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Powergirl81
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Watched 2 good movies last night.
1. Blown Away (1990) Jeff Bridges (character's name was Henry Dunn or something?) is a bomb disposal guy living in Boston. He proposed to his fiancee and got married, said he was retiring. Tommy Lee Jones is the bad guy who makes homemade bombs out of an old, really run down fishing barge in the harbor. All through the movie there are hints that he made these bombs, killing Bridges' buddies on the bomb squad. He comes out of retirement to help the bomb squad out and find the bad guy. It was a pretty good movie, we never heard of it. Jones was Irish, and was hanging out at an Irish pub in Boston. Bridges knew the old guy who ran the place, and he was a good friend. But Jones found out that the old guy was going to try and kill him-he called Bridges to say he's in the pub-and rigged him up with a bomb and Bridges was just about to go to his bike and get the stuff he needed to save him, but the old guy made himself blow up.
2. The Earthquake (1974) Charleton Heston is an LA contractor who has a wife that is addicted to pills, and he has an affair with a younger woman named Denise. There was a small quake at the beginning of the movie, and the NSGS believe there will be a bigger earthquake within 48 hours. There was a bigger quake about halfway through, and the whole city was demolished! Survivors were taken to a parking garage, 3 levels below ground. But the resevoir dam is going to go at anytime and the people are in danger! So Heston knows how to save the survivors and uses a jackhammer to get to them. In the nick of time, everyone gets saved, except himself and his wife. They get washed away by the water. His mistress Denise was pissed off cuz he had a chance to go up and be with her, but in the end he chose to try and save his wife. His wife figured out what was going on about 3/4ths through the movie, and she figured he was going to divorce her. But in the end, he got washed away and Denise was all alone.
1. Blown Away (1990) Jeff Bridges (character's name was Henry Dunn or something?) is a bomb disposal guy living in Boston. He proposed to his fiancee and got married, said he was retiring. Tommy Lee Jones is the bad guy who makes homemade bombs out of an old, really run down fishing barge in the harbor. All through the movie there are hints that he made these bombs, killing Bridges' buddies on the bomb squad. He comes out of retirement to help the bomb squad out and find the bad guy. It was a pretty good movie, we never heard of it. Jones was Irish, and was hanging out at an Irish pub in Boston. Bridges knew the old guy who ran the place, and he was a good friend. But Jones found out that the old guy was going to try and kill him-he called Bridges to say he's in the pub-and rigged him up with a bomb and Bridges was just about to go to his bike and get the stuff he needed to save him, but the old guy made himself blow up.
2. The Earthquake (1974) Charleton Heston is an LA contractor who has a wife that is addicted to pills, and he has an affair with a younger woman named Denise. There was a small quake at the beginning of the movie, and the NSGS believe there will be a bigger earthquake within 48 hours. There was a bigger quake about halfway through, and the whole city was demolished! Survivors were taken to a parking garage, 3 levels below ground. But the resevoir dam is going to go at anytime and the people are in danger! So Heston knows how to save the survivors and uses a jackhammer to get to them. In the nick of time, everyone gets saved, except himself and his wife. They get washed away by the water. His mistress Denise was pissed off cuz he had a chance to go up and be with her, but in the end he chose to try and save his wife. His wife figured out what was going on about 3/4ths through the movie, and she figured he was going to divorce her. But in the end, he got washed away and Denise was all alone.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
I'm following "In Europa", an intruiging series, after the book by Geert Mak. I haven't read the prize-winning book (1223 pages) myself yet, but the series (35 episodes) give me the chance to "catch up" in a nice way.
"In Europa" is about the continent's history in the twentieth century, heralded by some critics as a masterpiece for its "lucid style and analysis". Especially a lot of attention goes to WWI and WWII. People who are into history would really like it, I'm 100% sure. Unfortunately, it seems there's no version on internet with English subtitles.
Right now the series are in the midst of WWI. I learnt how was dealt with shellshock. Horrible. Especially the British army was nuts, executing many of their own soldiers, and not permitting pensions to their wifes and daughters!
(the following clip is not the series I talk about, but still on-topic)
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzr39g0Yqdo
They called is cowardice, but most of them were shellshocked.
Ah what the heck, I'll post the link of the last episode of "In Europa". You'll also see the daughter and grand daughter of a shellshocked British soldier who was executed. For many years they fought for his pardon. I'm glad subtitles are not needed to tell these aspects of history. -->
http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=6010517& ... 67b69bac5b
(the shellshock part starts at 22.39 - English part from 26.13)
You'll see how insane the army dealt with the problem (almost like how radical believers act towards homosexuality):
"It's not allowed, so it doesn't exist. If you do it, we'll punish you."
Ultimate punishment was execution:
Out of more than 3000 case 350 were excecuted. 1 out of 9. This happened on a monthly basis, to make an example. The other 8 were sent back to the front.
"In Europa" is about the continent's history in the twentieth century, heralded by some critics as a masterpiece for its "lucid style and analysis". Especially a lot of attention goes to WWI and WWII. People who are into history would really like it, I'm 100% sure. Unfortunately, it seems there's no version on internet with English subtitles.
Right now the series are in the midst of WWI. I learnt how was dealt with shellshock. Horrible. Especially the British army was nuts, executing many of their own soldiers, and not permitting pensions to their wifes and daughters!
(the following clip is not the series I talk about, but still on-topic)
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzr39g0Yqdo
They called is cowardice, but most of them were shellshocked.
Ah what the heck, I'll post the link of the last episode of "In Europa". You'll also see the daughter and grand daughter of a shellshocked British soldier who was executed. For many years they fought for his pardon. I'm glad subtitles are not needed to tell these aspects of history. -->
http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=6010517& ... 67b69bac5b
(the shellshock part starts at 22.39 - English part from 26.13)
You'll see how insane the army dealt with the problem (almost like how radical believers act towards homosexuality):
"It's not allowed, so it doesn't exist. If you do it, we'll punish you."
Ultimate punishment was execution:
Out of more than 3000 case 350 were excecuted. 1 out of 9. This happened on a monthly basis, to make an example. The other 8 were sent back to the front.
Hunlord
Trooper
Well I saw The Golden Compass last night, and what can I say, it was total and utter shit. The actors were crap, I really do hate Nicole Kidman especially, the music behind it was terrible, everything happened in the wrong order, the ending was shocking. How the fuck could they do that to the most important part of the story? Anyway, waste of money, do not go see, or even watch on tv.
On a happier note, I saw American Gangster a few weeks back, and thought it was brilliant. Its the story of a gangster called Frank Lucas in the late 60s early/70s period of Harlem, and his rise to power by selling a brand of heroin called blue magic, which he imported directly from Vietnam, cutting out the middleman. Extremely well made film, the cast is really suited to it, Russel Crowe giving a great performance, but beaten by Denzel Washington.
In summary:
The Golden Compass: bad
American Gangster: good
On a happier note, I saw American Gangster a few weeks back, and thought it was brilliant. Its the story of a gangster called Frank Lucas in the late 60s early/70s period of Harlem, and his rise to power by selling a brand of heroin called blue magic, which he imported directly from Vietnam, cutting out the middleman. Extremely well made film, the cast is really suited to it, Russel Crowe giving a great performance, but beaten by Denzel Washington.
In summary:
The Golden Compass: bad
American Gangster: good
Hunlord said:
Saw that one earlier tonight, and I'd definitely agree with your assessment. I especially liked the fact that, while it was certainly rather violent at times, it relied more on dialogue and character interaction than pure displays of bloodshed, which are all too common in these types of films nowadays.
I thought I'd go see The Golden Compass, but I'm not so sure anymore.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Shadow said:
Same, here. Quite some negativity, the grade on imdb is decreasing very rapidly. Last week it was 7.3 and now 6.7 (which is low for new films).
The ingredients (Christopher Lee + voice of Ian "Gandalf" McKellen) seemed interesting at first, but their roles are probably too small to boost up a compete picture.
I read comments in papers like "A fantasy film which does not look like a fantasy film". This might be one of the causes?
I haven't read the book (and also not too much what people say about the story, on this forum) so perhaps I might appreciate the film more than the people who have.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Powergirl81
Trooper
Another good movie to see, Crimson Tide (1995) with Gene Hackman, Viggo Mortensen, and Denzel Washington.
All in all it was a good movie once the action picked up
Gene Hackman is the captain of an American sub and they're on the lookout for a Russian sub. The first 30 minutes is kinda slow, but then the Russian sub fires 2 torpedoes towards it. Washington is the XO (executive officer, I assume) and as this attack was going on, they receive a EAM (Emergency Alert Message) that was cut off. The first 3 words were "Russian Nuclear Attack..." and there was a huge disagreement. Hackman thought the Russians were gonna start WW3 and Washington wanted to hold off because the message was cut off. So he relieves the captain of his duties and he's pissed. Some of the crew members don't like Washington, and they plan a mutiny. The Russians fire torpedoes again, and they barely miss the sub. Thew crew members that were on the captain's side free him from the confines of his cabin and they plan to go to the con to relieve Washington. Guns ready, they make it there and push Washington aside. Now Hackman orders Mortensen, the weapons officer, to get like 10 torpedoes ready to fire at the Russians! Washington goes down to Mortensen explains to him that he better not fire them cuz they still need to receive an EAM telling them if it's a false alarm or not. The maintenance guys are working as fast as they can to fix communications. Hackman orders the torpedoes to be ready, and Mortensen has to open a safe to get the key to fire them. The captain puts a key in at the con that can fire the torpedoes if something goes wrong. So Hackman's ready and during this time Washington had some of his own guys strom the con. Hackman tells Mortensen to get the key to fire. He doesn't respond. Hackman goes down there and puts a gun to his head. But he realizes if he kills him, it's no good cuz he's the only one that knows the combination to the safe. Washington removes the key from the con and finally the maintenance guys get communications up again. They get the EAM and it says the Russians surrender and they don't need to fire. Most of the crew cheer, except Hackman and a few who were on his side. At the end, Hackman and Washington go to Pearl Harbor and the Admiral goes over what happened. Hackman gets early retirement, because he wished it at the beginning of the movie and Washington will be the captain of a sub in the future.
All in all it was a good movie once the action picked up
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Forostar said:
Watched it on Youtube last week and I have to say it sucked, which is why I didn't post a review. It's got nothing to do with it being old, seriously, it just sucks. It fails miserably at portraying Neville as the lonely desperate man that he becomes and later comes to terms with his situation. The minor changes from print to screen were tolerable, but god the acting was horrendous...
Genghis Khan
Ancient Mariner
@ PG: You may want to use spoilers next time. Giving away the whole plot and all.
I have not had a chance to see a movie since the last Harry Potter. Hopefully, on Christmas we'll all gather around my brothers new Jumbo Tron 2000 and watch many movies.
I have not had a chance to see a movie since the last Harry Potter. Hopefully, on Christmas we'll all gather around my brothers new Jumbo Tron 2000 and watch many movies.
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Speaking of Harry Potter:
More movie mistakes made in 2007
There have been more mistakes made in blockbuster movies this year than in 2006, with Spider-Man 3 containing the most inconsistencies, it has been revealed.
Compared to last year there have been 10% more mistakes made in the production of films, with almost 1,000 errors being recorded in 2007.
Spider-Man 3 made almost twice as many mistakes than the next film on the list - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
The most-voted mistake made on MovieMistakes was in the Spider-Man picture when Sandman has a fight in an armoured car. The Terminal Tower is shown in the background, which is a landmark in Cleveland, Ohio where the scene was shot, not in New York City, where the film was set.
Other complaints include Johnny Depp's character Jack Sparrow in the latest Pirates film having a leather cuff on his hand that disappears and returns several times in one scene.
The top ten films with the most errors:
1. Spider-Man 3 - 157 mistakes
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 63 mistakes
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 62 mistakes
4. Live Free or Die Hard - 41 mistakes
5. Transformers - 34 mistakes
6. Norbit - 30 mistakes
7. The Simpsons Movie - 30 mistakes
8. High School Musical 2 - 29 mistakes
9. 1408 - 28 mistakes
10. Hot Fuzz - 19 mistakes
More movie mistakes made in 2007
There have been more mistakes made in blockbuster movies this year than in 2006, with Spider-Man 3 containing the most inconsistencies, it has been revealed.
Compared to last year there have been 10% more mistakes made in the production of films, with almost 1,000 errors being recorded in 2007.
Spider-Man 3 made almost twice as many mistakes than the next film on the list - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
The most-voted mistake made on MovieMistakes was in the Spider-Man picture when Sandman has a fight in an armoured car. The Terminal Tower is shown in the background, which is a landmark in Cleveland, Ohio where the scene was shot, not in New York City, where the film was set.
Other complaints include Johnny Depp's character Jack Sparrow in the latest Pirates film having a leather cuff on his hand that disappears and returns several times in one scene.
The top ten films with the most errors:
1. Spider-Man 3 - 157 mistakes
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 63 mistakes
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 62 mistakes
4. Live Free or Die Hard - 41 mistakes
5. Transformers - 34 mistakes
6. Norbit - 30 mistakes
7. The Simpsons Movie - 30 mistakes
8. High School Musical 2 - 29 mistakes
9. 1408 - 28 mistakes
10. Hot Fuzz - 19 mistakes
Mmm...Donuts
Trooper
Watched hairspray the other day. While not particularly a fan of musical, this one gets me due to its lightheartedness and silliness. The songs really do fit each scene and it does convey a message against racial segregation. Pretty entertaining, especially John Travolta 
Genghis Khan
Ancient Mariner
Forostar said:
I watched this on video yesterday for the first time and I did not notice anything. Then again, I never like the second movie which I thought was overkill. This one was the same. Depp's character was just a little different in my mind in the first one, but way too flamboyant after which gets nauseating. The jokes were lame, except for the Jack the monkey. He stole the show. The fighting on the Black Pearl/marriage scene was so eye-rolling, I cannot tell you. The best part of the movie was at the beginning before Depp came on to the screen.
Powergirl81
Trooper
We went to see the 2nd National Treasure movie on Sunday and it was awesome! It was better than the first one, IMO. If you have the chance to go see it, please do! Lots of action, but pay attention or you might miss a few clues 
Preview we saw: New Narnia movie out in May that looks sweet! (Forget the title)
Preview we saw: New Narnia movie out in May that looks sweet! (Forget the title)
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Prince Caspian...
And National Treasure was entertaining.
I finally saw Into the Wild and it was great. It differed from the book in that it made it seem his family drama was solely to blame for him traveling cross country and eventually to Alaska, when in the book he was given a deeper dimension of a free spirit... Anywho, great movie.
And National Treasure was entertaining.
I finally saw Into the Wild and it was great. It differed from the book in that it made it seem his family drama was solely to blame for him traveling cross country and eventually to Alaska, when in the book he was given a deeper dimension of a free spirit... Anywho, great movie.
I think i've proplably seen it about fifty times, and it still is hilarious 