The "I'm watching/just watched *movie title* thread....

[paladin1991]

Just started season 3 of 'House of Cards.'  Good to be back.

[yumyumtree]

I Confess -- Don't know the year off hand, but judging by the clothes and hairstyles, early fifties.

[pyewacket]

We watched Fury. It was a story about a tank crew during the end of WW2. It had some of the cliche characters you'd see in war movies. Not a movie with a solemn message just a good action film.

As Pitts' character, "WarDaddy" said: "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."

[ItsOver]

We watched Fury. It was a story about a tank crew during the end of WW2. It had some of the cliche characters you'd see in war movies. Not a movie with a solemn message just a good action film.

As Pitts' character, "WarDaddy" said: "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."

I saw it in December.  It seemed like "Inglorious Bastards II" to me, especially Pitt's character.  Sure, war is hell, but this movie certainly had a lot of gratuitous violence and vulgarity, in my opinion.  I'm just more of a "Patton" or "Gettysburg" kind-of-guy.

[paladin1991]

We watched Fury. It was a story about a tank crew during the end of WW2. It had some of the cliche characters you'd see in war movies. Not a movie with a solemn message just a good action film.

As Pitts' character, "WarDaddy" said: "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."

And this one, "Best job I ever had."

[paladin1991]

I saw it in December.  It seemed like "Inglorious Bastards II" to me, especially Pitt's character.  Sure, war is hell, but this movie certainly had a lot of gratuitous violence and vulgarity, in my opinion.  I'm just more of a "Patton" or "Gettysburg" kind-of-guy.

Didn't see IB's.  Will put it on my list.  Saw this only because the boy wanted to.  Will say this though, the soldiers coming apart as they are lit up is pretty fucking accurate.  Ppl can just come apart as they are hit.

[pyewacket]

I saw it in December.  It seemed like "Inglorious Bastards II" to me, especially Pitt's character.  Sure, war is hell, but this movie certainly had a lot of gratuitous violence and vulgarity, in my opinion.  I'm just more of a "Patton" or "Gettysburg" kind-of-guy.

Patton is one of my favorites. There's another tank movie called The Beast that I'll put on the list. It's about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan.

I also like Civil War movies. Andersonville comes to mind- it was about the infamous stockade in Georgia where they kept Union prisoners. I believe there was a good mini series made on the subject.

[pyewacket]

Didn't see IB's.  Will put it on my list.  Saw this only because the boy wanted to.  Will say this though, the soldiers coming apart as they are lit up is pretty fucking accurate.  Ppl can just come apart as they are hit.

You might like Stalingrad, not the 2013 movie, but the 2003 documentary. Eyewitness accounts, soldier shot footage and the perspectives from both the Germans and the Russians. Katyn was also excellent. It was about the massacre of 20,000 Polish military officers and intelligentsia at the hands of Soviet troops.

[albrecht]

Patton is one of my favorites. There's another tank movie called The Beast that I'll put on the list. It's about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan.

I also like Civil War movies. Andersonville comes to mind- it was about the infamous stockade in Georgia where they kept Union prisoners. I believe there was a good mini series made on the subject.

As far as war movies go. My favorites (not in order):
Das Boot (awesome to see in surround sound in a darkened theater)
The Big Red One (restored and full version)
Sgt.York
The Dam Busters
The Killing Fields

[pyewacket]

As far as war movies go. My favorites (not in order):
Das Boot (awesome to see in surround sound in a darkened theater)
The Big Red One (restored and full version)
Sgt.York
The Dam Busters
The Killing Fields

I've seen and liked The Killing Fields and Das Boot- I'll look for the others. Thank you for suggesting them.

K-19: The Widowmaker was good, too.

[ItsOver]

Patton is one of my favorites. There's another tank movie called The Beast that I'll put on the list. It's about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan.

I also like Civil War movies. Andersonville comes to mind- it was about the infamous stockade in Georgia where they kept Union prisoners. I believe there was a good mini series made on the subject.

I've heard "The Beast" is a good tank movie but have yet to see it.  I liked "Enemy at the Gates," too, loosely based on Vasily Zaitsev, the famed Russian sniper.  Just reading about the Battle of Stalingrad is quite the experience. 

[ItsOver]

As far as war movies go. My favorites (not in order):
Das Boot (awesome to see in surround sound in a darkened theater)
The Big Red One (restored and full version)
Sgt.York
The Dam Busters
The Killing Fields

Love the Dam Busters and The Killing Fields was very good.  I thought a new Dam Busters movie was to be released but haven't Googled for the latest.  The original is a classic. One of the great endeavors of WWII.  Barnes Wallace was a fascinating character.

[albrecht]

I've seen and liked The Killing Fields and Das Boot- I'll look for the others. Thank you for suggesting them.

K-19: The Widowmaker was good, too.

Sgt York and The Dam Busters are more likely to be seen on TCM, rather than Netflix or video store, as they are older "classics;" appropriate for all ages but still good, and true stories, hence classic.

I'm going to check out that tank movie. Just reading about Kursk. The Eastern Front stuff really isn't taught well in our schools. Now, granted, during the Cold War we wouldn't want to praise our former allies- and some documentation wasn't available to Western historians- but really amazing, and awful, stuff.
For anyone interested and like audio I suggest "Hardcore History" podcast series on the "Ghost of the Ostfront" series.

[albrecht]

Love the Dam Busters and The Killing Fields was very good.  I thought a new Dam Busters movie was to be released but haven't Googled for the latest.  The original is a classic. One of the great endeavors of WWII.  Barnes Wallace was a fascinating character.

Indeed he was. That is one of the reasons I really like 'The Dam Busters because unlike most war movies it doesn't just focus on the battle(s), the heroism, the tragedies, or the strategy/tactics but on the engineering. But not too much to be "boring" for those not technically inclined but enough to inspire younger people (and older) to appreciate it or even want to become one.

I think the remake is still in the works. One of the problems is, of course, the actual history and name of the dog (I think Digger will be the new name last I heard; history be damned) and, as always, funding etc. Personally, I don't see why it needs a remake but I guess for the new CGI crowd or those who can't handle b&w films.
ps: BBC had some excellent shows fairly recently on the squadron on the bombing of the Tirpitz and V-3 Cannon (why do all these dictators want a "super gun"? Recall Saddam's attempt
Called "After the Dam Busters" or something. I forget. Was excellent show with participants on both sides of the attacks. Interesting stuff.

[pyewacket]

Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago was good, too. They no longer offer it on Netflix-( gotta make room for more Sandler movies, I guess).

I'm looking for any movies made about his novels and probably have to buy the books. It's good either way.

[ItsOver]

Indeed he was. That is one of the reasons I really like 'The Dam Busters because unlike most war movies it doesn't just focus on the battle(s), the heroism, the tragedies, or the strategy/tactics but on the engineering. But not too much to be "boring" for those not technically inclined but enough to inspire younger people (and older) to appreciate it or even want to become one.

I think the remake is still in the works. One of the problems is, of course, the actual history and name of the dog (I think Digger will be the new name last I heard; history be damned) and, as always, funding etc. Personally, I don't see why it needs a remake but I guess for the new CGI crowd or those who can't handle b&w films.
ps: BBC had some excellent shows fairly recently on the squadron on the bombing of the Tirpitz and V-3 Cannon (why do all these dictators want a "super gun"? Recall Saddam's attempt
Called "After the Dam Busters" or something. I forget. Was excellent show with participants on both sides of the attacks. Interesting stuff.

Nova had an interesting show entitled "Bombing Hitler's Dams."  It was a combination of the Dam Busters story and Nova's attempt at a small recreation of the event.  Instead of a Lancaster, they used a Buffalo Airlines DC-4, along with a crew from "Ice Pilots."  Some fascinating engineering and flying.  I enjoyed it so much I ordered the DVD from PBS.

[WhiteCrow]

I just did a youtube embedded clip of the movie "Face in the Crowd" on the Art Bell thread.
MV at times on Gabcast reminds me of Lonesome Rhodes in the movie

It's a watchable, the full movie is on amazon streaming for a few dollars.

Quote from Wiki:
The story centers on a drifter named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Griffith, in a role starkly different from the amiable "Sheriff Andy Taylor" persona), who is discovered by the producer (Neal) of a small-market radio program in rural northeast Arkansas. Rhodes ultimately rises to great fame and influence on national television.

The film launched Griffith into stardom, but earned mixed reviews upon its original release. Later decades have seen reappraisals of the movie, and in 2008 A Face in the Crowd was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"
A Face In The Crowd, 1957

[Camazotz Automat]

John Wick (2014)

[paladin1991]

John Wick (2014)

Annnnnd???

[onan]

Annnnnd???

It's Taken without Liam Neeson and foreign countries.

But I liked it.

[paladin1991]

It's Taken without Liam Neeson and foreign countries.

But I liked it.

my son liked it too.  Maybe i can catch that soon

[albrecht]

It's Taken without Liam Neeson and foreign countries.

But I liked it.

Yep, I was thinking the same thing. But I liked the movie also. Great cars and good action. And I liked the idea of an underground bar where all hit-men (and hit-women) drink.

[Camazotz Automat]

Annnnnd???

It's like The Matrix without the Matrix effects, or if Neo had made a deal to stay forever in the Matrix, unaware of the Matrix.

Some roles work for Keanu Reeves and some do not.

I think this one worked exceptionally well for him.

I watched it twice.

And it was really cool to see Ian McShane have a small part. At which point, like Crow and Tom Servo of MST3K did for Code Name : Diamond Head, I shouted "Lovejoy! It's Lovejoy!"

[pyewacket]

I rented Jack Wick last week and didn't care for it. Almost no plot and predictable. I'll take
Death Wish and Charles Bronson any day.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1978 miniseries. God, that's a great miniseries. It's on youtube now and I think I've lost count how many times I've seen it, and yet the storyline and acting never get old.

The Constant Gardner 2005 LeCarre often leaves me with an ache in the heart but I can't seem to quit him. Great film, but I'm probably prejudiced.

[FightTheFuture]

Focus


Pretty good performance by the Prince of bel-air. This film takes a lot of twists and turns. Overall, worth the matinee price.

[zeebo]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1978 miniseries. God, that's a great miniseries. It's on youtube now and I think I've lost count how many times I've seen it, and yet the storyline and acting never get old.

The Constant Gardner 2005 LeCarre often leaves me with an ache in the heart but I can't seem to quit him. Great film, but I'm probably prejudiced.

I really liked his book The Honourable Schoolboy, and wonder why they never made a movie out of it.

[analog kid]

I liked John Wick. Good beer drinking popcorn flick. The soundtrack was obviously Marilyn Manson and overwrought. Got on my nerves after a while.

[pyewacket]

I liked John Wick. Good beer drinking popcorn flick. The soundtrack was obviously Marilyn Manson and overwrought. Got on my nerves after a while.

I thought certain elements were overdone, too. Tiresome. I did like the The Boondock Saints which was pretty over the top as the far as the genre goes.

[albrecht]

I rented Jack Wick last week and didn't care for it. Almost no plot and predictable. I'll take
Death Wish and Charles Bronson any day.

I liked Wick but certainly the "Death Wish" movies were better. Especially as they got more cheesy with each film in the franchise, especially the stereotyped clothing worn by the "punks" and gang-members. They look so silly now. I would find it hard not to laugh if confronted by a criminal wearing such outfits!