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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #105 on: September 25, 2013, 11:15:28 AM »
not a "war" movie per say.....

but a book that should absolutely be made into a movie....

The Sword of Shannara.

blows away LOTR
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #106 on: September 25, 2013, 11:18:46 AM »
anyone watch "Emperor" with Tommy Lee Jones playing Gen. MacArthur? i found it unexpectedly interesting and entertaining...
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #107 on: September 25, 2013, 11:23:02 AM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on September 25, 2013, 11:18:46 AM
anyone watch "Emperor" with Tommy Lee Jones playing Gen. MacArthur? i found it unexpectedly interesting and entertaining...

best TLJ movie is "The park in mine"
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #108 on: September 25, 2013, 11:39:19 AM »
12 O'clock High.

This is a superb movie, 1949 with Gregory Peck in black and white.  The protagonist commander takes control of the squadron and through harsh discipline, molds them into a more affective fighting unit.  The underlying theme is how hard it is for that commander to send so many young men into death.  In the end the pressure of it becomes too much for him.

I'd vote for Gary Sinise as commander.  Just think with special affects now adays what an epic war movie it could be.

As for the rest....well I am usually disappointed by war movies though I watch them all.  Mostly I find them trite, full of cliché's and with implausible plots.

IMO Spielberg and Bigelow have set the bar by which all other war movies are compared in modern times.
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #109 on: September 25, 2013, 12:51:38 PM »
Quote from: BreakingBad on September 25, 2013, 11:39:19 AM
12 O'clock High.

This is a superb movie, 1949 with Gregory Peck in black and white.  The protagonist commander takes control of the squadron and through harsh discipline, molds them into a more affective fighting unit.  The underlying theme is how hard it is for that commander to send so many young men into death.  In the end the pressure of it becomes too much for him.

I'd vote for Gary Sinise as commander.  Just think with special affects now adays what an epic war movie it could be.

As for the rest....well I am usually disappointed by war movies though I watch them all.  Mostly I find them trite, full of cliché's and with implausible plots.

IMO Spielberg and Bigelow have set the bar by which all other war movies are compared in modern times.

No matter what roll Sinise plays, I see Lt. Dan  :lol
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #110 on: September 25, 2013, 01:07:46 PM »
Quote from: ink on September 25, 2013, 11:23:02 AM
best TLJ movie is "The park in mine"
you mean this dog? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091724/ seriously? oy...there is a long list of far better movies.
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #111 on: September 25, 2013, 01:12:15 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on September 25, 2013, 01:07:46 PM
you mean this dog? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091724/ seriously? oy...there is a long list of far better movies.

thats the one.....something about that movie just rocked
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #112 on: September 25, 2013, 01:17:15 PM »
I still need to see Battleship (the new one).

I'm expecting it to be on par with A Bridge Too Far, but with a science-fiction element at the level of Blade Runner.  ;)
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #113 on: September 25, 2013, 01:25:13 PM »
Brooke, prepare to be disappointed. think transformers decepticons vs the u.s. navy and add a little battle for los angeles in left field.
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #114 on: September 25, 2013, 01:33:03 PM »
Quote from: ink on September 25, 2013, 11:15:28 AM
not a "war" movie per say.....

but a book that should absolutely be made into a movie....

The Sword of Shannara.

blows away LOTR???!?!?!?  :O




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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #115 on: September 25, 2013, 01:55:09 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on September 25, 2013, 01:25:13 PM
Brooke, prepare to be disappointed. think transformers decepticons vs the u.s. navy and add a little battle for los angeles in left field.

Except that Battle for Los Angeles wasn't horrible (I actually enjoyed it..not a great movie...but entertaining if at times illogical). 

Battleship is maybe the worse movie I've ever seen.  I'm surprised a judge didn't issue a restraining order against the movie studio citing cruel and unusual punishment.
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #116 on: September 25, 2013, 02:28:47 PM »
Quote from: Fulcrum on September 25, 2013, 01:55:09 PM
Except that Battle for Los Angeles wasn't horrible (I actually enjoyed it..not a great movie...but entertaining if at times illogical). 

Battleship is maybe the worse movie I've ever seen.  I'm surprised a judge didn't issue a restraining order against the movie studio citing cruel and unusual punishment.
i enjoyed battle for los angeles too but i was referring to the shoot'em up and bizarre alien aspect...in battleship they went out in left field with some stuff that may have been entertaining if it were in the correct context.

this movie was worse than battleship... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2175927/
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #117 on: September 25, 2013, 02:48:22 PM »
Quote from: Fulcrum on September 25, 2013, 01:33:03 PM

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 :rofl

get the book...read the book....forget about LOTR :D

but then you will have to get The Elfstones of Shannara...

and I was mistaken...while the "sword" is great I meant to say

"The Wishsong of Shannara"

written by Terri Brooks.
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #118 on: September 25, 2013, 02:58:46 PM »
ahem...those fantasy novels were great distractions before i could shoot guns.  :D 

now they are nothing more than mystical love stories in the guise of nerd fodder.  :neener:
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Re: War Movies that should be remade
« Reply #119 on: September 25, 2013, 03:10:08 PM »
Quote from: ink on September 25, 2013, 02:48:22 PM
:rofl

get the book...read the book....forget about LOTR :D

but then you will have to get The Elfstones of Shannara...

and I was mistaken...while the "sword" is great I meant to say

"The Wishsong of Shannara"

written by Terri Brooks.

Read 'em. Liked em.  Have the audiobook of Elfstones (the best of the three IMHO).  Allanon is my favorite character.

But they are still not LotR....

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