:
What did you think of that freaky couple mid-movie?
AND
Did the ending surprise you?

I think the nice couple was one of the biggest and best surprises I've seen in a while. They deserved a movie of their own I think. Didn't felt so creeped out in quite a while and how things "developed" were just right... you know...the Missus who came for Oleg... Good girl :yeah:

The ending? Not really. At first when someone was driving home, you know, I was like "Oh no, after all that?". But when "Oh noeee!" happened, I had an idea what was coming because of his former uhm "job". So it made sense.

(Spoiler)
Also, I am/was a medic and know ppl dont just die away from a lateral abdominal gun shot wound that easy if it doesn't rip vital arteries or organs :O:

Anyways, in return I can recommend "Brothers" (Portman, Gyllenhal, Maguire) and "Silver Linings" (My super-secret-celebrity-crush Jennifer Lawrence and this guy from Hangover which name I always forget, darn...)

Jimbuna

06-27-13, 05:08 AM

The Boondock Saints (1999)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/

u crank

06-27-13, 06:20 PM

WernherVonTrapp

06-27-13, 06:33 PM

The Boondock Saints (1999)

Great movie! I have the DVD.

Anyways, in return I can recommend "Brothers" (Portman, Gyllenhal, Maguire) and "Silver Linings" (My super-secret-celebrity-crush Jennifer Lawrence and this guy from Hangover which name I always forget, darn...)Thanks for the suggestion. I have a long list of must see movies. Silver Linings Playbook looks interesting.:hmm2:

Mr Quatro

06-27-13, 08:22 PM

I love old westerns. Ya they can be corny but I like them.:O:

Watching this one. Again.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Horse_Soldiers_1959.jpg/220px-Horse_Soldiers_1959.jpg

I like old western movies ... I'll keep a look out for that one.

This one is my top ten western movies and Joanne Woodward should've won the academy award for this one.

She fooled me all the way to the end.

"A Big Hand for the Little Lady"

Burgess Meredith
Henry Fonda
Joanne Woodward
Jason Robards
Paul Ford

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61236/big-hand-for-the-little-lady-warner-archive-collection-a/ (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61236/big-hand-for-the-little-lady-warner-archive-collection-a/)

Delightful comedy western romp. Warner Bros.' Archive Collection line of hard-to-find library and cult titles has re-released
A Big Hand for the Little Lady, the 1966 feature from Warner's starring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford,
Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, Paul Ford, John Qualen, James Berwick, and Gerald Michenaud.

August

06-27-13, 08:39 PM

I like old western movies ... I'll keep a look out for that one.

It's actually a Civil War movie but it's pretty good.

frau kaleun

06-27-13, 08:47 PM

This one is my top ten western movies and Joanne Woodward should've won the academy award for this one.

She fooled me all the way to the end.

"A Big Hand for the Little Lady"

I ended up watching this one a while back when it was on some cable channel, probably TCM - partly out of boredom and partly out of curiosity just because I really like Joanne Woodward. Enjoyed it thoroughly and I was fooled too, I kinda suspected something was up but was still surprised by how it all turned out. :yep:

Oberon

06-27-13, 09:44 PM

Speaking of horsemen, just finished watching 'Mongol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_%28film%29)', a good film, very impressively choreographed, well implemented, takes a few liberties, such as having Temujin let Jamuka go after the Battle of the Thirteen Armies, and it also seems to leave Toghrul out of the picture somewhat, and it skips over the formation of Temujins army and the beginning of the Yassa code a bit.
However, as films go, I have seen a lot worse, and all in all it was rather entertaining.

Stealhead

06-28-13, 12:18 AM

Speaking of horsemen, just finished watching 'Mongo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_%28film%29)l (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_%28film%29)', a good film, very impressively choreographed, well implemented, takes a few liberties, such as having Temujin let Jamuka go after the Battle of the Thirteen Armies, and it also seems to leave Toghrul out of the picture somewhat, and it skips over the formation of Temujins army and the beginning of the Yassa code a bit.
However, as films go, I have seen a lot worse, and all in all it was rather entertaining.

Sounds interesting.I have to say as the last few years I really like what Russian and Chinese films have been doing lately.They actually have an interesting story and lack over done CGI it still feels like art and not crap shoveled out just to make money.(though any film does have the end goal of making some profit other wise you have no one giving you money to make the thing.)

A really good recent Chinese film I liked a lot was "City of Life and Death" about the Battle of Nanking(and rape of) it is well acted and has some really good actors both Chinese and Japanese and you actually develop an interest in more than one character when all is said and done.

WernherVonTrapp

06-28-13, 08:11 PM

OK, tell me there's somebody
out there who has not seen this movie.
http://coolwatersprods.com/Clients/Resources/ferrisbuellersda.jpeg

frau kaleun

06-28-13, 08:15 PM

OK, tell me there's somebody
out there who has not seen this movie.
http://coolwatersprods.com/Clients/Resources/ferrisbuellersda.jpeg

Lol, there's always somebody who hasn't seen something, no matter how seemingly ubiquitous and popular it might be. I know someone who didn't see Jaws until I showed it to her a few years ago. :huh: Believe it or not I know people who have never seen any of the Godfather movies.

And I didn't see Ferris Bueller until I caught it on cable a couple years back. :haha:

Sailor Steve

06-28-13, 08:36 PM

I've never seen it, and what are you still doing here? The movie's over! Go home! :rotfl2:

I think that was the first post-credit joke I ever saw.

WernherVonTrapp

06-28-13, 08:57 PM

http://home.xnet.com/~madman/fbdo/images/fbdo2.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdltv7JRX01r0uafoo1_500.jpg

:haha:

Platapus

06-29-13, 10:49 AM

OK, tell me there's somebody
out there who has not seen this movie.
http://coolwatersprods.com/Clients/Resources/ferrisbuellersda.jpeg

Unfortunately, I did see it. It is on the top of my "hated" movies. I have never watched a movie where I had less sympathy/empathy for a main character. I was upset that it did not have a happy ending.

Sailor Steve

06-29-13, 02:13 PM

That's too bad. I admit it was more than a bit silly, but Jeffrey Jones always makes such a good comic villain, and Edie McClurg is so insipidly funny that they make the film work more than the "heroes" do.

But then I also liked Adventures In Babysitting, so what do I know?

WernherVonTrapp

06-29-13, 04:38 PM

Unfortunately, I did see it. It is on the top of my "hated" movies. I have never watched a movie where I had less sympathy/empathy for a main character. I was upset that it did not have a happy ending.Don't tell me you took the movie seriously.:06: The first few minutes of it pretty much sealed the deal that it was going to be nothing more than nonsensical comedy.
Did you like, "It A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World?"

How about, "The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming"?

Platapus

06-29-13, 05:26 PM

Don't tell me you took the movie seriously.:06: The first few minutes of it pretty much sealed the deal that it was going to be nothing more than nonsensical comedy.

I did not find the movie even remotely funny. The main character was a personification of all that I despise in people.

He was self-centered, manipulative, inconsiderate, mean (even cruel), lacking in any social responsibility, and did not care who he inconvenienced or harmed. In a movie, the protagonist needs to have some redeeming factor that will provide empathy to the audience. I found nothing likable about that character.

I was hoping for a happy ending to the movie, but alas, no.

But other people like it and that's great. :up:

Just to put it context that some here will appreciate.

I would rather watch Crash Dive than FB's day off.

Red October1984

06-29-13, 06:19 PM

I would rather watch Crash Dive than FB's day off.

What are you trying to say!? :stare:

Crash Dive is a great movie! I haven't seen FB's Day Off....but I know it shouldn't be compared to Crash Dive. :doh:

frau kaleun

06-29-13, 08:45 PM

Sailor Steve

06-29-13, 09:24 PM

I haven't seen FB's Day Off....but I know it shouldn't be compared to Crash Dive. :doh:
No, Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a much better movie.

Red October1984

06-29-13, 11:42 PM

No, Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a much better movie.

*mumbles about movies I haven't seen and how the genres are different...*

--------

I just watched that animated movie Wreck It Ralph at a friend's place.

I did not expect much from it but it's actually a pretty good movie. If you've got a sense of humor, you'll laugh and if you're a gamer, you'll laugh harder. :up:

STEED

06-30-13, 05:12 AM

Watching right now on TV...Dr Strange Love. :yeah:

"NUCLEAR COMBAT TOTAL TO TOTAL WITH THE RUSSKIES"

Platapus

06-30-13, 06:32 AM

Watching right now on TV...Dr Strange Love. :yeah:

"NUCLEAR COMBAT TOTAL TO TOTAL WITH THE RUSSKIES"

The quote is "nuclear combat toe to toe with the Roosskies"

A few years I watched this movie with The Frau. She had never seen it before :o. Well The Frau is German (duh), she did not get the humour of the movie.

The movie is the Cold War from the American viewpoint.
I found the movie funny because I lived through it. The last part of the Cold War, I was in the military working it.

All the plot and characterizations in the movie were true (with the obvious exception of the ending).. exaggerated for comedy and emphasized for satire of course, but I worked with people with that sort of attitude every day.

The Frau lived through the Cold War from a different viewpoint. To her, the cold war meant death if it hotted up. I tried to explain to her that she, living in Germany, would live longer than I would have living in Omaha.

But in any case, The Frau, who normally has a very good and varied sense of humour, just did not get the humour of Dr. Strangelove.

Don't get me wrong. Dr. Strangelove is not the type of movie one laughs out loud at. At least I don't. The humour is in familiarity moved to comedy. I could almost cast that movie with the people I worked with at SAC.

STEED

06-30-13, 07:13 AM

That's how us Brits would say it! :stare::rotfl2:

Sailor Steve

06-30-13, 07:57 PM

Mediocre to fair movie, but some of the most inspiring flying sequences ever: Strategic Air Command.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wvEzhyY9F4

WernherVonTrapp

06-30-13, 08:42 PM

Watching right now on TV...Dr Strange Love. :yeah:

"NUCLEAR COMBAT TOTAL TO TOTAL WITH THE RUSSKIES"
I first saw that movie in the:hmmm: late 60s or early 70s, I think. Watched it maybe once more after that. I loved Peter Sellers' roles, especially his wheelchair bound Dr. Strangelove character. It wasn't until many years later that I learned this was a Stanley Kubrick film. In retrospect, I was a little disturbed by Slim Pickens' ride upon the bomb, though less so the second time I watched it. Nevertheless, I liked it when I watched it.

Oberon

06-30-13, 08:45 PM

I tried to explain to her that she, living in Germany, would live longer than I would have living in Omaha.

I guess it would depend where she was since the tacticals would probably be fired first, then the SLBMs. With so many targets around Germany I think it's fair to say that it would be a close race, so to speak.

Omaha would definitely be in the first wave of SLBMs though, no doubt about it. It just would depend on the time between first tactical use and first strategic use, likely to be measured in scant hours.

Stealhead

06-30-13, 09:02 PM

I laughed numerous times during Dr.Strangelove.I understood that it was not too far from some opinions I knew all about SAC from my uncle and other family friends but the military is full of over the top gung ho types SAC would be no exception.Laughter after all is a distancing agent.I watched in my senior English class the first time.

It has several rather hilarious scenes for example the "no fighting in the War room" or when the loss of purity of essence is described in to the RAF officer(Sellers) or when Sealler as the RAF officer ordered the AP officer to smash the phone in order to acquire coins and he refuses.

It was supposed to make you laugh and not in a dark sense of humor manner.

Stanley Kubrick only filmed in the UK and Slim Pickens had never been outside the US prior to the filming of "Dr.Strangelove" it is also rumored that he at first was not aware that the film was a comedy(his agent must have poorly explained things).

Oh I also watched "Zero Dark Thirty" yesterday at a friends not a bad movie really not a good theater film too long but it was pretty good.I heard some where bothered by the torture scenes it kind of reminded me of SERE training and did not bother me not to say that I like the idea of hurting someone or being tortured like that.

Sailor Steve

06-30-13, 09:47 PM

Again I'm the odd man out. While I thought Dr. Strangelove was alright, I much preferred the serious side of the same story: Fail-Safe (1964), a truly frightening scenario starring Henry Fonda, Fritz Weaver and Walter Matthau in an unusually serious role. It was also directed by a legend - the great Sidney Lumet.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/?ref_=sr_1

WernherVonTrapp

06-30-13, 09:56 PM

...Walter Matthau in an unusually serious role.
I thought he was also great in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

Sailor Steve

06-30-13, 10:23 PM

He's great in a lot of things. I just forget that there was a lot more to him than comedy.

Platapus

07-01-13, 04:17 PM

Fail-Safe. Now that's a movie worth watching. And in my opinion, it could only have been filmed in B/W.

I did not care much for the book, but the movie is riveting. :up:

Platapus

07-01-13, 04:23 PM

I thought he was also great in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

That was also a very good movie. I have not read that book in almost 40 years when it first came out. I need to dig it out again.

Almost interesting trivia: What changes to the New York Subway policy was changed because of the movie being released?

August

07-01-13, 06:25 PM

Oh C'mon Slim Pickens riding The Bomb like a bucking bronco was hilarious!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Slim-pickens_riding-the-bomb_enh-lores.jpg

WernherVonTrapp

07-01-13, 07:15 PM

That was also a very good movie. I have not read that book in almost 40 years when it first came out. I need to dig it out again.

Almost interesting trivia: What changes to the New York Subway policy was changed because of the movie being released?The time of arrival & departure for the transit system was changed to avoid 1:23 am and pm.:O:

More trivia:
"One of three tough guy action movies that actor Walter Matthau made during the early-mid 1970s prior to his bypass surgery in 1976 which prevented him from taking on such roles. The other films were Charley Varrick and The Laughing Policeman."
-IMDb

WernherVonTrapp

07-01-13, 07:18 PM

Oh C'mon Slim Pickens riding The Bomb like a bucking bronco was hilarious!

Yeah, but I have severe aerophobia:oops: and when those bomb doors opened and the bomb was released, it caused a bit of a stir when I first saw it. Believe it or not, my uncle was a pilot and I actually flew with him a couple of times. It only got worse for me after that.:nope:

STEED

07-02-13, 10:51 AM

Oh C'mon Slim Pickens riding The Bomb like a bucking bronco was hilarious!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Slim-pickens_riding-the-bomb_enh-lores.jpg

That's one Major who fulfilled his duty in style. :har:

Don't drink water! :03:

Stealhead

07-02-13, 11:27 AM

That's one Major who fulfilled his duty in style. :har:

Don't drink water! :03:

I liked the scene where the B-52 crew went through the contents of the survival kit..."one combination R-uu-ssian phrase book and bible,one prophylactic."

STEED

07-02-13, 01:22 PM

I liked the scene with the American banging on about you have to answer to the coco~cola company! :har:

One of the best cold war films ever made.

Jimbuna

07-02-13, 01:53 PM

One of Peter Sellers unforgettable roles.

http://application.denofgeek.com/pics/film/list/dda.drs.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=dr+strangelove+cast+of+characters&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=shHc1U2L3rT8-M&tbnid=fZlctdai0xElnM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.denofgeek.com%2Fmovies%2F1559 3%2F10-great-performances-by-actors-tackling-multiple-roles-in-the-same-film&ei=byHTUeChFaub0AW-rYG4DA&bvm=bv.48705608,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNGHHY1CMrFmqKBj-nBSsgXIUTdu0w&ust=1372877539007529)

Red October1984

07-02-13, 05:50 PM

Haven't seen it. I really want to though.

I watched Team America: World Police the other night...

Typical South Park humor. I wouldn't bother buying it but if you're into that kind of movie...you'll like it

Platapus

07-02-13, 06:40 PM

The time of arrival & departure for the transit system was changed to avoid 1:23 am and pm.:O:

A wiener! :yeah:

Pelham 123 is a radio call sign. The schema the NY transit used to identify specific trains was the name of the major station it left and the time. This was a handy way of not only uniquely identifying a train but to also note the schedule.

Pelham 123 left Pelham station at 1:23 (am or pm). Shortly after the movie came out there was an official rule that no subway train could leave Pelham at 1:23. After a few years, the rule was dropped but tradition still remains that dictate when a train is allowed to leave Pelham station.

Platapus

07-02-13, 06:42 PM

I liked the scene where the B-52 crew went through the contents of the survival kit..."one combination R-uu-ssian phrase book and bible,one prophylactic."

Another almost interesting trivia question. That scene where Slim Pickings was going over the contents of the survival kit, a phrase had to be changed.

What was the phrase and why was it changed? :know:

Platapus

07-02-13, 06:43 PM

I watched Team America: World Police the other night.

The only good thing about that movie was its fairness. Pretty much anyone watching it would find something to be deeply offended by it. :D

u crank

07-02-13, 06:57 PM

Another almost interesting trivia question. That scene where Slim Pickings was going over the contents of the survival kit, a phrase had to be changed.

What was the phrase and why was it changed? :know:

I think it was where Pickens says a fellow could have a hell of a time in Vegas. It was changed from Dallas to Vegas because of the Kennedy assassination. Maybe?:hmmm:

Platapus

07-02-13, 07:01 PM

I think it was where Pickens says a fellow could have a hell of a time in Vegas. It was changed from Dallas to Vegas because of the Kennedy assassination. Maybe?:hmmm:

No maybe about it. That is absolutely correct :up:

u crank

07-02-13, 07:07 PM

No maybe about it. That is absolutely correct :up:

Thanks. Once again the internet yields it secrets.:D

WernherVonTrapp

07-02-13, 07:08 PM

This movie is definitely on my
top 100 greatest movies of all time.:up:
http://images.mnn.com/sites/default/files/user-2855/deliverance_0.jpg
I purchased the DVD about 15 years ago
and still watch it on occasion.

u crank

07-02-13, 07:23 PM

This movie is definitely on my
top 100 greatest movies of all time.:up:

Good one. I really liked Voight as a young actor. Terrific in this one also.

http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5b6vHse8eAZyEOg8Ttspdw.jpg

Red October1984

07-02-13, 07:26 PM

The only good thing about that movie was its fairness. Pretty much anyone watching it would find something to be deeply offended by it. :D

Typical Trey Parker and Matt Stone production.... :har:

August

07-03-13, 02:19 AM

Good one. I really liked Voight as a young actor. Terrific in this one also.

http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m5b6vHse8eAZyEOg8Ttspdw.jpg

Good choice. Great acting. I have it on DVD.

There are a lot of memorable lines in that movie:

"You're an animal!"
"No, worse! Human!"

"You do what you have to do, I'll do what I have to do. Whatever happens, happens"

Good stuff!

...and of course it has trains!!!

WernherVonTrapp

07-03-13, 11:14 AM

Good choice. Great acting. I have it on DVD.

There are a lot of memorable lines in that movie:

"You're an animal!"
"No, worse! Human!"

"You do what you have to do, I'll do what I have to do. Whatever happens, happens"

Good stuff!

...and of course it has trains!!!
I liked Eric Roberts in it too. Have always been a fan of his. I thought he (& Mickey Rourke) were stellar in The Pope Of GreenWich Village. Another great movie.
http://content8.flixster.com/movie/10/91/54/10915474_det.jpg

STEED

07-03-13, 11:20 AM

Don't forget Voight in "The OdeSSa File". :up:

WernherVonTrapp

07-03-13, 07:48 PM

Don't forget Voight in "The OdeSSa File". :up:

Yessss! I forgot about that one. I also enjoyed his role in "The Last Of His Tribe", based on the memoirs of anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.
http://shop.tcm.com/img/product/resized/948/00451821-437948_catl_200.jpghttp://www.bluecorncomics.com/pics/ishi.jpg

August

07-03-13, 09:09 PM

1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder :yep:

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTA2OTk1NTA2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDY0ODMyMQ@@._ V1_SY317_CR5,0,214,317_.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6oimiSX8j1qgvyo3o1_400.jpg

BossMark

07-04-13, 02:50 AM

Watched a classic film last night National Lampoons Animal House with the late but great John Belushi

Jimbuna

07-04-13, 05:28 AM

Paths Of Glory

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/

Sailor Steve

07-04-13, 06:34 AM

Last night I watched the updated remastered version of the film which won the very first Best-Picture Oscar back in 1927: Wings (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018578/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_3).

Like 99% of all airplane movies it is long and drawn out, with major plotlines which have nothing to do with airplanes at all. That said, the flying sequences are still some of the best ever filmed. There are no backdrops or blue-or-green screens. Director William Wellman was a WW1 pilot, and co-star Richard Arlen knew how to fly as well. Main star Charles 'Buddy' Rogers actually had to learn how to fly, because all the in-cockpit close-ups were filmed in the air with specially-made cameras. When the stunt pilots take over you see some incredible combat scenes. When they wanted a German 'Gotha' to bomb a French town they actually built a town out in the Texas desert. A mid-twenties Keystone bomber, escorted by two Curtiss P-1s, all painted in German wartime markings, actually dropped real bombs on the fake town, really blowing up stuff. When a plane needs to crash-land it really does, and while no stunt pilots died a couple came very close. There is a scene in which a SPAD lands in rough ground and flips onto its back. When the pilot climbed out of the wreckage he found that a fencepost had gone through the fuselage less than a foot behind his head!

And then there's Clara bow. She's the girl-next-door, in love with Rogers, who becomes a nurse and follows him to war, all without him ever knowing. Her very quick topless scene is a legend, and in this restored version is there in all its glory.

Gary Cooper has a small part in the film, two minutes or so, but it's the part that set him on the road to superstardom.

As for the restoration itself, it's amazing. I've seen the movie a few times and own a copy on VHS. It's black and white, and it's silent, with a music score played on an organ, and very nicely indeed. If it's the only version you've seen then it's very very good. HOWEVER...The restored version is mostly sepia-toned, with hand-painted yellow flames when planes catch on fire. It sounds silly, but that's the way the original was done. The original theatrical showings had specialists behind the screen creating sound effects as the movie played, and the restored version honors that by adding in machine-gun fire and crash effects. The original score was re-recorded with a full symphony orchestra.

If you can stand sitting through two-and-a-half hours of a not-so-silent silent movie, and an hour or more of silly mush (which is actually quite a good story of its own), you will be rewarded with one of the finest air-combat movies ever made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9P3XXvleo4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDXaVAuxes0

Oberon

07-04-13, 08:06 AM

Wow...that is a very well done remaster, very crisp and clear. :yep:

Sailor Steve

07-04-13, 10:17 AM

Oh, I completely forgot something that really tickled me: At the opening the show the current 3-D Paramount logo, the move backward in time, showing ever single one they ever made, finally ending up with the original B&W version at the start of the movie itself.

Platapus

07-04-13, 10:24 AM

WernherVonTrapp

07-04-13, 12:41 PM

:up:

That and Hell's Angels.

I didn't see Hell's Angels until sometime in the 70s. Still, with the violence and (at that time) realism that it portrayed, I was surprised to learn it was made in the 30s. It seemed more graphic than alot of other, more recent WWII movies that I'd been watching.

Sailor Steve

07-04-13, 12:50 PM

I wasn't that fond of Hell's Angels overall, but the zeppelin scene alone earned it a place in my library. :rock:

Platapus

07-04-13, 01:47 PM

I didn't see Hell's Angels until sometime in the 70s. Still, with the violence and (at that time) realism that it portrayed, I was surprised to learn it was made in the 30s. It seemed more graphic than alot of other, more recent WWII movies that I'd been watching.

Well the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hayes Commission) was not universally enforced until 1934. So both these films are what is known as "pre-code). Pretty much anything went in to pre-code movies.

WernherVonTrapp

07-04-13, 08:04 PM

Here's a movie I thoroughly enjoyed.
I'm surprised that I haven't purchased it.
Think I'll add it to my "buy" list.
http://onestepreviews.com/images/movingreel16.jpg

Red October1984

07-05-13, 05:14 PM

Tried to watch the Will Ferrell remake of Land of the Lost.

*facepalm*

That sucked. I couldn't get through 15 minutes.

Rhodes

07-05-13, 05:28 PM

Here's a movie I thoroughly enjoyed.
I'm surprised that I haven't purchased it.
Think I'll add it to my "buy" list.
http://onestepreviews.com/images/movingreel16.jpg

"You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!"

WernherVonTrapp

07-06-13, 10:48 AM

"You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!"
:haha: Yeah, I like the scene when he takes the helicopter ride with the judge. I found the movie to be analogous to what actually happens (or could happen) with court and/or attorney caseloads. I've seen and been involved in alot of (behind the scenes) wheelin' & dealin' with court cases. Sometimes, I had no choice but to dismiss a case after a private conference in the "judge's chambers", and it wasn't because I didn't have a good case. All my cases were always rock solid as far as evidence and paperwork were concerned.

Platapus

07-06-13, 10:58 AM

Tried to watch the Will Ferrell .....

I would have stopped right there. :yep:

Red October1984

07-06-13, 11:39 AM

I would have stopped right there. :yep:

He's had some good movies.

The Other Guys and Anchorman were good. :yeah:

and then there's the rest of his movies.... :nope: He's still better than Adam Sandler though.

Platapus

07-06-13, 11:45 AM

He's still better than Adam Sandler though.

Someone, at one time, told Adam Sandler that he was funny.

They were mistaken. :yep:

Sailor Steve

07-06-13, 01:38 PM

Au contraire, Adam Sandler is very funny.

Just not when he's trying to be.

Red October1984

07-06-13, 01:50 PM

Someone, at one time, told Adam Sandler that he was funny.

They were mistaken. :yep:

Did anybody have the misfortune to watch Jack and Jill?

:nope:

I did. That was easily one of the worst movies ever made. :timeout:

Platapus

07-06-13, 02:35 PM

Au contraire, Adam Sandler is very funny.

Just not when he's trying to be.

I would accept that. Some of the best comedic actors played their role straight.

When you try to be funny, it comes across as trying to be funny. :yep:

WernherVonTrapp

07-07-13, 06:16 PM

Another Pacino favorite of mine:
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002299433/2413217720_dog_day_afternoon_answer_1_xlarge.jpeg

Red October1984

07-07-13, 10:20 PM

Cybermat47

07-07-13, 10:23 PM

I saw Run Silent, Run Deep just over an hour ago. I loved it!

Sailor Steve

07-07-13, 10:48 PM

Such a great movie even though not 100% accurate. :yeah:
That depends on what you mean by accurate. Several of the incidents in the movie are based on real events, including the tomato soup sequence. On the other hand not one of them happened to the Memphis Belle herself.

I assume you've seen Wyler's original documentary?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1_D5crgPk

Red October1984

07-07-13, 11:06 PM

I saw Run Silent, Run Deep just over an hour ago. I loved it!

It's my favorite submarine movie. :woot: Glad you loved it.

Now watch On The Beach. You'll like that one too. :salute:

That depends on what you mean by accurate. Several of the incidents in the movie are based on real events, including the tomato soup sequence. On the other hand not one of them happened to the Memphis Belle herself.

I assume you've seen Wyler's original documentary?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1_D5crgPk

No I haven't seen it though I've been meaning to. :oops:

By accurate, I meant it isn't what exactly happened. It's a fictionalization of the last mission.

It's a great movie no matter how much is fictional and fact. I'd love to see the documentary. Thanks for linking it. :sunny:

---
Memphis Belle went down in the game the other day....along with Liberty Belle and Mother and Country. It was sad. :dead:

This game is a very immersive simulator. They've even got missing in action reports typed up for your crewmen if you bail out and they have killed in action letters if you die.

It's weird to see a Missing in Action letter with my name on it addressed to my next of kin.

This is my favorite flight sim. :woot:

Sailor Steve

07-08-13, 12:19 AM

By accurate, I meant it isn't what exactly happened. It's a fictionalization of the last mission.
I didn't mean to imply that I thought you meant otherwise.

It's a great movie no matter how much is fictional and fact.
I like it a lot, but I don't know that I'd go that far. There has always been one thing that bugs me no end, and that's the whole "landing with one wheel up" thing. They made a huge deal about the plane at the beginning blowing up because of the one-main-gear landing, just so they could have the huge tense moment at the end - "Will they get that wheel down in time? Will they blow up too?" In fact one-wheel landings were fairly common. There are several film clips on YouTube showing them and a great many photographs of the same, and I don't know if anybody ever died because of one. One of my favorite dioramas by the legendary Shep Paine involves that very scenario.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/b17g_1-1_zps33006fdf.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/b17g_1-1_zps33006fdf.jpg.html)

It's weird to see a Missing in Action letter with my name on it addressed to my next of kin.
Way back in Aces Of The Deep and Red Baron if you died you would see a newspaper clipping about it.

Red October1984

07-08-13, 01:18 AM

I didn't mean to imply that I thought you meant otherwise.

Just clarifying what I meant. :salute:

I like it a lot, but I don't know that I'd go that far. There has always been one thing that bugs me no end, and that's the whole "landing with one wheel up" thing. They made a huge deal about the plane at the beginning blowing up because of the one-main-gear landing, just so they could have the huge tense moment at the end - "Will they get that wheel down in time? Will they blow up too?" In fact one-wheel landings were fairly common. There are several film clips on YouTube showing them and a great many photographs of the same, and I don't know if anybody ever died because of one. One of my favorite dioramas by the legendary Shep Paine involves that very scenario.

That's one thing in the movie that I find ridiculous. For a bomber to explode like that with less than half-tanks of fuel and no bombs it has to be a miracle of some horrible sort.

One Wheel Landings are possible.

Way back in Aces Of The Deep and Red Baron if you died you would see a newspaper clipping about it.

I've got Aces of the Deep. I remember that. It's not as unnerving as reading a letter addressed to your wife that you're missing in action and all the men back at the base miss you but are glad that you're safe in a POW camp and not dead.

...even though the first thing I think of is Hogan's Heroes

I also read through the 15 or 16 Purple Heart letters...some posthumously. :dead:

I like the way they do this in B-17 and AOTD. I've not played Red Baron so I wouldn't know about that one. They really nailed it though. The immersion in B-17 is just awesome. It's been a while since there was a sim that got me this excited. The last two were SH4 and 3.

You actually feel like you're there in a way. That's why I love sim gaming so much. And...if anybody needs help starting up engines on a B-17.... :smug: That's about all I can do.

The complexity is another great addition. Full working cockpits are great. FS2004 simplifies it. Just open the throttle and go...but with this, I've got to know all these other switches and handles and levers and buttons....

:arrgh!: :woot: Love it.

Sailor Steve

07-08-13, 09:39 AM

That's one thing in the movie that I find ridiculous. For a bomber to explode like that with less than half-tanks of fuel and no bombs it has to be a miracle of some horrible sort.
It was worse than that. The fuel tanks are in the wings. In the movie the wings fell to the ground as the fuselage exploded.

It's not as unnerving as reading a letter addressed to your wife that you're missing in action and all the men back at the base miss you but are glad that you're safe in a POW camp and not dead.
Good point.

I've not played Red Baron so I wouldn't know about that one.
In Red Baron you could be court-martialed for friendly fire incidents. They also used film clips for medals awards. If you were badly injured you would see a picture of a guy in the hospital. If you were captured you might see a film clip of a guy escaping over a wall.

You actually feel like you're there in a way.
That's a good thing.

Herr-Berbunch

07-08-13, 11:09 AM

I've been playing my B-17 game the past few days...so I had no choice than to watch...

Memphis Belle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Belle_(film))!!!

Such a great movie even though not 100% accurate. :yeah:

My mate's in that, he's in a few scenes but the most prominent is when the camera pans past him during a brief. He's now a pilot on 33 Sqn Pumas.

The majority was filmed at RAF Binbrook because it was just about the only place with a working tower of the right vintage. Just a shame about the crash - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G7gqlR9GPc

Jimbuna

07-08-13, 11:47 AM

My mate's in that, he's in a few scenes but the most prominent is when the camera pans past him during a brief. He's now a pilot on 33 Sqn Pumas.

The majority was filmed at RAF Binbrook because it was just about the only place with a working tower of the right vintage. Just a shame about the crash - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G7gqlR9GPc

Thankfully nobody was killed though :cool:

Red October1984

07-08-13, 11:47 AM

It was worse than that. The fuel tanks are in the wings. In the movie the wings fell to the ground as the fuselage exploded.

Almost like the destroyer at the end of U-571

In Red Baron you could be court-martialed for friendly fire incidents. They also used film clips for medals awards. If you were badly injured you would see a picture of a guy in the hospital. If you were captured you might see a film clip of a guy escaping over a wall.

*looks over at Armistead*

Court Martial? Ah... :dead: Another one?

It's a cool idea though. I've never heard of a game where they do that. I'll have to look into Red Baron.

My mate's in that, he's in a few scenes but the most prominent is when the camera pans past him during a brief. He's now a pilot on 33 Sqn Pumas.

Haha! No way!? That's awesome!

The majority was filmed at RAF Binbrook because it was just about the only place with a working tower of the right vintage. Just a shame about the crash

B-17's have crashed enough in the 20th Century. We don't need any more crashing! :arrgh!:

Shame to see one of the prettiest planes ever crash unnecessarily.

Red October1984

07-10-13, 12:03 AM

Saw Despicable Me 2 today.

I liked it. If you liked the first one, you'll like this one. I'm not one for animated movies...but this one and Disney's Planes were very much anticipated. :yeah: :oops:

Jimbuna

07-10-13, 06:11 AM

Enjoyed Atlantis Has Fallen so much at the cinema I'll purchase it today seeing as how the wife has been paid :)

Red October1984

07-10-13, 08:10 AM

Enjoyed Atlantis Has Fallen so much at the cinema I'll purchase it today seeing as how the wife has been paid :)

Do you mean Olympus Has Fallen or is this some seperate movie? :hmmm:

Jimbuna

07-10-13, 11:40 AM

Do you mean Olympus Has Fallen or is this some seperate movie? :hmmm:

This one was filmed in India during the monsoon season :)

Fubar2Niner

07-10-13, 01:40 PM

One of my favorite dioramas by the legendary Shep Paine involves that very scenario....

Whole heartedly agree Steve, I built that very same model, some twenty or so years ago, also built the B29. Funnily enough my youngest bought me the Monogram B29 kit again two christmas' ago, but I still haven't started it. I don't have the room for a four feet W/S any more lol.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Red October1984

07-10-13, 05:03 PM

This one was filmed in India during the monsoon season :)

Googled it and all that came up was Olympus Has Fallen... :hmmm:

Suspicious.

WernherVonTrapp

07-10-13, 08:49 PM

Another great movie::up:
http://www.bollycircle.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/themissouribreaks.jpg

Sailor Steve

07-10-13, 09:48 PM

Yes it was. Loads of fun. :sunny:

Sailor Steve

07-10-13, 09:59 PM

That reminds me of another favorite from that era. Good because it's different from just about every other western.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/posse_zps1077fb8b.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/posse_zps1077fb8b.jpg.html)

Jimbuna

07-11-13, 04:52 AM

Googled it and all that came up was Olympus Has Fallen... :hmmm:

Suspicious.

That's because of my typo at the beginning...I did mean Olympus and I watched it again last night :cool:

Father Goose

07-11-13, 06:54 PM

Finally finding time to watch Gods and Generals to be followed by Gettysburg tomorrow. Honoring the 150th anniversary.

I wish Robert Duvall had played General Robert E. Lee in Gettysburg. IMHO he is much better in that role than Martin Sheen.

donna52522

07-11-13, 09:47 PM

Red October1984

07-11-13, 09:48 PM

That's because of my typo at the beginning...I did mean Olympus and I watched it again last night :cool:

So it was good? I had wanted to see it but didn't get the chance. :)

Glad you liked it...maybe i'll rent it soon.

Sailor Steve

07-11-13, 11:06 PM

This is a movie I enjoyed...It's from 1970 so I am sure many of you have seen it.
Saw it in the theater. Richard Mulligan was one of the funniest actors I know of, and he was great as Custer.

Nippelspanner

07-11-13, 11:38 PM

Enjoyed Atlantis Has Fallen so much at the cinema I'll purchase it today seeing as how the wife has been paid :)

Mh, I saw it a week ago or so and it instantly made it's way into my top 10... of the worst movies ever...

What did you like about it? Sometimes "brainless action" is all you need to have a nice evening, but "OhF" was SO cheesy and bad and wrong... I could not stop facepalming :D

Anyways, you should check out "White House Down" as well. Same story (Terrorists attack WH and all that) but, for my taste, a little more enjoyable. Some funny dialogues (Foxx is the President) too.

Red October1984

07-12-13, 12:07 AM

No...if you really want to laugh, pop on over to the Syfy Channel when they show their original movies.

What's on right now? Sharknado.

:haha: As expected, it's among the worst movies on the face of this earth.

Sharks are in a Tornado...which then shoots the sharks out and the sharks eat the people. The special effects are some of the worst...ever.

All of the Syfy Movies are this way. If you get that channel, take a look at the moves sometime. You'll be able to tell them from normal movies by the title.

Ice Spiders
Sharknado
2 Headed Shark Attack
Sand Sharks
Supergator
Mega Python vs Gatoroid

Eh you get the idea right? :har:

Jimbuna

07-12-13, 08:21 AM

Mh, I saw it a week ago or so and it instantly made it's way into my top 10... of the worst movies ever...

What did you like about it? Sometimes "brainless action" is all you need to have a nice evening, but "OhF" was SO cheesy and bad and wrong... I could not stop facepalming :D

Anyways, you should check out "White House Down" as well. Same story (Terrorists attack WH and all that) but, for my taste, a little more enjoyable. Some funny dialogues (Foxx is the President) too.

What I liked apart from the action obviously was that the plan of action didn't appear that far fetched and was possibly doable.

I'm on that 'White House Down' now and look forward to watching it soon.

soopaman2

07-12-13, 12:46 PM

Red October1984

07-12-13, 01:02 PM

You all have to watch syfy movies.

I busted so many jokes on the Sharknado crap last night on twitter, that I broke my comedy muscle.

(Trust me it exists)

This movie was so bad, it was hilarious! No crap..

Waterspouts pick up sharks, and only sharks, no other fish, and dump them en masse into LA. I was unable to get an erection after this movie, that is how bad it was!

So you watched it too? :har: :har:

I can vouch for everything you say except for the erection part...

The only Syfy movie I saw that was watchable was Zombie Apocalypse with Ving Rhames.

I'll see if I can find a link to a Syfy movie....

EDIT: Can't find a link...but I found this 10 Awesomely Horrible Syfy Movie Moments (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfqMxjOZQU) *WARNING* Graphic violence with horrible special effects

WernherVonTrapp

07-12-13, 05:41 PM

This is a movie I enjoyed...It's from 1970 so I am sure many of you have seen it.

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/donna577/tt0065988_zpsff7e7d78.jpg (http://s1084.photobucket.com/user/donna577/media/tt0065988_zpsff7e7d78.jpg.html)I know I've seen it, :/\\!!just can't remember it right now. I'm a big Dustin Hoffman fan and don't believe there's a movie of his that I haven't seen.

WernherVonTrapp

07-12-13, 05:44 PM

Anyone?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/23/Papillon_ver1.jpg/220px-Papillon_ver1.jpg

Sailor Steve

07-12-13, 06:29 PM

I know I've seen it, :/\\!!just can't remember it right now. I'm a big Dustin Hoffman fan and don't believe there's a movie of his that I haven't seen.
I don't see how anyone could ever forget the Soda-Pop Kid. Chief Dan George. Martin Balsam as the man who keeps losing parts.

Anyone?
Of course. Steve McQueen was a much finer actor than a lot of folks gave him credit for.

WernherVonTrapp

07-12-13, 07:08 PM

I don't see how anyone could ever forget the Soda-Pop Kid. Chief Dan George. Martin Balsam as the man who keeps losing parts.

Of course. Steve McQueen was a much finer actor than a lot of folks gave him credit for.
I've been having some memory issues over the past few years. One day I can't remember something and, a few days (or weeks, months) later, it's all very clear to me. I sincerely believe I'm an early candidate for Dementia or Alzheimer's.:nope:

As far as Steve McQueen, you're absolutely right. He was a very underrated actor. I can't decide which was his finer performance, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Great Escape or The Sand Pebbles, but I suppose if I had to guess, it'd be the latter.
I actually thought he did well in The Blob.:D

Sailor Steve

07-12-13, 07:34 PM

Red October1984

07-12-13, 07:46 PM

The Great Escape goes without saying

I want to see that one really bad. It's been on TV but I've missed it when it's on. :wah:

I am going to watch Stalag 17 either tonight or tomorrow though... :yeah:

Sailor Steve

07-12-13, 07:49 PM

I want to see that one really bad. It's been on TV but I've missed it when it's on. :wah:
One of the all-time best. McQueen's role is just one of many very good ones. Of course the famous motorcycle jump gets all the credit. Too many fine parts to list.

I am going to watch Stalag 17 either tonight or tomorrow though... :yeah:
Great movie of a great play. Just don't expect Hogan's Heroes.

Red October1984

07-12-13, 08:09 PM

One of the all-time best. McQueen's role is just one of many very good ones. Of course the famous motorcycle jump gets all the credit. Too many fine parts to list.

I'll get to see it....EVENTUALLY!!!! :oops:

I'll check Hastings on Monday

Great movie of a great play. Just don't expect Hogan's Heroes.

Hogan's Heroes is the best war comedy series IMHO. However, I haven't seen a lot of other ones. I hear M*A*S*H and McHale's Navy are good. My friend has like the first 3 seasons of M*A*S*H on DVD...I'll borrow them sometime.

Stalag 17 is supposed to be a serious movie isn't it though? :hmmm:

Sailor Steve

07-12-13, 09:49 PM

Hogan's Heroes is the best war comedy series IMHO.
I've seen them all, and while I like it I didn't like it all that much.

M*A*S*H
Probably the best series that I didn't like. My problem was that I read the book, then saw the movie in the theater, and the series, as fine as it was, just wasn't the movie. The movie has a clear story line from start to finish, and I felt that while the series did a good job, Donald Sutherland was Hawkeye pierce, and of course Sally Kellerman was Margaret O'Houlihan. Robert Duvall as Frank Burns was sinister and creepy, whereas Larry Linville was just silly. You should see the series. It is wonderful. It just always struck me as too lightweight.

McHale's Navy are good.
Ernest Borgnine turning from tough guy "heavy" to fairly light comedy without missing a beat. Tim Conway's big start, and he's brilliant. A very good supporting cast, but still just another sitcom. The best part is the Vosper PT boat. I could watch the whole series again just for that.

Stalag 17 is supposed to be a serious movie isn't it though? :hmmm:
Very much so. That's why I said don't expect a situation comedy.

Red October1984

07-12-13, 11:35 PM

I've seen them all, and while I like it I didn't like it all that much.

Fair enough. I'm a proud owner of all 6 seasons plus a bunch of special features in the Hogan's Heroes: Kommandant's Kollection. :woot: It even comes with a German episode that's been changed for German TV and stuff. Really cool.

Probably the best series that I didn't like. My problem was that I read the book, then saw the movie in the theater, and the series, as fine as it was, just wasn't the movie. The movie has a clear story line from start to finish, and I felt that while the series did a good job, Donald Sutherland was Hawkeye pierce, and of course Sally Kellerman was Margaret O'Houlihan. Robert Duvall as Frank Burns was sinister and creepy, whereas Larry Linville was just silly. You should see the series. It is wonderful. It just always struck me as too lightweight.

When my friend gets back from Florida, I'll borrow the first 3 seasons and watch it. I'll have my own opinion on it soon enough. :yeah:

Ernest Borgnine turning from tough guy "heavy" to fairly light comedy without missing a beat. Tim Conway's big start, and he's brilliant. A very good supporting cast, but still just another sitcom. The best part is the Vosper PT boat. I could watch the whole series again just for that.

I've never seen any of it but it sounded kinda interesting. I might watch a little if there's any on Youtube. I don't want to go ordering a whole season of something I won't like.

Very much so. That's why I said don't expect a situation comedy.

I knew that going in. I'm getting ready to watch it now actually. I'll report back when it's over. :sunny:

EDIT: I'm not even 20 minutes into this movie and I can already see how Hogan's Heroes took some things from this movie.

EDIT2: This is a great movie. I love this.

Cybermat47

07-13-13, 02:47 AM

I just saw Man of Steel.

Jor-El was pretty badass :)

Rhodes

07-13-13, 05:18 AM

Going back to Stevie, and The Cincinnati Kid? I liked the remake of the Thomas Crown because when I saw it I did not had seen the original, after a few time the movie was broadcast on tv and I saw it, as the others of Steve McQueen, part of a film cycle!

Cybermat, yes and the movie is great!

Platapus

07-13-13, 12:43 PM

I want to see that one really bad. It's been on TV but I've missed it when it's on. :wah:

I am going to watch Stalag 17 either tonight or tomorrow though... :yeah:

When you are done watching both the Great Escape and Stalag 17, watch Chicken Run and you will understand the jokes much better. :up:

frau kaleun

07-13-13, 01:34 PM

When you are done watching both the Great Escape and Stalag 17, watch Chicken Run and you will understand the jokes much better. :up:

BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE A PIE!!!

Which, as far as I remember, has nothing to do with either of the other movies, but it's the one line I always remember from Chicken Run. Granted it's a lot funnier if you can actually hear it in the chicken's voice.

Granted it's probably not all *that* funny even then, unless you're me, in which case it cracks you up every time. But I also crack up remembering the line "Art Deco. Very nice." from Ghostbusters, so make of that what you will. :O:

WernherVonTrapp

07-13-13, 04:26 PM

I was never that big a fan of The Sand Pebbles, but I admit it is a truly great movie. The Great Escape goes without saying, but I really love The Thomas Crown Affair, especially the decidedly unexpected ending. Hated the remake. I'm also a fan of The Getaway, though it has more action and less acting. I also hated that remake.

[edit] I've never seen An Enemy Of The People, and always wanted to. I've just found out that it's been available on DVD for the past four years! McQueen wanted to do Henrick Ibsen's play, and made major consessions to get it made. Then the studio decided it just wasn't "McQueen", and shelved it. One of the Amazon reviewers says he saw it at a special screening in the late '70s, and it recieved a standing ovation!
http://www.amazon.com/Enemy-People-Steve-Mcqueen/dp/B00269SF2S/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1373675926&sr=1-1&keywords=an+enemy+of+the+people
I stopped watching remakes quite some time ago. I became very disappointed with them after seeing a few. I haven't seen "An Enemy Of The People" either (at least, I don't recall seeing it). Maybe I'll see if I can stream it on Netflix. Haven't seen the remake of "Mr. Roberts" (though I like Kevin Bacon as an actor) or the remake of "South Pacific".

When you are done watching both the Great Escape and Stalag 17, watch Chicken Run and you will understand the jokes much better. :up:
Chicken Run is a great movie!:haha: Watched it with my girls. Kind of reminds me of, "Escape From NJ".

Sailor Steve

07-13-13, 04:50 PM

Haven't seen the remake of "Mr. Roberts" (though I like Kevin Bacon as an actor) or the remake of "South Pacific."
The problem there is that technically those aren't remakes. The originals are already remakes, since they are movie versions of stage plays, and sometimes they are criticized for not adhering to the original play. My Fair Lady was a musical version of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

I wasn't aware of the new versions of either of those. One of the movies I've wanted to see but haven't yet is the 1988 version of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. When his novel became popular Herman Wouk wrote a stage play, expanding just the trial into a full-length drama. The movie version is supposed to be outstanding.

WernherVonTrapp

07-13-13, 05:34 PM

The problem there is that technically those aren't remakes. The originals are already remakes, since they are movie versions of stage plays, and sometimes they are criticized for not adhering to the original play. My Fair Lady was a musical version of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

I wasn't aware of the new versions of either of those. One of the movies I've wanted to see but haven't yet is the 1988 version of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. When his novel became popular Herman Wouk wrote a stage play, expanding just the trial into a full-length drama. The movie version is supposed to be outstanding.Yes, I know about those plays (or musicals). If we include movies that were adapted from books, I suppose many more things could be considered remakes:O:.
Naah, I'm just wary about "movie" remakes in general. I liked the original "Caine Mutiny"; not sure if I could even muster the interest to watch a remake. I suppose it could just be one of my many neuroticisms. I can't recall one remake that I ever liked. I tried watching the newer "Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3" but lost interest after about a half hour.
Loved the original (Herman Melville's) "Moby Dick" with Gregory Peck. I think there have been a number of remakes, including one that got rave reviews but, I just can't elicit enough interest to watch one.

Sailor Steve

07-13-13, 05:57 PM

Naah, I'm just wary about "movie" remakes in general.
Same here. Many years ago I saw that there was a remake of High Noon. I love Tom Skerritt, but I just couldn't bring myself to watch it, even for free..

I can't recall one remake that I ever liked.
There was a TV remake of Vanishing Point. It was one of Claude Akins' last roles. It gave the world Viggo Mortensen. It had a plot, which the original with Barry Newman didn't. That ruined it. The lack of plot was what made the original great.

Then there was a remake of Gone in 60 Seconds. As soon as I read the plot I knew I would hate it, so I didn't bother. The whole plot of the original was to destroy as many cars as possible in 90 minutes. Homemade, bad acting, minimal plot line, no explosions at all. Just a 45-minute chase, put on by a car guy. The remake had to be a better movie in every respect, but it lost the cheesy charm that made the original a true classic. I bought the original on disc and was shocked and disappointed. Another of the hallmarks of the movie was the awful home-grown country soundtrack. The DVD has it replaced with a very nice jazz score, which pretty much ruins a major part of the flick. Oh well.

WernherVonTrapp

07-13-13, 06:46 PM

Same here. Many years ago I saw that there was a remake of High Noon. I love Tom Skerritt, but I just couldn't bring myself to watch it, even for free..

There was a TV remake of Vanishing Point. It was one of Claude Akins' last roles. It gave the world Viggo Mortensen. It had a plot, which the original with Barry Newman didn't. That ruined it. The lack of plot was what made the original great.

Then there was a remake of Gone in 60 Seconds. As soon as I read the plot I knew I would hate it, so I didn't bother. The whole plot of the original was to destroy as many cars as possible in 90 minutes. Homemade, bad acting, minimal plot line, no explosions at all. Just a 45-minute chase, put on by a car guy. The remake had to be a better movie in every respect, but it lost the cheesy charm that made the original a true classic. I bought the original on disc and was shocked and disappointed. Another of the hallmarks of the movie was the awful home-grown country soundtrack. The DVD has it replaced with a very nice jazz score, which pretty much ruins a major part of the flick. Oh well.
Interesting coincidence that you mention Tom Skerritt. I was watching his role in "A River Runs Through It" just the other night. Here's a guy who has appeared in parts & bit parts in just about every TV series I've ever watched growing up, and I never noticed him as an actor until "Aliens". I've heard it said that, if you like a movie and cannot articulate exactly what it is you like about it, then there's probably a parallel in your life that you relate to in the movie.
A River Runs Through It is no action packed thriller and it moves along quite slowly, but I watched it about 5 times already (bought the DVD after my first viewing) and find myself fascinated by the whole story, not to mention Tom Skerritt's role. It's based on a true story about the life of writer, Norman Maclean. I think it also launched Brad Pitt's career.

I never knew of Viggo Mortensen until the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. I somehow lost touch with TV and movies after my first failed marriage and what I refer to as "the lost years" in between my second. Since then, I don't really have the appetite for TV and movies that I once did. That might be why I keep watching reruns of my huge DVD collection. I still buy them once in awhile, but usually of older movies that I've already seen. I know that probably doesn't make sense, but I think there's a correlation there somewhere.:doh:

Sailor Steve

07-13-13, 07:11 PM

I never noticed him as an actor until "Aliens".
I became aware of him in the original movie M*A*S*H. He later said he was asked to reprise his role as Duke Forrest in the series, but turned it down because he thought the series would last three weeks and be forgotten.

I don't really have the appetite for TV and movies that I once did.
Again, it's the same with me. When I was young I made a point of going to see a new movie every weekend. These days there has to something that really intrigues me, or I won't bother.

WernherVonTrapp

07-14-13, 08:23 PM

OK, here's a movie that might put
some people to sleep, but I really liked it.
It was Robert Redford's directorial debut
and had an all star cast. 8 Academy Award
nominations, 4 Academy awards. Probably
Timothy Hutton's greatest performance.
Ordinary People
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/OrdinaryPeople.jpg/220px-OrdinaryPeople.jpg

frau kaleun

07-14-13, 09:08 PM

Great movie and also a great performance from Mary Tyler Moore, really a departure from the roles for which she had been most well known. Everybody in this one is great, but if you only know her from her sitcom characters her performance here is quite an eye-opener. :yep:

Red October1984

07-14-13, 09:14 PM

I'm watching Battle of the Pacific right now. It has a different name in Japanese. I think it's Oba: The Last Samurai or something like that.

YT Link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqVq9GvcFuw)

It's interesting. I'm enjoying it so far. It takes place on Saipan in 1944. Mainly from the Japanese point of view. :yeah:

Stealhead

07-14-13, 09:28 PM

Stealhead

07-14-13, 09:43 PM

All of this reminds me of a movie that I really hated (sorry) "1492 Conquest of Paradise" I watched it in he threat with my grand mother in 1992 it was awful.

Now a good film set in 18th century South America and a group of Jesuit priests (Deniro and Jeremy Irons) They end up protecting the natives from
enslavement by fighting with them.I do not want to spoil the outcome so you will have to watch it to see what happens.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091530/

Red October1984

07-14-13, 10:17 PM

That is a Toho movie the largest film company in Japan they did the Godzilla films and all of Akira Kurosawas films where published by Toho(Seven Samurai,Yojimbo).

Saipan was a major blow to Japan in Japanese minds this was the point of no return.Even though they did some pretty nasty things i have to say I feel for the enlisted Japanese serviceman they where often treated very poorly by their officers.The film does seem a bit stylized you would never have seen an officer dress down a Marine for saying Japs.For example refusal to obey an order even an immoral one was very harshly punished.

This is a good movie even if it's not historically and factually correct. I haven't really seen or read much about the Japanese point of view on the war. It's an interesting movie.

The Japanese sure did have it rough. I just think they should've had a better strategy towards the end of the war.

Not sure if posting the video link is within the site rules though this is a fairly new film and not public domain but am no expert so unless a mod tells you other wise I guess it is ok and it has been on youtube for over a month.

There have been other movies linked in this thread. That went by okay so I assume that it is within the rules. If I am told otherwise, I will comply and take it down and replace with the IMDb link to the movie info page.

Stealhead

07-14-13, 11:09 PM

There have been other movies linked in this thread. That went by okay so I assume that it is within the rules. If I am told otherwise, I will comply and take it down and replace with the IMDb link to the movie info page.

Well Neal really dislikes piracy so that is a big no no but certain films are what is considered public domain and you can view them for free most of the movies linked before are this type as most older films fall under this.

At the same time a much newer movie can become public domain if it does very poorly in the box office or for other legal reasons.I would say that if a film has been on youtube for few months or longer it most likely is considered public domain other wise you tube would have removed it as whomever owned the rights would have complained.

I dont really think you would be the type to post something clearly pirated anyway.I just sort of forgot that a new film can be public domain just as an old one can.

Maybe they want to brainwash into thinking how bad we Americans where in WWII so they made it public domain.:hmmm:

The Japanese never really had a solid strategy for anything after they took over South-East Asia.That is why the attack on Pearl Harbor was so vital but they failed at two vital goals one being the sinking of US Navy carriers the other was that they canceled the planned bombing of the POL tanks in and around Pearl.The later would have caused some serious issues for at least 6 months and they could have done but they feared the US CV might be in the area and be able to strike back.A thread could be dedicated to Japanese errors in judgment following the success of the first few months of 1942.

They actually could have had more military power in Saipan and the rest of the Marinans islands but they where unsure if we would strike there or Pelelu most heavily or perhaps at the same time(the allies struck Peleu after the Marinans).

Japan lacked the logistical ability to hold the US to a stale mate plain and simple.Now in the Home Islands I think they could have made that very costly assuming that enough of the population did not simply capitulate do to starvation.I think in such a scenario there would have been a rift between the victory or death Japanese and the ones that wanted to stop fighting.

Anyway back to movies.

Red October1984

07-14-13, 11:48 PM

Well Neal really dislikes piracy so that is a big no no but certain films are what is considered public domain and you can view them for free most of the movies linked before are this type as most older films fall under this.

At the same time a much newer movie can become public domain if it does very poorly in the box office or for other legal reasons.I would say that if a film has been on youtube for few months or longer it most likely is considered public domain other wise you tube would have removed it as whomever owned the rights would have complained.

I dont really think you would be the type to post something clearly pirated anyway.I just sort of forgot that a new film can be public domain just as an old one can.

Maybe they want to brainwash into thinking how bad we Americans where in WWII so they made it public domain.:hmmm:

I didn't know new films could be PD too. I thought there was a period of time that has to pass. :hmmm:

Anyway, like I said...if it becomes an issue, I'll happily remove it but right now, it doesn't appear to be an issue.

The Japanese never really had a solid strategy for anything after they took over South-East Asia.That is why the attack on Pearl Harbor was so vital but they failed at two vital goals one being the sinking of US Navy carriers the other was that they canceled the planned bombing of the POL tanks in and around Pearl.The later would have caused some serious issues for at least 6 months and they could have done but they feared the US CV might be in the area and be able to strike back.A thread could be dedicated to Japanese errors in judgment following the success of the first few months of 1942.

They actually could have had more military power in Saipan and the rest of the Marinans islands but they where unsure if we would strike there or Pelelu most heavily or perhaps at the same time(the allies struck Peleu after the Marinans).

Japan lacked the logistical ability to hold the US to a stale mate plain and simple.Now in the Home Islands I think they could have made that very costly assuming that enough of the population did not simply capitulate do to starvation.I think in such a scenario there would have been a rift between the victory or death Japanese and the ones that wanted to stop fighting.

The Japanese had potential...but like you say, they made many errors and lost the momentum.

And the US was good at war. :up: Even though we weren't expecting a war in the Pacific...we did good. We didn't want to drop the bomb on Japan...but they wouldn't give up. I don't know what else we could've done. Invading the Home Islands would've been very ugly and an especially bloody battle.

Anyway back to movies.

Indeed.

I can say one thing about this movie. It's very well done. I really liked it.

Really humanized the Japanese people and did not portray them as the robots that other movies do. You actually saw them as Humans.

Das Boot was another great example of this kind of movie. Instead of the super-Nazi HEIL HITLER! kind of German, they show the human side of things. They show it from the other side's point of view. I like movies like that.

Movies that can change my opinion about a topic are always good.

*Not to say that I support what the Japanese and the Germans did in any way. They were still the enemy and they were out to kill us...not to mention the terrible things done by the governments of these countries.

You just remember though.....they weren't all bad...and they're all human.

----

I think the next one I'll watch is the Korean "Brotherhood of War" movie that Oberon linked to me the other day (Also on YT). I've taken a liking to old classic war movies and foreign war movies lately. I've been missing so many good movies in the past... :woot:

It'll have to wait, sadly. It takes a long time to load up a video like that and right now I'm downloading Europa Universalis 3 from Steam. :sunny:

OTOH, curse my slow internet! :nope:

Stealhead

07-15-13, 12:01 AM

Red October1984

07-15-13, 12:19 AM

I think Das Boot did a better job that Japanese film sought to demonize the US and idolize the Japanese.I only saw a few minutes of the film but it looked like pure idealized propaganda to me a better Japanese point of view film would be "Letters From Iwo Jima" it humanizes without a Mack truck dump truck dumping a ton of horse manure on top of you.

I noticed a bit of that in the Japanese film... I know it's a propaganda thing...but it's a good film and it made me think a bit.

Like I mentioned in some threads before a friend of mine his wife is from Okinawa she is actually Ryukian not pure Japanese but they go to Japanese schools and they do not teach anything truthful about WWII Japan this woman did not learn much truth about WWII and Japanese involvement from a neutral perspective until she left Japan.

That's one thing that always interested me.

How do they teach WW2 in the former Axis countries?

I started up a thread about it in the past and I remember you talking about your friend's wife. There were some good answers in that thread by people from these countries.

Sadly, the GT-Disease struck it and started up a huge argument and then it died off.

vienna

07-15-13, 12:41 AM

At the same time a much newer movie can become public domain if it does very poorly in the box office or for other legal reasons.I would say that if a film has been on youtube for few months or longer it most likely is considered public domain other wise you tube would have removed it as whomever owned the rights would have complained.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain

Public domain is a very touchy and slippery issue. Age is the most common determining factor, but there are other factors that can trip you up if you "acquire" or use a copyrighted piece of material. For example, the film "It's A Wonderful Life" is technically in the public domain; however, the music used in the film is not because the rights are still being held and renewed. Some of you might recall how "It's A Wonderful Life" seemed to be in perpetual airings on TV anytime between Thanksgiving and Xmas. There were some versions that were shorter, longer, and even colorized (blasphemy, I say!), all of which were technically legal because the film was in the "public domain". The original studio (and not a few film fans) expressed concern over the situation but could do little until someone came up with the idea of buying the soundtrack music rights. This meant if some one wanted to air, copy on DVD or other media, or in any way make or present a version of the film, they would have to get permission from the studio since the studio now held the rights (I am almost surprised some charlatan hasn't tried to issue a silent version or with with a new soundtrack)...

Legally available is always "legally available"...

<O>

WernherVonTrapp

07-16-13, 08:41 PM

Who doesn't remember this
Steven Spielberg classic starring
Dennis Weaver?
http://greencarbon2112.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/duelposter.jpg

Stealhead

07-16-13, 09:04 PM

Who doesn't remember this
Steven Spielberg classic starring
Dennis Weaver?
http://greencarbon2112.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/duelposter.jpg

I like that movie the first time I watched it was on some Saturday afternoon in 1989 or 1990 somewhere around then most likely on TNT or TBS.Ah the old cable days remember when those two channels used to show stuff like this and old Sci-Fi flicks? Also back then AMC showed only old films back then.

Sailor Steve

07-16-13, 09:37 PM

I not only remember it, I have it in my collection. :sunny:

Nippelspanner

07-16-13, 11:56 PM

Who doesn't remember this
Steven Spielberg classic starring
Dennis Weaver?
http://greencarbon2112.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/duelposter.jpg

Oh, what a movie! Haunted me as a kid! I actually was afraid of trucks for a while... :D

Little trivia (and a spoiler): At the end of the movie, when the "truck dies" (goes off a cliff) you can hear metal screeching, like a kind of "scream". The same scream was used in JAWS, when what remains of 'Bruce', after Scheider dealt with him, is sinking to the bottom.

Red October1984

07-17-13, 12:54 AM

I feel like I should watch this movie now... I've never even heard of it.

:oops:

Nippelspanner

07-17-13, 12:56 AM

I feel like I should watch this movie now... I've never even heard of it.

:oops:

Yeah, movie wise it sometimes look like you live under a rock sometimes... so go see it already! Never too late... :D

Red October1984

07-17-13, 01:04 AM

Yeah, movie wise it sometimes look like you live under a rock sometimes... so go see it already! Never too late... :D

I'm trying to cut down on that by watching a lot of movies. This one sounds good. I'll add it to the list. :up:

Nippelspanner

07-17-13, 01:06 AM

I'm trying to cut down on that by watching a lot of movies. This one sounds good. I'll add it to the list. :up:

Good.

Be more aggressive!

Cybermat47

07-17-13, 01:52 AM

I feel like I should watch this movie now... I've never even heard of it.

:oops:

You should be embarrassed, even I knew about it :smug:

Red October1984

07-17-13, 02:00 AM

You should be embarrassed, even I knew about it :smug:

:stare:

What about all the movies that you didn't though? We're just starting to get even. :03:

Not that it matters. It isn't the worst thing you could be beating me at. :har:

kranz

07-17-13, 02:41 AM

:stare:

What about all the movies that you didn't though? We're just starting to get even.

have you both run out of sand in the sandpit?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128442/ Rounders
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105275 Romper Stomper

Jimbuna

07-17-13, 09:04 AM

Anyone for tennis?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413356/

Sailor Steve

07-17-13, 09:12 AM

Little trivia (and a spoiler): At the end of the movie, when the "truck dies" (goes off a cliff) you can hear metal screeching, like a kind of "scream". The same scream was used in JAWS, when what remains of 'Bruce', after Scheider dealt with him, is sinking to the bottom.
The visual scene of the shark sinking also parallels the truck falling.

WernherVonTrapp

07-17-13, 10:05 AM

Besides liking the intense suspense of the film, I was surprised to see Dennis Weaver playing the role of a meek, frightened, victim. I was used to seeing him play McCloud, who was anything but frail.

Sailor Steve

07-17-13, 10:11 AM

I remember Weaver all the way back in the first seasons of Gunsmoke, as the limping deputy Chester.

"Marshal Diiillon!"

soopaman2

07-17-13, 11:49 AM

New Superman, pile of feces, rubbish and Hepatitus B urine and saliva.

I am being mild. ;)

Red October1984

07-17-13, 12:14 PM

New Superman, pile of feces, rubbish and Hepatitus B urine and saliva.

I am being mild. ;)

Hate it much?

I haven't seen it yet. I saw Superman Returns... I heard that the new one was good though.

Sailor Steve

07-17-13, 01:03 PM

See my review here (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=205114).

Nippelspanner

07-17-13, 01:09 PM

New Superman, pile of feces, rubbish and Hepatitus B urine and saliva.

I am being mild. ;)

Hepatitis
Hepat (from Hepar) = liver
itis = inflammation

Jimbuna

07-17-13, 01:11 PM

New Superman, pile of feces, rubbish and Hepatitus B urine and saliva.

I am being mild. ;)

For you, yes I can believe that...but it wasn't all that bad surely :hmm2:

soopaman2

07-17-13, 01:11 PM

Hepatitis
Hepat (from Hepar) = liver
itis = inflammation

I wanted to say AIDS, but I went with a less offensive disease.:D

Red October1984

07-17-13, 04:17 PM

See my review here (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=205114).

I remember reading that. Several other friends said it was a good movie.

So far, the good outweighs the bad.

Jimbuna

07-17-13, 04:52 PM

Looks like another chalk :hmm2:

Nippelspanner

07-17-13, 05:45 PM

I wanted to say AIDS, but I went with a less offensive disease.:D

AIDS? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OReGUIdddJw)

Red October1984

07-17-13, 06:36 PM

AIDS? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OReGUIdddJw)

:rotfl2: That movie is so funny...even though very offensive.

WernherVonTrapp

07-17-13, 07:53 PM

I remember Weaver all the way back in the first seasons of Gunsmoke, as the limping deputy Chester.

"Marshal Diiillon!"See, now that kills me.:/\\!! Maybe because I was younger or some other reason but, I used to watch Gunsmoke and can't recall a single episode. I just remember the main characters, but not Dennis Weaver's. I used to watch "Gentle Ben" but had to access IMDB to see what character he played in that series too. Same with "That Girl", "Combat", "Dr. Kildare", "Dragnet", etc.. I have very limited memories of things I used to watch regularly on TV.
Oh well:nope:, anyway, I really should add "Duel" to my collection too. I haven't seen it in awhile, but I've watched it so many times, at least I can remember that one.

Jimbuna

07-18-13, 12:11 PM

See, now that kills me.:/\\!! Maybe because I was younger or some other reason but, I used to watch Gunsmoke and can't recall a single episode. I just remember the main characters, but not Dennis Weaver's. I used to watch "Gentle Ben" but had to access IMDB to see what character he played in that series too. Same with "That Girl", "Combat", "Dr. Kildare", "Dragnet", etc.. I have very limited memories of things I used to watch regularly on TV.
Oh well:nope:, anyway, I really should add "Duel" to my collection too. I haven't seen it in awhile, but I've watched it so many times, at least I can remember that one.

Dennis Weaver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-fSyTeFKdY

WernherVonTrapp

07-18-13, 08:24 PM

Dennis Weaver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-fSyTeFKdY
Yeah, I immediately recognized him in that clip, but I don't even recall that episode. I recognized James Arness too, and Tiger Andrews (bartending) from the movie "Mr. Roberts". I just have trouble remembering episodes of old TV programs that I used to watch. I used to watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents, but can only partially remember one single episode. Courtship Of Eddie's Father, can't remember an episode. My Mother The Car, can't recall, Mr. Ed, can't remember. I'm doomed!:wah:

Sailor Steve

07-18-13, 08:38 PM

See, now that kills me.:/\\!! Maybe because I was younger or some other reason but, I used to watch Gunsmoke and can't recall a single episode.
I know how you feel. I don't remember any episodes either. I probably saw ever episode of McCloud but I can't describe a single one. That's true for most of the series I watched growing up.

I can name a lot of series titles most here have never heard of, but I can't talk about the shows themselves.

WernherVonTrapp

07-18-13, 09:24 PM

OK, time for me to get back to movies. At least I can recall the ones I have in my collection or have watched often.
I'm getting too depressed about my TV series' memories.
I thought this was a good movie with good performances
by Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn.
The Falcon And The Snowman:
http://cdn.gowatchit.com/posters/original/movie_45409.jpg

August

07-19-13, 09:19 AM

Crécy

07-19-13, 09:25 AM

Has anyone seen a movie called 'A Woman in Berlin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1035730/?ref_=sr_1)' (Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin)?

If so, is it any good?

WernherVonTrapp

07-19-13, 09:55 PM

Tom Tuttle of Tacoma: "Hows this going to look on my resume? Peace Corps 1962, Handed village over to Communists. Who's gonna hire me?" :)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Volunteers_%28film%29.jpg
:oHow did this one escape me?! I've been a big fan of both John Candy (since SCTV) and Tom Hanks (since Bosom Buddies) and am racking my brains trying to recall if I've seen this or not. Something must've been going on in my life back then for me to have missed this or not recall it.:hmm2:

August

07-20-13, 08:04 AM

Sailor Steve

07-20-13, 09:06 AM

:oHow did this one escape me?! I've been a big fan of both John Candy (since SCTV) and Tom Hanks (since Bosom Buddies) and am racking my brains trying to recall if I've seen this or not. Something must've been going on in my life back then for me to have missed this or not recall it.:hmm2:
Geddy Watanabe is the unsung star of the movie.

Hanks: I need you to distract the guards.
Watanabe: But they want to use me like a woman!
Hanks: Then you'll just have to take it like a man.

August

07-20-13, 09:35 AM

Geddy Watanabe is the unsung star of the movie.

Hanks: I need you to distract the guards.
Watanabe: But they want to use me like a woman!
Hanks: Then you'll just have to take it like a man.

"Don't mess with that guy. He has a testicle collection!"

klinge1985

07-20-13, 03:07 PM

Pitch Black, Riddick :rock:

WernherVonTrapp

07-20-13, 03:27 PM

Geddy Watanabe is the unsung star of the movie.

Hanks: I need you to distract the guards.
Watanabe: But they want to use me like a woman!
Hanks: Then you'll just have to take it like a man.

:haha:OK, I'm sold. Now I have to add that to my "must see" list.

saipan

07-21-13, 01:25 PM

star trek darkness, world war z, man of steel and the conjuring.

saw all 3 recently. liked all 3 but I don't like how star trek is rewriting past story lines, man of steel had a great cast but got drawn out too long at the end, world war z was great until the last 2 min. conjuring was good but its no excorcist.

saipan

07-21-13, 01:26 PM

Pitch Black, Riddick :rock:

pitch black and chronicles were all highly underated. I hope toombs makes a comeback.

WernherVonTrapp

07-22-13, 07:32 PM

Here is a murder mystery that
I enjoyed enough to buy the DVD.
Harvey Keitel's character alone was intriguing
enough, but the whole movie is quite well
planned and played out.
Mortal Thoughts:
http://www.cinemanow.com/images/boxart/175/mortal_thoughts_94860d90_175.jpg

Roger Ebert's Review (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mortal-thoughts-1991)

Stealhead

07-22-13, 09:38 PM

Cybermat47

07-23-13, 05:35 AM

"Hows this going to look on my resume? Peace Corps 1962, Handed village over to Communists. Who's gonna hire me?" :)

Maybe the commies will hire him :haha:

Cybermat47

07-23-13, 07:01 AM

I tried to watch The Red Baron (2008) the other day.

It's a German film about Germans and they all speak English! And there are S.E.5a's in 1916, and the planes fly way too close to each other, and they can hear a harmonica over the noise of several Mercedes D.III engines! And that's just the few minutes I watched before turning it off in disgust!

Cybermat47

07-23-13, 07:02 AM

Over the Front: The Great War in the Air (2008)

The Bad:
It's only 12 minutes long.

It can only be seen at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

The Good:
The visuals are amazing.

It shows the thrill of the dogfight as well as the heartbreaking tragedy of war at the same time.

It begins with rare B&W footage.

It has amazing music.

It's on every few minutes, and in the meantime you can watch the silent B&W footage or watch the two WWII films elsewhere in the room, or just look at the Lancaster, Bf 109, Me 262, Me 163, Type-A Ko-Hyoteki Midget Sub and other WWI-WWII artifacts.

The mindblowing
The screen is in the same room as 5 real WWI planes, including one of only 2 remaining Albatros D series fighters (the other is in America, and both are D.Va's).

Everybody needs to go to Canberra and see this!

http://camerarentalz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/peter-jackson-red.jpg

BossMark

07-23-13, 02:22 PM

Just borrowed The Inbetweers film to watch heard some great reviews on this :yep:

Jimbuna

07-23-13, 03:10 PM

Just borrowed The Inbetweers film to watch heard some great reviews on this :yep:

Can't say I was that impressed but hopefully you will be.

WernherVonTrapp

07-23-13, 03:10 PM

Speaking of John Candy I always liked Planes,Trains and Automobiles.

I like his character a lot in that movie one of those people that is a bit annoying but you still like them anyway.

Uncle Buck is another good one with Candy.
I saw both of those movies and thought he was hilarious. You've gotta see him in the movie "Delirious". It might just be his funniest role.
http://flickfacts.com/posters/tt0101701.jpg

Red October1984

07-24-13, 12:35 AM

Watching The Fighting Seabees.

Really like it even though it's inaccurate. :yeah: Seems a lot of these older movies are this way.

The ones made during the war are forgivable since they had to worry about classified stuff...and if the movie has a good story I think it's forgivable.

The Fighting Seabees is a great movie. :)

garren

07-24-13, 12:37 AM

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg5ODM3MDUwNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzY2NDEzMQ@@._ V1_SX214_.jpg

GREAT MOVIE! Hadn't ever seen it before last week. Epic chase scenes.

Jimbuna

07-24-13, 05:38 AM

Red October1984

07-24-13, 11:47 AM

Two scenes I'll always remember were when he dances the jitterbug and the bulldozer/sniper scene at the end.

Haha. Yes...

I like how they use the bulldozers to push the tanks off the cliff. :har:

That was a good movie.

WernherVonTrapp

07-25-13, 05:59 PM

The Deer Hunter::up:
Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken
John Cazale, Merril Streep & John Savage.

http://www.moviesplanet.com/images/movies/1-99999/3000-3999/3081/poster.jpg

mako88sb

07-27-13, 02:33 AM

I wasn't aware of the new versions of either of those. One of the movies I've wanted to see but haven't yet is the 1988 version of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. When his novel became popular Herman Wouk wrote a stage play, expanding just the trial into a full-length drama. The movie version is supposed to be outstanding.

Not sure if your aware of this Steve but it's available from amazon. I got it on order and really looking forward to watching it.

I watched "42" yesterday and after reading the trivia section at IMDB, I found out there was a 1990 movie made about Jackie Robinson's court martial during WW2. I could only find it in VHS but I figured it might be the last one of those I ever buy so went for it.

WernherVonTrapp

07-27-13, 08:12 PM

Excellent movie.:up:
The Killing Fields:
http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/29/40840-the-killing-fields_super.jpg

BossMark

07-28-13, 01:32 PM

Going to watch Wraith of the titans later tonight, hope its as good as Clash of the titans.

Rhodes

07-28-13, 02:06 PM

Going to watch Wraith of the titans later tonight, hope its as good as Clash of the titans.

Hated the remake, I prefer the original one any time!

Stealhead

07-28-13, 02:10 PM

Excellent movie.:up:
The Killing Fields:
http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/29/40840-the-killing-fields_super.jpg

Yes I have seen this a few times over the years.A bit of an ignored subject Cambodia during the 1970's..... here in the US.

Sailor Steve

07-28-13, 03:09 PM

Not sure if your aware of this Steve but it's available from amazon. I got it on order and really looking forward to watching it.
Yep, I looked it up when I wrote about it. I guess I just didn't think to mention it.

Father Goose

07-28-13, 05:51 PM

Watching tonight "The Odd Couple" (1968) with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
An oldie but goodie. :up:

frau kaleun

07-28-13, 07:06 PM

Watching tonight "The Odd Couple" (1968) with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
An oldie but goodie. :up:

That is a fantastic movie. I have a friend who's never seen it because she loved the TV show when it was on and doesn't think she could ever accept any other actors playing those roles. I keep telling her she doesn't know what she's missing.

"I want you to stop leaving little notes on my pillow! 'Dear Oscar, we're out of cornflakes, F.U.' It took me two weeks to figure out 'F.U.' meant 'Felix Unger'!" :rotfl2:

Platapus

07-29-13, 05:45 PM

Odd Couple :yeah:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT3BdhTyVXs

WernherVonTrapp

07-29-13, 06:06 PM

That is a fantastic movie. I have a friend who's never seen it because she loved the TV show when it was on and doesn't think she could ever accept any other actors playing those roles. I keep telling her she doesn't know what she's missing.

"I want you to stop leaving little notes on my pillow! 'Dear Oscar, we're out of cornflakes, F.U.' It took me two weeks to figure out 'F.U.' meant 'Felix Unger'!" :rotfl2:
I remember when I first saw the movie, my reaction was just the opposite. When they first aired the SitCom, I refused to watch it because I didn't believe it could be as good as the movie. Eventually I began watching it on TV. Now, I think Jack Klugman and Tony Randall were the perfect match for the TV series.:yep:

Sailor Steve

07-30-13, 12:11 PM

"I want you to stop leaving little notes on my pillow! 'Dear Oscar, we're out of cornflakes, F.U.' It took me two weeks to figure out 'F.U.' meant 'Felix Unger'!" :rotfl2:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2069289&postcount=103 :O:

WernherVonTrapp

07-30-13, 12:29 PM

Possibly Kevin Bacon's finest role, also starring
Gary Oldman, Kyra Sedgwick and Christian Slater.
IMHO, Kevin Bacon should've won an Oscar for this
performance.
Murder In The First:
http://moviesane.co/data/titles/tt0113870_he.jpg

vienna

07-30-13, 12:42 PM

That is a fantastic movie. I have a friend who's never seen it because she loved the TV show when it was on and doesn't think she could ever accept any other actors playing those roles. I keep telling her she doesn't know what she's missing.

"I want you to stop leaving little notes on my pillow! 'Dear Oscar, we're out of cornflakes, F.U.' It took me two weeks to figure out 'F.U.' meant 'Felix Unger'!" :rotfl2:

Oscar (Holding plate of food Felix has prepared): What's this?

Felix: It's linguini.

Oscar (throws plate of food at wall): It was linguini, now it's garbage.

<O>

Jimbuna

07-30-13, 03:41 PM

WernherVonTrapp

07-30-13, 03:48 PM

Yes....a great movie :yep:
I also thought Gary Oldman gave a convincing and stellar performance as the Associate Warden.:cool:

WernherVonTrapp

07-31-13, 08:08 PM

Another great movie starring Richard Gere
and which launched the career of Edward Norton.:up:
Primal Fear:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/Primal_Fear.jpg/220px-Primal_Fear.jpg

Jimbuna

08-01-13, 05:54 AM

I rated this and found it most interesting seeing as how it was taken from the Japanese perspective:

Letters from Iwo Jima

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE0NzgwODI4M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjg3OTA0MQ@@._ V1_SY317_CR0,0,214,317_.jpg

Sailor Steve

08-01-13, 11:16 AM

Oscar (Holding plate of food Felix has prepared): What's this?

Felix: It's linguini.

Oscar (throws plate of food at wall): It was linguini, now it's garbage.

<O>
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2067767&postcount=94

Sailor Steve

08-01-13, 11:17 AM

I rated this and found it most interesting seeing as how it was taken from the Japanese perspective:

Letters from Iwo Jima
I personally believe this movie puts Clint Eastwood in the ranks of the best directors ever. :sunny:

BossMark

08-01-13, 11:26 AM

I personally believe this movie puts Clint Eastwood in the ranks of the best directors ever. :sunny:
Along with one of the best actors ever :yep:

Jimbuna

08-01-13, 02:21 PM

I personally believe this movie puts Clint Eastwood in the ranks of the best directors ever. :sunny:

High praise indeed but I thought his acting, especially over the longer period of time deserves more recognition.

Sailor Steve

08-01-13, 03:18 PM

High praise indeed but I thought his acting, especially over the longer period of time deserves more recognition.
But his acting is famous. Many people love his movies, many of which he directed himself. To Me Letters From Iwo Jima shows for Eastwood what Schindler's List did for Spielberg - put him in the same rank as Hitchcock, Curtiz, Capra, Huston, Nichols and the rest.

Jimbuna

08-02-13, 06:11 AM

But his acting is famous. Many people love his movies, many of which he directed himself. To Me Letters From Iwo Jima shows for Eastwood what Schindler's List did for Spielberg - put him in the same rank as Hitchcock, Curtiz, Capra, Huston, Nichols and the rest.

Yeah on second thoughts your right....as usual :O:

Sailor Steve

08-03-13, 01:36 PM

I've been taking advantage of long periods offline to rewatch some of my movie collection - whatever strikes me at the time.

Saturday, Sunday, Monday: The Bourne trilogy. The first one is only looslely based on the book, and the othre two get progressively worse. That said, as action movies go they're among the best.

Tuesday: The Blue Max. I have had complaints ever since I read the book, and even more now when I compare the "replica" planes to the replicas being made today. Still, it has some great flying sequences and lots of quick shots of Usula Andress not quite covered. :D

Wednesday: The Flight Of The Phoenix. The 1965 original, not the crappy remake.

Thursday: Das Boot. The 5-hour version. Haven't watched it in a couple of years.

Yesterday: The Enemy Below. I know I've made fun of the submarine set in the past, but on watching it again I realize it does look like a submarine, just not a German u-boat. It's still one of the finest naval war movies made.

Tonight I'll probably watch The Battle Of Britain again. It's been more than a year.

Also still watching Doctor Who every day.