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Title: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: oakranger on May 18, 2009, 02:57:24 AM
Can't remember if this one was posted before. Sorry if it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QL7mq9wE08 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QL7mq9wE08)
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Denholm on May 18, 2009, 02:59:49 PM
I cringed the moment I heard the words, "Steven Spielberg's."

Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Delirium on May 18, 2009, 04:01:04 PM
When is the release date? I can't seem to find a definitive date anywhere...
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: oakranger on May 18, 2009, 04:49:35 PM
When is the release date? I can't seem to find a definitive date anywhere...

September of 09
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: trax1 on May 18, 2009, 05:07:05 PM
Yeah I posted it a few months ago, can't wait.

Where did you hear that Sept. 09 release date, last I heard it was gonna be earlier 2010.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: crazyivan on May 18, 2009, 05:40:21 PM
Heard something about that last January. TY for reminding me. :aok
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: rogwar on May 18, 2009, 09:34:37 PM
I cringed the moment I heard the words, "Steven Spielberg's."

Thanks for sharing.

He did Saving Ryan's Privates and I thought that was pretty good.

check out that play on words on youtube.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Denholm on May 18, 2009, 10:26:39 PM
The only Steven Spielberg films I've seen were his Jurassic Park series and one more film I can't recall. In my opinion, all of them lacked in appeal.

I might watch the film, however past experiences of the director's work is pushing me away.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: oakranger on May 18, 2009, 10:41:18 PM
The only Steven Spielberg films I've seen were his Jurassic Park series and one more film I can't recall. In my opinion, all of them lacked in appeal.

I might watch the film, however past experiences of the director's work is pushing me away.

go see "band of brothers" and "save privet Ryan".  only spielberg can make a war movie realistic. 

Trax1, not sure where i got the info that it will be Sept 09.  you could be right.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: jdbecks on May 18, 2009, 11:09:08 PM
for me, it has alot to live up to after saving private ryan, but the most realistic film in terms of sceneray and explosions etc is black hawk down but I can relate to that alot easier, its just a shame the story is not 100% accurate in the film, but thats holywood
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Serenity on May 19, 2009, 02:10:11 AM
for me, it has alot to live up to after saving private ryan, but the most realistic film in terms of sceneray and explosions etc is black hawk down but I can relate to that alot easier, its just a shame the story is not 100% accurate in the film, but thats holywood


What do you prefer? Realistic SFX? Or a realistic/accurate storyline? I vote number 2.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: oakranger on May 19, 2009, 02:36:11 AM
What do you prefer? Realistic SFX? Or a realistic/accurate storyline? I vote number 2.

+2

Idiotwood loves to take a true story and throw in something to make it better.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Bruv119 on May 19, 2009, 02:49:34 AM
I LOLed at the   US vs australia debate on the comments.

WE WON THE WARZ!!!!  :lol

Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: BaDkaRmA158Th on May 19, 2009, 06:33:00 AM
I won the war.


See, simple. :salute :rock
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Die Hard on May 19, 2009, 07:16:40 AM
To those that might have misunderstood: "The Pacific" is not a movie, but a mini series. Basically "Band of Brothers - Pacific". HBO.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Angus on May 19, 2009, 08:08:07 AM
There were rumours that they were going to use footage not used in Flags of our Fathers. Any thruth in that?
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Sikboy on May 19, 2009, 08:15:31 AM
I cringed the moment I heard the words, "Steven Spielberg's."

Thanks for sharing.

For the record, if there's one thing that Spielberg can do it's push money around. And that's what he's done here. He's a producer, not a director on this project.

-Sik
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: straffo on May 19, 2009, 08:28:22 AM
There were rumours that they were going to use footage not used in Flags of our Fathers. Any thruth in that?
isn't this the movie you were in ?




Ps : you have already been paid you won't have a cent more :p
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: trax1 on May 19, 2009, 11:16:20 AM
Yeah like sikboy said, Spielberg has the same role in this that he had in Band of Brothers, him & Tom Hanks are just producing it.

There are several different directors for this, you can see the info here.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374463/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374463/)
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: trax1 on May 19, 2009, 11:21:41 AM
Was just reading an interview with Hanks, he said it's coming out in March 2010, so almost another year until it comes out.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=24621 (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=24621)
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: oakranger on May 19, 2009, 02:01:57 PM
Was just reading an interview with Hanks, he said it's coming out in March 2010, so almost another year until it comes out.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=24621 (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=24621)

Dam it.  Going to have to wait just like waiting for the new patch that AH promoted.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Denholm on May 19, 2009, 03:43:17 PM
You mean version? :D

(I love doing this.)
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: slyguy on May 19, 2009, 04:15:19 PM
The only Steven Spielberg films I've seen were his Jurassic Park series and one more film I can't recall. In my opinion, all of them lacked in appeal.

I might watch the film, however past experiences of the director's work is pushing me away.

This is a subjective thing, but IMO Spielberg is the Beatles of contemporary cinema.  Whatever you can think of to do he's done it already but better.  Director, producer, whatever.  If he's not directing it he's funding and producing so the "appeal" gets made.  Some of his highlights:

ET - "ET phone home!"
All Indiana Jones - "I hate snakes!"  "Doctor Jones! Doctor Jones!"
Back To The Future - McFlyyyyy!! Anybody home????
Jurrasic Park - CGI has arrived!
Jaws - Dun    dun    dun    dun dun dun dun dun ahhhhh!!!!!
Close and Counters - Famous musical melody
The Goonies - If you grew up in the 80s you've seen this at least 10 times
Men In Black - Nothing specific I can think of, but a huge cultural hit
Shrek - single most successful cartoon of all time
Schindler's List - Destruction to classical piano music!
Poltergeist - "They're heeeyerrrr"
Saving Private Ryan - "Earn this..." followed by grown men weeping like little girls in movie theaters across the world

Personally, the first 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan is the most compelling, riveting, and anxious I've ever spent in a movie theater.  I had to see it 3 times in the theater just to keep experiencing it.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: slyguy on May 19, 2009, 04:16:48 PM
misquote deleted, sowy
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: druski85 on May 19, 2009, 04:31:51 PM
Take a look at that list.  I'm not sure you can give Spielberg credit for all of those -- most of which were probably the decisions of the directors, composers, or writers.  (Or some combo therein) That being said, I think he'll do a good job as the producer for The Pacific, just as he did with BoB.  I very much look forward to the series. 
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: slyguy on May 19, 2009, 04:41:13 PM
No, I don't know why it quoted below.  Sorry about that.

Like I said in my post, if he isn't directing it he sees genius and funds it.  On what projects he decides to spend his money and resources speaks just as much volume as his directing.  The man just knows what makes movies successful.

I'm looking forward to The Pacific too weeeee   can't wait.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Denholm on May 19, 2009, 05:08:46 PM
...That being said, I think he'll do a good job as the producer for The Pacific, just as he did with BoB.  I very much look forward to the series. 
As far as I'm aware, Mr. Spielberg had nothing to do with the 1964 production of the Battle of Britain. I'm pretty sure you were thinking of some other film. ;)
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Sikboy on May 19, 2009, 05:33:48 PM
As far as I'm aware, Mr. Spielberg had nothing to do with the 1964 production of the Battle of Britain. I'm pretty sure you were thinking of some other film. ;)

You didn't catch Band of Brothers? It was very well done.

-Sik
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: 68Wooley on May 19, 2009, 06:03:33 PM
You didn't catch Band of Brothers? It was very well done.

-Sik

Band of Brothers is Band of Brothers. BoB is Battle of Britain.

Them's the rulz.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Sikboy on May 19, 2009, 07:23:06 PM
Band of Brothers is Band of Brothers. BoB is Battle of Britain.

Them's the rulz.

Guess you didn't get the memo. <shrug>

-Sik
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Simaril on May 19, 2009, 07:35:15 PM
Just a little uncertain here --

Trailer said it was about "the battle that saved Australia"? But it has US Marines? Are they talking about the battles along the Kokoda trail (Aussie work <S>), or along the southern tail of New Guinea? Or about Guad? (And if its Guadalcanal, why are they showing both early LVTs and landing under fire with F6Fs swooping by?) Or is it going to be Bloody Tarawa (shiver), or a bunch of invasions...but then hard to justify the tag line.

Thought Band of Brothers was truly excellent in every way. They captured the essence of airborne, they let us feel what it might have been like to live through the Ardennes and see so many lost. Band of Brothers stayed historically accurrate to a high degree while remaining entertaining, even riveting.

Just hope the same standards of accuracy, narrative, writing and acting hold true for this project as well.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: 1Boner on May 19, 2009, 08:13:47 PM
Is Ben Affleck in it??
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Denholm on May 19, 2009, 09:45:51 PM
You didn't catch Band of Brothers? It was very well done.

-Sik

Ahhhh. No, I didn't see that movie either.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: trax1 on May 19, 2009, 09:56:56 PM
Just a little uncertain here --

Trailer said it was about "the battle that saved Australia"? But it has US Marines? Are they talking about the battles along the Kokoda trail (Aussie work <S>), or along the southern tail of New Guinea? Or about Guad? (And if its Guadalcanal, why are they showing both early LVTs and landing under fire with F6Fs swooping by?) Or is it going to be Bloody Tarawa (shiver), or a bunch of invasions...but then hard to justify the tag line.

Thought Band of Brothers was truly excellent in every way. They captured the essence of airborne, they let us feel what it might have been like to live through the Ardennes and see so many lost. Band of Brothers stayed historically accurrate to a high degree while remaining entertaining, even riveting.

Just hope the same standards of accuracy, narrative, writing and acting hold true for this project as well.
Well the main reason that in the trailer it says, "The battle that saved Australia" is because that promo only aired in Australia, I don't think it has much to do with any battle that specifically saved Australia, but the general battle in the Pacific that stop the Japanese from advancing into Australia. 
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Angus on May 20, 2009, 04:29:10 AM
isn't this the movie you were in ?




Ps : you have already been paid you won't have a cent more :p

LOL, I was there. They filmed a lot though, some scrap was used in Letters from Iwo Jima, but there was very much more. And this is expensive stuff!
I particularly recall the Higgins boats and LVT's cruising to beach while being "shelled". Kabooms and columns of seawater, no computer graphics, just dynamite. And lots of boats, many more than those used in SPR. A special Helicopter doing the filming for about 2 days or so. And nothing used.
And there was very much more....
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Denholm on May 20, 2009, 10:05:43 AM
That's what you call lazy editing.

"Hey guys, we're on a deadline, cut anything!"
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: GtoRA2 on May 20, 2009, 08:48:22 PM
Ahhhh. No, I didn't see that movie either.

It's a mini series and its the best mini series on war ever made.

it's also the best war movie ever made.
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Tec on May 20, 2009, 10:56:22 PM
Ahhhh. No, I didn't see that movie either.

Well, better get started then.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfhsWM07gpM&feature=PlayList&p=AC0E0DC57EDF3B38&index=0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfhsWM07gpM&feature=PlayList&p=AC0E0DC57EDF3B38&index=0)
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Angus on May 21, 2009, 04:27:37 AM
Some of the best stuff ever made for TV  :aok
Title: Re: The Pacific TRAILER
Post by: Vudak on May 21, 2009, 05:58:58 AM
Ahhhh. No, I didn't see that movie either.

Band of Brothers is something else.  You have to check it out.

On another note, Spielberg also directed Empire of the Sun, and if you play this cartoon airplane game, you're somewhat compelled to watch it once :)