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Thread: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Quote Originally Posted by RedsBaron View Post
    I saw American Sniper this afternoon.
    The theater was packed. When the credits began to roll, only a couple of people got up; the rest sat quietly in their seats. When people finally walked out of the theater, it was as quiet as a funeral.
    It is a moving movie, pro American soldier and anti-war at the same time. It is an amazing piece of work by an 84 year old Clint Eastwood.
    That was pretty much the same experience I had today. I don't see how it's gotten this wrap as being "rah-rah war!" There wasn't a lot to feel good about.
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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Quote Originally Posted by Razor Shines View Post
    That was pretty much the same experience I had today. I don't see how it's gotten this wrap as being "rah-rah war!" There wasn't a lot to feel good about.
    I agree. There were a lot of pro-war movies made during World War II, with John Wayne heroics that might fire up the audience to want to enlist-that sure wasn't the reaction I got from watching American Sniper. There is also a genre of war movies that for all of the tension and battle seem to make war to be almost a lark, stuff like Force Ten From Navarone and Clint Eastwood's costarring role in Where Eagles Dare. American Sniper does not depict war as in any way as being a lark.
    I am aware of some of the controversy regarding Chris Kyle. I do not have that much in common with him and I sure do not have his courage or his skills with a rifle. I would not want to be him and I am glad I do not have some of his personality traits.
    Watching the movie, and its depiction of what Kyle and his colleagues went through, the closing line from another movie, one made before I was born, ran through my mind. In 1954's The Bridges at To-ko Ri, Fredric March's character reflects on the airmen he commands and says: "Where do we get such men?"
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    Watched Odd Thomas on Netflix last night. It was somewhat interesting and entertaining. Cgi was a bit sci-fi channel, but didn't hurt the movie too much. Was shocked to see the movie only made $600k on a $27 mil budget.

    I would give it a 5.5/10. Worthwhile Netflix watch if you like movies about the paranormal.

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Quote Originally Posted by RedTeamGo! View Post
    Watched Odd Thomas on Netflix last night. It was somewhat interesting and entertaining. Cgi was a bit sci-fi channel, but didn't hurt the movie too much. Was shocked to see the movie only made $600k on a $27 mil budget.

    I would give it a 5.5/10. Worthwhile Netflix watch if you like movies about the paranormal.
    I've thought about watching that one. I remember reading the book, for some reason in my late teens/early 20s I read several Dean Koontz books, but I can't remember if I liked it or not.
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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Quote Originally Posted by RedTeamGo! View Post
    Watched Odd Thomas on Netflix last night. It was somewhat interesting and entertaining. Cgi was a bit sci-fi channel, but didn't hurt the movie too much. Was shocked to see the movie only made $600k on a $27 mil budget.

    I would give it a 5.5/10. Worthwhile Netflix watch if you like movies about the paranormal.
    I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. It's worth the time for anyone looking for something to watch.

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Quote Originally Posted by RedsBaron View Post
    I saw American Sniper this afternoon.
    The theater was packed. When the credits began to roll, only a couple of people got up; the rest sat quietly in their seats. When people finally walked out of the theater, it was as quiet as a funeral.
    It is a moving movie, pro American soldier and anti-war at the same time. It is an amazing piece of work by an 84 year old Clint Eastwood.

    I've been to see this movie twice, the 1st time I couldn't finish it. My time in Ramadi Iraq overlapped his 2nd and 3rd tours, so when they got to the scene where Marc Lee dies, I couldn't take it for reasons I care not to talk about. Then I had some Army buddies that wanted to go see it the other night so I went. To me this movie was perfect! I hear people talk about it's not 100% true, it's a movie of course it's not. When the movie was over it was as you stated, dead silent. People just filed out and didn't say much. GREAT MOVIE!!!
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    I highly recommend the movie "The One I Love" with Mark Duplas and Elizebeth Olson. It's streaming on Netflix and not to give anything away, I'll just say it's original.
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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Colin Firth is tremendous in Kingsman: The secret service.

    It's a fun movie

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Quote Originally Posted by Raisor View Post
    Colin Firth is tremendous in Kingsman: The secret service.

    It's a fun movie
    I had a marvelous time. My jaw was dropped for the entirety of that gunfight inside the church. Mark Strong is a wonderfully typecast character actor.

    That said, was the extremely thinly-written female character who became the new Lancelot another of Vaughn's homages to 1970s James Bond? She couldn't even have one line of dialogue with a little character development?

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    BASECLOGGER'S GREAT BIG MOVIE LIST OF 2014:

    THE COMEDY:
    The Lego Movie - 8/10
    The Interview - 6/10
    22 Jump Street - 6/10
    Neighbors - 5/10

    THE BLOCKBUSTER ACTION MOVIES RAWR:
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 8/10
    Interstellar - 8/10
    Fury - 7/10
    Guardians of the Galaxy - 7/10
    Lucy - 6/10
    Edge of Tomorrow - 6/10
    Godzilla - 5/10

    THE AWFUL:
    The Monuments Men - 2/10

    THE INDIE/ARTSY FARTSY:
    Boyhood - 9/10
    The Double - 8/10
    The One I Love - 7/10
    The Grand Budapest Hotel - 7/10
    Obvious Child - 6/10
    The Skeleton Twins - 6/10
    Enemy - 6/10
    Frank - 5/10
    A Most Violent Year - 5/10
    The Immigrant - 5/10
    Locke - 4/10

    THE AWARDS BAIT:
    The Imitation Game - 7/10
    Big Eyes - 6/10
    Foxcatcher - 6/10
    American Sniper - 5/10

    THE BASECLOGGER:
    Birdman - 10/10
    Gone Girl - 8/10
    Nightcrawler - 8/10
    Inherent Vice - 7/10
    Chef - 7/10
    The Drop - 7/10
    Whiplash - 7/10
    Blue Ruin - 6/10
    John Wick - 6/10
    Snowpiercer - 6/10

    THE TOP PRIORITY STILL NEED TO SEE:
    Selma
    Life Itself
    St. Vincent
    Under the Skin
    Joe
    The Rover
    A Most Wanted Man
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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Guardians a 7 and Edge of Tomorrow a 6 and no Captain America?

    You're dead to me.

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Generally agree.

    I hated "Chef" and I liked "Whiplash" a little bit more than you.

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Locke a 4/10!?!?! If I was friends with Boss your RZ account would be deleted by the end of the day.

    Locke was one of my favorite movies of the year.
    "I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."

    Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

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    Locke a 4/10!?!?! If I was friends with Boss your RZ account would be deleted by the end of the day.

    Locke was one of my favorite movies of the year.
    Are you one of those people who said Buried was good too!?!?

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    Re: Official Redszone Movie Thread, Part IV

    Quote Originally Posted by *BaseClogger* View Post
    Are you one of those people who said Buried was good too!?!?
    It's been a while but I think I found Buried to be a little ridiculous, it was worth watching but not on the level of Locke.
    "I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."

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