Movie review thread...
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Twins makes me think of Kelly Preston
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Actually if you want to see "peak Arnie" I reckon Twins is the film to watch. Everything that made him the larger than life film star is in that film. He's just perfect. My kids were enraptured with him after watching that.
Mate your not going to try and ruin 2 x movie threads are you...;)
What have I done now? Who have I triggered?
Irony ...
Re: Beevor - I've read a lot of primary sources on Crete (due to my MA topic) and I don't think that the force on Crete was ever equipped to deal with the invasion force. Losing Maleme due to the fog of war put it beyond doubt, but the fighting readiness of the disparate units was all over the spectrum. He puts a bit more emphasis onto Ultra than I think is necessary - all Ultra really did was let the Commonwealth know the invasion was coming (which they knew anyway) and that it would be air and sea borne - which they planned for anyway. But, I think Crete is a great book, and if it's the only one people read on that battle then that's all good.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
novelty deaths and post-death one-liners galore. I'm getting a chub just thinking about it
As long as you wait a few years before perving at Alyssa Milano I agree 100%
It was ok to perve at her at the time because she was a year or so older than me.
Commando over Predator.
Re: Beevor - what a pissy article. It shouldn't have been titled "great war movies", it should have been "great war movies, but only if they're as factual as a documentary like the French would make, but Brit films from the 50s and 60s are ok because because, but definitely not any American movies because uncouth Hollywood can't make a decent war movie".
He writes good easy readying history books (I don't always agree with his conclusions) but he's extremely pompous to listen to (I just listened to a podcast where he was talking about his book on Arnhem, interesting stories, worst plum in the mouth delivery ever) and clearly he's no fun at the movies.
What conclusions don't you agree with?
What I kind of find a bit Meh is that this expert at war hasn't ever seen war at first hand. Not saying he doesn't have a right to critique films I'm just not sure if he's the guy to go to when determining authenticity.
I thought he was commenting on historical accuracy, like the fact that the US didn't singlehandedly win the war?
All the British films I grew up watching (those black and white ones from the 50s and 60s) had them winning the war as well.
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Twins makes me think of Kelly Preston
There was some 80s romantic comedy type movie that she got her boobies out in - I think I ruined that copy before returning to United Video.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Actually if you want to see "peak Arnie" I reckon Twins is the film to watch. Everything that made him the larger than life film star is in that film. He's just perfect. My kids were enraptured with him after watching that.
Mate your not going to try and ruin 2 x movie threads are you...;)
What have I done now? Who have I triggered?
Irony ...
Re: Beevor - I've read a lot of primary sources on Crete (due to my MA topic) and I don't think that the force on Crete was ever equipped to deal with the invasion force. Losing Maleme due to the fog of war put it beyond doubt, but the fighting readiness of the disparate units was all over the spectrum. He puts a bit more emphasis onto Ultra than I think is necessary - all Ultra really did was let the Commonwealth know the invasion was coming (which they knew anyway) and that it would be air and sea borne - which they planned for anyway. But, I think Crete is a great book, and if it's the only one people read on that battle then that's all good.
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
novelty deaths and post-death one-liners galore. I'm getting a chub just thinking about it
As long as you wait a few years before perving at Alyssa Milano I agree 100%
It was ok to perve at her at the time because she was a year or so older than me.
Commando over Predator.
Re: Beevor - what a pissy article. It shouldn't have been titled "great war movies", it should have been "great war movies, but only if they're as factual as a documentary like the French would make, but Brit films from the 50s and 60s are ok because because, but definitely not any American movies because uncouth Hollywood can't make a decent war movie".
He writes good easy readying history books (I don't always agree with his conclusions) but he's extremely pompous to listen to (I just listened to a podcast where he was talking about his book on Arnhem, interesting stories, worst plum in the mouth delivery ever) and clearly he's no fun at the movies.
What conclusions don't you agree with?
What I kind of find a bit Meh is that this expert at war hasn't ever seen war at first hand. Not saying he doesn't have a right to critique films I'm just not sure if he's the guy to go to when determining authenticity.
I thought he was commenting on historical accuracy, like the fact that the US didn't singlehandedly win the war?
All the British films I grew up watching (those black and white ones from the 50s and 60s) had them winning the war as well.
What's ironic? I haven't called anyone a racist or mysogenist yet.
Don't know enough about Crete but your conclusion seems sound. Many veterans would probably argue that they would have won if.....
Often they were probably seeing things at a local level without being aware of the full situation. It's a great book, but I think there is far more meat in Stalingrad and Berlin. Probably because those were much bigger battles. -
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Actually if you want to see "peak Arnie" I reckon Twins is the film to watch. Everything that made him the larger than life film star is in that film. He's just perfect. My kids were enraptured with him after watching that.
Mate your not going to try and ruin 2 x movie threads are you...;)
What have I done now? Who have I triggered?
Irony ...
Re: Beevor - I've read a lot of primary sources on Crete (due to my MA topic) and I don't think that the force on Crete was ever equipped to deal with the invasion force. Losing Maleme due to the fog of war put it beyond doubt, but the fighting readiness of the disparate units was all over the spectrum. He puts a bit more emphasis onto Ultra than I think is necessary - all Ultra really did was let the Commonwealth know the invasion was coming (which they knew anyway) and that it would be air and sea borne - which they planned for anyway. But, I think Crete is a great book, and if it's the only one people read on that battle then that's all good.
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
novelty deaths and post-death one-liners galore. I'm getting a chub just thinking about it
As long as you wait a few years before perving at Alyssa Milano I agree 100%
It was ok to perve at her at the time because she was a year or so older than me.
Commando over Predator.
Re: Beevor - what a pissy article. It shouldn't have been titled "great war movies", it should have been "great war movies, but only if they're as factual as a documentary like the French would make, but Brit films from the 50s and 60s are ok because because, but definitely not any American movies because uncouth Hollywood can't make a decent war movie".
He writes good easy readying history books (I don't always agree with his conclusions) but he's extremely pompous to listen to (I just listened to a podcast where he was talking about his book on Arnhem, interesting stories, worst plum in the mouth delivery ever) and clearly he's no fun at the movies.
What conclusions don't you agree with?
What I kind of find a bit Meh is that this expert at war hasn't ever seen war at first hand. Not saying he doesn't have a right to critique films I'm just not sure if he's the guy to go to when determining authenticity.
I thought he was commenting on historical accuracy, like the fact that the US didn't singlehandedly win the war?
All the British films I grew up watching (those black and white ones from the 50s and 60s) had them winning the war as well.
So what are we saying? He's full of shit? Personally that opening sequence of SPR is the finest I have ever scene. White knuckle intensity, captured the craziness of the situation
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Twins makes me think of Kelly Preston
There was some 80s romantic comedy type movie that she got her boobies out in - I think I ruined that copy before returning to United Video.
Has a great rack, totally wasted on Travolta
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@rancid-schnitzel I was referring to your propensity to be trigged by a combination of the words Star Wars, new, good, liked.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure most of the senior officers on the ground thought they could win it - especially if they held Maleme. Incidentally, there's a turn based war (computer) game called Combat Mission where you can play the Maleme attack as attacker or defender. It's quite fun.
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@no-quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Interview
I thought this was going to be a pile of shit but I actually quite enjoyed it. Mindless comedy as per most Seth Rogan novies but some funny stuff in there, and anything that mercilessly mocks the NK regime is worth producing.
3 celebrity journalists out of 5 crying Jong-un's.
Hey fuck off can’t you see we are in the middle of an 80’s action movie wank off here!!!
I've contributed to the discussion by up-voting the hell out of anyone pimping Commando as the greatest action flick ever. I had my "Arnie" VHS of movies I recorded off Sky and Commando was my favourite of the lot. An absolute classic in every sense of the word.
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Twins makes me think of Kelly Preston
There was some 80s romantic comedy type movie that she got her boobies out in - I think I ruined that copy before returning to United Video.
i just googled that. Nice rack
but she had a bush so thick i half expected Barry Crump to come flying out of it in a hilux
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@no-quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@no-quarter said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Interview
I thought this was going to be a pile of shit but I actually quite enjoyed it. Mindless comedy as per most Seth Rogan novies but some funny stuff in there, and anything that mercilessly mocks the NK regime is worth producing.
3 celebrity journalists out of 5 crying Jong-un's.
Hey fuck off can’t you see we are in the middle of an 80’s action movie wank off here!!!
I've contributed to the discussion by up-voting the hell out of anyone pimping Commando as the greatest action flick ever. I had my "Arnie" VHS of movies I recorded off Sky and Commando was my favourite of the lot. An absolute classic in every sense of the word.
I was in Malaysia years ago, strolling the market. Ending up buying a few pirate DVDs, as you do, and one of them was Commando!! CF Jnr is 7, might be time to spring it on him soon
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Twins makes me think of Kelly Preston
There was some 80s romantic comedy type movie that she got her boobies out in - I think I ruined that copy before returning to United Video.
i just googled that. Nice rack
but she had a bush so thick i half expected Barry Crump to come flying out of it in a hilux
Some of your best work.
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Predator over Commando for me.
Last Action Hero holds up.
Rambo First Blood should have been in Beevor's list. Still one of my all time favourite movies. As relevant today as it was then.
Possibly more so.
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@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Predator over Commando for me.
Last Action Hero holds up.
Rambo First Blood should have been in Beevor's list. Still one of my all time favourite movies. As relevant today as it was then.
Possibly more so.
Last Action Hero was kinda shit I thought. Annoying as fuck kid actor.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Predator over Commando for me.
Last Action Hero holds up.
Rambo First Blood should have been in Beevor's list. Still one of my all time favourite movies. As relevant today as it was then.
Possibly more so.
Last Action Hero was kinda shit I thought. Annoying as fuck kid actor.
Think Speilberg watched it
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@mikethesnow said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Predator over Commando for me.
Last Action Hero holds up.
Rambo First Blood should have been in Beevor's list. Still one of my all time favourite movies. As relevant today as it was then.
Possibly more so.
What a great time to be alive. Arnie, Sly, Bruce Willis as John McClane, Lundgren, Van Damm. Basically all of the cast of the Expendables all in their prime
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan you forgot @MN5 s hero....and it aint the guy in this pic
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I could watch Enter the Dragon over and over
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I could watch Enter the Dragon over and over
Yep. The dude that he wasted there was Bob Wall. He was a legit badass martial artist. Fucken awesome flick.
Game of Death arguably better though ? Hard to say.
Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps - Wikipedia
