Droy was my hero Report post Posted November 2, 2014 FURY A dark, claustrophobic and foreboding depiction of how the "greatest generation" not only fought against the evil of Nazism, but also the monster within themselves.pretty good!Not sure I could stomach another American film explaining how they were crucial to WWII rather than here just in time to film the ending but then threw just so many soldiers unnecessarily at Omaha (their part of the Normandy landings*) to prove a point.Besides there are fascists and nazis killing people today in Europe in their thousands, and the US is backing them.*While Tom Hanks was performing his heroics at the start of Saving Private Ryan on Omaha beach the Brits and other nations had reached the tops of their cliffs comfortably and would have been attacking the German gunners from behind a few hours later. Rather than accept the help of others the American commanders decided to throw men straight into machine gunfire and several thousand died so that America could claim to have taken part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sciatika Report post Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Sounds like another in a long line of historically-dodgy Hollywood films. For instance, Pearl Harbour, Braveheart and the utterly criminal "U571" where an Enigma machine is captured by an American sub! Aaaarrggghh! Edited November 2, 2014 by Sciatika Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sciatika Report post Posted November 2, 2014 Forgot, I should also point out that the Japanese troops trained in The Last Samurai were actually trained by the French, not the Americans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Droy was my hero Report post Posted November 2, 2014 Forgot, I should also point out that the Japanese troops trained in The Last Samurai were actually trained by the French, not the Americans.Which sounds an awful lot like the plot for Shogun. Where the Japanese spoke Japanese, but the Dutch hero and the Portuguese villains all spoke.. American (in 1600) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Tucker Report post Posted November 2, 2014 Hollywood was ever thus:"Yonder lies da castle of my fadda" (best Brooklyn accent). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sciatika Report post Posted November 2, 2014 Gladiator is dodgy too. No way was Marcus Aurelius was pro the republic. And Commodus gets a pretty raw deal from the film. He wasn't a patricide and certainly never went anywhere near competing in the games. And then there's that Disney Pocohontas where Smith is saved by the native American girl and they begin this on-screen love affair despite the girl only actually being 10 or 11 at the time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sir_Gider Report post Posted November 10, 2014 NEIGHBORS, a comedy about a young couple suffering from arrested development who are forced to live next to a fraternity house after the birth of their newborn baby…Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne lead the cast of Neighbors…I really laughed with this comedy! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManagerXI Report post Posted November 13, 2014 Hancock was pretty good even if you don't like the superhero/comic book spin off movies.As far as a good laugh you could do a lot worse than O Brother Where art thou. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben_ Report post Posted November 17, 2014 InterstellarNot a usual Christopher Nolan film. It is epic, has a sharp-eyed view of the future, and characters with real human emotions. I really like this ambitious, thought-provoking, uplifting film. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sir_Gider Report post Posted November 23, 2014 Beyond the LightsRomantic drama depicts the downside of celebrity…6,5/10…not good… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
