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04-04-2007, 01:56 PM
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#31 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country:  | God I can't believe I don't remember that movie. I was creature of habit. Every Saturday, watching Ultra Man, Outer Limits, Creature Feature, and some war movie.
Ah, good times.
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04-04-2007, 02:11 PM
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Country: | Matt, reminding me of college. Hitting the Rathskellar at noon to eat lunch, drink a ton of beer and watch "Creature DoubleFeature". Inevitable, it would be Godzilla doing the "Tokyo Stomp" followed by Frankenstien.
How anybody ever got caugh by Frankenstien still amazes me. The dude was so slow, he couldn't outrun continental drift. But he always caught a couple of guys (throttled them) and ended up kidnapping the babe. She escapes (with the help of the hero, who was usually not really very cool) and Frank does a header off a cliff or something.
Forgot most of what I learned in college, I do remember that. | |
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04-04-2007, 02:17 PM
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04-05-2007, 08:29 AM
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Country:  | What about the Big Red One? Aside from the Shermans-with-bits-on-them posing as Panzers, it seems very accurate in terms of the experiences of a small squad. The director served in that unit in WW2, so he certainly knew what he was doing. Saints and soldiers is another one, a very good film with only the annoyingly cliched British character counting against it.
Come and See is supposed to be really good as well - ordered it of eBay the other dya and am looking forward to watching it | |
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04-05-2007, 09:36 AM
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Country:  | You can historically portray a conflict but you can not portray the true horrors. In order to do that you have to smell it, breath it, live it.
Much safer to do so in the movies though.
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04-05-2007, 10:15 AM
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Country: | Heard Sam Fuller (the guy who wrote and directed "The Big Red One") talk about making a war movie. Fuller was in the 1st Division during the war (from North Africa to the Death Camps) and had always had problems making movies for the point Adler just made. Can't live it, breath it, ect. He said (paraphrasing), "The only way to make a real war movie is to have somebody shooting at the audience from behind the screen while the movie is being shown". | |
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04-05-2007, 11:32 AM
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Country: | Haven't seen this Korean film about two brothers in Korean War, but it was compared heavily to Saving Private Ryan with respect to the effects and realism.
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo
I think in the US it went by Tae Guk Gi.
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04-05-2007, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt308  Haven't seen this Korean film about two brothers in Korean War, but it was compared heavily to Saving Private Ryan with respect to the effects and realism.
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo
I think in the US it went by Tae Guk Gi. | YouTube - Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo Trailer (Brotherhood)
Also Battleship Yamoto was VERY poopular in Japan
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04-05-2007, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by comiso90 | And very POPULAR.. it was so good they crapped their pants!
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04-05-2007, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt308 Haven't seen this Korean film about two brothers in Korean War, but it was compared heavily to Saving Private Ryan with respect to the effects and realism.
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo
I think in the US it went by Tae Guk Gi. | Saw it. Ok movie. Out on DVD at Art House movie stores. A lot of drama in the movie. Too much after a while. | |
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04-05-2007, 01:46 PM
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Country: | Thanks for telling me. That's another movie I won't rent. I hate wasting my time on crappy movies.
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04-05-2007, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by timshatz Heard Sam Fuller (the guy who wrote and directed "The Big Red One") talk about making a war movie. Fuller was in the 1st Division during the war (from North Africa to the Death Camps) and had always had problems making movies for the point Adler just made. Can't live it, breath it, ect. He said (paraphrasing), "The only way to make a real war movie is to have somebody shooting at the audience from behind the screen while the movie is being shown". | The Big red one by Sam Fuller was OK, but IMO his best war movie was Merrills Marauders 
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Country:  | There was a German made film about Staligrad and its scary and Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick
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Country: | I have the Stalingrad movie. Very good. Put a good spin on it ... more that the high command didn't know what they were doing. Ending in the cellar was stretching it though. | |
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04-06-2007, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Njaco I have the Stalingrad movie. Very good. Put a good spin on it ... more that the high command didn't know what they were doing. Ending in the cellar was stretching it though. | Yeah, good film in terms of being graphic. Liked the T34s running around. Decent movie.
Often wondered about that last scene in the cellar. Would the Russians have found him sooner or later? He was going to be found, but I wonder how long it would've taken. | |
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