Movie review thread...
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
It wasn't at the awesome level but I did enjoy Enemy at the Gate. The whole cat and mouse sniper thing and the Russian angle was a bit different
Me too. I've been meaning to watch that again. The 2013 release of Stalingrad was an interesting movie from a Russian perspective.
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my watchlist getting lots added to it while trying to locate some
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I've watched Escape From Sobibor a few times now. Add Triumph of the Spirit to that list.
Will look that up, Escape from Sobibor has some scenes that are very hard to watch . Fantastic film
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Speaking of Lee Marvin, the dirty dozen was great. Like inglorious bastards before inglorious bastards
The Inglorious Basterds part of Inglorious Basterds. I remember when it was first advertised as being made it was assumed it was a Dirty Dozen style movie - but I'm glad it was what it was.
Platoon is by far my favourite Vietnam film. A Midnight Clear was another decent WW2 movie. Did anyone watch that Mormon WW2 movie? Saints and Soldiers I think it was called.
I also remember a film on video called The Lost Command about the French at Dien Ben Phu. If I watched that now I don't think I'd be supporting the French characters.
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Watched APocolypse Now and Full Metal Jacket recently
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Watched APocolypse Now and Full Metal Jacket recently
I forgot about full metal jacket.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Speaking of Lee Marvin, the dirty dozen was great. Like inglorious bastards before inglorious bastards
The Inglorious Basterds part of Inglorious Basterds. I remember when it was first advertised as being made it was assumed it was a Dirty Dozen style movie - but I'm glad it was what it was.
Platoon is by far my favourite Vietnam film. A Midnight Clear was another decent WW2 movie. Did anyone watch that Mormon WW2 movie? Saints and Soldiers I think it was called.
I also remember a film on video called The Lost Command about the French at Dien Ben Phu. If I watched that now I don't think I'd be supporting the French characters.
Midnight Clear is pretty good, I didn’t know about Saints and Soldiers being a Mormon film but it was a decent film considering it’s budget. Did the church put up some money for it?
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@bovidae that was the one where Paint it Black was the theme song? THat was good
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Loved Platoon but was never a big fan of Apocalypse Now. I watched the Redux version a few years back and my opinion didn't change.
Anyone remember the TV series Tour Of Duty? That was a very good show set in the Vietnam War.
Loved that show . Not sure if it’s held up.
Glad I’m not the only one who thinks Apocalypse now is a bit meh, watched it again recently and it was disappointing. I didn’t know the young black kid was Lawrence Fishburne till recently. -
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Schindler's list. I could only watch it once, it was too intense. Black and white was a brilliant move, captured the brutality of the holocaust
Every bit as good as Private Ryan. Spielberg is nothing short of a genius, however do ya class it as a war film as such?
It's another I watch once a year. Neeson is so good which makes his bullshit action movies these days kinda hard to fathom.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bovidae that was the one where Paint it Black was the theme song? THat was good
Yes. I've still got Tour of Duty 1 and 2 soundtracks on cassette.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Loved Platoon but was never a big fan of Apocalypse Now. I watched the Redux version a few years back and my opinion didn't change.
Anyone remember the TV series Tour Of Duty? That was a very good show set in the Vietnam War.
Loved that show . Not sure if it’s held up.
Glad I’m not the only one who thinks Apocalypse now is a bit meh, watched it again recently and it was disappointing. I didn’t know the young black kid was Lawrence Fishburne till recently.AN had a number of great set pieces but it's pretty slow
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Apocolypse NOw was decent enough, but I watched the extended version at 196 mins which is a fucking long film, even by todays marathon standards, and at that length, it has to be pretty special to hold you for it all (I watched it over a couple of nights IIRC)
The opening scene with the choppers is cool in surround sound.
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Tour of Duty (TV Series 1987–1990) ⭐ 8.3 | Action, Drama, War
