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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?
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Maze Runner: Death Cure is twice as long as it needs to be - the story would be much stronger if they chopped some of the endless run & gun foolishness (WCKD needs to send their entire security team to the gun range for a lot more practice). Still, not a bad end to the trilogy. B
The Mist- TU. LOVED
Rosemary's Baby- TU. Good movie all the way around!
Stepford Wives- TU.
Easy Rider- TU. Liked
Chinatown- TU.
One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest-TU. Loved
Invasion of the BodybSnatchers- TU. Loved
Million Dollar Baby- TU. Liked
The Road-TD. Liked
Cold Mountain- TD. Didn't see
Wicker man- TD. The original one is great! I love that ending.....
See, I can handle movies with unhappy endings, depending.
Quite a few movies on that list are great IMHO.
[doublepost=1517417219][/doublepost]Watched Blade Runner 2049! I need a second viewing as there were somethings I know I missed, but holy smokes it is a pleasure just to look at! Found myself wondering around the different landscapes and missing some of the dialogue.
I watched this documentary a while back, it's a pretty fascinating story. I never read the magazine and was quite young when Animal House came out, but my goodness the amount of talent and various people that were in some way connected is astounding.
Another interesting documentary I recently saw was All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records. Similar to the National Lampoon documentary above it is incredible to see how many people were connected to Tower Records and the impact it had in the consumer music market.
Where eagles dare. All star cast.
Definitely worth a watch if you've never seen it.
Definitely worth a watch if you've never seen it.
you really do like those old war flicks, don't you?
I can stomach a select one or two but not much more...
You've got to be in the mood for them. But I probably haven't seen this one in 30 years.
It's a good movie. Have you seen Tora! Tora! Tora!? It's brilliant. I watched it and Battle of Britain, as well as Pearl Harbor back to back to back over a weekend morning in late summer 2014. Apart from Churchill, I can't think of a single war orientated film that's come out in the last 10 years that was worth watching. I'm not counting the treasure movie (name escaping me) or that WWII massacre of a film with Chris Waltz.
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I'm sorry you feel that way. I have the same attitude about horror or extreme sci-fi. It makes me feel ill. On the other hand, I have no problems eating a sandwich to the opening of Saving Private Ryan.
Yes I've seen Tora, Tora, Tora and the Battle of Britain.
Have you seen Hacksaw Ridge? Not your traditional war movie, but good.
I remember watching the opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan at the cinema. It was intense.
I've seen some parts. I bought the combination movie sometime after it had come out and there was a special. I haven't really gotten a chance to sit down and watch it. Last war movie I watched was Allied, and it was nothing like I expected it to be. Not a bad film at all, though. It reminded me a little of the 70s and 80s counter-espionage theme in films.
Tora! Tora! Tora! is pretty good!
I don't like older war films because the acting and effects are usually horrible.
As for horror stuff, I've never been a big fan. Not the gore just the stupidity of the genre in general.
There are one or two I can tolerate though.
I'm also not keen on horror. They mostly follow a very similar path.
Hah, I watched Gallipoli around Christmas. Good movie, but the acting was dry and the effects were awful. Part of the time! I've seen movies in the 70s and 80s and they were amazing back then. I watch them now and I'm left wondering how we even watched the crap we did then. I loved 80s action flicks when they came out. I saw a Seagal movie over the summer and kept laughing at how stupid it was.
I can't stand them. Cliche plots and the sudden surprises aren't pleasant. Modern horror movies take it too far and it's gross at this point. There was a western horror movie that came out a few years ago. It's just the most gruesome gore you can imagine. I never saw it, wouldn't want to see it, and regretted reading the article on it. There's some vague science-y stuff on the detrimental effects long term exposure to horror movies can have. It makes sense in a way. Basic science dictates your body gets dumped with cortisol and adrenaline at a near constant rate during a particularly hard to watch horror movie and if you're a religious watcher of them, it might be bad.
Sci-fi is a mixed bag for me. I like certain things, hate the rest.
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Yeah, it's amazing the talent that passed through the Lampoon ranks.
The Tower Record doc is really good too, especially those of us who grew up going to record stores! Yep, if you're into music at all, it's worth a watch.
Not been into one since I was a teenager. That was a few decades ago!We have 5 locally
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Oh man, I have gone back and forth with getting back into vinyl for _years_, and funny enough was just thinking about again this week ...
Just do it. I felt like a complete fool for having sold them back then because I knew CD audio was the next big thing. When they made a comeback, I couldn't decide but eventually new units became relatively commonplace. My collection now is nothing like what I had, but it's a start. My folks and older sibling never sold their stuff. Having a nice home audio system is sweet, but there's something about a record player that's unique. Even if the new ones aren't as classy as the old stuff.
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Nice. I have a few bottles of various Hop Valley beers I've been sitting on for a while. Just working my way through the older stock...
What kind of turntable did you get? I'm thinking about as a decent entry point: u-Turn Orbit, custom, red, acrylic platter, tone arm, upgraded to a Ortofon 2M red cart. External phono pre-amp to a small tube amp.
