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Historical or not it was pointless. PERSONAL OPINION, so don't piss your pants. I DO know the background and I didn't enjoy "Stauffenberg" or whatever getting shot, I enjoyed Cruise getting shot... big difference :P

I am SICK of WWII movie after WWII movie. "Oh we HAVE TO make a movie about this battle," "BUT WAIT, there was this, and there was that..." fucking sick of it. WWII and Vietnam that's all the fucking war movies out there. So, from an entertainment standpoint I'm fucking sick of it, we are flooded with it, if it isn't The History Channel it's Hollywood. Most movies about WWI are European (and there are only 13 if that). What about movies about tribal warfare in Africa? What about movies about South American revolutions? Etc.

What I meant by "pointless" is, as interesting as it is to know that there were Germans that weren't happy with Hitler, is THANKS to so many WWII movies (since WWII), the History Channel and basic history classes EVERYBODY and their grandmother knows Hitler commited suicide in his bunker. So I agree that it was suspenseful, they did a great job of that, but I didn't bite because I kept thinking, What's there to get excited about? It's obviously going to fail...
What I did like was the follow up they did on several characters and how even the ones that wanted to stop Staufenberg (like the only one with the clearance to put Operation Valkeyrie in motion) were also executed. And the tidbit of how Valkeyrie was the last of at least 20 known assassination attempts by the Germans, THAT I did not know and was interesting to learn.

So there, continue to rip me a new one, like I care.
 
Onhell said:
I am SICK of WWII movie after WWII movie. "Oh we HAVE TO make a movie about this battle," "BUT WAIT, there was this, and there was that..." fucking sick of it. WWII and Vietnam that's all the fucking war movies out there. So, from an entertainment standpoint I'm fucking sick of it, we are flooded with it, if it isn't The History Channel it's Hollywood. Most movies about WWI are European (and there are only 13 if that). What about movies about tribal warfare in Africa? What about movies about South American revolutions? Etc.
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Sick of it? Instead of not buying/renting/viewing the films you like to see, you went yourself to a film you knew the topic about, and you knew in advance you are sick of the topic. Now that sounds a bit sick, doesn't it? Especially when you put the blame on the film and not on yourself.

About the rest of your post: Perhaps you don't know or can't appreciate suspense that much? In case you don't know how suspense works and what its point is:

Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead up to a big event or dramatic moment, with tension being a primary emotion felt as part of the situation. An audience expects something bad to happen (because they have (or believe they have) a superior perspective on events in the drama's hierarchy of knowledge), yet they are powerless to intervene to prevent it from happening. In terms of narrative expectations, it may be contrasted with mystery and surprise...

...According to film director Alfred Hitchcock, the viewer has to know more than the character to create suspense...
 
I went on a date and that is what SHE wanted to see, like any polite person I wanted to please my date, and second don't dare assume you have even a minor scope of my movie or vocabulary knowledge. I'm sorry I'm not part of your guys' "cool group" and actually have the balls to go against popular opinion or, gasp!, have one of my own. I loved the Dark Knight, but I don't fucking persecute the person who didn't.
 
At last the second series of Terminator-The Sarah Connor Chronicles started tonight.The blonde bird John Connor wants to shag(if he's got a decent shag in him) knows more than she's letting on.

I'm a bit concerned that the series will get too complicated for its own good though, there seem to be all kinds of twists and turns
 
Ok, so I saw the Friday the 13th remake last night and it was HILARIOUS, in a good way.

The movie starts with the ending of the very first film and then jumps to present day with the camp abandoned and falling apart. Five 20-somethings are looking for a legendary field of pot, which they do find, but Jason also finds them. One of campers tells them how 20 years ago a woman went ape-shit because her son drowned in the lake, he says the boy, Jason came back, but makes no mention of all the other deaths (There are 10 movies after all). So it is a remake/sequel/homage. They updated the dialogue, the women (all have big fake boobies :D), sex scenes and even the characters are not as stupid as the original 80's flicks. I was glad that they did NOT update the gore it being on par to the 80's movies and not trying to compete with SAW and the other goring films of the present. While Jason is still the most lovable character, in this movie you do connect with the victims and sympathize. I remember in the old movies I'd actually cheer Jason on to just wipe out all those idiots.
It was intereting how they handled the movie. He starts the movie with a pillowcase over his head just like in the second film and finds the hockey mask in the attic of a barn after killing some moron (yes there are still morons and jerks that do drugs and have sex, thus die in the movie :D YAY!), similar to how he found it in the third.
There are some ridiculous parts, some intentional, others typical bloopers. bloopers include how one of the characters that was kidnapped by Jason for resembling his mother has been captive for 6 weeks yet is wearing brand new jeans and is full of energy even though there are no signs of her eating three healthy meals a day and has a slight case of bed-hair... that's it. In Jason's lair one can see "memorabilia" from the older films like the wheel chair from the handicapped boy in the 5th film.
All in all a very entertaining mindless movie. If you are a fan of the franchise you won't be dissapointed, hell I wasn't... It's JASON for Christ's sake!

Only one complaint. They did not use the Jason theme (Ki ki ki ma ma ma) until the very end of the film :(. The ending was awesome, reminescent of the ending of the third film :)

My new quote is "Go hide..." If you've seen it you'll know why :P
 
I watched Benjamin Button the other day.....Quite a nice movie (very predictable though, and it reminded me of Forest Gump somehow)
but seriously; 13 nominations Oscar ?? Scandaleous  :mad:
 
Kopfanatic said:
At last the second series of Terminator-The Sarah Connor Chronicles started tonight.The blonde bird John Connor wants to shag(if he's got a decent shag in him) knows more than she's letting on.

I'm a bit concerned that the series will get too complicated for its own good though, there seem to be all kinds of twists and turns
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Have been following the show lately...

Think its still good... Not to many twists and turns that go in circles...

And this is my favorite terminator of all time...

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Dexter, IMO, is an outstanding series.  A serial killer that works for the Miami PD.  He was raised by his (adoptive?) father to understand that he has a 'dark side' and to use it for good.  So, he uses his intelligence/ability, as well as his connections inside the police dept, to track down and kill people that deserve it.  Mostly people that are deserving of a conviction, but got off for a technicality.  It goes through twists and turns as he finds a girl and tries to play like a normal person that isn't part crazy.  He (usually) won't let anyone 'in' to his world.  That is what makes season 2 interesting, that someone is on to him.  If you have the ability to catch it, it is def worth the time!

Season 2 is over, and I don't know when 3 starts.... I think the first two seasons are avail on netflix (maybe online to stream on Showtime).  One of the single most disappointing things about getting rid of my satellite. 

I recently watched War, Inc.  It was a John/Joan Cusack flick with Marissa Tomei (sp?), Hillary Duff, and Dan Akryod.  Wiki said it was sort of like a Grosse Point Blank (which was a great flick) sequel-- similar cast, similar plot devices, but different characters.  The premise is that John is an assassin that works for a company that resembles the one that Cheney was involved with (don't recall the name) and is hired by the former VP of the USA (like Cheney) to take out competitors in industry.  Very dark comedy, somewhat twisted.  Not nearly as good as Grosse Point Blank. 
 
Hmm.  Maybe I have my seasons mixed up?  Which one had the DA as Dexter's friend and Dex talking about marriage?  Maybe that is season 3...

Just Wiki'd it.  Season 3 was the one I watched last fall as well.  I actually haven't seen much of season 2; I need to get that on my netflix to fill myself in.  That must be the season that he pretends to be a drug addict?
 
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