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Offline SkyRock

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« Reply #75 on: November 19, 2007, 08:10:25 AM »
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That one was just as bad....  in fact it reminds me of how TRL was done..

Blasphemy!!!!!   Some of the greatest character actors and superstars were in this movie.  Some of whom were actual WWII vets.
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« Reply #76 on: November 19, 2007, 08:12:29 AM »
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Wasn't all that happy with the whole plot though...
What plot?
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« Reply #77 on: November 19, 2007, 08:28:08 AM »
skyrock.. what are you talking about?  who cares how good the actors were?  I wasn't talking about that.

You need to read some books on war in the pacific and then try to watch "letters"... It explained nothing.   you wondered what the hell was going on..  I mean.. the japs all tried to save wounded Americans and the Americans all shot any prisoner they got?   No wonder there were no/hardly no jap survivors in any of the island battles... we shot all the prisoners!

It didn't go into the minds of people who would encourage their own civilians to jump off cliffs clutching their babies.

It tried too hard to say "hey.. they are just like us with a different diet"    They were nothing like us.   They did not become like us until they were defeated.

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« Reply #78 on: November 19, 2007, 09:16:24 AM »
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:huh

that you put windtalkers on there...and then you put sands of iwo jima at the bottom without even bothering to add full metal jacket or hamburger hill, only goes to show that you are clearly on the crack pipe.  if not crack...it's gotta be at least a class three.  

hell, why don't you just add pearl harbor to the list while yer at it?

;)


The first part of full metal jacket was good.  I haven't seen it in over ten years but I can still remember the main characters and of course the tragic ending.  The second part was completely forgetable.  The first part was so good the rest of the movie seemed anti-climatic.  They would have been better off making the entire movie focusing on the first part, and cutting out the second.  

Hamburger hill was ok, but I've seen documentries on the event that were more entertaining than this movie.  


As for Pearl Harbor, I can at least go to my grave knowing that I didn't spend any money to see this movie....  

:D

However if I only had three movies to choose from being TRL, the longest day, and Pearl Harbor.  I would pick Pearl Harbor simply becuase the other movies are bad+boring instead of just bad....


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« Reply #79 on: November 19, 2007, 09:38:06 AM »
war movie= "A Walk in the Sun", a US platoon in Italy 1943,  released in 1945.
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« Reply #80 on: November 19, 2007, 09:57:27 AM »
Why y'all always gotta complain about Pearl Harbor? It was a greeeeat love story.
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« Reply #81 on: November 19, 2007, 10:23:48 AM »
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Why y'all always gotta complain about Pearl Harbor? It was a greeeeat love story.


It's quite simple really.. Don't name a film 'Pearl Harbor' when it's a love story....  They should have named it 'don't rub another man's rhubarb' or something similar...


longest day and Pearl Harbor are polar opposites...

One tries to maintain historical accurracy making it boring to watch, while the other makes watermelon up to make it entertaining....

Both are bad.....

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« Reply #82 on: November 19, 2007, 12:17:52 PM »
"Thin Red Line" was a long boring movie.  I saw it at the theater and walked out half way thru.

To give you a sense of scale, I didn't even walk out on "Pearl Harbor".  Heck, I didn't even walk out on "WindTalkers"!

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« Reply #83 on: November 19, 2007, 02:18:38 PM »
I seen TRL at a theater with my brother.. he wanted to walk out half way through but the filming and sets were so good that I made him stay.

I couldn't help feeling like the film was a huge waste of resources tho.

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« Reply #84 on: November 19, 2007, 02:32:34 PM »
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Why y'all always gotta complain about Pearl Harbor? It was a greeeeat love story.


The best part in that movie was when the champagne cork hit Affleck in his nose.  I was howling with laughter at that.
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« Reply #85 on: November 19, 2007, 02:35:50 PM »
jarhead was another pooper.
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« Reply #86 on: November 19, 2007, 03:08:54 PM »
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The best part in that movie was when the champagne cork hit Affleck in his nose.  I was howling with laughter at that.


Yeah, me too.  That was indeed good. LOL.  Actually, I like that whole set of scenes at the physical.
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« Reply #87 on: November 19, 2007, 03:15:20 PM »
Thin Red Line had the potential to be a seriously good film for one reason.

Woody!

ever since natural born killers and white men cant jump i have considered woody a top rate actor, plus many other good roles.

so...WHY would you get woody to blow himself up? i gave in to the misses after woody died and we watched X-factor.
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« Reply #88 on: November 19, 2007, 03:24:46 PM »
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Thin Red Line had the potential to be a seriously good film for one reason.
Woody!
ever since natural born killers and white men cant jump i have considered woody a top rate actor, plus many other good roles.
so...WHY would you get woody to blow himself up? i gave in to the misses after woody died and we watched X-factor.


Hey, sorry for the hijack, but it's already been off course a few times & wandered back ~ so I'm sure it will survive.

Hey, you know that guy Cheffrey in the game?  I think he's just got the funniest name ever.  You know Rosie Perez from White Men Can't Jump?
Each time I see Cheffrey's gameID I want to acquire her obnoxious Puerto Rican accent & yell at him to take the trash out.
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« Reply #89 on: November 19, 2007, 03:34:37 PM »
Woody killing himself by throwing the pin instead of the grenade is one of the few scenes I remember from the movie....
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