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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?

SandboxGeneral said:
Have you watched it anytime since 1975? :p

I've seen White Sharks in the news attacking people recently off the north eastern seaboard - near you!
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I watched a handful of times over the years but to be honest, its been a very long time since I last saw it.
 
So I finally got around to watching Susiria last night. I will agree with most other people who say it's something to watch with a grain of salt. It's a cinematographic masterpiece, with all the lighting and the camera angles that were so unique. I would highly recommend it. Anyone else have any input on it?
 
maflynn said:
I watched Jaws last night - I remember seeing that in 1975 and being terrified to go into the water. The sad thing is, it was at my cousins pool :eek:

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Seriously, I remember so many of us were freaked out to go to the beach after this movie. Seeing it again, made me remember how great this movie was.
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More than any other movie, Jaws is a movie that I will take the time to watch if I'm just flipping through the channels and come across it. By far my favorite scene is the guys drinking and telling stories around the table on the boat at night. It's such a great scene and delving into the history of the scene makes it even more fun to watch.
 
mscriv said:
More than any other movie, Jaws is a movie that I will take the time to watch if I'm just flipping through the channels and come across it. By far my favorite scene is the guys drinking and telling stories around the table on the boat at night. It's such a great scene and delving into the history of the scene makes it even more fun to watch.
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That was a good scene. Weren't they actually drunk when they filmed it? I seem to recall hearing that once before.
 
mscriv said:
More than any other movie, Jaws is a movie that I will take the time to watch if I'm just flipping through the channels and come across it. By far my favorite scene is the guys drinking and telling stories around the table on the boat at night. It's such a great scene and delving into the history of the scene makes it even more fun to watch.
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I agree, something that I really didn't take time when I first watched it (as a kid in 1975). Last night I was able to appreciate that scene and how it changed the whole dynamic of who Quint is
 
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
In World War I London, Myra is an American out of work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. They fall for each other, and he tricks Myra into visiting his family who live in a country estate outside London, where his step-father is a retired British Major. However Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, because she has not told him about her past.
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Good stuff on TCM today in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of WWI.

Currently watching Paths of Glory (1957)
When soldiers in World War I refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superior officers decide to make an example of them.
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It's a Stanley Kubrick film starring Kirk Douglas and Ralph Meeker.
 

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maxwelltech said:
Looks like you are one of the only people who actually liked the second Transformers :rolleyes: Honestly, I liked the second film as well, and I didn't really get what the negative fuss was about.

Saw the fourth one (Transformers: Age of Extinction) recently, and I thought it was an enjoyable movie with impressive special effects and good action scenes. Not much else to expect from a Transformers film really, and it is not nearly as bad as the critics were saying.
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Well, if you look past the arguable racism and sexism, each movie is not in itself terrible. However the bigger problem is that first, second, third, and fourth Transformers are all pretty much the exact same movie. It's obvious that Bay is just following a formula rather than actually trying to create something unique with each one.
 
maflynn said:
I watched Jaws last night - I remember seeing that in 1975 and being terrified to go into the water. The sad thing is, it was at my cousins pool :eek:

:p

Seriously, I remember so many of us were freaked out to go to the beach after this movie. Seeing it again, made me remember how great this movie was.
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It had the same effect on me, don't like swimming in the murky water such as the upper Gulf of Mexico or The Chesapeake Bay.

There were toe significant changes to the book that I remember, one of them, unrealistic IMO, was so that the movie would end with a bang. Still an outstanding summer movie. :)
 
SandboxGeneral said:
Good stuff on TCM today in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of WWI.

Currently watching Paths of Glory (1957)


It's a Stanley Kubrick film starring Kirk Douglas and Ralph Meeker.
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Two terrific movies, and - as Shrink points out - two superb anti-war movies, both looking at the first war where slaughter and war were both mechanised, hence the appalling casualties, when married to a military doctrine already virtually obsolete with the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte almost a century earlier; "All Quiet On The Western Front" was based on the outstandingly good book of the same name, written by Erich-Maria Remarque.

Shrink said:
Along with the 1930 "All Quiet On The Western Front"...one of the great anti-war films.
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Exactly.

SandboxGeneral said:
Jackie Brown (1997) via Netflix.
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Well, you already know of my high opinion of this movie; it is clear that you are in for a series of real movie treats...
 
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SandPebble said:
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Another movie that we watch again and again. Great story, great acting.
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It is a very well made movie, and tells its story impressively well.

Shrink said:
Supposedly Churchill said... Mrs. Miniver did more for the war effort than one hundred battleships.
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Yes, W. S. Churchill rather liked Mrs Miniver, and I can see his point in terms of presenting a feel-good movie successfully, especially during the 'Blitz' era, before - long before - the tide of war had actually turned.

However, he detested a movie from the same era which I far prefer, a movie which was sardonic, a little too open-minded for his taste, very well made, and tells a great, and thought-provoking tale.

This is "The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp".Don't let the title put you off. This film is a genuine masterpiece, and a triumph of tolerance, nuance and sophisticated story telling. It even manages to feature a sympathetic German lead - a real triumph for tolerant, civilised, liberal values in the middle of the Second World War. Churchill loathed Colonel Blimp, and seems to have debated whether he would be able to suppress or censor the movie.

Shrink said:
Who needs The Third Man when you can have "Queen Of Outer Space"!


Bwahahahahaha!
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Well, yes. I see what you are saying, here. But one step at a time, dear friend. One step at a time..
 
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