OT: Movies You Have Seen Lately

gregebowman · #1 August 2nd, 2004, 10:39 PM

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Originally posted by Renegade 13:
A couple good movies I've seen recently: Pearl Harbor, and Payback. Payback is a little older (1999), and has quite a bit of violence and language, but the plot and humor was really good I thought. Everybody knows already what Pearl Harbor is about.

As an amateur historian, and from some comments made by the director, I had a big problem with Pearl Harbor. Sure, the special effects were great, but some basic facts they overlooked or just plain ignored just to make what they thought would be a great movie. IMO, it wasn't. First of all, the director (can't remember his name right now) said in an interview that if people wanted to see the facts in the movie, they should go see Tora! Tora! Tora! That movie is my all time favorite movie for sentimenal reasons, and I found that remark disparaging. Second of all, why make a Pearl Harbor movie if aren't going to include the facts? Basically, Pearl Harbor was a movie about a love triangle. The war scenes were just the background for the drama between the 3 actors. So why would they care about the facts? I think the most galling thing in the movie was when Roosevelt asked something about survivors in the Arizona. He was told they could hear tapping from trapped sailors. The only problem with that was that no one survived below decks when the Arizona blew. The scene was meant to be about the Oklahoma, but obviously no one knew or cared to correct it. But being from Oklahoma, I cringe everytime I see that scene. There are other misrepresentation of the facts, like no pilots in Pearl Harbor at the time flew in the Doolittle Raid, but it was obvious no one cared too much for the facts in this movie. I finally saw the director's cut, and it wasn't much better. I'll take the director's words to heart. If I want to see a movie about Pearl Harbor, I'll stick to Tora! Tora! Tora!

Ruatha · #2 August 2nd, 2004, 10:48 PM

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Originally posted by Kamog:
I saw Hero.

A good sword-fighting action movie set in ancient China, in a similar style to movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Iron Monkey. Jet Li is an expert swordsman, with superhuman speed and accuracy. Some great gravity-defying fight scenes. Donnie Yen and Zhang Ziyi are in it too.

This movie is not out in theaters here in Canada yet. I watched the Chinese DVD with English subtitles.

It must have run already in the theatres there.
It was ages ago that I saw it here on the cinema (in Sweden).
It's a really good movie in my opinion aswell.

gregebowman · #3 August 24th, 2004, 06:11 PM

Went and saw AVP and Collateral recently. I already posted my comments on AVP on another thread, so I'll just post my thoughts on Collateral. Damn good movie. I highly recommend it, especially for those who like psychological thrillers and cat & mouse movies. Unfortunately, since it's released in the summer, I don't think Tom Cruise will get the Oscar nomination he deserves for his role as a hitman. He was damn good, but I don't think he'll get a mention. Now, if the movie had been released in November or December, that might be a different story. Go check it out.

Will · #4 September 6th, 2004, 06:17 AM

I just saw Garden State. Maybe it's just the fact I can identify with moving from the East Coast USA to Los Angeles, then coming back to the town I grew up in later... but I loved the movie. It manages to be funny and serious at the same time, great dialogue, excellent soundtrack. It was a limited release to begin with, and it's been out for a while, so it's probably not playing in most places for a while, but I would recommend seeing it when it comes out on DVD, video, whatever.

Oh, and BUMP.

Kyro_Hawk · #5 September 6th, 2004, 07:49 AM

I have seen Poparazi (sp)

Its not a great movie, but it is worth a DVD rental. I like how it subtly implies the turth that it was the Poparazi who caused the death of the Princes, but other wise it was just a political statement against the Poparazi and the tactics they use.

I agree, there should be limits and laws.

Captain Kwok · #6 September 6th, 2004, 02:30 PM

I watched Cold Mountain, Hell Boy, The Last Samurai, and Get Shorty this weekend. All good movies that I'd rate 3 stars out of 4.

gregebowman · #7 September 10th, 2004, 12:54 PM

Well, thanks to Hurricane Frances, my Labor Day weekend plans got screwed up. Haven't seen anything since AVP. If I survive Ivan, I plan on seeing Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Looks pretty good.

PvK · #8 September 6th, 2004, 05:41 PM

I enjoyed Payback, too, Renegade 13.

As for Pearl Harbor, I agree with gregebowman that it had way too many pointless ahistorical screw-ups. I'd only disagree with the remark that it had good special effects. I thought those sucked too, for the most part, because they too were horribly, stupidly wrong.

PvK

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gregebowman said:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Renegade 13:
 A couple good movies I've seen recently: Pearl Harbor, and Payback. Payback is a little older (1999), and has quite a bit of violence and language, but the plot and humor was really good I thought. Everybody knows already what Pearl Harbor is about. <hr /></blockquote>As an amateur historian, and from some comments made by the director, I had a big problem with Pearl Harbor. Sure, the special effects were great, but some basic facts they overlooked or just plain ignored just to make what they thought would be a great movie. IMO, it wasn't. First of all, the director (can't remember his name right now) said in an interview that if people wanted to see the facts in the movie, they should go see Tora! Tora! Tora! That movie is my all time favorite movie for sentimenal reasons, and I found that remark disparaging. Second of all, why make a Pearl Harbor movie if aren't going to include the facts? Basically, Pearl Harbor was a movie about a love triangle. The war scenes were just the background for the drama between the 3 actors. So why would they care about the facts? I think the most galling thing in the movie was when Roosevelt asked something about survivors in the Arizona. He was told they could hear tapping from trapped sailors. The only problem with that was that no one survived below decks when the Arizona blew. The scene was meant to be about the Oklahoma, but obviously no one knew or cared to correct it. But being from Oklahoma, I cringe everytime I see that scene. There are other misrepresentation of the facts, like no pilots in Pearl Harbor at the time flew in the Doolittle Raid, but it was obvious no one cared too much for the facts in this movie. I finally saw the director's cut, and it wasn't much better. I'll take the director's words to heart. If I want to see a movie about Pearl Harbor, I'll stick to Tora! Tora! Tora!