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[Huntn]

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Back To The Future III (1990)- Marty who is stuck back in 1955 a second time, after he and Doc Brown went back to make sure Bif does not get to keep a sports anthology from the future, but then the time machine is stuck by lightening and Doctor Brown is sent from 1955 back to 1885.
Marty seeks out 1955 Doc Brown, to fix the Delorian which is now stored in a cave where 1885 Doc Brown left it 70 years prior. A letter from 1885 Doc Brown instructs Marty to just return to the 1985 future because Doc Brown has found a good life in 1885 until when they find Doc Brown‘s grave stone dated a week after he wrote his letter. Therefore Marty heads to 1885 to warn Doc Brown, and the time traveling fun continues! 😁

I suppose you can forgive the director who somehow turns Hill Valley, California, into Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona for about 10 minutes. Special mention goes to James Tolkan (Marshall Strickland), and especially Thomas F. Wilson as Mad Dog Tanner, who get their Wild West groove on. A much better story structure than Part II and they managed to fit in a bunch of old timer character actors and ZZTop.

 

[Queen6]

The Bedford Incident
Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier are simply superb, believable and engaging top of their game. One if not the best Cold War film, the tension is absolutely palpable...


The Beast or the Beast of War
A different time and place, equally a film that illustrates war and the madness war brings. Possibly the best film focusing on a Tank warfare, certainly leagues better than Fury. The film illustrates both sides of the story, more importantly the futility of it all...


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[millerj123]

Alita Battle Angel. She's rough, she's tough, she falls in love but it doesn't work out. What was the point again?

 

[Huntn]

The Bedford Incident
Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier are simply superb, believable and engaging top of their game. One if not the best Cold War film, the tension is absolutely palpable...
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The Beast or the Beast of War
A different time and place, equally a film that illustrates war and the madness war brings. Possibly the best film focusing on a Tank warfare, certainly leagues better than Fury. The film illustrates both sides of the story, more importantly the futility of it all...
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The Bedford Incident is riveting and the first time I watched it, was blown away by the climax. I still say Holy Crap!!

 

[bobob]

I'm a fan of John Carpenter, and I know the reputation of his remake of The Thing, but I personally considered it mediocre from the get-go.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Alita Battle Angel. She's rough, she's tough, she falls in love but it doesn't work out. What was the point again?

I thought it was okay. The point is some distraction for a couple of hours.

 

[ucfgrad93]

Second background movie of the day - The Equalizer

The Equalizer (2014) ⭐ 7.3 | Action, Crime, Thriller

2h 12m | R

www.imdb.com

I really liked this movie.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I really liked this movie.

I thought it was missing Edward Woodward.

 

[Huntn]

Alita Battle Angel. She's rough, she's tough, she falls in love but it doesn't work out. What was the point again?

Verdict? I thought it was excellent, but was sorry it ended the way it did (I wanted more). I don’t think a movie with a story like this should be made without the second movie being a sure thing.

 

[hawkeye_a]

The Animatrix(2003)
A collection of beautifully animated, uniquely stylized shorts, based around the Matrix franchise.

 

[Mefisto]

Gregory Hoblit: Primal Fear (1996)

A great, great film. I've seen this many times, but the last time was a while ago, so into the player the DVD went. Gere and especially Norton do a great job in their roles, and the first time the audience gets a whiff of what's going on with Aaron is still one of my favorite moments of the whole movie. This was Edward Norton's feature film debut, and already at that time a pretty clear indicator of his acting capabilities when cast in the right project. Highly recommended.

Currently watching David Fincher's The Game (1997) for the nth time, since it's apparently on the TV right now. Another great film, this one, and also highly recommended.

 

[millerj123]

Verdict? I thought it was excellent, but was sorry it ended the way it did (I wanted more). I don’t think a movie with a story like this should be made without the second movie being a sure thing.

It was entertaining. I agree about the ending, but it felt too much like it was just a setup, and there really didn't seem to be any character development. "Here's bits of a girl made into a cyborg who was trained to be an extreme fighter, now in an enhanced body."

 

[Huntn]

It was entertaining. I agree about the ending, but it felt too much like it was just a setup, and there really didn't seem to be any character development. "Here's bits of a girl made into a cyborg who was trained to be an extreme fighter, now in an enhanced body."

Speaking of, just talking about it gets me to rewatch it and it gets better every time. The best, smoothest, well choreographed CGI I’ve ever seen.
Alita Battle Angel 2 update: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/movies-tv-in-the-works.2089628/post-28530747

 

[Mefisto]

George Sluizer: Spoorloos (aka. The Vanishing) (1988)

An abduction movie, again. Possibly the grandaddy of all abduction movies for me, and just in general when it comes to cinematic gut punches this one is really high up there. There's a remake starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jeff Bridges, and while I like the both of them in other projects, the remake of this particular film should be avoided in my opinion.

The film is based on a novella called The Golden Egg, written by Tim Krabbé who's also the co-screenwriter for the film. And quite the cyclist and chess player, I just recently discovered. The plot deals with Rex and Saskia, a couple who are on vacation in France, and after stopping at a rest station Saskia vanishes. Rex is obviously distraught, and some time passes as his looking for an answer as to what happened to Saskia grows into an obsession. Then the postcards start coming in.

A wonderfully dark and gloomy film, with a couple of laugh out loud scenes of almost slapstick style comedy sprinkled in. Now I'm fully aware that me laughing at those scenes may well be a psychological defense mechanism of sorts, as the majority of the film is about as far from any style of comedy as you can get, and deals closely with my probably most prominent, and quite possibly only real phobia. Which I'm not going to go into specifics about here, as that would be spoiler territory. The actors do a fine job of portraying their roles, and the story is told in an interesting manner covering the characters and the motivations for their actions.

Not a "fun night at the movies" type of film by any stretch, but a great experience none the less. Even if a bit psychologically taxing.

 

[pachyderm]

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Spoiler
Back To The Future III (1990)- Marty who is stuck back in 1955 a second time, after he and Doc Brown went back to make sure Bif does not get to keep a sports anthology from the future, but then the time machine is stuck by lightening and Doctor Brown is sent from 1955 back to 1885.
Marty seeks out 1955 Doc Brown, to fix the Delorian which is now stored in a cave where 1885 Doc Brown left it 70 years prior. A letter from 1885 Doc Brown instructs Marty to just return to the 1985 future because Doc Brown has found a good life in 1885 until when they find Doc Brown‘s grave stone dated a week after he wrote his letter. Therefore Marty heads to 1885 to warn Doc Brown, and the time traveling fun continues! 😁

I suppose you can forgive the director who somehow turns Hill Valley, California, into Monument Valley, Utah/Arizona for about 10 minutes. Special mention goes to James Tolkan (Marshall Strickland), and especially Thomas F. Wilson as Mad Dog Tanner, who get their Wild West groove on. A much better story structure than Part II and they managed to fit in a bunch of old timer character actors and ZZTop.

I know, I know, to each his own.

But I am always a little disapointed when people admit they enjoy either of these sequels.

I always felt like BTTF II & III were unnecessary, blatant money grabs because the story lines were so over the top and empty(?)*, imho.

Especially when BTTF I was so perfect.

And the ZZ Top appearance, whom I love, in BTTF III was simply the icing on unbelievably hard to swallow the cake for me.


*(?) Sorry, I can't think of a better word to describe what I'm trying to say...

 

[Huntn]

Mudbound (2017)- 85% RTAS. This is a story of the US South set in 1930-1940 Mississippi, presenting a fairly full spectrum, and imo an accurate slice of history, a struggling white and even more struggling black farmer and their families, the former a land owner, the latter a share cropper functioning in an racist system 80 years after the Civil War.

I think it is impossible to tell any story set in the US South without racism as a central theme, it’s so pervasive. And while it’s there, you might be lulled into thinking you can avoid having to avoid witnessing a particularly heinous race based event, but you can’t, however there is some payoff at the end for enduring the story. To summarize it’s an ugly but valuable story of humanity, with some human kindness on display. Kudos to the cast, I particularly enjoyed Garret Hedlund, Carey Mulligan, Jason Mitchell, and Jonathan Banks as the heavy. Not PRSI, so please no debate.

I know, I know, to each his own.

But I am always a little disapointed when people admit they enjoy either of these sequels.

I always felt like BTTF II & III were unnecessary, blatant money grabs because the story lines were so over the top and empty(?)*, imho.

Especially when BTTF I was so perfect.

And the ZZ Top appearance, whom I love, in BTTF III was simply the icing on unbelievably hard to swallow the cake for me.


*(?) Sorry, I can't think of a better word to describe what I'm trying to say...

Sometimes people become vested in characters and a franchise. The first was the best. I’ve already talked about time paradoxes and the first was easy for me to swallow, the Second installment was unworthy, and the 3rd installments was just a little, but relatively better although I did enjoy Bif as Mad Dog. As someone who has rejected many movies for a variety of reasons, especially time paradoxes, I have zero issue with your critique.

 

[hawkeye_a]

U-571(2000)
Really wanted to like this one but couldn't. Didn't like it when I first watched it a very long time ago, and it hasn't aged well. Great cast and acting, but the dialog/script was lacking. And the sets looks too much like....sets. Too "Hollywood" IMHO.

(If you do want to watch a submarine movie, you'd be much better off watching Das Boot(1981) or The Hunt For Red October(1990))

 

[M5RahuL]

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) ⭐ 7.3 | Animation, Action, Adventure

1h 47m | PG

www.imdb.com

The Adventures of Tintin

 

[pachyderm]

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Mudbound (2017)- 85% RTAS. This is a story of the US South set in 1930-1940 Mississippi, presenting a fairly full spectrum, and imo an accurate slice of history, a struggling white and even more struggling black farmer and their families, the former a land owner, the latter a share cropper functioning in an racist system 80 years after the Civil War.

I think it is impossible to tell any story set in the US South without racism as a central theme, it’s so pervasive. And while it’s there, you might be lulled into thinking you can avoid having to avoid witnessing a particularly heinous race based event, but you can’t, however there is some payoff at the end for enduring the story. To summarize it’s an ugly but valuable story of humanity, with some human kindness on display. Kudos to the cast, I particularly enjoyed Garret Hedlund, Carey Mulligan, Jason Mitchell, and Jonathan Banks as the heavy. Not PRSI, so please no debate.


Sometimes people become vested in characters and a franchise. The first was the best. I’ve already talked about time paradoxes and the first was easy for me to swallow, the Second installment was unworthy, and the 3rd installments was just a little, but relatively better although I did enjoy Bif as Mad Dog. As someone who has rejected many movies for a variety of reasons, especially time paradoxes, I have zero issue with your critique.

I've heard really good things about Mudbound.


I got to watch two films this morning.

Handsome (film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It was fun. Not great, not horrible. Some holes in the script but I'm not digging into them. I enjoyed the ride.

The Lovebirds (2020 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It was fun.

 

[0128672]

I found that one of my all-time favorite movies, The Grey Fox, has had a 4K restoration and will be released later this year. This makes me incredibly happy. It was originally released in 1982 and I've sentimentally held onto the video of it all these years hoping one day to see it again, that somehow someone would care enough about it to re-release it. In addition to an endearing performance by Richard Farnsworth, it features stunning cinematography in British Columbia and music by the Chieftains. Here's the re-release trailer:

 

[Queen6]

The Enforcer (1976) Brought a smile to my face what films should be 😎 fun & entertaining...

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[44267547]

The Enforcer (1976) Brought a smile to my face what films should be 😎 fun & entertaining...

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Clint Eastwood is iconic (As a director, producer and actor). What amazes me, is how coherent/spry he is at 90! Freakin’ 90!

Fun info:

His son [Scott Eastwood] actually makes side appearances in quite a few movies that I was unaware of, and strikingly looks just like Clint when he was in his early 30s.

 

[Queen6]

Clint Eastwood is iconic (As a director, producer and actor). What amazes me, is how coherent/spry he is at 90! Freakin’ 90!

Fun info:

His son [Scott Eastwood] actually makes side appearances in quite a few movies that I was unaware of, and strikingly looks just like Clint when he was in his early 30s.

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I really like Clint's films always action packed, yet there's always a sense of humour that's often lost these day's...

Another epic Kelly's Heroe's, storming film for the afternoon, simply great fun and high adventure....

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[Queen6]

The Caine Mutiny

On a WW2 roll, set the player to shuffle and so far it's come up with some great combo's, earlier this morning it served up the ever powerful "The Camp on Blood Island" (1958)



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[Huntn]

The Caine Mutiny
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On a WW2 roll, set the player to shuffle and so far it's come up with some great combo's, earlier this morning it served up the ever powerful "The Camp on Blood Island" (1958)

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The Caine Mutiny was an excellent book too describing an event where the environment, rules, perceptions, and personalities clash in the resulting event. And how later based on testimony how the event is received and interpreted in a military tribunal. Mutinies are very serious affairs usually looking down on the mutineers.