Fresh Prince Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Hacksaw Ridge was a great movie. Hate that it took me so long to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 1/22/2024 at 10:02 AM, Fresh Prince said: Hacksaw Ridge was a great movie. Hate that it took me so long to watch it. It felt super long and propagandized to me tbh. It was okay, made well, but there were constant little nudges that really took me out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) On 1/22/2024 at 11:02 AM, Fresh Prince said: Hacksaw Ridge was a great movie. Hate that it took me so long to watch it. That main character sure starts off a creepy weirdo Just turned it on now Edited January 24 by Malfatron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Tugboat said: It felt super long and propagandized to me tbh. It was okay, made well, but there were constant little nudges that really took me out of it. That didnt bother me at all, but the movie was really dull and paint by numbers plotting wise. I quit after the first hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Source Code It's been several years since I've watched this gem, and it probably ranks as my favorite Jake Gyllenhaal movie. Love the premise, great execution from JG, really builds well upon itself story wise, top notch supporting cast, and does a great jobn manipulating your emotions. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys sci-fi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, THE DUKE said: Source Code It's been several years since I've watched this gem, and it probably ranks as my favorite Jake Gyllenhaal movie. Love the premise, great execution from JG, really builds well upon itself story wise, top notch supporting cast, and does a great jobn manipulating your emotions. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys sci-fi. I remember seeing this in the movie theater with a couple people including my then girlfriend now wife. I really enjoyed it, but I remember walking out and one of the dude's was like "well that absolutely sucked." Couldn't believe it. Thought it was a great movie too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 10 hours ago, THE DUKE said: Source Code It's been several years since I've watched this gem, and it probably ranks as my favorite Jake Gyllenhaal movie. Love the premise, great execution from JG, really builds well upon itself story wise, top notch supporting cast, and does a great jobn manipulating your emotions. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys sci-fi. Pretty sure I liked the movie but didn't like the ending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Tried to watch Chinatown but gave up about halfway through 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, Fresh Prince said: Tried to watch Chinatown but gave up about halfway through Yeah looks p boring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 hours ago, Fresh Prince said: Tried to watch Chinatown but gave up about halfway through Wildly overrated movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/22/2024 at 11:02 AM, Fresh Prince said: Hacksaw Ridge was a great movie. Hate that it took me so long to watch it. Best war movie ever made. Only alternative I would objectively accept would be Saving Private Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/24/2024 at 3:09 AM, Malfatron said: That didnt bother me at all, but the movie was really dull and paint by numbers plotting wise. I quit after the first hour. Maybe that's what initially set me off on the wrong foot with it. The first hour, you're right in that i don't think anything at all actually happens. Beyond setting the table for a very generic take on the war and America and wooo patriotism! Then in the second hour...more nothing happens, but more war in the background. But it's the other aspects that really just turned me from disinterested to mildly annoyed. It just had zero apparent depth to the idea of "war" or "nationality" or really...anything. It made pacificism weird and militaristic somehow. Which makes no sense. There were just so many layers of different propaganda interlaced throughout it, that by the end...i wasn't even clear on what sort of statement it was trying to make beyond, "War good and necessary and heroic" and "America #1". Which seems...like kind of the opposite of what it should've been? But whatever. There are a lot of other good war movies that don't tread into such a weird limbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 13 hours ago, MacReady said: Best war movie ever made. Only alternative I would objectively accept would be Saving Private Ryan. Can't tell if trolling, honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Just now, Tugboat said: Can't tell if trolling, honestly. No. I’m not trolling. Hacksaw Ridge is the best war movie ever made. Saving Private Ryan is the only one I could accept a counter argument for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/24/2024 at 6:08 PM, Fresh Prince said: Tried to watch Chinatown but gave up about halfway through From technical and acting standpoint is among the best ever made. But nobody actually enjoys watching it and if they did they lied. Real fart sniffer, that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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