Movie review thread...
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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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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Deer Hunter. An all-star cast and great soundtrack.
Too slow. The first Russian roulette scene is intense and amazing and you felt for Dr Niro, Walken and the boys but I thought the movie on the whole had way too much filler. That wedding scene at the start goes on for fucken ever!
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I have a soft spot for The Longest Day.
Guns of Navaronne is great.
On the bleaker side is Stalingrad
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
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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.
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?
It's made by a Mormon owned company (I don't think it's the Church that owns it but members), I think they also made that rugby film from a few years back.
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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.
The you haven't seen enough of his films. Ooh that sounds just plain wrong.
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I think that The Godfather is easily the greatest movie ever made, Apocalypse Now is an ok film with some cool scenes and great performances but I don't think it's as good as its hype ... same with Bladerunner for me.
But it could just be how you come by films - I've never been a huge Indy fan because I didn't see them in the theatres and only watched them on TV many years later. I'm sure I'd love them if I saw them in the cinema back in the 80s.
Since we've touched on holocaust films if anyone mentions the word good in conjunction with The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas I'll electronically punch you in the nose. It's a film that manipulates and milks it's tears from one little German boy accidentally going to the gas chambers despite the fact that people were going to the chambers ever day.
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Army of Shadows is a great Jean-Pierre Melville film about the French Resistance.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Battle of Britain
I love Spitfires
Spanish Messerschmidts were cool. Responsible for another great Caine quote “ Adolf Galland was on set as an adviser, it appeared no one had told him Germany lost the war”.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Battle of Britain
I love Spitfires
I was at the Kent Country Show a couple of years back, loads of shitty craft stalls selling tat, plenty of beer tents though. However, all trading stopped for about 10 minutes as this Spit flew over and did some gentle aerobatics. Everyone stopped and stared at the sky. The sound of the Merlin engine was unmistakeable and just sent the shivers down the spine. Awesome doesn't do it justice.
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This guys story would make a great film , he wasn’t able to work in Battle of Britain due a scheduling conflict, damn shame.
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@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...
I remember watching that way way in the day. Like the 80s. Seem to recall quite enjoying it.
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@tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@booboo Not exactly WW2.
But what a soundtrack.
Men of Harlech sing ye, sing ye
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Speaking of Michael Caine, Play Dirty is a decent little WW2 movie about dubious motives.
Tour of Duty (TV Series 1987–1990) ⭐ 8.3 | Action, Drama, War
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