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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 17, 2022 13:31:57 GMT -5
A Star is Born (1937). I think it still holds up. Frederic March tries to chew the scenery and Janet Gaynor works really hard to let him do it. You can tell she liked her role more than the short damsel in distress films she started out in. That's a good one. My favorite version is the Judy Garland one. |
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 18, 2022 18:32:53 GMT -5
Watched HUNTER KILLER (2018) last night. A submarine movie with Gerard Butler, Michael Nykvist. All sub movies have much in common. This one had great CGI and an interesting (if improbable) story. Navy seals rescuing the coup-kidnapped Russian president and averting WW3. (Not Putin BTW. This pre-dates Ukraine.) Very well done production design and the bluescreen work was seamless.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 18, 2022 19:46:31 GMT -5
Watched HUNTER KILLER (2018) last night. A submarine movie with Gerard Butler, Michael Nykvist. All sub movies have much in common. This one had great CGI and an interesting (if improbable) story. Navy seals rescuing the coup-kidnapped Russian president and averting WW3. (Not Putin BTW. This pre-dates Ukraine.) Very well done production design and the bluescreen work was seamless. Been wanting to see that one. We just watched Jurassic World Dominion. It had everything that was in the other films, a silly plot and plenty of exciting entertainment. Wife yelling at the TV means it's way better than average. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 18, 2022 21:30:52 GMT -5
 Where the Crawdads Sing, good movie, from a book, didn't read it, but if it's better than the book, then you'll like it. Amazon Streaming!
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Post by JimK on Sept 19, 2022 11:45:04 GMT -5
- Don't Look Up
- I'm Nobody
- RED
- Get Back
- Red Notice
That's about it off the top of my head. Some of these films were released before 2022. But I saw them for the first time this year. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 20, 2022 9:09:26 GMT -5
"The Courier", a 1960s Spy thriller.
Benedict Cucumberpatch portrays the tribulations of the "Gifted Amateur" recruited to MI6 to assist in stealing secrets from the GRU. Or not.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 21, 2022 14:35:08 GMT -5
Turns out to be a true story about the largest cache of secrets stolen from the Soviets. The real evidence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Did not end well for either of the principals but at least the Englishman was eventually returned home alive.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 21, 2022 14:44:46 GMT -5
I am glad that I was too young to know what was going on during the Cuban missile crisis...spooky times.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 21, 2022 23:04:05 GMT -5
I am glad that I was too young to know what was going on during the Cuban missile crisis...spooky times. It was a very nervous time. We were either duck and covering in the hallway at school or glued to the TV at home. We didn't get any school work done. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 22, 2022 6:34:28 GMT -5
Was on a ship waiting to invade, we were told Russians might set off Nuks, scary time not for me but for my family, I assumed I was already dead.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 22, 2022 9:58:43 GMT -5
Yes, it was a tense time.
I was in Catholic Elementary school. We did a lot of praying. The Fathers were very calm and stoic as I recall. Our Monsignor was a grand old Irishman who was wonderful with kids. Monsignor "Casino" Collins. That helped a lot. The Nuns and Lay teachers were surprisingly better than usual. My mother lost a husband, a brother, a father, and many friends in WWII (she had married into USN Bombing 1). She was resigned to what ever was going to happen. She had enough grief. My Dad just ticked along as he always did.
Anyway, the movie is worth a watch. well done.
It is wrong to make a joke of someone's name and I apologize for it.
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 22, 2022 10:07:08 GMT -5
High class to apologize for the name-game. I look at those who like to play that passive-aggressive game— even against those I despise— as retarded 7th graders.
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Post by trailboss on Sept 22, 2022 10:24:29 GMT -5
I called Ben-a-dick, he said that it is ok, he wasn't offended.
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Post by Darin on Sept 22, 2022 10:45:34 GMT -5
High class to apologize for the name-game. I look at those who like to play that passive-aggressive game— even against those I despise— as retarded 7th graders. High class to still be using the word retarded. Lol 😅 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 22, 2022 11:18:58 GMT -5
It is wrong to make a joke of someone's name and I apologize for it. Some think of him as a good actor, but he tempts my darker side too. |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 22, 2022 11:27:03 GMT -5
The unforgivable action on his part was the Nicotene patches on Sherlock and no pipe.
Maybe they should show Sherlock with a Mohawk and saggy pants also?
That change I am sure was made higher up the chain though.
He is a pretty decent actor.
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 22, 2022 11:28:35 GMT -5
High class to apologize for the name-game. I look at those who like to play that passive-aggressive game— even against those I despise— as retarded 7th graders. High class to still be using the word retarded. Lol 😅 No intent to offend. Afraid I’m not au courant on woke vocabulary. |
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Post by Darin on Sept 22, 2022 12:48:10 GMT -5
High class to still be using the word retarded. Lol 😅 No intent to offend. Afraid I’m not au courant on woke vocabulary. No offense here ... I use the term regularly but also make up funny names for people. Like ... Cumbersnatch! 😅 |
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Post by trailboss on Sept 22, 2022 12:59:09 GMT -5
He must have had a tough childhood… I admit that the first time I heard his name, I immediately thought of my own version of how it should be spelled.
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 22, 2022 13:38:52 GMT -5
No worries. Some of my favorite people are retarded 7th graders.
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Post by Darin on Sept 22, 2022 14:45:50 GMT -5
😅😅😅
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Post by toshtego on Sept 22, 2022 18:58:14 GMT -5
"...wrong not Captain Ahab, because he happens to have a wicked name".
-Captain Peleg
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Post by toshtego on Sept 29, 2022 13:27:18 GMT -5
"Kesari", 2019
An Indian made movie filmed on the Khyber Pass. Based on the true story of how a detachment of 21 Sikh soldiers of the Indian Army in a fort held off 10,000 Afghan Pathans for a few days. 1897. Great characters. Subtitled, of course, with English bits of dialogue. Story is enhanced greatly with the Bollywood acrobatic effects in combat, Fun movie. Long at 2+ hours because there is a lot of sentimental mushy stuff with the lead soldier and his wife before the battle. Great battle scenes. The Pathans are really bad and the Sikhs highly noble and courageous. They must have found all the Martini Henry .45 rifles in existence for this movie, lol! Interesting they had not been issued the modern .303 Lee Enfield rifle. They do have a scene with a nice old Maxim machine gun.
Anyway, fun movie. Well acted, well made. Beautiful scenery.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 29, 2022 18:26:54 GMT -5
The Outfit, about a tailor who gets involved with some wise guys. All filmed in one room. Slow start but it builds to a twisted ending. Afterwards you think, "What a great movie".
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 29, 2022 18:30:03 GMT -5
"Kesari", 2019 An Indian made movie filmed on the Khyber Pass. Based on the true story of how a detachment of 21 Sikh soldiers of the Indian Army in a fort held off 10,000 Afghan Pathans for a few days. 1897. Great characters. Subtitled, of course, with English bits of dialogue. Story is enhanced greatly with the Bollywood acrobatic effects in combat, Fun movie. Long at 2+ hours because there is a lot of sentimental mushy stuff with the lead soldier and his wife before the battle. Great battle scenes. The Pathans are really bad and the Sikhs highly noble and courageous. They must have found all the Martini Henry .45 rifles in existence for this movie, lol! Interesting they had not been issued the modern .303 Lee Enfield rifle. They do have a scene with a nice old Maxim machine gun. Anyway, fun movie. Well acted, well made. Beautiful scenery. 577/450 was about the same power as the black powder 45-70. Doesn't look like much on paper, but it'll take down a buffalo. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 1, 2022 16:31:18 GMT -5
On Amazon Prime, good movie.
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 10, 2022 11:51:54 GMT -5
Watched THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990) last night. Great cast. This was before CGI got its legs but still not bad. Funny detail: Early in the film in order to further his defection aims, Captain Ramius (Sean Connery) kills the odious by-the-book political officer. The officer’s name? Putin.
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 12, 2022 21:22:21 GMT -5
Watched the original DIRTY HARRY last night. So dated and SO un-PC. Definitely could not be made today. A bit corny in spots but still holds up pretty well.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 14, 2022 21:27:16 GMT -5
Network (1976). Still rings true.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 14, 2022 22:36:55 GMT -5
Went to the theater, watched Amsterdam, a good movie with a bunch of great actors and actresses.
One hot looking young dame in a role smoking what appeared to be a Peterson with a gold band, early 1900’s.
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Where the Crawdads Sing, good movie, from a book, didn't read it, but if it's better than the book, then you'll like it. Amazon Streaming!
