Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread

Gunz said:
I thought Top Gun and Top Gun Maverick were dumb.

There. I said it. Dumb. Any halfwit could’ve written the dialogue. And motorcycles aren’t allowed on the flight line, asshole…be advised.

Y’know what was a better movie? Predator. Yeah. With Arnold. And Ventura. And my man, Carl fucking Weathers.

That was a movie.
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There's a great podcast / YouTube that is put on by a former f-14 RIO who had a couple episodes about what was wrong in each movie, including the motorcycle by the flight line.

I would submit the movies aren't dumb, they just aren't your generation. For those of us who were military-oriented teens in the mid '80s, it struck a nerve. Plus it was the first movie with the flying sequences that were that realistic.

You thought Predator was better? I liked it, a lot (I dig almost all of the Predator flicks), but the leap of logic for me that those guys were "Delta" was just a wee much. No less entertaining, though.
 
Devildoc said:
There's a great podcast / YouTube that is put on by a former f-14 RIO who had a couple episodes about what was wrong in each movie, including the motorcycle by the flight line.

I would submit the movies aren't dumb, they just aren't your generation. For those of us who were military-oriented teens in the mid '80s, it struck a nerve. Plus it was the first movie with the flying sequences that were that realistic.

You thought Predator was better? I liked it, a lot (I dig almost all of the Predator flicks), but the leap of logic for me that those guys were "Delta" was just a wee much. No less entertaining, though.
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Ward Carroll is the podcaster. Great channel.
 
AWP said:
Ward Carroll is the podcaster. Great channel.
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He is super accessible, too. When I was going through the low point of my cancer thing, I bought his novels (the Punk series), and found his email and emailed him regarding how much I enjoyed them. Super nice guy.
 
Devildoc said:
There's a great podcast / YouTube that is put on by a former f-14 RIO who had a couple episodes about what was wrong in each movie, including the motorcycle by the flight line.

I would submit the movies aren't dumb, they just aren't your generation. For those of us who were military-oriented teens in the mid '80s, it struck a nerve. Plus it was the first movie with the flying sequences that were that realistic.

You thought Predator was better? I liked it, a lot (I dig almost all of the Predator flicks), but the leap of logic for me that those guys were "Delta" was just a wee much. No less entertaining, though.
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Tongue was firmly in cheek.
 
I liked the aerial sequences, the aircraft, the carrier scenes, but I’m not keen on romance in my military/war movies..,and I did think the dialogue and some of the premise were dumb.

The Right Stuff (both Tom Wolfe’s book and subsequent movie, which, incidentally, came out in 1982) were perhaps more the speed of my generation. At least it was about real aviators and real events.

From the early to mid 80s I was in a C130 squadron so I generally liked aircraft stuff.
 
Gunz said:
I liked the aerial sequences, the aircraft, the carrier scenes, but I’m not keen on romance in my military/war movies..,and I did think the dialogue and some of the premise were dumb.

The Right Stuff (both Tom Wolfe’s book and subsequent movie, which, incidentally, came out in 1982) were perhaps more the speed of my generation. At least it was about real aviators and real events.

From the early to mid 80s I was in a C130 squadron so I generally liked aircraft stuff.
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I love The Right Stuff. One of the few books I read about every 2 years.
 
Gunz said:
I liked the aerial sequences, the aircraft, the carrier scenes, but I’m not keen on romance in my military/war movies..,and I did think the dialogue and some of the premise were dumb.

The Right Stuff (both Tom Wolfe’s book and subsequent movie, which, incidentally, came out in 1982) were perhaps more the speed of my generation. At least it was about real aviators and real events.

From the early to mid 80s I was in a C130 squadron so I generally liked aircraft stuff.
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Worth the watch:





They were catering to a couple different audiences; the action audience, the military buff audience, and the patriotic audience. When the Navy had issues about reality or authenticity Bruckheimer said 'we're making a movie, not a documentary.'
 
Gunz said:
I liked the aerial sequences, the aircraft, the carrier scenes, but I’m not keen on romance in my military/war movies..,and I did think the dialogue and some of the premise were dumb.
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Yeah, it's really really good for fast F-14s and loud guitars and that's about it. At the end of the movie, I couldn't care less about Pete Mitchell or the rest of them.
 
Gunz said:
I’m in too. Old Man Strength. It’s a real thing.
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Agree 100%. You old guys are strong!!
Finally watched SISU. Was not disappointed! There's a small taste of this in the preview but the Minefield Chapter had me crying I was laughing so hard.

:ROFLMAO: :thumbsup:
 
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My boys are 20 now; still live with me part time. Once a week or so I get a ‘movie night’ out of them. I’ve been taking them through mostly 80’s movies, plus a few classics - 7Samurai, Godfather, Casino, Kill Bill, etc, but mostly 80’s. They struggle with the comedies.

Tonight we did Tommy Boy (Chris Farley and David Spade). It's hard for them to enjoy 80's movies because when people get themselves into trouble out in public, they think like kids of today..."well, that's going viral and your life is over". That's all they know...they can't conceive of the idea of not always being under surveillance and public scrutiny 100% of their life.

Make's me a little sad for them actually.
 
Ooh-Rah said:
My boys are 20 now; still live with me part time. Once a week or so I get a ‘movie night’ out of them. I’ve been taking them through mostly 80’s movies, plus a few classics - 7Samurai, Godfather, Casino, Kill Bill, etc, but mostly 80’s. They struggle with the comedies.

Tonight we did Tommy Boy (Chris Farley and David Spade). It's hard for them to enjoy 80's movies because when people get themselves into trouble out in public, they think like kids of today..."well, that's going viral and your life is over". That's all they know...they can't conceive of the idea of not always being under surveillance and public scrutiny 100% of their life.

Make's me a little sad for them actually.
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Similarly, last night my 18 year old son and I were watching part of Blazing Saddles on TV (uncut). He thought it was hilarious, naturally, but also uncomfortable because he is projecting that humor at that time onto today's standards with today's events. He said, "dad, they could never make this movie now...everyone would be canceled and doxed."
 
Devildoc said:
Similarly, last night my 18 year old son and I were watching part of Blazing Saddles on TV (uncut). He thought it was hilarious, naturally, but also uncomfortable because he is projecting that humor at that time onto today's standards with today's events. He said, "dad, they could never make this movie now...everyone would be canceled and doxed."
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Funny you bring that up. We did Blazing Saddles a few months ago, they loved it because they understood that Brooks was mocking the racists of the world, but when I tried to do Borat, they bailed halfway through.

I tried to explain that he is literally mocking the people singing “Throw the Jews down the well”…nope, they wanted nothing to do with that.

 
Ooh-Rah said:
Funny you bring that up. We did Blazing Saddles a few months ago, they loved it because they understood that Brooks was mocking the racists of the world, but when I tried to do Borat, they bailed halfway through.

I tried to explain that he is literally mocking the people singing “Throw the Jews down the well”…nope, they wanted nothing to do with that.

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That was part of the discussion, that Brooks is a master satirist and mocks everyone.
 

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