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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 28, 2019 8:38:00 GMT -5
Why are you in such a group? Do you wear full leather, or just on the parts that can be seen on the skypers? We don't video chat - just start the movie together and type snarky comments. Ah, I see! Mystery Science Theater style? I like it. 👍👍 The wife said I do this at home. With 200 channels of crap we have no choice.
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Post by calabash on Oct 28, 2019 9:51:30 GMT -5
We don't video chat - just start the movie together and type snarky comments. Ah, I see! Mystery Science Theater style? I like it. 👍👍 The wife said I do this at home. With 200 channels of crap we have no choice. Exactly! This group originally met thru a movie forum and we've been doing this since 2011.
Very cosmopolitan - members at various times have been from US, England, Scotland, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden, France, Faroe Islands, and Croatia.
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Post by kb7get on Oct 29, 2019 4:44:15 GMT -5
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Post by crapgame on Oct 29, 2019 7:45:34 GMT -5
T-34... This is a WW2 film about a highly skilled Russian tank commander that gets captured by the Germans early during the war. A few years pass and after the Germans capture a modern T-34 they search their POW camps to find a Russian tank crew to show them how the new tank works and to train the Germans how to defeat the newest tank. The hotshot Russian tank commander is discovered in a camp and while finding a crew to among the other POWs he discovers members of his old tank crew. The Germans order him to clean out the tank and restore it to battle readiness. While clearing out the dead crew in the tank the hotshot commander finds live rounds for the main gun still inside and decides to hide the live ammo with the dead bodies he removes from the tank and plots to escape the POW camp by stealing the tank. The action scenes are top notch and the feeling of claustrophobia during battle are quite realistic. Special effects are superb and the battle scenes will keep you firmly planted in your chair. There is a silly part of the story line where the female translator asks the commander to take her with them when they try to escape in the tank which he does and at some point after they escape he tells her she has to leave because the Germans are closing in on them and he worries about her safety. After the climatic last tank battle the tank crew is walking thru the forest towards the Czech border they find the girl...ugghhhhh how contrived is this? 4/5 stars for some great special effects, realism of the tank battles and the idea to steal the tank and escape. Would have been 4.5/5 stars but the silly finding the girl in the forest cost a half star. Will watch again .
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Post by toshtego on Oct 29, 2019 10:00:13 GMT -5
T-34... This is a WW2 film about a highly skilled Russian tank commander that gets captured by the Germans early during the war. A few years pass and after the Germans capture a modern T-34 they search their POW camps to find a Russian tank crew to show them how the new tank works and to train the Germans how to defeat the newest tank. The hotshot Russian tank commander is discovered in a camp and while finding a crew to among the other POWs he discovers members of his old tank crew. The Germans order him to clean out the tank and restore it to battle readiness. While clearing out the dead crew in the tank the hotshot commander finds live rounds for the main gun still inside and decides to hide the live ammo with the dead bodies he removes from the tank and plots to escape the POW camp by stealing the tank. The action scenes are top notch and the feeling of claustrophobia during battle are quite realistic. Special effects are superb and the battle scenes will keep you firmly planted in your chair. There is a silly part of the story line where the female translator asks the commander to take her with them when they try to escape in the tank which he does and at some point after they escape he tells her she has to leave because the Germans are closing in on them and he worries about her safety. After the climatic last tank battle the tank crew is walking thru the forest towards the Czech border they find the girl...ugghhhhh how contrived is this? 4/5 stars for some great special effects, realism of the tank battles and the idea to steal the tank and escape. Would have been 4.5/5 stars but the silly finding the girl in the forest cost a half star. Will watch again . That would be an interesting movie. I assume it was made in Russia? I will look for it.
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Post by Mac on Oct 29, 2019 10:02:38 GMT -5
Laundromat. Has Meryl Streep, Oldman and Banderas. 6.5/10.
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Post by crapgame on Oct 29, 2019 11:48:20 GMT -5
T-34... This is a WW2 film about a highly skilled Russian tank commander that gets captured by the Germans early during the war. A few years pass and after the Germans capture a modern T-34 they search their POW camps to find a Russian tank crew to show them how the new tank works and to train the Germans how to defeat the newest tank. The hotshot Russian tank commander is discovered in a camp and while finding a crew to among the other POWs he discovers members of his old tank crew. The Germans order him to clean out the tank and restore it to battle readiness. While clearing out the dead crew in the tank the hotshot commander finds live rounds for the main gun still inside and decides to hide the live ammo with the dead bodies he removes from the tank and plots to escape the POW camp by stealing the tank. The action scenes are top notch and the feeling of claustrophobia during battle are quite realistic. Special effects are superb and the battle scenes will keep you firmly planted in your chair. There is a silly part of the story line where the female translator asks the commander to take her with them when they try to escape in the tank which he does and at some point after they escape he tells her she has to leave because the Germans are closing in on them and he worries about her safety. After the climatic last tank battle the tank crew is walking thru the forest towards the Czech border they find the girl...ugghhhhh how contrived is this? 4/5 stars for some great special effects, realism of the tank battles and the idea to steal the tank and escape. Would have been 4.5/5 stars but the silly finding the girl in the forest cost a half star. Will watch again . That would be an interesting movie. I assume it was made in Russia? I will look for it. russian made with dubbing..on Amazon prime
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Post by crapgame on Oct 29, 2019 12:00:12 GMT -5
Rhinoceros.... with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel! WOW I thought I was going to watch something great and was I ever WRONG!!!!! The story line goes something like this... Gene Wilder is a drunk and everyone else in the world is turning into a rhino..NUFF SAID!! dont waste your time...1/5 stars... not sure if the actors make it a 2/5 star to raise it a bit or is a 0/5 stars because the actors really did star in this...
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Post by crapgame on Oct 29, 2019 12:33:04 GMT -5
Jesus Christ Superstar Live Arena Tour 2012... A good quality live stage recording of JCS ..Tim Minchin(?) as Judas and Melanie C as Mary Magdaline stole the show..The actor that played Pilate was pretty good as was the actor that played Ciaphas.. The actor that played Jesus, Ben Forester, was by no means Ted Neely or Ian Gillan and I found him quite boring. Over all the music was OUTSTANDING and Melanie C blew me away with her voice.. and I will watch again several more times just for the music. King Herods Song was set on a TV talent/reality show stage set that was quite funny indeed!
5/5 stars for music 5/5 stars for the live band 3/5 stars because I found myself running to the john or getting a coffee without pausing it at various times during the movie
Available on Amazon Prime
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Post by Slow Triathlete on Oct 30, 2019 11:01:52 GMT -5
John Wick 3
I really loved the previous two movies in this series. However, this one didn't do it for me. If you watch the fight scenes people look like they are waiting around to be hit. Not choreographed as good as the previous two.
I saw this free on a flight but would have been very mad if I paid the $15 dollars to see this in a theatre.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Oct 30, 2019 11:04:43 GMT -5
I bought it from Amazon Streaming, quit watching Half way thru, garbage. No story.
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Post by Slow Triathlete on Oct 30, 2019 11:05:58 GMT -5
I bought it from Amazon Streaming, quit watching Half way thru, garbage. No story. Agreed. Unfortunately, I was at 34,000 feet and bored so they had a captive audience.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 30, 2019 22:02:35 GMT -5
Just watched "Shadow of the Vampire" with Willem Defoe. 5/5. He should have won a bunch of Oscars if it was fair.
Followed up with Nosferatu. All round good night.
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Post by McWiggins on Nov 2, 2019 19:23:09 GMT -5
Recommended by Cramptholomew I watched The Car. It's cheesy, campy and a mix of good acting from well known good actors and poor acting from people that had dreams and well, god bless them. HA! It's a fun movie if you like this sort thing and I found some good moments to laugh at and things worth quoting because its just ridiculous. No point in giving it a rating because this is a love it or hate it kind of film. I personally enjoyed it.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Nov 2, 2019 19:25:42 GMT -5
Recommended by Cramptholomew I watched The Car. It's cheesy, campy and a mix of good acting from well known good actors and poor acting from people that had dreams and well, god bless them. HA! It's a fun movie if you like this sort thing and I found some good moments to laugh at and things worth quoting because its just ridiculous. No point in giving it a rating because this is a love it or hate it kind of film. I personally enjoyed it. Just so you know, The Car car was designed and built by George Barris, creator of the original Bat Mobile and Dragula.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2019 22:01:06 GMT -5
Glad you and Cramps are covering these esoteric Art House flics for us.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Nov 3, 2019 7:31:29 GMT -5
Watched The Command on Netflix last night, shows how Bureaucrats killed a Submarine crew asking for help, as a Naval Guy I was conflicted watching this as it was done in a sad and tasteful way. The man who said Politicans should fight our wars was right on.
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Post by bigwoolie on Nov 3, 2019 9:17:48 GMT -5
John Wayne's "Rio Lobo". Not one of my favorites of his, it's a bit formulaic and most of the supporting actors, except Jack Elam, were abysmal. I expect better from a Howard Hawks production, but I reckon no one can hit a homerun every time they step up to bat.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 3, 2019 9:43:29 GMT -5
We watched "The House With the Clock in the Walls" yesterday. It was less than we expected. Maybe OK for very young kids. 2/5. Then we watched the original "The Thing From Outer Space". Really makes me appreciate John Carpenter. This movie does a MSR3K on itself. WATCH THE SKIES, if you feel like it. 2/5 for unintended humor.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 3, 2019 10:39:34 GMT -5
Watched Lorenzo's Oil for the first time last night. Good film. Kind of exaggerated the facts but it was a movie after all. 4/5.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 3, 2019 10:55:35 GMT -5
Just watched "Shadow of the Vampire" with Willem Defoe. 5/5. He should have won a bunch of Oscars if it was fair. Followed up with Nosferatu. All round good night. That movies was well done, indeed. Both Defoe and Malkovich were very good. Creeepy. Watch "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein", 1949. Universal's send off to the whole genre. Everybody is there; the Frankenstein Monster, Dracula, Wolfman, creepy dames. The best of the A & C movies, IMO. Seen it a dozen time at least starting as a small boy. It takes a small boy to appreciate Lou Costello's moves in this picture.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 3, 2019 12:29:13 GMT -5
Just watched "Shadow of the Vampire" with Willem Defoe. 5/5. He should have won a bunch of Oscars if it was fair. Followed up with Nosferatu. All round good night. That movies was well done, indeed. Both Defoe and Malkovich were very good. Creeepy. Watch "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein", 1949. Universal's send off to the whole genre. Everybody is there; the Frankenstein Monster, Dracula, Wolfman, creepy dames. The best of the A & C movies, IMO. Seen it a dozen time at least starting as a small boy. It takes a small boy to appreciate Lou Costello's moves in this picture. My inner small boy is curled up in the corner somewhere.
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Post by McWiggins on Nov 7, 2019 6:00:12 GMT -5
Chuck Connors, William Shatner, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Winfield?!?! How could this go wrong?!
Oh boy! What a thing it is. I swore it was a parody at first but nope, its being as honest and serious as it could.
I enjoyed it for its over the top characters and cheese factor.
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Post by bigwoolie on Nov 7, 2019 10:45:36 GMT -5
Drums Along the Mohawk with a very young Henry Fonda. I enjoyed it, and it had a bit of pipe smoking in it, including a clay cutty that was re-lit while the bowl was pointing downward. Also, the was a little, round fellow on there smoking the longest churchwarden I've ever seen.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 7, 2019 11:15:58 GMT -5
Drums Along the Mohawk with a very young Henry Fonda. I enjoyed it, and it had a bit of pipe smoking in it, including a clay cutty that was re-lit while the bowl was pointing downward. Also, the was a little, round fellow on there smoking the longest churchwarden I've ever seen. That is a good old movie. Seen it many times. Great characters!
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Post by toshtego on Nov 11, 2019 4:23:07 GMT -5
"Counterattack", 1945. With Paul Muni and a host of German actors.
Muni plays a Soviet soldier with a Thompson Model 1928 trapped in a basement with a female Komrad armed with a PPSh-41. Also down there are several German soldiers.
This movie is based upon a stage play written by one of them there real life Commie's we heard about in Hollywood. It is full of Russian sympathy and fellow traveler stuff. The Germans are the usual Teutonic Tough-guys. They trade secret tactical information about troop and tank deployments so they have something to live for in getting out of the basement.
This is a long and talky movie. Interesting to see the Red Army soldiers were depicted by sympathetic writers.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 11, 2019 9:04:56 GMT -5
There is nothing wrong with the Commie soldiers. They were fighting for their country against the Nazis. Russians and Americans seem to get along great until the governments get in the way. Kind of like the Cuban people and Americans. More in common than different.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 11, 2019 10:57:02 GMT -5
There is nothing wrong with the Commie soldiers. They were fighting for their country against the Nazis. Russians and Americans seem to get along great until the governments get in the way. Kind of like the Cuban people and Americans. More in common than different. They were our allies until they were not. My old mother worked for the "Lend-Lease to Russia Program". She had Soviet officers visit her in San Francisco in connection with the job. She thought them a little brusque. She never thought of them as enemies even into the 1960s.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 0:54:33 GMT -5
Netflix: MI-5 (the movie). Didn't know it was available. Fast paced entertainment in the MI-5 style. Fans of the series should enjoy it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 17, 2019 3:40:51 GMT -5
Just watched "The King" on Netflix. 5 stars, A plus. Very realistic fight scenes, not to mention a great headsman.
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