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Dust Devil (1992)
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty directed by Ben Stiller.

Critics panned the movie, and yet the audience overwhelmingly loved it. Why? Because this is what moviemaking is all about. I struggle in finding another movie that has so many “technical” issues, and yet delivers an outstanding product. The visuals. The sounds. The performances. The experiences. The meaning.

Go see any excerpt on YouTube and you’ll find hundreds if not thousands of comments of the like “this movie changed my life.”

I relate to those comments.

While I do recognize some pacing issues in the first 20 minutes, I truly do not care. I give this movie a 10/10 as if it was perfect. It might not be perfect, but it leads to betterment of your own world and it does so with lots of symbology and hinted messages.
 
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yaxomoxay said:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty directed by Ben Stiller.

Critics panned the movie, and yet the audience overwhelmingly loved it. Why? Because this is what moviemaking is all about. I struggle in finding another movie that has so many “technical” issues, and yet delivers an outstanding product. The visuals. The sounds. The performances. The experiences. The meaning.

Go see any excerpt on YouTube and you’ll find hundreds if not thousands of comments of the like “this movie changed my life.”

I relate to those comments.

While I do recognize some pacing issues in the first 20 minutes, I truly do not care. I give this movie a 10/10 as if it was perfect. It might not be perfect, but it leads to betterment of your own world and it does so with lots of symbology and hinted messages.
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I liked this version as well but I still prefer the Danny Kaye version.
 
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On my best movies of 2023 list. Light entertainment but no cutting and pasting from other movies. Totally original, had no idea where it was going. Ending was a bit standard, but there was a twist.

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In some ways the opposite of The Portable Door. Visually drab and the first 3/4 of the movie was somewhat boring with scenes of massive piles of paperwork being shuffled around and ignored by bored bureaucrats. The payoff came in the last quarter of the film. It was quite moving and worth the wait. A people film.
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I love that movie. Found it by accident browsing Prime. Seems to happen somewhat often on there. Found The Map of Tiny Perfect Things and The Little Prince the same way which I love
 
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That made me think it could be interesting if a theater could rig up a room with two screens and show them concurrently. I wonder if I could process what was going on in both properly
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Or video goggles with one movie showing in each eye. Not coming out of it scrambled would be a challenge. :)
 
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I liked this version as well but I still prefer the Danny Kaye version.
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They’re both good in their own right. I think that Stiller’s version truly wanted to focus on the mental health issue and the limitations it brings to the various opportunities in life. The “Space Oddity” scene is very clear about that, with many hidden meanings.
 
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The Blob (1958)
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One of those films I can’t stop laughing at 🤣😂 but I think that was the purpose of it no? Like Giant Rotten Tomatoes?

The full The Blob movie is on You Tube:


You can find some great classics on You Tube, guess they are so old the rights don’t apply? Other good films on You Tube are The Vindicator:


And Death Machine:


And Hardware is a good horror SciFi:


Bit B movie but old school SciFi.
Dreamscape is on there too. Some of the bigger films aren’t though like Robocop or Alien, probably as you can pay to rent or buy those on You Tube.
 
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The unknown soldier.
World War II film is presented from the point of view of a machine gun company of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.


Yep - when Finland was invaded so a country with a pop less than 4 million up against the Russians.
No bullet proof super heros in this movie..and some good character stories.
Look out for the conscripted farmer who addresses officers by their first names.

Cant imagine doing that in the NZ Army..especially that time I was up before the burnham camp commandant..lol

Oh and it's all English sub titles..so if that's a prob better skip it then.

Rather liked this movie - gave me a history lesson.


Sorry guys..having issues pasting from my obsolete mini iPad.
 
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mortlocli said:
World War II film is presented from the point of view of a machine gun company of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.


Yep - when Finland was invaded so a country with a pop less than 4 million up against the Russians.
No bullet proof super heros in this movie..and some good character stories.
Look out for the conscripted farmer who addresses officers by their first names.

Cant imagine doing that in the NZ Army..especially that time I was up before the burnham camp commandant..lol

Oh and it's all English sub titles..so if that's a prob better skip it then.

Rather liked this movie - gave me a history lesson.
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Oops - see if this works:


The unknown soldier.
 
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