You have impeccable taste in movies. vbg. We need to talk foreign films sometime.Meh. That Tales from the Crypt episode was better.
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You have impeccable taste in movies. vbg. We need to talk foreign films sometime.Meh. That Tales from the Crypt episode was better.
Here's a list to searchI'm trying to remember a scene, but I can't remember which film it's from. Help me out. Dudes get captured by the Viet Cong, and they have to cross a river with landmines in it. One guy starts stomping around like a mad man and sets off a mine.
Which one was that in? Or was that from a TV show? Tour of Duty perhaps?
For foreign films, I usually prefer films that push envelopes that American filmmakers are scared to. Sex and Lucia is one. Also, The Dreamers. But not Lars von Trier. That dude's just a pervert LOL.You have impeccable taste in movies. vbg. We need to talk foreign films sometime.
The Patriot is terribleRevolutionary War - The Patriot
Civil War - Gone with the Wind
WWII - Stalag 17, Patton
Korea - MASH
Vietnam - Apocalypse Now
It's basically a less interesting version of Braveheart.The Patriot is terrible
Have you seen Fury? I'm talking about the final scene where Brad pit and his men take out 100+ guys from inside and outside the tank. While surrounded, and immobile.Which one tank. The Sherman vs the German infantry platoon. Or the Tiger I that takes out a Sherman Platoon? Both are possible. Easily.
That's not fair to BraveheartIt's basically a less interesting version of Braveheart.
Only by default. I'm surprised at the lack of films about it. That was a god awful movie. Constant Mel face. It's sad because it was a good screenplay. Him and Tom Cruise have ruined many great screenplays.Revolutionary War - The Patriot
You need to be more picky when it comes to screenplay.Only by default. I'm surprised at the lack of films about it. That was a god awful movie. Constant Mel face. It's sad because it was a good screenplay. Him and Tom Cruise have ruined many great screenplays.
fwiw - "Mel face" is when he's trying to look sincere or profound but looks more like a downy child contemplating an accidental fart.
fwiw - "Mel face" is when he's trying to look sincere or profound but looks more like a downy child contemplating an accidental fart.
Have you seen Fury? I'm talking about the final scene where Brad pit and his men take out 100+ guys from inside and outside the tank. While surrounded, and immobile.
Its a good action flick but that part was very over the top
You need to be more picky when it comes to screenplay.
The church burning?
The dogs and the prisoner exchange?
The freed slaves and the "aw shucks, I'll fight next to you any day" hillbilly learning his lesson?
No amount of good acting or direction is going to save that steaming pile of shit.
Yeah, I'm not defending Mel. Just saying it was a bad film top to bottom.Yea, well, it was the same guy that did Saving Private Ryan. So, I'll not argue. But, Gibson, when he's in a film will change things, and they tend to be the really sentimental or cliche things. He ruined Braveheart for me. The Pat was far more over sentimental than SPR. Having not read the original. I don't know what was changed from print to film. So, I'll give it to you.
And, fwiw, adding Mel to that POS didn't do it any favors either. I always automatically blame him.
Oh I love Braveheart, but The Patriot is just a slap in the face over patriotic movie that goes over the top to make a $. Look at this crap:Yeah, I'm not defending Mel. Just saying it was a bad film top to bottom.
And I'll still watch and enjoy Braveheart whenever it's on. It's another guilty pleasure movie, like Jurassic Park.
Yeah, that picture says it all. I'm surprised they didn't find a way to sneak the line "Courtesy of the red, white and blue" into that movie.Oh I love Braveheart, but The Patriot is just a slap in the face over patriotic movie that goes over the top to make a $. Look at this crap:
Braveheart told a story many American's had no idea about, sensationalized it and did it in a good action flick.
Funny thing is... I was just in Scotland for 6 days a week and a half ago. Jokingly brought up in conversation with a lady on the train from Inverness to Glasgow that stopping in Sterling made me want to watch Braveheart. She rolled her eyes and groaned... Apparently Scottish folk don't find Mel's William Wallace all that compelling. It wasn't my first time I felt like a stupid american abroad, but it was definitely a bit embarrassing.
I'm trying to remember a scene, but I can't remember which film it's from. Help me out. Dudes get captured by the Viet Cong, and they have to cross a river with landmines in it. One guy starts stomping around like a mad man and sets off a mine.
Which one was that in? Or was that from a TV show? Tour of Duty perhaps?
It is the only decent film that I could think of, but would say "Adams" on HBO - the series is exquisite - but not a flick.Only by default. I'm surprised at the lack of films about it. That was a god awful movie. Constant Mel face. It's sad because it was a good screenplay. Him and Tom Cruise have ruined many great screenplays.
fwiw - "Mel face" is when he's trying to look sincere or profound but looks more like a downy child contemplating an accidental fart.
It is the only decent film that I could think of, but would say "Adams" on HBO - the series is exquisite - but not a flick.
If we opened it to mini series you open it up to Band of Brother and the Pacific .Right. I was just about to mention the John Adams miniseries as a viable Revolutionary War option. If you watch them all in a row it's essentially a really long movie, right?
If we opened it to mini series you open it up to Band of Brother and the Pacific .
I've never seen all of band of brother but I own the Pacific. Both really a step above everything else
The Pacific is a lame attempt to recreate Band of Brothers for the other theater of war. It's inferior, by a lot. If you've not watched all of BoB you need to do that.
No mention of Gettysburg (1993) or Gods and Generals (2003) for Civil War films? Can't believe they don't merit a nod or two. Not like there are a lot of great Civil War films...unless you count the Burns documentary...which we aren't.
Sounds like a movie full of hipstersHorrible beards and worse fake Southern accents.
Blood diamond is good but lord of war is greatGreco Persian - 300
Chinese States period - Hero
Alexandrian Conquest - Alexander
Roman Britannic Wars - Centurion
Crusades - Kingdom of Heaven
100 years war - Henry the V
Sengoku Period - Ran
French and Indian War - Last of the Mohicans
Crimean War - Charge of the Light Brigade
Indian Rebellian - Gunga Din
US Civil War - Gods and Generals
Satsuma Rebellion - Last Samurai
Zulu War - Zulu
North Africa - The Wind and the Lion
Sudan War - The Four Feathers
Second Beor War - Breaker Morant
Chinese Revolution - Sand Pebbles
Great War - All Quiet on the Western Front
Irish Civil War - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
WWII - Das Boot
Cold War - Dr Strangelove
Korea - MASH
Vietnam - Apocalypse Now
Somali Civil War - Black Hawk Down
Sierra Leone Civil War - Blood Diamond
One thing Scots dislike is how Robert the Bruce was portrayed. The film is inaccurate because Robert the Bruce did not betray William Wallace at Falkirk.Oh I love Braveheart, but The Patriot is just a slap in the face over patriotic movie that goes over the top to make a $. Look at this crap:
Braveheart told a story many American's had no idea about, sensationalized it and did it in a good action flick.
Funny thing is... I was just in Scotland for 6 days a week and a half ago. Jokingly brought up in conversation with a lady on the train from Inverness to Glasgow that stopping in Sterling made me want to watch Braveheart. She rolled her eyes and groaned... Apparently Scottish folk don't find Mel's William Wallace all that compelling. It wasn't my first time I felt like a stupid american abroad, but it was definitely a bit embarrassing.
Not the same war.Blood diamond is good but lord of war is great
The film is inaccurate from beginning to end.One thing Scots dislike is how Robert the Bruce was portrayed. The film is inaccurate because Robert the Bruce did not betray William Wallace at Falkirk.
Oh I love Braveheart, but The Patriot is just a slap in the face over patriotic movie that goes over the top to make a $. Look at this crap:
Braveheart told a story many American's had no idea about, sensationalized it and did it in a good action flick.
Funny thing is... I was just in Scotland for 6 days a week and a half ago. Jokingly brought up in conversation with a lady on the train from Inverness to Glasgow that stopping in Sterling made me want to watch Braveheart. She rolled her eyes and groaned... Apparently Scottish folk don't find Mel's William Wallace all that compelling. It wasn't my first time I felt like a stupid american abroad, but it was definitely a bit embarrassing.