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Bubblehead1980 09-08-13 05:31 PM

The movie "Emperor"
 
Just finished the movie "Emperor" , thought it was better than the reviews gave it credit for.Tommy Lee Jones was excellent as McArthur. I feel the role of General Fellers could have been played better by someone else, did not care for the actor, his portrayal seemed "forced". The scene where McArthur shook the Emperor's hand made me laugh a bit.Just wonder what those who have watched this movie thought of it?

Aktungbby 09-08-13 05:33 PM

based on American Caesar?:arrgh!:

Armistead 09-08-13 07:40 PM

I finally watched "Red Tails", it can't be worse that that. I was gonna
pay for view the Emperor then saw the bad ratings and wil wait until
it's free.

Bubblehead1980 09-08-13 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armistead (Post 2111921)
I finally watched "Red Tails", it can't be worse that that. I was gonna
pay for view the Emperor then saw the bad ratings and wil wait until
it's free.


Oh the Emperor was decent, you will prob like it.Ill PM you. I was angry at how awful Red Tails was, what were they thinking? The corny dialogue, the star wars like aircraft maneuvers? Just sad.

Armistead 09-08-13 07:53 PM

Yep, when I saw planes turning on a time, it was more than I could
handle. Certainly not as good as the other movie. Still, both were historically accurate in many ways, probably to improve the image, they
did lose numerous bombers and had no recorded aces.

Red October1984 09-08-13 07:59 PM

I kinda wanted to see Emperor...I'll wait a bit though.

Red Tails... :nope: It's like U-571.

Oberon 09-08-13 08:35 PM

From what I've heard of MacArthur, I could just picture Tommy Lee Jones as him, might have to check this film out myself at some point. The whole power struggle between MacArthur and the mainland US would make for a good film in itself in my opinion.

Sailor Steve 09-08-13 08:50 PM

Gregory Peck did a fine job in MacArthur, based on the book by Clay Blair, Jr.

I haven't seen the new one.

Bubblehead1980 09-08-13 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red October1984 (Post 2111931)
I kinda wanted to see Emperor...I'll wait a bit though.

Red Tails... :nope: It's like U-571.

Emperor is not nearly as bad as some make it out to be.U-571 is one I don't get why it has so many "haters". The movie was good, the acting was good, they took a few liberties sure, but it was a good movie with excellent visuals, acting, etc .Red Tails? Just horrible. I was hoping Red Tail's would be HBO's the Tuskegee Airman with a proper big hollywood budget, but it was not even close.Great visuals but acting was terrible, dialogue was corny, it was devoid of reality.The acting in the HBO movie about the red tails had top notch acting with Fishburne, Braugher, Gooding Jr, Warner, Lithgow and others.

Bubblehead1980 09-08-13 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2111945)
From what I've heard of MacArthur, I could just picture Tommy Lee Jones as him, might have to check this film out myself at some point. The whole power struggle between MacArthur and the mainland US would make for a good film in itself in my opinion.


Jones was excellent, it's worth watching.

Red October1984 09-08-13 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980 (Post 2111962)
Emperor is not nearly as bad as some make it out to be.U-571 is one I don't get why it has so many "haters". The movie was good, the acting was good, they took a few liberties sure, but it was a good movie with excellent visuals, acting, etc .Red Tails? Just horrible. I was hoping Red Tail's would be HBO's the Tuskegee Airman with a proper big hollywood budget, but it was not even close.Great visuals but acting was terrible, dialogue was corny, it was devoid of reality.The acting in the HBO movie about the red tails had top notch acting with Fishburne, Braugher, Gooding Jr, Warner, Lithgow and others.

I haven't seen the other Tuskegee Airmen movie...but I like HBO's war stuff. I bet it's good....and heck, Pearl Harbor is better than Red Tails.

U-571 has haters because nobody can stand that amount of historical inaccuracies. :har:

nikimcbee 09-08-13 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armistead (Post 2111921)
I finally watched "Red Tails", it can't be worse that that. I was gonna
pay for view the Emperor then saw the bad ratings and wil wait until
it's free.

You mean "Star Wars" with P-51s?

Stealhead 09-09-13 12:46 AM

The HBO Tuskegee film is much better they used to show it from time to time on AFN Europe.That and Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stewart.

Jimbuna 09-09-13 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee (Post 2111981)
You mean "Star Wars" with P-51s?

A good way to describe it :yep:

Not seen Emperor yet but will do when I come across it.

Betonov 09-09-13 04:56 AM

Well, I'll be damned, watched the trailer for the Red tails and saw this clip in it

http://www.advisorcroatia.com/wp-con.../RED-TAILS.jpg

That town back there is Rovinj, Croatia :D
A lot of fond memories came from that place


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