OT: 15 17 to Paris
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My personal rule of thumb for all film, has to be a 7.0/10 on IMDb.com
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt6802308/?ref=m_nv_sr_1
5.4 = an easy no. Likely sucks...
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt6802308/?ref=m_nv_sr_1
5.4 = an easy no. Likely sucks...
Haven’t seen that one but thoroughly enjoyed the prequel, 63 17 to Columbia.
Rotten Tomatoes pans it. RT criticizes Eastwood for casting the real life participants in the movie. I like Eastwood as a director though
looks dreadful.
american sniper was total garbage and this looks even worse.
american sniper was total garbage and this looks even worse.
Lol this guy
Gotta give credit where it’s due
Obviously prefers his movies produced by the Taliban
It seems like every single one of your opinions are terrible.
I imagine there are some on here who don't even believe the story line is true; because the 3 young heroes were interviewed on Fox and Friends.
sry that i'm not crazy about shitty movies that perpetuate the myth of america as the noble world police civilizing savages in the middle east. oh, and chris kyle was a pathological liar and kind of a lunatic. him being portrayed as some sort of hero is bonkers.
I didn’t really care for Sully. The plane crash scene was awesome but after that it was just kind of boring to me.
The treetiger of movie reviews?
True that. They are a different kind of savage. No point in even trying. Should just turn the whole place to glass.
I can understand that, I thought it was well done as a whole. To each their own though. Clint is getting up there in age and may be losing his touch, but I will watch any of his movies til he stops ha
What did you think @amynhop ? Shirley you aren't looking to us for sensible recommendations.
I saw it last night - it is one of the worst movies I have seen in years (has nothing to do with the subject matter or political viewpoint). It is completely Clint Eastwood's fault. About 10 minutes of the movie are devoted to the train, the rest is the back story of the three American heroes. The writing was terrible and the acting was bad as well. You would understand and excuse the three guys playing themselves lack of acting chops because they aren't professionals, but the rest of the cast were poor as well. I'm not sure if there actually was a script, but if there was the writer should find another way to make a living.
This movie seems like a movie made by a first year film student as their end-of-semester project, using their friends as cast and crew. If that's what it had been, you would say "Not bad, pretty good effort. You'll get better from here." But for a film made by professionals it was woefully lacking. The three cast members playing themselves deserve none of the blame.
Also, I'm not saying that their story isn't worth telling - it certainly is. Their bravery saved a lot of lives that day. If you want to know their story, television news does a better job. This story was told very poorly
This movie seems like a movie made by a first year film student as their end-of-semester project, using their friends as cast and crew. If that's what it had been, you would say "Not bad, pretty good effort. You'll get better from here." But for a film made by professionals it was woefully lacking. The three cast members playing themselves deserve none of the blame.
Also, I'm not saying that their story isn't worth telling - it certainly is. Their bravery saved a lot of lives that day. If you want to know their story, television news does a better job. This story was told very poorly
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I found the movie highly offensive because the Americans attempted to hurt the Muslim after getting him to the ground. There's a more peaceful way to subdue a terrorist .
I actually kind of agree about American Sniper. Really tough to make Chris Kyle a hero when you do some research into the amount of lies and untruths he told in his book. Guy had real issues.
Excellent Post. Dead on. I actually told my friend it looked like a project we did!!!!
Was waiting in line to buy tickets. Dropped $20. Someone picked it up so I stole their popcorn and big Dr Pepper.
You a brain surgeon, also?
Was going this afternoon but all the negative posts have made me me reconsider. Ain’t going.
Good for you. You made out like a bandit. Prolly doubled your $ since concessions are ridiculous.
There’s a lot of good movies out right now. You can do much better than that one.Was going this afternoon but all the negative posts have made me me reconsider. Ain’t going.
I like lunatics defending me.
it's fine to think he was a good "soldier," i guess. but it's pretty ridiculous to make a biopic about the guy and not address his dehumanization of brown people or some of the more outlandish lies he made up. i.e. when he claimed to have sniped 30 looters during katrina.
the movie sucks because it doesn't actually address any of the nuances or complexities of war. it paints a completely us vs. them mentality, where defeating these non-descript brown people is only accomplished through the heroism of the individual. and it's an individual who happens to be pretty goddamn deranged.
I don’t disagree. Haven’t seen the movie. Also laugh at the notion that he sniped people during Katrina. Just know that in a volunteer army you are going to have a bunch of people with screws loose joining up.
