POA Movie thread

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DUDE that Tower documentary? Just amazing. A few things stuck out to me:

  1. The hardware store employee. He hears shots, and walks TOWARDS them. He also casually asks some young guys outside if any of them have a rifle, which one of them does, and gladly hands over to the fella to use "just in case", or whatever. I guess it was a different time back then.
  2. Again, the nads on the hardware store guy. After he gets shot at, he keeps advancing towards the guy. You don't know how armed the guy is, if he has explosives, how many there are, yet the hardware store guy keeps advancing. He even berates the cops for not advancing aggressively enough! They assumed he WAS a cop, the way he kept going towards the guy in the tower.
  3. Finally; being a cop, with only a .38, and going around the edge of the tower, where you were guaranteed to find some kind of trouble. Was the guy in complete body armor? Did he have a barricade on either side of himself with explosives or firearms set up? He has had forever to plan this day, the cops are coming in cold, they don't have drones, they don't know what this guy has or doesn't have up there.
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I watched it again last week.

Since I had seen it once already, even though it was a year ago, I figured I wouldn't be surprised. But it still had a pretty good punch.

I watched it, thinking about that deputy sheriff in Florida that stayed outside the school. Then I thought about the lightly armed cops in that documentary - especially the guy you mentioned with the .38 - that had to walk past the bodies in the hallway to get to the guy that was around that corner. Take that deep breath, and do it.

The one officer, who saw his buddy get killed, was haunted by the idea that he woulda, shoulda, coulda, acted more quickly but didn't.
 
Castles in the Sky - Amazon Prime. - about Sir Robert Watson-Watts and the invention and development of RADAR.

- as an aside, hearing Neville Chamberlain announce that Britain is in a state of war with Germany tears me up every time. I guess getting a little older - and knowing what that meant - you can hear it in his voice. He was not the PM that would lead them through the war. He was not just fearful - as was Churchill, ... he was old enough to know and compassionate enough to be weighed down by it. He was not the leader Britain needed. ... glad it worked out.
 
The third season of True Detective is on. Season one was great. Season 2 was awful, probably because we expected it to be as good as season 1. This season is very, very good.

(Comparing season 1 and season 2 is probably like watching Band of Brothers...then watching The Pacific. The Pacific was great...but it wasn't the caliber of BoB.)
 
The wife and I have been watching some Netflix and Hulu originals over the past couple of weeks.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs... Come on, seriously? Pointless crap. Watched the first couple of vignettes, and I want my hour back.
Ramen Girl... The movie was actually pretty good. The only thing I found really disappointing, the one thing that distracted it from being a really good movie, was the lead actress.
Io... Meh. Just... meh.
Twelfth Man... I don't usually go for foreign films with subtitles, but this was really good.
Hyena Road... I liked it.
The Hornet's Nest... damn good, really. Gives some insight into what it's like for embedded journalists.

Several more we watched the first few scenes, then abandoned. The caliber of sci-fi is pretty low and derivative overall, we don't like horror movies, so it's pretty slim pickin's.
 
We saw Dead Pool 2 the other night. It was OK, not quite as funny as #1, a little too forced on the 4th wall things, but decent entertainment.

I need to start checking out more of the Netflix movies and series.
 
Didn't reread the whole thread. Did the piece of trash Skybound ever get in here?

Summary:
Kid who got his a PPL to fly his father's biz jet. His brother too.
Jetting off from NY to LA for the weekend with some chickies.
Russia drops some bombs.
MUST get to Hawaii.

At one point one of the brothers gets out of the plane with an axe and chops one of the engines off to save weight and fuel. He dies in the process, but it's okay since his bimbo preferred his brother anyway.

The land in Hawaii, but probably not with minimum fuel reserves.

Credit roll. Ravioli's eyes stop rolling.
 
Uhhh...

no, "Skybound" was not in the thread. From that description, I think I will have to report your post.
 
Matthew said:
Did anyone see "They Shall Not Grow Old"?
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My son-in-law took me for my birthday in late January. I really enjoyed it. But the nonstop narration, in a British accent, was difficult for me to follow at times. I had to really concentrate, and I still missed a lot of what they said. I would definitely see it again. It was a brutal war, for sure.
 
The bride talked me into watching "Roma" last night. Whatever you do, don't. Stay strong, even if it means leftovers and no sex.
 
In another thread I mentioned "Apollo 11".

Another poster recommended it, and I was able to catch it last night.

From what I've seen, it's being released first in IMAX format this week only. Catch it in IMAX if able.

It's a lot of footage that's rarely, if ever, been shown before. A lot of it on 70mm film that looks fresh enough that it could have been filmed yesterday. The launch sequence was...beautiful.

The landing was shown real-time. From the start of the lunar de-orbit burn to the touchdown it's an unbroken sequence that also shows the fuel remaining in the lower left corner. They did not land with VFR reserves.

No narration, other than the audio at the time. It starts about 3 hrs before the launch and ends after the recovery. There are a few, very few, modern graphics to demonstrate certain maneuvers and explain some of the acronyms, but they enhance rather than distract. My wife and I talked a little about how we watched it on TV as it happened, and the 20-something couple next to us thought we were dinosaurs. By the end of the movie they were properly impressed at the accomplishment.

Here's the trailer:

 
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Just watched the movie "Drive" from 2011 w/Ryan Gosling. Wife talked me into it. It wasn't the worst movie ever, but it could have a been much, much better. There a number of big name actors in it (aforementioned Gosling, Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston) but the dialogue was just crap. Tons of plot holes and unnecessary scenes which didn't add to the storyline at all. The lack of dialogue also hampered the character development as well, so you never really identify with any of the characters in the film. Then, they top it off with some pretty graphic violence which typically is at the hands of Gosling, but isn't believable because of the way to played his character. I dunno, I just felt like this film was missing a big part of the story, and they tried to use periods of extended silence between characters as being "deep and introspective". It ended up just being awkward silence.

5 out of 10 stars for me.

Side note: I went on to IMDB just to see what others thought and it's a real mixed bag of reviews. Half seem to be like me and thought it was poor execution, and then the other half were giving it 10/10 for being some great example of "art-house cinema", whatever the hell that is.
 
Matthew said:
A pretty decent Ryan Gosling movie is "Nice Guys".
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Yeah, that was a good one, and he did a pretty good job in the Big Short as well as Fracture. I even like him in La La Land as well, even though it took more musical prowess than in-depth acting skill.
 
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Ronbonjovi said:
I doubt we have too many Marvel fans on here, but I just watched Infinity War for the first time last night and it was one of the best movies I have ever seen.
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Infinity War is on Netflix, and if you haven't seen it; watch it. I haven't been this excited about a movie in a long time.

I had no idea who a lot of the people were. It didn't matter; it is a great movie. I'm not super into the superhero movies; they're fine, I enjoy them, but don't usually seek them out. It made me want to go back and watch the other movies (like the aforementioned Ant Man movies; which, the end of the Wasp one, watch that right after you watch Infinity War).

If you want a great movie night; watch Thor: Ragnarok (streaming on Netflix), then watch Avengers: Infinity War (also streaming on Netflix). The end of Ragnarok is the beginning of Infinity War (specifically; the very last scene in Ragnarok, after the credits).

I loved how it seemed like "Rocky was on the ropes" the whole time in that movie. Nowhere was safe.
 
Ravioli said:
Didn't reread the whole thread. Did the piece of trash Skybound ever get in here?

Summary:
Kid who got his a PPL to fly his father's biz jet. His brother too.
Jetting off from NY to LA for the weekend with some chickies.
Russia drops some bombs.
MUST get to Hawaii.

At one point one of the brothers gets out of the plane with an axe and chops one of the engines off to save weight and fuel. He dies in the process, but it's okay since his bimbo preferred his brother anyway.

The land in Hawaii, but probably not with minimum fuel reserves.

Credit roll. Ravioli's eyes stop rolling.
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I love horrible movies (some of my best friends make indies ... and some of those aren't very good!) so I'll be sure to watch this. If it doesn't cost me anything, that is.
Edit: it's on NOW, at least the last 30 minutes.
 
I'm not going to post a link to it, but you can search for the movie "Teeth" on Youtube. The whole movie is free to watch.

Okay, it is absolutely one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It is one of those movies that is so bad, it's comical. It's about this woman that was born with a defect causing teeth to be located in her vagina. You can see where this is going, and yes, they go there, with severed penises dropping on the floor and all.

The one positive outcome is the cool song that they play at the very end. Why someone would want to associate such a good song with such a bad movie I don't know, but here it is.

 
Kenny Phillips said:
I love horrible movies (some of my best friends make indies ... and some of those aren't very good!) so I'll be sure to watch this. If it doesn't cost me anything, that is.
Edit: it's on NOW, at least the last 30 minutes.
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Psycho Beach Party - exactly what it sounds like and funny.
All of the 50's nuclear accident films - monster ants, monster clams, monster monsters, etc.

Of course I have almost all the Marvel films on DVD/Blu-Ray and am starting the Agents of Shield collection. After all, how can you not love a film when everyone is complaining about Loki and Thor is defending him:

Bruce Banner: I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him.
Thor: Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother!
Natasha Romanoff: He killed eighty people in two days.
Thor: He's adopted.

Of course I've had tickets to Captain Marvel for a couple weeks.....Fury before he lost his eye.
 
the absolutely best worst (or was it the worst best?) ready room movie viewed on Gonzo Station on the Nimitz was Kentucky Fried Movie.


maybe because we ended up doing 144 days on Gonzo?
 
Slightly off topic... Any movies you've ever walked out of? Halfway through it (if that much) you said "This movie sucks!" and walked out?

I can think of three I've walked out of: Natural Born Killers, Magnolia, and The Thin Red Line. Grabbed my bag of popcorn and walked out.
 
The Crying Game - didn't like it at all, thought it was a waste of my time, so I left.
 
LoneAspen said:
Slightly off topic... Any movies you've ever walked out of? Halfway through it (if that much) you said "This movie sucks!" and walked out?

I can think of three I've walked out of: Natural Born Killers, Magnolia, and The Thin Red Line. Grabbed my bag of popcorn and walked out.
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Two that I can recall. One of the 70s era attempts at Dune. Just horrible. And Life of Brian. I was a huge Python fan, but that one only took about ten minutes.
 
Almost walked out of "Eraserhead". Can't remember exactly why I didn't, I think it was to teach myself a lesson.

There was a Star Wars movie that I walked out of, that was because a fire alarm went off and we had to leave. And Blackhawk down, I had to walk out of that when the power failed.
 
LoneAspen said:
Slightly off topic... Any movies you've ever walked out of? Halfway through it (if that much) you said "This movie sucks!" and walked out?

I can think of three I've walked out of: Natural Born Killers, Magnolia, and The Thin Red Line. Grabbed my bag of popcorn and walked out.
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Turned off American sniper, it was the worst acting ever, couldn't handle it. Brothers Grimm I should have turned off but didn't. And this weekend A.X.L I should have turned off but again didn't and wished I did.
 
Turning off - that's something I'll do at home quite often. Last week I was watching NASCAR for a little while, then changed over to see a movie that I remembered thinking about seeing when it came out originally. After about 30 minutes I said to myself, "Self, this movie makes less sense than watching cars go around in circles for 4 hours", and I pressed that "Last" button.
 
"Mystery Men" (1999) - stumbled across this and watched it last night. 2 things I can't believe, 1) I had never seen or even heard of it, 2) that it didn't win more Academy Awards.

It's a bad movie, but one of those "so bad it's good" kind. A group of Superheroes that don't have any super powers. Invisible Boy can only be invisible when nobody is looking, Mr. Furious's superpower of uncontained fury doesn't help because he can't get beyond "moody". Another other guy's superpower is that he can throw cutlery, but only spoons and forks because they are non-lethal.

It stars almost everybody that was anybody back then, and many of them are still somebodies today. Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear, Janeane Garofalo, and a cast of thousands.

"We're number one! Everyone else is number two or lower."
 
Ironweed. Hard to believe a cast with that much talent (Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep) could make a movie that could suck so loud.
 
Finally was able to watch "Taking Chance".

I read the story when it came out, but didn't get to see the movie until tonight.

It's an emotional story, don't say you weren't warned.

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The Marine who wrote the story escorted the body of another Marine home for burial. He wrote about the quiet dignity and respect they received along the way.

This photo is NOT Lance Corporal Phelps, but it resembles some of the scenes both in the written story and the movie:

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LoneAspen said:
Slightly off topic... Any movies you've ever walked out of? Halfway through it (if that much) you said "This movie sucks!" and walked out?

I can think of three I've walked out of: Natural Born Killers, Magnolia, and The Thin Red Line. Grabbed my bag of popcorn and walked out.
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Evita...but may have been the lousy sound system. walked out of Secret Garden musical on broadway...nyc
 
Matthew said:
"Mystery Men" (1999)
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You forgot The Spleen. Paul Reubens (aka Pee Wee Herman) "He who smelt it will forever be the one who dealt it"

And who can slam a movie with a villain like Casanova Frankenstein? You must think your Captain Amazing (Greg Kenneer)
 
Ravioli said:
You forgot The Spleen. Paul Reubens (aka Pee Wee Herman) "He who smelt it will forever be the one who dealt it"

And who can slam a movie with a villain like Casanova Frankenstein? You must think your Captain Amazing (Greg Kenneer)
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I didn't forget the Spleen, cursed by an old gypsy woman.
 
I ran across one I did not know was out there.
It is a movie about the AVRO Arrow - A Canadian fighter I did not know about.

Here is a Wiki page on the program. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
Here is a documentary about making the movie

Here is the movie on YouTube. It is a bit cheesy but not much else worth watching is on.
 
Free Solo

( A guy free climbs El Capitan - no ropes, no buddies, just him and a granite cliff. He's the first, and so far only, person to do that. )

Saw it last night. Academy Award for best documentary.

It was above average. Photography and editing were good. I just couldn't "like" the main guy, not sure why, I guess his personality just didn't click with me. They do a good job of explaining the technical difficulties of the different sections of the climb, and many of the different ways they can go wrong.

The last 20-30 minutes, the climb itself, were spectacular.
 
Watching Tower now. Thanks for the rec. Engrossing and the animation is fantastic.

Couple movies I enjoyed recently:
Cuban Fury - appropriate as I live in Miami.
Infinity Chamber - I enjoy and appreciate movies that do a lot with a VERY limited budget.
 
Gerhardt said:
The Mule: very good. Clint's old.
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I felt The Mule was okay, but nowhere near his best. I got taken out of the element a couple times by some scenes I felt were cringe-worthy. I'm perfectly fine with disturbing or provocative scenes in a movie that add to the dramatic effect, suspense, character building, or whatever. But sometimes there are scenes I feel should have been left on the cutting room floor, and The Mule had a couple of those for me.

Still a decent movie overall, but I can think of far better ones that Eastwood has done.

EDIT: A good one I saw recently was The Russian Five, about the Russian hockey players the Detroit Red Wings brought over. Very interesting, and well done. I remember going to a couple of the Avalanche vs Red Wings games in the mid 90s when that rivalry was in full swing, and they were incredible. Was fun to see some of the history of that on the screen. The movie was in limited release I think, but try to catch it on pay-per-view if you have any interest in hockey.
 
On the Basis of Sex - came out on Redbox yesterday. Very, very good show. About how women were treated as second class citizens under the law until the 70s, and how that was fixed. Much more interesting than I'd have predicted. There will be some people here turned off because of her politics- but that just never enters the equation in the movie.
 
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