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Offline crockett

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« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2007, 01:30:48 AM »
It was just far too slow of a movie.
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« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2007, 01:59:53 AM »
Only thing that had my attention was the scene with the guys rushing the machine gun nest. After that I fell asleep.
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« Reply #17 on: November 18, 2007, 02:33:53 AM »
There are just a handful of really good war movies. The Thin Red Line is NOT one of them.
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« Reply #18 on: November 18, 2007, 02:36:53 AM »
for all its inaccuracies and fancies I still like "Enemy at the Gates" a "Band of Brothers" type series set on the Eastern Front would rock hardcore.

as for Thin Red Line. it bit very much so.


As for SPR they didnt even get the MG-42 sound right.:cry
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« Reply #19 on: November 18, 2007, 02:41:50 AM »
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for all its inaccuracies and fancies I still like "Enemy at the Gates." a "Band of Brothers" type series set on the Eastern Front would rock hardcore.

Agreed ~ watched that one earlier today in fact.
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« Reply #20 on: November 18, 2007, 02:46:08 AM »
Enemy at the Gates Rocked!
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« Reply #21 on: November 18, 2007, 03:22:03 AM »
personally, i felt that aside from the battle scenes, flags of our fathers was the sux.

the ira character was wayyyyy over acted...over emphasized.  pointless.

letters was better.  imho.

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« Reply #22 on: November 18, 2007, 03:39:38 AM »
Ira Hayes rocks yours socks you Al Kada loving commie swine
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« Reply #23 on: November 18, 2007, 03:48:39 AM »
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Thin Red Line: Almost as bad as Saving Private Ryan.

SPR was a good movie.  The thin red line sucked arse!
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« Reply #24 on: November 18, 2007, 03:52:26 AM »
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« Reply #25 on: November 18, 2007, 08:57:40 AM »
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The Thin Red Line:
A Movie Review by RPM

It sucked balls.
and with RPM being the resident expert on that topic I'd guess that inarguably it must have been an awful film.
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« Reply #26 on: November 18, 2007, 09:15:38 AM »
I really didn't think it was that bad of a movie.

Slow...Indeed. But not horrible, Its worth owning and is in my collection.

War movies don't have to chocked full of explosions, or based on stereo-typical roles which is a predominant feature of nearly all war movies. I'd rather watch a movie of the struggle and inhumanity of war and conflict, that actually explores its characters, and offers a sense of what it may be like to be at the front (Whatever Front that is) than some movie where the black corpsman always dies, or the Nazi bad guys have no more than a three word vocabulary, Or the Hero is some roughneck who ends up having a heart at the end of the movie.

Call me artsy, but I think the TRL is a good movie, while not the best war movie ever, it clearly shines above some other recent war movies.
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« Reply #27 on: November 18, 2007, 09:24:26 AM »
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I really didn't think it was that bad of a movie.

Slow...Indeed. But not horrible, Its worth owning and is in my collection.

War movies don't have to chocked full of explosions, or based on stereo-typical roles which is a predominant feature of nearly all war movies. I'd rather watch a movie of the struggle and inhumanity of war and conflict, that actually explores its characters, and offers a sense of what it may be like to be at the front (Whatever Front that is) than some movie where the black corpsman always dies, or the Nazi bad guys have no more than a three word vocabulary, Or the Hero is some roughneck who ends up having a heart at the end of the movie.

Call me artsy, but I think the TRL is a good movie, while not the best war movie ever, it clearly shines above some other recent war movies.


With that in mind, Nefarious, you would think that someone would make a movie portraying the fall of the phillipines and the Death march from Bataan. Apart from a couple of old John Wayne films' that I can't even name off of the top of my head, It seems' nobody touches on the subject of the fall of the phillipines.
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« Reply #28 on: November 18, 2007, 09:25:00 AM »
I recommend TRL, it isn't a great war movie, but if you actually pay attention
 the messages the director was trying to get across were very clear.
Its not an action thriller...
If you pick it up in the bargain bin for $4 you could have done much worse considering what's out there...
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« Reply #29 on: November 18, 2007, 09:37:19 AM »
mostly.. if sean penn is in a movie I know that it is gonna be a stinker.. lots of male out of control weeping.  

In this case.. I believe the movie could have been good.   It wasn't but.. the production values and filming were so good that it is still worth having at $4.99

Flags of our fathers seemed pretty good but.. letters.. was terrible.   I couldn't get over the disconnect of what really happened with those japs and what the film was saying they were like...  just like you and me right?  maybe one or two bad leaders but... really.. just good guys like the guy down the street.

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