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Finally got around to watching The Foreigner, with Jackie Chan. Thought he did a good job, enjoyable movie.
You are talking to a guy who remembers the first television set coming in the house. It was a RCAblack and white with a picture tube about a mile long. The screen was pretty small, 8-10" IIRC. There was only one channel. It was pretty much the same story at The Farm. The problem there was the tax we had to pay to legeally recieve the signal. We had several sets there and the tax alone cost more than the TV sets CONUS.
The first "Color TV's" simply had a thin lite blue tint along the top ov the set and a green one along the bottom. That lasted about a couple of months until the Real Color TV's were hitting the homes.
I can put up with the inconvenience of VHS for the sake of nostalgia. Yeah, Jesus Christ had his picture in my highschool yearbook, he was a couple of years ahead of me.
We used to have a broadcast fee too (I forget the proper name of it) but they got rid of it because noone paid it because it was basically unenforceable. I remember a couple of guys coming over and telling mum she had to pay it because we had a TV and her getting in a massive argument with them over it. Resulted in their expulsion in the end.
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Yeah, 12 Strong was a good movie. I cant speak for the accuracy, but the actors did a good job of carrying themselves like soldiers.
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In the mid-80s my mother won a VHS gift box set of the trilogy. Came with a book about the movies and some other doo dads. I wore the hell out of the videos (though I didn't care much for #3).
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I read the book twice last year - I highly recommend it. The movie was definitely Hollywood-ified but I really enjoyed it, and as with every other movie based on a book, you're not going to be able to cram in the level of detail to do the story true justice. My only real complaints are that they downplay the level of importance of the CIA operatives and there's no mention of the Air Force CCT on ODA 595, MSgt Decker. That said, I'll probably go see it again sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Just watched Pirates of the Carribbean dead men yaddiyadda. Fell asleep, woke up at some point, feeling I missed nothing. Kinda typical.
I tried to watch it because Javier Bardem is fucking amazing as a bad guy. Key word: TRIED. I was disappointed.
I mentioned it a few years ago, but you ought to check out "the dancer upstairs", directed by John Malkovich. Bardem plays a Peruvian inspector in it. Good film.
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I liked Bright.
Also, I know I’ve said it before in a similar thread but Blade Runner 2049 is phenomenal.
Also, I know I’ve said it before in a similar thread but Blade Runner 2049 is phenomenal.
Sir Lawrence Olivier used to vary his characters appearance by altering their noses, so as to give the appearance of immersion in the character, an actors thingamy. Javier B does it by altering hairstyles: both are /were amazing actors but this has to be kept in mind. Anyone remember Javier in 'No Country for Old Men' & 'Ricky, Christina, Barcelona?' Same Same But Different. I really dig Javier though, the guy delivers.
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Looking forward to these two movies;
7 Days in Entebbe
And....
Sicario 2
7 Days in Entebbe
And....
Sicario 2
With the flying, which was truly impressive and how the individual plot lines come together which involve a high degree of logistics and effects, Chris Nolan is my pick for Oscar best director, editing also perhaps.
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Went and saw The Darkest Hour yesterday.....Gary Oldman did a fantastic job, it's worth seeing.
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