The Film Thread

[Niall_Quinn]

One for N_Q

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E0cbWdlQg_8

Does Simon die horribly in the end? If so, might give it a watch.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hacksaw Ridge. Brilliant film. You'd call it bullshit if it wasn't a true story. Spent the night watching war movies in the hopeless realisation man rises to his greatest hight during the depths of his greatest low. Watch it as a sane person and you come away shocked and depressed and loathing of the glorified violence. Watch it as a realist and you might find solace in the realities of heroes, real heroes not superheroes, of the kind that detach themselves from the insanity of "humanity" and just do the right fucking thing, whatever the potential cost to themselves. This movie really gets me. Few do.

[Niall_Quinn]

I could work now or watch a third film in a row. I wonder what I'll choose?

[Niall_Quinn]

"Fury" Spoiler:

 

Btw, that moment in Fury when the German kid who just happens to also be a German SS trooper spots Machine under the tank, and moves along without giving him up. Does that happen in real life? Maybe. Maybe not. But in the context of the film, the humanity it adds to an enemy that was previously being cut down, that's just great movie making. These are the things we want to go away and think about and reconsider long after the film has ended. You don't really get the same effect in the Untouchables, do you? Two different film types, two different purposes. It's one of the reasons why Fury is a much better film than it was received as.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm going to watch 6 Days again, even though I only watched it a few months ago. That's usually a no-no for me, but I'm in that groove. There are a couple of other "Days" movies. 12 days and 13 days, I think. Or is it 12 hours and 13 days. Anyway, 12 whatever, is Benghazi and more than worth the watch. And 13 days is an older tribute to the Cuban missile crisis and a great film too. Bullshit. But a great film.

[Letters]

Hacksaw Ridge. Brilliant film. You'd call it bullshit if it wasn't a true story. Spent the night watching war movies in the hopeless realisation man rises to his greatest hight during the depths of his greatest low. Watch it as a sane person and you come away shocked and depressed and loathing of the glorified violence. Watch it as a realist and you might find solace in the realities of heroes, real heroes not superheroes, of the kind that detach themselves from the insanity of "humanity" and just do the right fucking thing, whatever the potential cost to themselves. This movie really gets me. Few do.

Agreed. Christians God

Oh also, I edited your post to say what the spoiler is about Otherwise how will anyone know whether they should expand it or not?

[GP]

Black Panther

It's alright, it's just not the same without Peter Sellers.

[LDG]

Black Panther

It's alright, it's just not the same without Peter Sellers.

Genuine laugh out loud.

[Marc Overmars]

Really enjoyed Black Panther. Definitely one of my favourite MCU films.

[Globalgunner]

Really enjoyed Black Panther. Definitely one of my favourite MCU films.

Yes, great storytelling.