The Movie Thread

[Sailor Steve]

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]

Originally Posted by Platapus

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. 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]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

Don't tell me you took the movie seriously. 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.

Just to put it context that some here will appreciate.

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

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Platapus

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

What are you trying to say!?

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.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

OK, tell me there's somebody
out there who has not seen this movie.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Lol, there's always somebody who hasn't seen something

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I haven't seen FB's Day Off...

I rest my case.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I haven't seen FB's Day Off....but I know it shouldn't be compared to Crash Dive.

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

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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

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

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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.

[STEED]

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

"NUCLEAR COMBAT TOTAL TO TOTAL WITH THE RUSSKIES"

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by STEED

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

"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 . 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]

That's how us Brits would say it!

[Sailor Steve]

Mediocre to fair movie, but some of the most inspiring flying sequences ever: Strategic Air Command.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by STEED

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

"NUCLEAR COMBAT TOTAL TO TOTAL WITH THE RUSSKIES"

I first saw that movie in the 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]

Originally Posted by Platapus

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]

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]

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