OT: Let's talk about movies and TV - Part XXVIIII

[jackeymoon]

What’s your favourite (s)?

Mine is a series - Band of Brothers.

That's a good one. I love A Bridge too Far but honestly I find Vietnam war movies much more compelling.

Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Platoon are just epic.

 

[CHfan1]

That's a good one. I love A Bridge too Far but honestly I find Vietnam war movies much more compelling.

Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Platoon are just epic.

All great movies as well.

 

[angusyoung]

Ithaki is basically part of Cefalonia lol and nice! You're one of the few who knows our secret

Pretty sure that mostly locals know and a few sailors maybe. I probably would not either if not for the friends from Messinia area, they took me all over the place many times. You're a long way from home now though it seems.

 

[angusyoung]

Omg Manifest is so bad how is this crap trending?

Shout out to the FBI agent guarding the interrogation room door with a m16 and a raincoat. These dangerous time bending civilians are a real threat lmao

Main actress is clueless and was hired based on her good look I guess.

Ended up watching the fried food series with Daym Drops these fried ravioli dayuuuum

The main actress? you mean the one with the scuffed knees?

 

[angusyoung]

I agree, terrible show. I could maybe tolerate it if there were interesting characters but everyone, especially that kid, were completely unlikable.

The father,main male lead reminds me of the episode from Friends when Joey took method acting and learnt to ''smell the fart''

 

[angusyoung]

I'm must have watched every war movies (at least those based on real events on WW2)......and The Pianist is at the very top of my list (not alone there...but still there).

WW 2 movies are very compelling especially accurate depictions. Years ago knew more than a few that were at D day,both sides, and heard stories from them and others and my family being occupied at that time. The things they say about the films is that they are fairly accurate but they can not replicate the feel,smell,taste and sound and the actual gruesomeness of war,horrific.

 

[angusyoung]

Yeah, it became stale pretty quick. The GF's still watching it, but the writing and acting is too atrocious, I lost interest at episode 3.

Women eh? can't live with em....crack the seal

 

[Laurentide]

Nobody was a solid watch last night. Highly recommend.

Better Call Saul and Witcher are two of the best shows out there atm.

I enjoyed Nobody immensely, although it really went crazy at the end.

Fun fact: the movie was filmed on location in Winnipeg. They needed an urban setting that looked like a real s***hole, I guess.

 

[Laurentide]

A friends wife picked this out of my library as never seeing it, fun,good time movie. Don't remember doing this sort of thing though back in uni
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Always uncomfortable saying it's a great war movie, but this film was very enlightening.
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I saw Gotcha! years ago. It was a few years before Linda Fiorentino had her breakout role in The Last Seduction which, if you've not seen it, I wholeheartedly recommend.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

A friends wife picked this out of my library as never seeing it, fun,good time movie. Don't remember doing this sort of thing though back in uni
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Always uncomfortable saying it's a great war movie, but this film was very enlightening.
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Gotcha. Wow... Anthony Edwards. I remember watching that one as a kid back on VHS.

 

[Laurentide]

WW 2 movies are very compelling especially accurate depictions. Years ago knew more than a few that were at D day,both sides, and heard stories from them and others and my family being occupied at that time. The things they say about the films is that they are fairly accurate but they can not replicate the feel,smell,taste and sound and the actual gruesomeness of war,horrific.

Yeah, you can get extremely visceral, a la Saving Private Ryan, but you can't smell the cordite. You can watch Schindler's List but you can't smell the burning bodies in the crematorium.

 

[angusyoung]

Gotcha. Wow... Anthony Edwards. I remember watching that one as a kid back on VHS.

He had hair then too

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

He had hair then too

ER is on TV now twice a week. Been watching it on non Hab game nights. Awesome to watch. It's like a time capsule. He's great in that too.

 

[Laurentide]

That's a good one. I love A Bridge too Far but honestly I find Vietnam war movies much more compelling.

Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Platoon are just epic.

I saw Bridge Too Far in the theater and it was one of the last "all star cast" war movies. So many A-lister's. I also recall that Robert Redford was paid the then ungodly sum of $2 million even though his role was basically a 5 minute cameo.

I remember seeing both Platoon and Full Metal Jacket at the old York Cinema on Ste. Catherine between Guy and Mackay.

 

[overlords]

That's a good one. I love A Bridge too Far but honestly I find Vietnam war movies much more compelling.

Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Platoon are just epic.

FMJ vs. Apocalypse Now as best war movie has been debated here before IIRC. I watch them both almost yearly. I haven't seen a Bridge Too Far yet but I'll have to check it out.

 

[peate]

ER is on TV now twice a week. Been watching it on non Hab game nights. Awesome to watch. It's like a time capsule. He's great in that too.

Julianna

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

FMJ vs. Apocalypse Now as best war movie has been debated here before IIRC. I watch them both almost yearly. I haven't seen a Bridge Too Far yet but I'll have to check it out.

Patton is a great movie that deserves props.

 

[peate]

I'm must have watched every war movies (at least those based on real events on WW2)......and The Pianist is at the very top of my list (not alone there...but still there).

Have you seen this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344510/

The original French version is great, lots of well done action, funny at times, and stars the beautiful Audrey Tautou (Amélie)

 

[justloveleafs]

Anyone here, NOT, seen the ROCKET.......

Great film imo.

Just saw brawl at cellblock 99, now, its not the best movie, not even of this year, or heck, maybe this month, but Vince Vaughn, put on one of the best alpha male performances of hollywood history. Got into the shape of his life, no fat, just pure grimace and gristle.

For that alone, its a must see.

 

[Milhouse40]

What’s your favourite (s)?

Mine is a series - Band of Brothers.

Band of Brothers....must have watched it completely at least 3 times.
That's a gem for sure. For a series, it's the best for sure.

I'm ultra bias when it comes to this subject, especially when it's based on historical fact.
But at the top of my head, Schindler's list, Valkyrie, Downfall, Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates, ......I also really like the mini-series Hitler:Rise of Evil although not clearly as good as Band of Bothers

 

[Milhouse40]

Have you seen this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344510/

The original French version is great, lots of well done action, funny at times, and stars the beautiful Audrey Tautou (Amélie)

No...I'm more fixated on WW2 than the first one.....although some would say it's the same long war.

 

[Nedved]

not a movie, but enjoyed the show called the deuce. also, i liked cruella with emma stone. lol

 

[Frenchy]

ER is on TV now twice a week. Been watching it on non Hab game nights. Awesome to watch. It's like a time capsule. He's great in that too.

This is probably the best Doctor show , with of course House , of all time.

 

[dinodebino]

Yeah, it became stale pretty quick. The GF's still watching it, but the writing and acting is too atrocious, I lost interest at episode 3.

It's full time religious in its theme. I cringed at the 3rd too.

 

[Kimota]

I saw Bridge Too Far in the theater and it was one of the last "all star cast" war movies. So many A-lister's. I also recall that Robert Redford was paid the then ungodly sum of $2 million even though his role was basically a 5 minute cameo.

I remember seeing both Platoon and Full Metal Jacket at the old York Cinema on Ste. Catherine between Guy and Mackay.

A Bridge Too Far is good although I think I must have a different perception than most about the movie cause I think it's a comedy. It hit me I think in the middle of it. I was like "of course!". The appearance of Redford cemented the whole thing. He appears as a figure of hope out of nowhere....and then what follows is one of the biggest blunders in war history.