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Anyone seen this yet? Planning on seeing it? Couldn't give a shit either way? :p
I'm planning on seeing it either at the 4:30 matinee or at the 7:00 showing. Having read the book about a week ago, I'm eager to see it. I may be a pansy-ass liberal, but I love a good war movie as much as the next red-blooded Red-State gun-toting Rush Limbaugh listener :D
I'm going to see Werner Herzog introduce and discuss "Lessons of Darkness" (plus his new one, "The Wild Blue Yonder") this week in Seattle. Does that count?
Taboo # 7 wrote: Anyone seen this yet? Planning on seeing it? Couldn't give a shit either way? :p
I'm planning on seeing it either at the 4:30 matinee or at the 7:00 showing. Having read the book about a week ago, I'm eager to see it. I may be a pansy-ass liberal, but I love a good war movie as much as the next red-blooded Red-State gun-toting Rush Limbaugh listener :D
considering it's a sam mendes movie, i don't think it'll be all PTL and pass the ammunition.
His Holiness, The Pope wrote: I'm going to see Werner Herzog introduce and discuss "Lessons of Darkness" (plus his new one, "The Wild Blue Yonder") this week in Seattle. Does that count?
popesy, is DJ spooky coming your way with 'rebirth of a nation'? it was FANTASTIC! he remixed the film live on three screens and also mixed the music live (using a lot of robert johnson-inspired music in his electronic beats). he gave a short lecture beforehand, discussing his motivation for remixing the film.
since it's a silent film, he can put the words up at any time, like 'call the clansmen!' being repeated over and over, while the beginning anti-censorship bit is on another screen. also, he used transcripts from pres. wilson's racist 'history of america' book (which are in the film itself--which is probably why he loved it so much) transposed over a black man being murdered by the klan. he also plays with the cinematography, focusing on certain individuals and actions while blurring other parts or juxtaposing two or three pieces of film in a non-linear manner, then repeating them in order. people were coming out of the auditorium saying, 'i knew the film was propaganda, but i didn't know it was THIS bad.' it was really moving.
anyway, HIGHLY recommended for film buffs. parts of it will be on his website soon: djspooky.com.
AgentWood wrote:
Taboo # 7 wrote: Anyone seen this yet? Planning on seeing it? Couldn't give a shit either way? :p
I'm planning on seeing it either at the 4:30 matinee or at the 7:00 showing. Having read the book about a week ago, I'm eager to see it. I may be a pansy-ass liberal, but I love a good war movie as much as the next red-blooded Red-State gun-toting Rush Limbaugh listener :D
considering it's a sam mendes movie, i don't think it'll be all PTL and pass the ammunition.
Man, it was all English drawing rooms and Shakespearean dialogue. What a bummer 
Just kidding, I got back from a matinee and loved it. Highly recommend it (three out of four possible Hasselhoffs) 
Taboo # 7 wrote:
Man, it was all English drawing rooms and Shakespearean dialogue. What a bummer
Just kidding, I got back from a matinee and loved it. Highly recommend it (three out of four possible Hasselhoffs)
with sam mendes, surely you mean all A.B. roses and floating plastic bags? ;)
AgentWood wrote:
Taboo # 7 wrote:
Man, it was all English drawing rooms and Shakespearean dialogue. What a bummer
Just kidding, I got back from a matinee and loved it. Highly recommend it (three out of four possible Hasselhoffs)
with sam mendes, surely you mean all A.B. roses and floating plastic bags? ;)
Amazing how many of those were floating around in the desert circa 1991. And when Jamie Foxx bared his chest and the roses flew out....marvelous 
Back to topic, I know some Marines that read the book and decided that the author was a whiney bitch due to his complaints about the Marines. The movie I heard is not really a great war movie. See Band of Brothers for a good war flick.
twist wrote: Back to topic, I know some Marines that read the book and decided that the author was a whiney bitch due to his complaints about the Marines. The movie I heard is not really a great war movie. See Band of Brothers for a good war flick.
See it for yourself and form your own opinion. If I remember correctly, the whole Gulf War (the first round, anyway) was a lot of "hurry up and wait in the desert" for months at end, then a super-quick ground assault that was over before you could say "France 1940" :p
I'm not saying it's the best movie ever about the Gulf War (I like "Three Kings" immensely, but that's more of a heist flick than anything else). But it's good, damn good. And the whole reason Swofford wrote about it is because he was trained to kill, pushed in that direction, then when he finally got his shot...nothing. Nada, from on high. That's the story (it almost comes off better in the film than the book, actually).
Anyway, make the call yourself, I loved it but I'm not saying it's for everyone 
It certainly did a lot better business than I was expecting.
It's nice to see JG in a box-office success.
The French and the BEF fought for 3 weeks. Where they actually put up resistance the Germans had troubles. I am the last person that would mock a French soldier. Now their leadership...
