Movies: Talk About What You've Seen Lately--Part 3 - Page 942 - The Lounge Discussion and Review on Literature, Arts, Culture

There's a lot of war movies I'd take over Saving Private Ryan, and I think The Thin Red Line would be first in line (Malick was nominated with Spielberg that year).

It's just so much more richly complex and true to life, while also weaving in Malick's eternal questions that stared these soldiers in the face every day.

I remember only seeing it on release and hating it. Should revisit it.

02-09-2017 , 12:58 PM

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Thug Bubbles

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Any thoughts between Arrival and Lion? I want to see the former, and assumed the latter to be a mediocre family drama, but the GF wants to see it so I'm curious if I should give it a chance.

02-09-2017 , 01:14 PM

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PartyGirlUK

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Haven't seen Arrival but Lion is better than mediocre.

02-09-2017 , 02:22 PM

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Spades47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chopstick

tks Dom. Was on the fence with that one.

Judgement Night soundtrack is a goat soundtrack.

Thought I was the only one who had seen OG Gladiator

Haaa

02-09-2017 , 03:54 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Thug Bubbles

Any thoughts between Arrival and Lion? I want to see the former, and assumed the latter to be a mediocre family drama, but the GF wants to see it so I'm curious if I should give it a chance.

Arrival is smart sci-fi. Lion is a tear jerker that some may view as manipulative, I did not. If you feel nothing while watching either film, you're probably a robot.

02-09-2017 , 04:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Thug Bubbles

Any thoughts between Arrival and Lion? I want to see the former, and assumed the latter to be a mediocre family drama, but the GF wants to see it so I'm curious if I should give it a chance.

I thought both were great movies. I had the same thoughts about Lion until one of my friends told me how good it was. It could have easily been a mediocre family drama, but fortunately it was much better than that.

02-09-2017 , 07:04 PM

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Passengers: jfc whatever you do, do not watch this piece of partially cooled chicken poop. My IQ is now lower by 4 points.

02-09-2017 , 10:12 PM

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Remember seeing a war movie with Lee Marvin called The Big Red One on tv many years ago as a teenager. I remember loving it. I should re-watch, wonder if it still holds up.

02-09-2017 , 11:00 PM

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MSchu18

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Mark hamill...

02-10-2017 , 12:53 AM

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John Cole

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Quote:

Originally Posted by revots33

Remember seeing a war movie with Lee Marvin called The Big Red One on tv many years ago as a teenager. I remember loving it. I should re-watch, wonder if it still holds up.

Yes, it does.

02-10-2017 , 12:56 AM

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John Cole

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Thug Bubbles

Any thoughts between Arrival and Lion? I want to see the former, and assumed the latter to be a mediocre family drama, but the GF wants to see it so I'm curious if I should give it a chance.

Arrival was the best film of the year. Go with GF's choice.

02-10-2017 , 01:36 AM

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Phat Mack

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Lego Batman

What happens after opening credits? -- Dunno, laughing too hard.

Lego Batman: Issues.

Joker: *******earted.

Spoiler:

Weather? -- It's raining dads.

Biggest Villain? -- HDMI3.

Steals the show? --

Spoiler:

All 2017 Oscars? -- Locked up.

Rest of 2017 flicks? -- Pointless.

Check it out.

"Welcome to the Phantom Zone, Bad Guy!!!111"

02-10-2017 , 04:55 AM

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John Wick 2 builds on the universe they created in the first film. The expanded services, and characters are a welcome addition. The action pieces are nothing short of spectacular. Minor quibbles: the henchmen are merely target dummies, but it's so much fun watching Keanu Reeves unleash his gun-fu on mofos. There are some fine mid-level boss fights and breathtaking sets. I have a slight preference for the first one, but if you're itching for some action, this will scratch that itch.

02-10-2017 , 09:03 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by samuri8

While I love The Great Escape and watched it a bunch as a kid thanks to my dad, it feels more like a movie that takes place during a war than a movie about war. I suppose POW movies are a (very small) sub genre of their own.

If we stay within the sub-genre of POW films, then I would have to take Stalag 17 over The Great Escape. And, of course, Bridge over the River Kwai trumps both.

Quote:

Originally Posted by riverboatking

the bridge over the river kwai is a great prisoner of war film

Yes, it is. It's one of my favorite films of any genre. As an aside, when my wife and I first visited Thailand many years ago, one of the things I wanted to do and see was go to the Kwai River and also to ride a train over tracks built by the POWs through the jungle toward Burma (now Myranmar). There is also a haunting war memorial and cemetery there.

02-10-2017 , 09:14 AM

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pow movies: the one with chris bale made by werner herzog.
really really good movie.

02-10-2017 , 09:15 AM

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John Cole

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See The Burmese Harp for POW films.

02-10-2017 , 10:35 AM

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kioshk

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You can't beat the camp classic 1966 Batman for pow action.

02-10-2017 , 11:08 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kioshk

You can't beat the camp classic 1966 Batman for pow action.

lol. well done, sir.

02-10-2017 , 11:11 AM

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Phat Mack

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kioshk

You can't beat the camp classic 1966 Batman for pow action.

Bzzzzzzt. Just done.

02-10-2017 , 02:54 PM

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mutigers

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bridge of spies- it was okay. one of those movies if your teacher puts it on in high school then it's a good couple of class periods but pretty standard stuff. def don't thin mark rylance did anything worth winning an academy award

outrage- pretty standard yakuza gangster movie. acting was pretty over the top

girl walked home at night bored me to tears didn't finish

night owls also didn't finish, unfunny comedy

time to see JOHN WICK to end this film drought

02-10-2017 , 04:05 PM

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kioshk

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Just watched The Beaver, Mel Gibson being bat**** crazy with a puppet while his family despairs. This is some weird ****, and director Jodie Foster never really seems to have a handle on the right tone to hit. I'll admit some of it was moving, in a standard emo mainstream movie way.

A young J-Law is smoking hot as a high school cheerleader/valedictorian. And that dead Russian kid is Mel's son who courts her.

02-10-2017 , 04:31 PM

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EnglishLad72

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Recently watched the original Nosferatu (1922). The movie almost didn't see the light of day (ahem) due to copyright infringement

02-10-2017 , 07:28 PM

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MSchu18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cole

See The Burmese Harp for POW films.

Spectacular movie... much like the seven samurai, there is no way a western culture could ever produce or conceive.

One note about Burmese Harp... it was a movie that was made twice, by the same director... Once in black and white, and once years later in period color.