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<p>[i]Shadow Dancer[/i]<br><br>
Brit thriller about an IRA informant. Good story, well executed, engaging. The "smoky" and heavily grained cinematography took the 35mm aesthetic way too far, but that was the only gripe. Good movie. Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough.<br><br>
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<p>I'm no big fan of Lord of the Rings - I thought the first was ok, the second was the best and the third went on an hour too long, I haven't seen either Hobbit and doubt I ever will ... but I hope they do well. The more money Jackson makes the better chance he'll film my movie idea about the breakout at Minqar Qaim ... then the only obstacle will be getting my idea to him.</p>
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<p>I recently watched Dark Shadows which I thought was hilarious.</p>
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<p>Also watched Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Spectacular Now, two coming of age type dramas that we both pretty decent.</p>
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Perks of being a wallflower was made better by the, er, talented Emma Watson....
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<p>Perks of being a wallflower was made better by the, er, talented Emma Watson....</p>
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<p>I don't really er, 'rate' her ... she still seems like the little girl from the two Harry Potter films I watched. She was perfectly fine in the movie though.</p> -
Haha,I know what you mean!
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<p>Did the story about the algerians take a turn for the worse? It was getting interesting when I crashed last night.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I was looking forward to the developments today and with a flash ... it's gone. :(</p> -
<p>maybe Tim got arrested and managed to come in here and delete posts as he wants to plead Not Guilty? ;)</p>
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<p>i finally watched "We Were Soldiers" last night (been meaning to watch it since it came out, but it was just one of those movies that past me by). It's a pretty decent war movie that one. It's all action, and the battle scenes (ok scene) are excellent i thought. </p>
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M4l if you enjoyed that movie you will probably like this <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=670124511166'>http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=670124511166</a><br><br>
Also the book is a great read and the charge uphill at the end never happened unfortunately according to Hal Moore -
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<p>M4l if you enjoyed that movie you will probably like this <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=670124511166'>http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=670124511166</a><br><br>
Also the book is a great read and the charge uphill at the end never happened unfortunately according to Hal Moore</p>
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<p>That site is quite good, aside from the silly anti communist stuff ... bit childish really. I've read a bit about Rescorla on Wiki - bit of a war junkie in his early days, did some heroic stuff on 9/11.</p> -
He predicted that something like 9/11 would happen, after he got his job at the tower he hired a mate who was a security consultant to look the place over. His mate said it would be very easy for terrorist to park a truck bomb near a column which is exactly what happened. Edit I should have added he made employees of the firm run regular evacuation drill after the truck bomb. He wasn't supposed to be at work when the planes hit he came in on his day off to cover someone else's shift .<br><br>
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<p>He predicted that something like 9/11 would happen, after he got his job at the tower he hired a mate who was a security consultant to look the place over. His mate said it would be very easy for terrorist to park a truck bomb near a column which is exactly what happened.<br><br><strong>I'm cool with the anti communist stuff comrade Nepia, the real question is why aren't you?</strong></p>
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<p>I'm not an idiot?
It doesn't add anything to the story aside from suggesting the writer has the IQ to be a panelist on Fox and Friends.</p> -
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I'm not an idiot? It doesn't add anything to the story aside from suggesting the writer has the IQ to be a panelist on Fox and Friends.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Looks like we have a ngati Marxist in our midst here folks.</p>
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<p> :whistle: I didn't realise that thinking "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium;">putting his spit-shined shoes and an Enfield rifle straight up the asses of anyone who didn't think that Karl Marx was a fucking jackass in the first place"</span> is silly makes you a Marxist!</p>
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Well comrade you would say that wouldn't you? <br><br>
The guy who runs the site uses over the top stuff like that gaming references to trick people especially teenagers into learning about things they normally wouldn't give s shit about. I think he has two books out now. -
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<p>M4l if you enjoyed that movie you will probably like this <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=670124511166'>http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=670124511166</a><br><br>
Also the book is a great read and the charge uphill at the end never happened unfortunately according to Hal Moore</p>
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<p>i don't really expect my war movies to be 100% consistent with facts. Facts rarely make for great viewing. As soon as you saw it, you could guess that final charge was a movie moment. Still, it allowed them to have a way to finish the movie, rather than reinforcements coming in, them shipping out, and the battle going for another 300 days. </p> -
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<p>i don't really expect my war movies to be 100% consistent with facts. Facts rarely make for great viewing. As soon as you saw it, you could guess that final charge was a movie moment. Still, it allowed them to have a way to finish the movie, rather than reinforcements coming in, them shipping out, and the battle going for another 300 days. </p>
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<p>When my Breakout at Minqar Qaim movie comes out there will be no need for false heroic scenes ... it has it all!</p>
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<p>Well comrade you would say that wouldn't you?<br><br>
The guy who runs the site uses over the top stuff like that gaming references to trick people especially teenagers into learning about things they normally wouldn't give s shit about. I think he has two books out now.</p>
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<p>If I was a Marxist I'd happily own up to it, even in the Fox Off Topic section of the Fern. :blum:</p> -
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i don't really expect my war movies to be 100% consistent with facts. Facts rarely make for great viewing. As soon as you saw it, you could guess that final charge was a movie moment. Still, it allowed them to have a way to finish the movie, rather than reinforcements coming in, them shipping out, and the battle going for another 300 days.</p></blockquote>
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True there was a battle immediately afterwards mentioned in the book that was s big of a disaster for the yanks. They were still finding stragglers trying to find their way back to America. Lines a week or so after it finished .<br><br>
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<p>yeah many get a bit clouded in the entertainment vs telling a stpry with facts.</p>
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<p>Some like to portray it more as a fact based account of what happened, whereas other films say based on a true events (e.g Perfect Storm - the true events were a big <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='mailto:f@ck'>f@ck</a> off storm and the dudes all went fishing and didnt come back >summarised<...rest of movie was pretty much made up)</p>
