Movie Thread

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Before Erin Brockovich there was Karen Silkwood, I had watched Silkwood (1983) again the other day.

The film is very spooky, apparently the filmmakers had to be as true to the facts as were actually known at the time (according to all the various lawyers involved). So...

Keeping that in mind, and on a personal note - thank you to all you whistleblowers. Your true stories may never be told factually, but I still appreciate them in what little way they may be told.

 

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Before Erin Brockovich there was Karen Silkwood, I had watched Silkwood (1983) again the other day.

The film is very spooky, apparently the filmmakers had to be as true to the facts as were actually known at the time (according to all the various lawyers involved). So...

Keeping that in mind, and on a personal note - thank you to all you whistleblowers. Your true stories may never be told factually, but I still appreciate them in what little way they may be told.

Silkwood was an effective movie. The main three actors were good including Kurt Russell who could be underrated at times. I was never much of a Cher fan but she was good in that. Not sure what was fact or fiction but it convinced me.

 

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Silkwood was an effective movie. The main three actors were good including Kurt Russell who could be underrated at times. I was never much of a Cher fan but she was good in that. Not sure what was fact or fiction but it convinced me.

Evidently the only thing they could never prove was that Silkwood was intentionally run off the road, and thusly murdered by her detractors, so that is why the ending in the movie was left ambiguous. But the rest is pretty much fact-based, which, well, cutting corners in the production of plutonium parts is really, really scary.

I like some of Cher's songs, and I thought she was okay as an actress. A fun fact about her in Silkwood - she was told to wear absolutely no makeup, they wanted her to look like a frumpy, tomboyish lesbian. Seeing how much cosmetic work she has had done on her throughout the years I think she pulled that part off pretty well.

What you make of Meryl Streep?

I used to think the world of her when I was younger, but the more movies of hers I see the more I see a similar, twitchy, nervous tick character. I'm not as wowed by her as I used to be, but she does do accents very well. So I'll give her that.

 

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Evidently the only thing they could never prove was that Silkwood was intentionally run off the road, and thusly murdered by her detractors, so that is why the ending in the movie was left ambiguous. But the rest is pretty much fact-based, which, well, cutting corners in the production of plutonium parts is really, really scary.

I like some of Cher's songs, and I thought she was okay as an actress. A fun fact about her in Silkwood - she was told to wear absolutely no makeup, they wanted her to look like a frumpy, tomboyish lesbian. Seeing how much cosmetic work she has had done on her throughout the years I think she pulled that part off pretty well.

What you make of Meryl Streep?

I used to think the world of her when I was younger, but the more movies of hers I see the more I see a similar, twitchy, nervous tick character. I'm not as wowed by her as I used to be, but she does do accents very well. So I'll give her that.

Yes Streep is excellent with accents but she didn't quite nail the Australian accent in A Cry In the Dark. Not one of the easier ones to imitate. I like her in some movies but not in others. Liked her in Out of Africa, Silkwood, The Deer Hunter and quite a few others as she's had a long career. She was very good in Doubt with Philip Seymour Hoffman. One of Cher's best performances was in Come Back To The Five and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean. Not the easiest watch being a Robert Altman movie but very well acted by the three female leads. Liked some of Cher's old songs but not so much the later music.

 

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Watched the Mel Gibson movie Hacksaw Ridge (2016) about a conscientious objector who volunteers to be a medic. The battle scenes were full on with wall to wall gore. True story but there was something a little off about the movie. A more subtle approach may have paid dividends but it was well made and the performances were pretty good. Pretty much a by the book war movie. All the same an incredible story.

 

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Happy Birthday Clint Eastwood! 90 years today for the legend.

 

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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

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Watched A Bridge Too Far (1977). Incredible cast Redford, Hackman, Connery, Bogarde, Hopkins, Edward Fox, James Caan, Maximillian Schell, Michael Caine, Harvey Kruger, Ryan O'Neil and so on. Must have been a fun set to be part of ! A who's who of the seventies. A long epic about the Allies failed attempt to capture some bridges in Holland before the invasion of Germany in 1944 post D-Day. Some would say poorly planned and waste of men. Not a bad epic, an old style war movie with some very good scenes like the attempted river crossing. Well directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, probably one of his better movies. But will never go down as one of the greatest war movies ever made. Some very good books were written about the battle.

 

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Watched A Bridge Too Far (1977). Incredible cast Redford, Hackman, Connery, Bogarde, Hopkins, Edward Fox, James Caan, Maximillian Schell, Michael Caine, Harvey Kruger, Ryan O'Neil and so on. Must have been a fun set to be part of ! A who's who of the seventies. A long epic about the Allies failed attempt to capture some bridges in Holland before the invasion of Germany in 1944 post D-Day. Some would say poorly planned and waste of men. Not a bad epic, an old style war movie with some very good scenes like the attempted river crossing. Well directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, probably one of his better movies. But will never go down as one of the greatest war movies ever made. Some very good books were written about the battle.

Everything would look very different if Velimir Bata Živojinović was starring, I can tell you.
Even Adolf Hitler, before committing the act of suicide, ordered: "Catch Bata!"... at least we were telling around so some years ago.
Here's him in absolutely the most popular role.
And if you're interested in war movies, our Oscar candidate 50 years ago gathered Yul Brynner, Orson Welles, Hardy Krüger, among others, on the set.
For completing the picture of the significance of the film industry in a revolutionary society, I recommend Cinema Komunisto. There you should find titles of other worth accomplishments of the country's war cinematography, but, unfortunately, there's no free copy of the movie itself (the bonus features are a nice hint).

 

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Watched Miller's Crossing (1990) an early effort by the Coen Bros. Not very involving but well acted all the same especially by Gabriel Byrne and John Polito. The story was so so but plenty of action and visually stylish . Surprised it has been rated so high as I found it to be one of the Coen Bros lesser efforts.

 

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That's odd. Usually the only songs they have live are the nominated songs and of course the opening to the awards which is often musical.

I liked Elton John in the 70s same with Billy Joel, both had some good albums but to my ears it got blander as they went into the 80s and beyond. I saw Billy Joel live once in the 80s and it was a very good show, better than i expected.

Jo Jo Rabbit seems to be loved or hated. I wonder what the German reaction has been like ? Seen a lot of two star reviews and quite a few 4 star reviews. I guess we will see an American version of Parasite now !

I watched Jo Jo Rabbit last week, and really didn't like it. Obviously its a worthy story, but it wasn't told well in this version IMO.

 

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I watched Jo Jo Rabbit last week, and really didn't like it. Obviously its a worthy story, but it wasn't told well in this version IMO.

Yet to see that one, most people seem to love or hate it. Even the ad seemed a bit out there ! There have been some good parodies of Hitler over the years and Hitler himself was supposed to be a big fan of American movies especially Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Wonder what he made of The Great Dictator !

 

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Echo in the Canyon
'65-67 Laurel Canyon music scene, hosted by Jakob Dylan.

Interesting, there could probably be at least three more made to cover the next few years and/or give greater depth for those few years.

 

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Echo in the Canyon
'65-67 Laurel Canyon music scene, hosted by Jakob Dylan.

Interesting, there could probably be at least three more made to cover the next few years and/or give greater depth for those few years.

Obviously a fertile period and location for American music. Loads of great talent and music.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Not a movie yet but it's under production, book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes would make for a good movie. It is a prequel to The Hunger Games following President Snow's younger life and shows how he started becoming who we originally see. It is more drama mixed with romantics and action. With it being a prequel, I liken the body and specifically the ending to the Prequel Star Wars trilogy or closure to Rogue One as majority will know what he becomes but those that don't will feel heartbreak during the ending. I think the story flow and meat offers enough for the book to be split into 2 movies instead of trying to cram it all into one and loosing things that helped drive the story.

 

[jmdirt]

To follow up on Echo in the Canyon, we watched The History of the Eagles (part 1 and 2). If you are a fan of the Eagles or just appreciate who they are and what they did, this is worth watching. If you've read my posts in the music thread you will recognize that this is a big recommendation from me because I've have been a metal head since the day that I heard Sabbath in the 70s.

 

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To follow up on Echo in the Canyon, we watched The History of the Eagles (part 1 and 2). If you are a fan of the Eagles or just appreciate who they are and what they did, this is worth watching. If you've read my posts in the music thread you will recognize that this is a big recommendation from me because I've have been a metal head since the day that I heard Sabbath in the 70s.

i like the early Sabbath years best. Never liked them as much as Zeppelin who to me are one of the greatest rock bands ever. Early Deep Purple was also very strong. Sabbath and Zeppelin were a huge influence on Grunge. Van Halen and Rush were also doing some good things in the late 70s early 80s. Van Halen's first disc doesn't have a bad track on it. It still sounds fresh today. Their concerts must have been something. AC/DC was also doing well back then and many other good bands. What a time for hard rock/metal !

 

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Not a movie yet but it's under production, book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes would make for a good movie. It is a prequel to The Hunger Games following President Snow's younger life and shows how he started becoming who we originally see. It is more drama mixed with romantics and action. With it being a prequel, I liken the body and specifically the ending to the Prequel Star Wars trilogy or closure to Rogue One as majority will know what he becomes but those that don't will feel heartbreak during the ending. I think the story flow and meat offers enough for the book to be split into 2 movies instead of trying to cram it all into one and loosing things that helped drive the story.

This sounds very promising. Much like The Lord of the Rings trilogy I never thought I'd get sucked into the Hunger Games years after the movies came out, but I did, so there we have it. I'll be looking out for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

On a somewhat related note - because of covid I'm not sure how far set back productions are in the movie industry, but there are still plenty of other flicks to watch in the meantime. Like The Ring (2002)... has anyone seen it? It's supposed to be ultra-creepy, so not sure I even want to watch it. Kinda like The Babadook (2014), I haven't seen that one either.

 

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i like the early Sabbath years best. Never liked them as much as Zeppelin who to me are one of the greatest rock bands ever. Early Deep Purple was also very strong. Sabbath and Zeppelin were a huge influence on Grunge. Van Halen and Rush were also doing some good things in the late 70s early 80s. Van Halen's first disc doesn't have a bad track on it. It still sounds fresh today. Their concerts must have been something. AC/DC was also doing well back then and many other good bands. What a time for hard rock/metal !

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To follow up on Echo in the Canyon, we watched The History of the Eagles (part 1 and 2). If you are a fan of the Eagles or just appreciate who they are and what they did, this is worth watching. If you've read my posts in the music thread you will recognize that this is a big recommendation from me because I've have been a metal head since the day that I heard Sabbath in the 70s.

I tell ya, if I hear Hotel California just one more time I will SCREAM!

But seriously, I'm more familiar with the individual Eagles members' later hits, so this docu might be worth a spin.

 

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I tell ya, if I hear Hotel California just one more time I will SCREAM!

But seriously, I'm more familiar with the individual Eagles members' later hits, so this docu might be worth a spin.

What would classic rock radio ever have done with without Hotel California and Stairway To Heaven ?

 

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This sounds very promising. Much like The Lord of the Rings trilogy I never thought I'd get sucked into the Hunger Games years after the movies came out, but I did, so there we have it. I'll be looking out for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

On a somewhat related note - because of covid I'm not sure how far set back productions are in the movie industry, but there are still plenty of other flicks to watch in the meantime. Like The Ring (2002)... has anyone seen it? It's supposed to be ultra-creepy, so not sure I even want to watch it. Kinda like The Babadook (2014), I haven't seen that one either.

I saw the original Japanese version of The Ring aka Ringu (1998) which when first released was pretty effective and creepy. From what I have heard the remakes got progressively worse like most franchises. can't remember whether I saw 2002 remake as so many Japanese genre movies have now been remade by Hollywood. Now it seems to be the Scandinavian TV series that are getting remade constantly. The Babadook was good but with the rave notices, I was expecting better. Very well acted. I remember another Japanese movie called Audition which had some real moments of dread ! That was an effective one.

 

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I tell ya, if I hear Hotel California just one more time I will SCREAM!

But seriously, I'm more familiar with the individual Eagles members' later hits, so this docu might be worth a spin.

Like I said, I wasn't into the Eagles really at all, but Hotel Cali was definitely a no for me. Even though I have more appreciation for them now, its still not my jam.

As far as their solo stuff, I was aware of Don, Glen, and Joe because I had a gf who loved to watch Nigh Flicks! Plus, Don's song Boys of Summer was a bit of a local laugh when I was a teen because I grew up in a little town that got a lot of summer tourism so we used to refer to the girls as the Girls of Summer and sing his song a few times in September after all of the girls were gone for the year.

 

[SHAD0W93]

What would classic rock radio ever have done with without Hotel California and Stairway To Heaven ?

I think I would be better off without Hotel California as well, same with Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. Just got tired of hearing them.

 

[SHAD0W93]

This sounds very promising. Much like The Lord of the Rings trilogy I never thought I'd get sucked into the Hunger Games years after the movies came out, but I did, so there we have it. I'll be looking out for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

On a somewhat related note - because of covid I'm not sure how far set back productions are in the movie industry, but there are still plenty of other flicks to watch in the meantime. Like The Ring (2002)... has anyone seen it? It's supposed to be ultra-creepy, so not sure I even want to watch it. Kinda like The Babadook (2014), I haven't seen that one either.

I believe I read the LOTRs books before seeing the movies but both are really good. I never heard of Hunger Games until about a week before the first movie released, heard about it and decided to read the book first. I finished it in one day and then went and bought the other two books. That and LOTR are my favorite books that turned into movies. On that note I was disappointed in Harry Potter and Bourne movies but the Jack Reacher movies were good, wish they would make more of them.

I won't be suprised if production is pushed back for awhile on movies. I was looking forward to the new Bond movie but I don't know how far along they are.

 

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I believe I read the LOTRs books before seeing the movies but both are really good. I never heard of Hunger Games until about a week before the first movie released, heard about it and decided to read the book first. I finished it in one day and then went and bought the other two books. That and LOTR are my favorite books that turned into movies. On that note I was disappointed in Harry Potter and Bourne movies but the Jack Reacher movies were good, wish they would make more of them.

I won't be suprised if production is pushed back for awhile on movies. I was looking forward to the new Bond movie but I don't know how far along they are.

Seems like Hollywood productions just got the green light to to start making movies again. I saw the first two Hunger Games movies which I thought were okay but not something I would watch again. I liked the LOTR book and movies, didn't like the Hobbit movies as much, Harry Potter didn't do it for me in books or movies. The Reacher movies were okay, think I preferred the Bourne ones. I think the best James Bond movies are the old ones but they are always watchable for the stunts and the action not to mention the scenery ! The John Wick movies were so so. Didn't bother with the third one. The first Taken movie was decent but then declined fast. The new Bond movie is ready for release, I think at the end of the year, I read somewhere. Last one for Daniel Craig but he said that before and big money lured him back !