Movie review thread...
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia this says my way is loosely based on him
Oh yeah, I've definitely read about him before, would be interesting to see the film version.
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia its a war flick, they shoot shit, they blow shit up with limited tech...whats not to hold up
I find The Thin Red Line to be utter tosh (Malick can suck a dick), but either way I'll take your word for it
It was no Saving Private Ryan....
What War Movie even comes close? That's a 100% Bona fide classic of a flick.
The first scenes as they leave the landing craft. Epic doesn't seem a big enough word
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia this says my way is loosely based on him
Oh yeah, I've definitely read about him before, would be interesting to see the film version.
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia its a war flick, they shoot shit, they blow shit up with limited tech...whats not to hold up
I find The Thin Red Line to be utter tosh (Malick can suck a dick), but either way I'll take your word for it
It was no Saving Private Ryan....
What War Movie even comes close? That's a 100% Bona fide classic of a flick.
The first scenes as they leave the landing craft. Epic doesn't seem a big enough word
I make a point of watching it every Anzac Day. It's as close to brilliant as a movie can get in my opinion although I remember my Granddad pointing out a couple of inaccuracies ( woulda been a year or two before he passed away, I watched on VCR with him ). That opening scene, 20 years later it's still nothing short of incredible.
Actually Dunkirk is bloody good too, I need to watch it again. Perhaps it suffers a bit from lack of character development?
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@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Band of Brothers is the perfect companion piece to Ryan. Both shows are expert at making you care for the characters and the combat scenes are white knuckle inducingly realistic
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I want to see a movie about this guy, created his own machine gun because the one they gave him wasn’t lethal enough for his tastes.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Yeah I think it's the only violence I've ever seen on screen that's genuinely shocked me. Landing on the beach, first wave just falling riddled with bullets. So fucken ruthless.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Band of Brothers is the perfect companion piece to Ryan. Both shows are expert at making you care for the characters and the combat scenes are white knuckle inducingly realistic
Band of Brothers is awesome, I just re-watched and re-read and then read a few other books about them.
Generation Kill is a good modern mini series.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Band of Brothers is the perfect companion piece to Ryan. Both shows are expert at making you care for the characters and the combat scenes are white knuckle inducingly realistic
Band of Brothers is awesome, I just re-watched and re-read and then read a few other books about them.
Dick Winters was a real life hard fucker
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Band of Brothers is the perfect companion piece to Ryan. Both shows are expert at making you care for the characters and the combat scenes are white knuckle inducingly realistic
Band of Brothers is awesome, I just re-watched and re-read and then read a few other books about them.
Generation Kill is a good modern mini series.
I enjoyed GK. Real futility of war stuff
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Band of Brothers is the perfect companion piece to Ryan. Both shows are expert at making you care for the characters and the combat scenes are white knuckle inducingly realistic
Band of Brothers is awesome, I just re-watched and re-read and then read a few other books about them.
Dick Winters was a real life hard fucker
Yeah, lots of them were back then. Although, as awesome as their stories are it does seem a bit weird that they've had so much about them whereas there's likely scores of similar stories from the second world war.
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Which war movie was the one they were all stuck in a tank? Living proof that Shia le Boof is THE biggest dickhead in cinema history given he was able to ruin that one for me.
Inglorious Basterds is well up there on my list ( 2nd favourite Tarantino movie ever ) but it's possibly a bit silly to be a genuine war flick.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@jegga watched The Beast of War the other night, pretty decent flick, amusingly though, Russian flick about the Afghan war, made by Americans...
Yeah interesting that they chose to make it .
I was watching a bit of Lone survivor the other and then I remembered what a fluffybunny Luttrell was to the guy that saved his life and I lost interestDecent movie if you haven't read that article - glad he's out but hope Lutteral and that book writer kick him some cash. Although, that was two years ago I guess so I wonder if there's a follow up?
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Band of Brothers is the perfect companion piece to Ryan. Both shows are expert at making you care for the characters and the combat scenes are white knuckle inducingly realistic
Band of Brothers is awesome, I just re-watched and re-read and then read a few other books about them.
Generation Kill is a good modern mini series.
I love that bit where they have to hand over the nazi staff cars to the top brass so they “test out” the armour playing on the cars before they give them up .
I think I have to get this https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Band-Brothers-Memoirs-Winters/dp/0425213757
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan that movie, particularly the opening scene on the big screen was frighteningly epic...seeing that makes me glad I havent had to go to war where it is all so random who lives and dies
Band of Brothers is the perfect companion piece to Ryan. Both shows are expert at making you care for the characters and the combat scenes are white knuckle inducingly realistic
Band of Brothers is awesome, I just re-watched and re-read and then read a few other books about them.
Dick Winters was a real life hard fucker
Yeah, lots of them were back then. Although, as awesome as their stories are it does seem a bit weird that they've had so much about them whereas there's likely scores of similar stories from the second world war.
Luck of the draw I guess. Stephen Ambrose brought them to global attention then the other books flowed I guess. I'm sure there were many similar stories of other units
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Which war movie was the one they were all stuck in a tank? Living proof that Shia le Boof is THE biggest dickhead in cinema history given he was able to ruin that one for me.
Inglorious Basterds is well up there on my list ( 2nd favourite Tarantino movie ever ) but it's possibly a bit silly to be a genuine war flick.
Fury. I thought it was ok, Shia LeBouf doesn't annoy me though.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I make a point of watching it every Anzac Day.
You need to watch Gallipoli for some local flavour.
Private Ryan is an epic movie. Personally, it was good to visit some of the real locations of the movie (e.g. Utah beach and the Normandy cemetery at Omaha where the movie starts and ends).
I like some of the earlier war movies like The Big Red One, Where Eagles Dare and the first anti-war movie from 1930 - All Quiet On The Western Front. The TV remake with John-Boy isn't as good.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Which war movie was the one they were all stuck in a tank? Living proof that Shia le Boof is THE biggest dickhead in cinema history given he was able to ruin that one for me.
Inglorious Basterds is well up there on my list ( 2nd favourite Tarantino movie ever ) but it's possibly a bit silly to be a genuine war flick.
Fury. I thought it was ok, Shia LeBouf doesn't annoy me though.
He is nothing but an absolute talentless cock to me. You also don't like Leigh Hart though so I'm always cautious of your opinion Neps
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I make a point of watching it every Anzac Day.
You need to watch Gallipoli for some local flavour.
Private Ryan is an epic movie. Personally, it was good to visit some of the real locations of the movie (e.g. Utah beach and the Normandy cemetery at Omaha where the movie starts and ends).
I like some of the earlier war movies like The Big Red One, Where Eagles Dare and the first anti-war movie from 1930 - All Quiet On The Western Front. The TV remake with John-Boy isn't as good.
Where Eagles Dare. Classic Clint. Good flick overall but quite a bit of 60s cheesiness. Another couple of that ilk are Von Ryan's Express and the Battle of Britain.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Which war movie was the one they were all stuck in a tank? Living proof that Shia le Boof is THE biggest dickhead in cinema history given he was able to ruin that one for me.
Inglorious Basterds is well up there on my list ( 2nd favourite Tarantino movie ever ) but it's possibly a bit silly to be a genuine war flick.
Fury. I thought it was ok, Shia LeBouf doesn't annoy me though.
Agree, that’s the only movie I’ve thought he was good in . It’s almost a toned down version of what Audie Murphy did.
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