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[D.T.]

The Deer Hunter always impressed me.

The thing that always surprises me, is how much of the movie is NOT in the prisoner camp.

This is sad/interesting: John Cazale who played Stan, probably better known as playing Fredo in Godfather I and II had this for his entry in Wikipedia ...

John Cazale as Stan ("Stosh"). All scenes involving Cazale, who had terminal cancer, were filmed first. Because of his illness, the studio initially wanted to fire him, but Streep, with whom he was in a relationship, and Cimino threatened to walk away if they did.[11][12] He was also uninsurable, and according to Streep, De Niro paid for his insurance because he wanted Cazale in the film. This was Cazale's last film, as he died shortly after filming wrapped. Cazale never saw the finished film.[11][13]

We watched Full Metal Jacket which is good, but not great, at least not for me.

How dare you sir ... !
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I picked up a seven volume set of the Fast and the Furious series on Blu-Ray at a secondhand store a year or so back. I hadn’t seen the first movie since it came out, and hadn’t seen any of the others. Over the Christmas break my SO, who is definitely not a motorhead/gearhead, decided to watch the series. We watched the first three, and will view the remaining ones as time permits.

I look at the first three as an unapologetically over the top portrayal of street racers and their cars as larger than life antiheroes. Just enough of a plot to keep the focus on driving skill, speed, and improbably modified sedans, plus a few other gratuitous elements to keep predominately young male viewers in their seats. I expect the remaining series to be much the same.

My SO, to my surprise, actually enjoyed them. Of course I enjoyed them as well. Certainly no academy award material here, but for adrenaline fueled go-fast entertainment, they work.

My Supra, er, or parts, my tuner, *sigh*, it's complicated, anyway, I have some synergy with the first movie

Instead of watching them all, just watch Fast Five 7 times
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This is sad/interesting: John Cazale who played Stan, probably better known as playing Fredo in Godfather I and II

We just recently rewatched GF II, it's just so fantastic, it's one of the few, no debates, this isn't subjective, 10/10 films.

 

[Huntn]

The thing that always surprises me, is how much of the movie is NOT in the prisoner camp.

This is sad/interesting: John Cazale who played Stan, probably better known as playing Fredo in Godfather I and II had this for his entry in Wikipedia ...






How dare you sir ... !
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My Supra, er, or parts, my tuner, *sigh*, it's complicated, anyway, I have some synergy with the first movie

Instead of watching them all, just watch Fast Five 7 times
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We just recently rewatched GF II, it's just so fantastic, it's one of the few, no debates, this isn't subjective, 10/10 films.

Reference Full Metal Jacket, Adam Baldwin as Animal Mother was most excellent. I enjoyed him in Firefly. It’s too bad we don’t see more of him.

 

[millerj123]

Reference Full Metal Jacket, Adam Baldwin as Animal Mother was most excellent. I enjoyed him in Firefly. It’s too bad we don’t see more of him.

Full Metal Jacket. Stanley Kubrick. Good times. Not happy times, though.

 

[honestone33]

Stanley Kubrick, a gem! Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, and 2001: Space Odyssey are his best.

 

[44267547]

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I picked up a seven volume set of the Fast and the Furious series on Blu-Ray at a secondhand store a year or so back. I hadn’t seen the first movie since it came out, and hadn’t seen any of the others. Over the Christmas break my SO, who is definitely not a motorhead/gearhead, decided to watch the series. We watched the first three, and will view the remaining ones as time permits.

I look at the first three as an unapologetically over the top portrayal of street racers and their cars as larger than life antiheroes. Just enough of a plot to keep the focus on driving skill, speed, and improbably modified sedans, plus a few other gratuitous elements to keep predominately young male viewers in their seats. I expect the remaining series to be much the same.

My SO, to my surprise, actually enjoyed them. Of course I enjoyed them as well. Certainly no academy award material here, but for adrenaline fueled go-fast entertainment, they work.

Ahhh..yes...that was back when Fast and the furious was actually about ‘racing’, now it’s about cast members that apparently have special skills in espionage/tactical handling of firearms and are worldwide criminals for an underground syndicate.😁

The First ‘Fast and the furious’ with Paul Walker/Vin Diesel was the movie that started at all for me in terms of my passion for cars. Even though that movie has some terrible dialogue/CGI, it was immensely popular. I remember the movie theater was packed full of guys bringing their ‘sports cars’, once the movie was over, there was like a mini-car show in the parking lot. (The same applied for ‘ 2 Fast 2 Furious.’)

 

[Huntn]

The Aeronauts (2019 Amazon Studio Original)- If you are looking for a strong female lead, this qualifies.
Good story, visually impressive, harrowing, but if you have acrophobia think twice about watching.
The altitude they achieved, without O2, it’s amazing that

Spoiler: Plot

they did not pass out.

See the figure hanging? Uh-Huh.

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The True Story Behind 'The Aeronauts'

Felicity Jones' Amelia Wren was not a real person, but she's based on several women in the aeronautical world

time.com

The Aeronauts follows the adventures of James Glaisher, a scientist, and Amelia Wren, a flamboyant aeronaut who lost her husband in a balloon accident. The pair, fighting against thunderstorms, wind, hailstones and rain as they ascend higher and higher, achieve something phenomenal: they travel to heights no man or woman has ever reached before.
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Ahhh..yes...that was back when Fast and the furious was actually about ‘racing’, now it’s about cast members that apparently have special skills in espionage/tactical handling of firearms and are worldwide criminals for an underground syndicate.😁

The First ‘Fast and the furious’ with Paul Walker/Vin Diesel was the movie that started at all for me in terms of my passion for cars. Even though that movie has some terrible dialogue/CGI, it was immensely popular. I remember the movie theater was packed full of guys bringing their ‘sports cars’, once the movie was over, there was like a mini-car show in the parking lot. (The same applied for ‘ 2 Fast 2 Furious.’)

As I recall seeing previews, the later installments got a bit ridiculous.

 

[44267547]

As I recall seeing previews, the later installments got a bit ridiculous.

Yeah, the ‘future’ fast and the furious installments are over-the-top ridiculous. It’s literally like they made the cast members like these ‘vigilante superheroes’ that have exceptional driving skills with the ability to avoid law enforcement without any repercussions over like...three continents. .....Hard pass.

 

[ucfgrad93]

but if you have acrophobia think twice about watching.

Yeah, I won't be watching this for exactly this reason.

 

[hawkeye_a]

Airplane!(1980)
I cannot believe I just watched this for the first time today. Hilarious... and no chance it would get made today! 😃

 

[mikzn]

Airplane!(1980)
I cannot believe I just watched this for the first time today. Hilarious... and no chance it would get made today! 😃

It was even more funny “back in the day” because it poked fun at the “Airport“ movies and repeated many of the scenes from those movies

 

[Huntn]

Yeah, I won't be watching this for exactly this reason.

There is a scene when the female pilot climbs up the side of the balloon and on top, hanging onto a web of ropes to unstick a valve, that made me tense the entire sequence.

 

[ucfgrad93]

There is a scene when the female pilot climbs up the side of the balloon and on top, hanging onto a web of ropes to unstick a valve, that made me tense the entire sequence.

Yeah, just watching the preview with that scene made me cringe.

 

[millerj123]

Professor Marson and the Wonder Women. My introduction to Wonder Woman was on Saturday morning cartoons. I was unaware of her origins, or the story behind it. In hindsight, some of the weird aspects stuck in my head, but I didn't know why. I loved Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman on TV as a lad. For some reason...

 

[LizKat]

Yeah, I won't be watching this for exactly this reason.

If I stay true to form as I had figured regarding my experience with Free Solo... it might be awhile before I watch Aeronauts and I'll watch it only a bit at a time.

I watched Winter's Bone (2010) again last night. "Only the half of how it is, but not just half-right about what they put in it" is what a guy down the road had said after seeing it in a local theater. It was a common local reaction to the film. The Catskills aren't the Missouri Ozarks of that film, but the film's portrayal of the grinding ways of rural poverty up in some of the hills around here rang pretty true: the clannishness, volatility, patriarchal veneer over a society that relies on women grown tough as nails to eke out a family's survival, the little details of accepted and expected ways of being with each other and towards outsiders. People often mention the film as underpinning Jennifer Lawrence's rise to fame, but John Hawkes as "Teardrop" was also outstanding. Supporting actors were all plausible to me, no matter how outlandish some of their behavior may have struck any viewers who still romanticize actual hill-and-valley villages and consider them idyllic. Our church spires and rustic storefronts are real, but they're "not the half of it" for sure with respect to those back hill roads.

 

[D.T.]

I watched Winter's Bone (2010) again last night.

Terrific film, and I'd also very highly recommend Debra Granik's follow up, Leave No Trace:

Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have lived off the grid for years in the forests of Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is shattered, both are put into social services. After clashing with their new surroundings, Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey back to their wild homeland. The film is directed by Debra Granik from a script adapted by Granik and Anne Rosellini.

FWIW, it's 100% on RT with 222 reviews

 

[ItsNotaTumor]

1917 - unfortunately this just felt like I was watching a video game. Too calculated in the motions, progression. Unsatisfying script. Its technically good, but thats about it.

 

[ucfgrad93]

1917 - unfortunately this just felt like I was watching a video game. Too calculated in the motions, progression. Unsatisfying script. Its technically good, but thats about it.

That is disappointing to hear. It looks fantastic from the trailers.

 

[obeygiant]

Was pretty good. He had some mess up things happen in his life

 

[mikzn]

Conan the barbarian 2011 - have not seen it yet - here goes . . .

 

[ucfgrad93]

Conan the barbarian 2011 - have not seen it yet - here goes . . .


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Not a bad movie, but the original was better.

 

[circatee]

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted...

 

[mikzn]

Not a bad movie, but the original was better.

Yeah - agreed - the orginal was better

 

[D.T.]

Yeah - agreed - the orginal was better

It's one of the greatest movies ever because of this exchange ...

Barbarian General: “Conan, what is best in life?”

Conan: “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!”

 

[hawkeye_a]

The Cable Guy(1996)
This movie gets a bad rap. Its creepy, funny and very 90s. Didn’t realize that is was directed by Ben Stiller.

 

[ucfgrad93]

It's one of the greatest movies ever because of this exchange ...

Barbarian General: “Conan, what is best in life?”

Conan: “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!”

One of my favorites.