Your favorite genres? Some examples?? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] db20db (16235) 6 years ago

First of all, I share your enthusiasm for all of your mentioned genres. Also, First Blood is one of my all time favorites.

I also like mysteries and psychological thrillers. The most recent one to come to mind as far as the latter is, Don't Breathe, which also incorporates the action genre quite well.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

I just found Dont Breathe on my Amazon account
Will watch ASAP
Looks scary-Excellent db!

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[–] db20db (16235) 6 years ago

Looking forward to your opinions of it on Stonekeeper's thread.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

Hah! I love this thread being resurrected. See what a good poster I was with those two punks? And Yonkers always says, "...look at your posting history."

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[–] BrandNewPoster (7081) 2 months ago

You guys used to get along. Maybe there is still hope that you can hug it out and be friends again.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

I recall seeing an old 'Dewey' thread where you Shogie and R_Kane were all getting along just fine (I wish I'd taken a screenshot).

Where did it all go wrong?

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

I do too! The four of us? I can't imagine what that thread was all about. Kane (and he hated it when I referred to him that way. "That's not my surname!"😆) and I only got along in the earliest of the early days here.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

I seem to recall it was a post that was placed on the last ‘Dewey anniversary’ thread. It was a 4 way conversation between what looked like a bunch of old friends hanging out in a bar.

One has sadly passed, one has been banned and the survivors tear lumps off each other on a daily bases. This is a real shame and genuinely saddens me.

Life is fleeting and far too short. Eventually, we will all be dust and all that will remain will be pixels on a screen.

You were friends once - wouldn’t it be amazing if you could both find some common ground and recapture what was once there.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

Hmm, I can't think of who the 4th one could have been. Do you happen to recall?
I'm pretty good at finding a common ground with just about anyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GXSHRJYxTQ

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

Dewey - sadly passed
R_Kane - banned
You and Shogie - survivors

Once upon a time, all friends.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

Ok, I wasn't aware Kane had been banned.
I only considered Dewey a friend. The others I tolerated, tried to get along with.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

Fair enough.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

R_Kane was shown the door three months ago.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

I'd love to see how that all came about. Mod5 mentioned him to me just a few days ago.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

Have a look at Mod5’s small posting history, which will give a clue as to what happened.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

I will. Thanks for the tip. While we're on that topic, notice Mod5's cool avatar. I take pride in knowing that was inspired by me because I was habitually referring to him as M5. 😁

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

My recent conversation with M5 where he brought up Kane: https://moviechat.org/general/General-Discussion/65fbeab0bfee4a3a54d50f0f/The-layout-for-this-forum-isnt-very-exciting?reply=6601af8d47571c1b50856739

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

Yes, I caught that. I notice that a few negative elements are being removed.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

I went back three months and believe I found the post where M5 announced Kane had been banned. But it seems to stop there. I can't go any further. I was really hoping to discover what the last straw was with that guy.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

Could this have been it? https://moviechat.org/nm0002071/Will-Ferrell/58a8c4d2ce7aeb07ac5a82cc/I-hope-Reagan-is-the-new-Wired?reply=658710cf22fbfd338fe1c15e

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

I’m unsure; I do know that after he returned from his recent illness, Kane seemed to be fairly relentless in his vitriol.

I’m guessing Mod5 thought that enough was enough - if he hated a pub, the staff and everyone in it so badly, why drink there?

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

That guy was on a real mega-superiority trip. I remember one of his earliest posts where he bragged about how a couple of cops noticed his "big package" one night when they pulled over to talk to him while he was walking down the street. WTF? What kind of a guy posts shit like this in a public forum?

Some years later, he finally made the mistake of admitting he was 5'8", 130 lbs., just a scrawny little guy. And it was such a funny coincidence because this story was going viral online at the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvdSUbV5pjc😆

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

I will forever picture that guy in my head if I ever read any more of Kane’s threads, lol.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

Napoleon Complex, anyone? 😁

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

A well balanced guy - he had a chip on both shoulders.

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[–] kspkap (13060) 2 months ago

It’s about time R_Kane was banned. I wasn’t aware of it due to him being on my Ignore list forever.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

I found him amusing.

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[–] kspkap (13060) 2 months ago

I think it was he who called me the c*** word.

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

Now that’s NOT funny 😡

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[–] kspkap (13060) 2 months ago

No, it was not! I wrote an email to report him. I absolutely will not tolerate being called such a foul name. That is the worst thing to call a woman.

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[–] kspkap (13060) 2 months ago

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[–] AndyKing1967 (34357) 2 months ago

Forgive me, I get carried away with my idealism sometimes.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

It's ok. Idealism and naivete are what prompted me into a bad marriage at too young of an age.

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[–] Kowalski (60338) 2 months ago

KILL EM WITH KINDNESS...YOU SHOULD TOTALLY WORK IT OUT WITH SHOGUN...LET HIM BE THE PROBLEM AND YOU THE BIGGER PERSON.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

I made several attempts at trying to get along with him. He kept pushing, has a way of trying to throw his weight around. He is the problem as far as I'm concerned. I never stooped to his level of attack, which makes me feel that I am the bigger person.

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[–] Kowalski (60338) 2 months ago

PEOPLE TRY AND TELL ME THEY AREN'T MY FRIEND ALOT...😉...I JUST BRUSH IT OFF AND KEEP BEING THEIR FRIEND.

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[–] db20db (16235) 2 months ago

I've never had anyone tell me they aren't my friend. I discovered it the hard way, through wake up calls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GXSHRJYxTQ

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 2 months ago

'punks, cowards, sycophants, backstabber, dogpiling, apostate, hypocrite, dumbfuck...' Over and over in disagreement, of which you've had plenty.

Get some new insults you scruffy looking nerf herder.

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I enjoyed Don't Breathe - a solid horror/thriller.

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

It is pretty dope...ever seen high tension?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

Yes
I love stuff like that
The French can really make some crazy horrors!

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Best example of murder with partner saw ever captured! Might be the only one...but still!

Did you know that the first two acts were basically lifted from Dean koontz intensity? Like straight plagiarized!

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

No i didnt...i never read that one but it sounds like Mr Koontz should have beef !

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Never understood why there never was a stink. Used to be no one knew...now it's pretty googleable...I think I just created a word😉

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

Googleable...you better trademark that one:)

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Funny...trademarking Deliciousfeet currently...complicated!

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

I bet it is!

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[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

But, even the quiet moments are key here, & so glorious...

*John J. getting to know Berry's mother. Her bitterness as fresh as spring air. The respect her children display for their mother. Their grief for the loss of their brother. The quiet of their home, their land. Mourning-has-not-lifted. Stallone guides (mother) here. "I'm not a release point. Stay in the grief. Don't become John's friend. Do you understand?" You know what, people? She understood.

*McKinney in the command tent and his response to the story:::"Assholes."---he knows.

*Crenna & Dennehy in the bar---Crenna at his final zenith. It will move away now. It always does with age. But, here, here, in this scene he is still Richard Crenna, by God.

A Friday evening Direct Hit for Yonk-for this motion picture-for this John J.-for Sylvester Stallone.

It gets better than this, but, I'll damned if I can cite it.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

Well put Cubby!
The Berry homestead scene was all grief and bitter disappointment...really a heavy way to start a kickass action ride but perfect in tone...the movie seems all screeching motorbikes and flashbacks, exploding gas stations and massive shootouts and it is...but there are several quiet moments (Rambo in the tunnells, looking into the fire for instance) when you sense the movie functions as an aknowledgement of the cost the troops paid over there

Rambo becomes a superhero in the later editions but here...he is wounded and lethal

The book is awesome too...i read it 3 times and need to do so again

Thx!

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

If you enjoy the Action genre, and have not done so already, look into the completed Cinemax series, Banshee, which has the most brutal and realistic and unglamorous hand-to-hand fight scenes that I have ever seen, plus an exceptionally creative foundation story. I am not going to put spoilers here. I will say two things: (1) I have recommended this series to many people, and they have all taken the time to thank me. (2) Give it three episodes. I think that you will need only one to convince you; but your jaw will be ON THE FLOOR at the end of the third episode, and you will be hooked. It ran for four seasons. We who love it call ourselves Fanshees. A served a 15-year hard-time sentence ex-con turns Sherrif of small-town Banshee, Pennsylvania, and takes on (are you ready?) the Amish Mafia. You should see what some of those Amish girls look like with their clothes off.

Banshee makes Spartacus look like a sewing circle.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

I heard Banshee was good stuff
I dont get that service but with my new firesticks i seem to find every damned thing

Thx Kane...i gotta check it out

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

You will be happy.

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

some of my favorite westerns

stagecoach
the searchers
high noon
the westerner
rio bravo
the unforgiven
shane
true grit
the shootist
once upon a time in the west
my darling clementine
the man who shot liberty valance
red river
el dorado
the ox-bow incident
jeremiah johnson
hombre
the big country
the naked spur
the magnificent seven
high plains drifter
a fistful of dollars
the good the bad and the ugly
the outlaw josey wales
pale rider
hang em high
the alamo
mclintock
chisum
the sons of katie elder
big jake
cahill us marshall
broken arrow
fort apache
the magnificent seven
the wild bunch
day of the outlaw
man of the west
the man from laramie
bend of the river
the far country
open range
how the west was won
vera cruz
gunfight at the ok corral

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[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

open range

He doesn't ham it up for a welcome change. I came late to this movie, because I figured KC would be insufferable. That being said, I have to say this...

The ending is protracted for no good reason and it dilutes the movie & the mystique of Costner's character, Costner's relationship with the girl and the girl herself. And I hate to say it, but, that's Costner for ya. Damn him! He just could not stop while he was ahead, way ahead, it was over. Over-Over ---and he just kept on a goin'.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

So im guessing you prefer Westerns to RomComs;)

Seriously, awesome list
Ive seen a little less than half of your list
Some real beauties there
High Noon was especially fantastic though the Magnificent Seven and the Wild Bunch are also great Westerns in my book

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[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

You all know how I feel about...

hang em high

I saw this at premier while on vacation in the West. My dad took me out of our campsite. I couldn't believe seeing a movie 2,000 miles from home. Incomprehensible. And the colors were so vivid in this motion picture. I sat there with my candy, shut my mouth and just enjoyed the moment. The old man... "Get in the car, Cully."---"Where we goin?"

*I love Ed Begley here as he learns that Eastwood won't be bought off. "All right, now that makes three mistakes we've made. The money, we hung an innocent man, and we didn't finish the job. We can't undo the first two... but we can still finish the job." I howl like a gd banshee every time I get to that part. ED BEGLEY!

*The beginning. Goes on forever and doesn't really end (even thru the death of Dennis Hopper) until Eastwood departs the prison wagon. The music continually building. Ingenious.

*Eastwood trying to intervene on behalf of the young brothers who rustled the cattle, but, assisted Eastwood against the Bruce Dern character on the long ride back to town. You don't understand the Judge's/Hingle point of view as a child. As an adult you see it. It's all there in the script.

*About a year later Inger Stevens would take her own life.

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[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

shane

A couple scenes here.

1. When Torrey is killed. The death of this one man is grieved over by the entire community. "Torrey, he is dead." announces the Swede as he carries Torrey home. Usually death is a discard in motion pictures, but, not here. Here it is the beginning of the end.

2. When Shane enters the saloon to have it out with Wilson. We're not shown Shane being informed as to what process Wilson used to bait Torry into drawing down on him.

It's this infernal war, this Civil War that was used. It's genius and worthy that the production doesn't show us this materiel being fed to Shane. But, somebody told him. Shane calls Grant out to Wilson's face. No more hero for the child. No more hidden interest for the mother. No more citizenry here. No more. It's killing time.

"Prove it." is the 2nd and the last time Wilson's will state this line for the rest of his life. That Wilson does not even clear his holster is living proof that Shane is a gunfighter, is a lethal tool who does not belong in the community that he has avenged.

3. The words that Joey uses to the windblown Shane. It's an indictment of his mother and is astounding upon gross examination. This child understood what his father did not, or, perhaps would not.

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 6 years ago

Period Drama

Bleak House (2005) BBC TV Mini-series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYcS_amHe8I

An excellent adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel set in the middle part of the 19th century in England. Included in the cast in major roles are Charles Dance and Gillian Anderson.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

I appreciated the link
Seems to be a very classy production... BBC does it right again

AND Charles Dance too!
That guy is always worth watching

Thx Quasimodo

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[–] Quasimodo (16388) 6 years ago

You're welcome Shogun. It was the only Period Drama I could find a decent clip for, probably because it's not a popular genre. They can be slow paced affairs but 'Bleak House' has been kind of sped up to make it more appealing to younger viewers I guess.

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[–] godewey (16472) 6 years ago

Film Noir- The Killing one of my favorites. Very early Kubrick.
Not really any top level name actors in this one. No pomp and circumstance.
Just a lot of people that know they're craft very well. Tough and gritty.

Art House- Many of my favorite in this category.
Wings of Desire would right towards the top.
An angel falls in love with a woman and descends to become mortal.
Beautifully shot and one my favorite films of all time.
As a bonus it has Peter Falk and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
What's not to love.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

Glad to see you Hombre!

I have not seen either of yours but i admire the diversity of your viewing habits...youve discussed Korean Thrillers, Westerns, US Comedies etc in the past with great enthusiasm so i will take your word for sure

And honestly, i was sold when you mentioned Peter Falk

Its never less than cool to see our dewey bro;)

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[–] godewey (16472) 6 years ago

Asian Horror would be right on this list too.
That genre seems to have lost a lot of steam recently.

Peter Falk shouldn't be anywhere near this movie. He's so out of place it's scary in this type of film.
He actually plays himself. But it works to perfection. Can't explain it.

Good to see you too my brother!

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[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

Film Noir- The Killing

Absolutely, god. If I may.

The repeating of footage is something new here and very effective.

Marie Windsor is incredibly alluring in her nightgown. Elisha Cook, Jr. her husband is cucked.

The pure chance to effect a robbery like this is insane, but, they plow straight ahead nonetheless.

The actor Timothy Carey who has the suicide mission of killing the race horse was said to be a crazy guy off screen. Here he banters with the black track guard (James Edwards) who is a fine actor. It's a great scene.

They had a difficult time getting the murder scene in the room past the censors and it suffers a bit because of cutting, but, what is lost in footage is made up in acting. Bless their hearts for working it over.

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[–] godewey (16472) 6 years ago

Of course you may.
I love that I can just type the film and you get to do all the eloquent hard work.
Saves me so much time.

Saw this for the first time last year. Blew me away.

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Nothing special,anything goes.Of course tv soap operas and romance are not included

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

are you drunk ??

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Splendid and why do you think that??

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

incoherence

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Too early in the morning

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

What time is it there?
Google is too hard...

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Ever predictable,anyway

5:51 am

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[–] db20db (16235) 6 years ago

I wake up with birds chirping outside my bedroom window at just before sunrise. I thought farmers were equally in tune with nature.

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Usually we are,but when the cock - the chicken male - starts to sing at 4am,I usually throw something on him to shut up

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[–] db20db (16235) 6 years ago

Yeah, I know what "the chicken male" is, Croft (chuckling). I have the same problem with some neighborhood dogs that habitually bark every morning at nothing for about half an hour.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

If you're lucky he may fall onto one of those axe-traps you set in your country garden

Fingers crossed dude!

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Lol😂

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[–] Padeen (6459) 6 years ago

I really have a thing for military movies. New and old...

13 Hours (Watched tonight)
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Apocalypse Now
Black Hawk Down
Rescue Down
Restrepo (Documentary)
Casualties of War
Dunkirk
Inglorious Bastards
The Thin Red Line (One of my fav's)
The Pianist
Empire of the Sun
Fury
Unbroken
Heaven and Earth
Gallipoli
The Water Diviner
Cold Mountain

And many, many more.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

Love war movies and ive seen a bunch on your list
Restrepo was intense...they named their firebase after the man they lost.
It was really sad but inspiring too...fine young men handling the heavy lifting for the rest of us-
Heroes.

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[–] Padeen (6459) 6 years ago

Restrepo really was an excellent doc. I've been a fan of Sebastian Junger's work ever since his first book "The Perfect Storm."

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72440) 6 years ago

I saw 'Storm but never knew it was a book
I checked Junger out just now, he seems to have some interesting projects under the belt
Thx Padeen-you are class every time i bump into you!

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[–] Culburn (3638) 6 years ago

Heaven and Earth

Very interesting film. Very surprising how it works itself thru. Didn't see a lot of it coming due to the strength & confidence of Jones character early on. I just supposed he was going to remain in charge throughout, even when it all started falling apart. I just figured he'd get it back together. No. Uh, uh. No. Absolutely not.

A big curve thrown---had me all discombobulated, Pa.

I thought that was it when I perused your list, but, I went over to the IMDB & confirmed it. That movie really had a profound effect on me at the time. & I've only viewed it the initial time. I don't want to see it again. A might disturbing---there is an aura stoutly ingrained in this film. There is nothing to compare it to. T.L. Jones will do that to ya occasionally, especially a younger Jones like here, in this. You know, usually you'll finish a movie and it's gone. Not H&E...it sticks with you a while longer for sure. I'll never go back.

Sound citation, Pa. Bully, bully for you.

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[–] Kawada_Kira (7269) 6 years ago

Empire of the Sun is such an underrated movie. It's one of my all-time favorites. It deserves to be better known and I'm always glad when I come across someone who has seen it.

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[–] olioz (3325) 6 years ago

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