Inglourious Basterds

[Ezri]

Inglourious Basterds is my new favorite movie. That movie is awesome, best movie ever. I just saw it today (Sunday, September 13, 2009) and I loved it. I highly recommend it.



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[old_pop2000]

Inglourious Basterds is my new favorite movie. That movie is awesome, best movie ever. I just saw it today (Sunday, September 13, 2009) and I loved it. I highly recommend it.



Website: http://www.inglouriousbasterds-movie.com/
Forums: http://s1.zetaboards.com/Ezri/forum/1164599/

I suggest you watch 'Alexander Nevsky' by Sergei Eisenstein if you want to watch a good movie or the Guns of Navarone, another good movie.:p

[Mart]

I suggest you watch 'Alexander Nevsky' by Sergei Eisenstein if you want to watch a good movie or the Guns of Navarone, another good movie.:p

Guns of Navarone is GREAT!! There are loads of personal reasons why I like it, and enjoy watching it regularly. I guess I'm a bit like the equivalent of a "Rocky Horror Show" junkie. I know exactly what's coming next, and I don't care. :)

[Kyle Holgate]

Interesting how there are some movies that one can watch over and over and others - that are good movies - but are more on the lines of watch 'em once sorts.

I think my most watched movie is probably Red Dawn that came out in the early 80's I believe. While in the Navy that movie was played all the time on my ship. You'd think I'd be sick of it but find it still quite watchable.

[asnrobert]

Red Dawn came out in the fall of 1984, when I was in school. I remember it was one of the first movies to carry the PG-13 rating that had just been introduced.

[old_pop2000]

Guns of Navarone is GREAT!! There are loads of personal reasons why I like it, and enjoy watching it regularly. I guess I'm a bit like the equivalent of a "Rocky Horror Show" junkie. I know exactly what's coming next, and I don't care. :)

It is one of the classics, the acting is without question, superb. I saw it when I was in Times Square on a vacation, when it first came out. There was a movie theatre across the street with it running. I now have it in my collection and transferred it to my IPOD. The scenery is great.

Another classic is 'The Cruel Sea' with Jack Hawkins. This is a story of a British corvette during the war. It is from the book by Nicolas Montserrat of the same name. Great acting and good scenes.

Noel Coward made a wartime movie about a destroyer and its crew during WWII, that's another great movie. Mrs. Miniver with Greer Garson and The Dam Busters are both classics, in my book. Of course, the Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone are great. The Desert Fox with James Mason is great. One comment about the portrayal of Rommel by Mason, from of one of his aides was ' altogether too nice'.

[Warship NWS]

Red Dawn was not a *terrible* movie.. but they could have done better, I just racked it up was military movie "entertainment". Even though some parts were more then just far fetched the dramatization of both sides becoming tired of war was well played out. However, the idea of an invasion and a war lasting as long as the movie portrayed was highly suspect. The logistical and combat attiritional challenges using that would have, in reality, forces ill equipped or trained for such a massive invasion of mainland USA would have been a military commanders' worst nightmare. Ironic how a recent game was developed depicting such a possibility - World in Conflict.

Team Yankee or Red Storm Rising would have made for good movies - if done right, at least they would have been more plausible when compared to Cold War era potential, and plausible, conflicts.

[Warship NWS]

One of my favorite series is Rambo.. yeah, blood and guts entertainment but the last Rambo movie was very well done. Rambo 1, fairly good - good concept and acting, Rambo 2 - silly, Rambo 3 - blow up stuff fun but again silly, Rambo 4 - outstanding. Rambo 4 puts to shame a lot of those silly "Special Forces" crappy movies.

[Warship NWS]

4 movies that I can watch over and over again - just to make sure I didn't miss anything due to all of the historical detail included,

a) A Bridge Too Far -- best damned war movie EVER, and more well known actors then an academy awards event!

b) Battle of Britain -- for the day.. outstanding aerial photography.

c) Tora Tora Tora -- better then that sick joke called "Pearl Harbor" and FAR more educational.

d) Sink the Bismarck -- A naval classic.

[old_pop2000]

One of my favorite series is Rambo.. yeah, blood and guts entertainment but the last Rambo movie was very well done. Rambo 1, fairly good - good concept and acting, Rambo 2 - silly, Rambo 3 - blow up stuff fun but again silly, Rambo 4 - outstanding. Rambo 4 puts to shame a lot of those silly "Special Forces" crappy movies.

Welllll! I am purist, I appreciate a good storyline with good, realistic acting. Violence as long it is tasteful and is part of the story, is ok. But for its own sake, I am against that. Old fashioned, I guess.

[old_pop2000]

4 movies that I can watch over and over again - just to make sure I didn't miss anything due to all of the historical detail included,

a) A Bridge Too Far -- best damned war movie EVER, and more well known actors then an academy awards event!

b) Battle of Britain -- for the day.. outstanding aerial photography.

c) Tora Tora Tora -- better then that sick joke called "Pearl Harbor" and FAR more educational.

d) Sink the Bismarck -- A naval classic.

I agree about all, even Tora Tora Tora. A good movie for its time was ' I bombed Pearl Harbor' dtd 1960. Its story line is about a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force who participates in the attack on Pearl Harbor and his return to Japan.

I enjoy 'Seven Samurai' the precursor to 'The Magnificent Seven'.

[asnrobert]

It is one of the classics, the acting is without question, superb. I saw it when I was in Times Square on a vacation, when it first came out. There was a movie theatre across the street with it running. I now have it in my collection and transferred it to my IPOD. The scenery is great.

Another classic is 'The Cruel Sea' with Jack Hawkins. This is a story of a British corvette during the war. It is from the book by Nicolas Montserrat of the same name. Great acting and good scenes.

Noel Coward made a wartime movie about a destroyer and its crew during WWII, that's another great movie. Mrs. Miniver with Greer Garson and The Dam Busters are both classics, in my book. Of course, the Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone are great. The Desert Fox with James Mason is great. One comment about the portrayal of Rommel by Mason, from of one of his aides was ' altogether too nice'.

I saw The Cruel Sea on TV years ago as a kid. I believe the Noel Coward movie was titled In Which We Serve.

[Warship NWS]

Welllll! I am purist, I appreciate a good storyline with good, realistic acting. Violence as long it is tasteful and is part of the story, is ok. But for its own sake, I am against that. Old fashioned, I guess.

That is what I liked about Rambo 4.. very bloody as it depicted a realistic depiction of weapon damage to personel, the sorroundings, and equipment fairly well. Point being, the violence had purpose - not just to cover up for pathetic acting. The story line I thought was pretty good - I will not spoil it for anyone who has not seen the movie yet but it is well worth the admission price of a DVD.

[old_pop2000]

That is what I liked about Rambo 4.. very bloody as it depicted a realistic depiction of weapon damage to personel, the sorroundings, and equipment fairly well. Point being, the violence had purpose - not just to cover up for pathetic acting. The story line I thought was pretty good - I will not spoil it for anyone who has not seen the movie yet but it is well worth the admission price of a DVD.


If it is on PPV, I might watch it. Thanks for the recommendation. I do like the series.

[old_pop2000]

Another classic Sergei Eisenstein series of movies is Ivan The Terrible, part I & II. They have the same great Russian actor, Nicolai Cherkasov, as in Alexander Nevsky. Released in 1944 and 1946, these are great. The second is titled 'Ivan The Terrible, Part II: The Boyers' Plot. The music is by the great Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. He wrote Peter and the Wolf, if you familiar with classical music. The third part was never finished.

Some more classic WWII movies:

13 Rue Madeleine with James Cagney
Action in the North Atlantic with Humphrey Bogart
Above and Beyond with Robert Taylor - This is the story of Paul Tibbets and the Enola Gay
Bataan with Robert Taylor and very very young Desi Arnaz
Battleground with James Whitmore - Story of a unit in Bastogne
Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart
Cockleshell Heroes with Trevor Howard and Jose Ferrer
Command Decision with Clark Cable
The Enemy Below with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens - Superb DE versus sub movie
Wake Island with William Bendix
Dangerous Moonlight (Suicide Squadron) The music for this movie was the single movement piano concerto by Richard Addinsell, 'The Warsaw Concerto'.

Just some of the great WWII movies that I can remember and have seen many times. Wish I could get them all.

[john964]

Red Dawn was not a *terrible* movie.. but they could have done better, I just racked it up was military movie "entertainment". Even though some parts were more then just far fetched the dramatization of both sides becoming tired of war was well played out. However, the idea of an invasion and a war lasting as long as the movie portrayed was highly suspect. The logistical and combat attritional challenges using that would have, in reality, forces ill equipped or trained for such a massive invasion of mainland USA would have been a military commanders' worst nightmare. Ironic how a recent game was developed depicting such a possibility - World in Conflict.

Team Yankee or Red Storm Rising would have made for good movies - if done right, at least they would have been more plausible when compared to Cold War era potential, and plausible, conflicts.Team Yankee would be a good one to make, but Red Storm would be extremely difficult to make the way the story keeps jumping around from location to location. Several of Coyles later books would make good made-for-TV movies or mini-series like Savage Wilderness and the 2 volume ACW books Look Away and Until the End.

Some of my favorites include
The Longest Day
Sands of Iwo Jima
Run Silent, Run Deep
Raid on Entebbe
Flying Leathernecks
Strategic Air Command
12 O'clock High
The Enemy Below
Midway
30 Seconds Over Tokyo

[old_pop2000]

Team Yankee would be a good one to make, but Red Storm would be extremely difficult to make the way the story keeps jumping around from location to location. Several of Coyles later books would make good made-for-TV movies or mini-series like Savage Wilderness and the 2 volume ACW books Look Away and Until the End.

Some of my favorites include
The Longest Day
Sands of Iwo Jima
Run Silent, Run Deep
Raid on Entebbe
Flying Leathernecks
Strategic Air Command
12 O'clock High
The Enemy Below
Midway
30 Seconds Over Tokyo


Good choices, I have seen and like all of them. 12 O'clock High is great, I enjoyed the series years later.

I have a couple of Harold Coyles books, they are good but not as a movie, IMO. I have watched 'Dawn Patrol' so many times, I think I remember the lines myself. Love that flying movie.

Probably the best movie, IMO, is 'Inherit the Wind' with Spencer Tracy and Gene Kelly. Best line was "I do not think about things, I do not think about". I know a lot of people who do that.;)

[john964]

Good choices, I have seen and like all of them. 12 O'clock High is great, I enjoyed the series years later.

I have a couple of Harold Coyles books, they are good but not as a movie, IMO. I have watched 'Dawn Patrol' so many times, I think I remember the lines myself. Love that flying movie.
Coyles Scott Dixon books are good but not great, the three I posted IMO would make decent movie-of-the-week and or a mini-series.

[old_pop2000]

Coyles Scott Dixon books are good but not great, the three I posted IMO would make decent movie-of-the-week and or a mini-series.

Mini-series maybe, but they would have to add some other stuff to the script, or it would die a quick death.

[Warship NWS]

To top off our conversation about Red Dawn.. the great Patrick Swayze passed away yesterday. Another sad day for actors.

[old_pop2000]

To top off our conversation about Red Dawn.. the great Patrick Swayze passed away yesterday. Another sad day for actors.

I read about that, it is a shame. We need all the good actors.

[keschofield]

Another classic Sergei Eisenstein series of movies is Ivan The Terrible, part I & II. They have the same great Russian actor, Nicolai Cherkasov, as in Alexander Nevsky. Released in 1944 and 1946, these are great. The second is titled 'Ivan The Terrible, Part II: The Boyers' Plot. The music is by the great Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. He wrote Peter and the Wolf, if you familiar with classical music. The third part was never finished.

Some more classic WWII movies:

13 Rue Madeleine with James Cagney
Action in the North Atlantic with Humphrey Bogart
Above and Beyond with Robert Taylor - This is the story of Paul Tibbets and the Enola Gay
Bataan with Robert Taylor and very very young Desi Arnaz
Battleground with James Whitmore - Story of a unit in Bastogne
Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart
Cockleshell Heroes with Trevor Howard and Jose Ferrer
Command Decision with Clark Cable
The Enemy Below with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens - Superb DE versus sub movie
Wake Island with William Bendix
Dangerous Moonlight (Suicide Squadron) The music for this movie was the single movement piano concerto by Richard Addinsell, 'The Warsaw Concerto'.

Just some of the great WWII movies that I can remember and have seen many times. Wish I could get them all.

Sahara (the war movie - not the Clive Cussler story) is one of my all time favorites. Although strangely enough, I prefer the Jim Belushi remake to the Bogart original. Only movie I ever saw an M3 in! It looked orginal in both movies.

[keschofield]

As an add-on to my last post, if anybody knows where I can get a DVD of the Jim Belushi version of Sahara, please let me know. I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

Thanks.

[old_pop2000]

Sahara (the war movie - not the Clive Cussler story) is one of my all time favorites. Although strangely enough, I prefer the Jim Belushi remake to the Bogart original. Only movie I ever saw an M3 in! It looked orginal in both movies.

Excellent call, I have both in my collection. I enjoy them. Great acting in the original Sahara by Bogart and Dan Duryea.

[keschofield]

Excellent call, I have both in my collection. I enjoy them. Great acting in the original Sahara by Bogart and Dan Duryea.

Dennis,

Where did you find the Belushi verion? I've been looking for years.

Kurt

[old_pop2000]

Dennis,

Where did you find the Belushi verion? I've been looking for years.

Kurt

Kurt, I misled you. Sorry. I have the Bogart version of Sahara and the Matthew McConaughey version, not the Belushi version.

I can't believe that NWS would not be able to find a copy and order it for you. (hint, hint)

[William Miller]

Dennis,

Where did you find the Belushi verion? I've been looking for years.

Kurt

Kurt,

That version of Sahara was a 1995 made-for-TV movie, and as far as I can determine was never released to either VHS or DVD, at least officially.

[old_pop2000]

Kurt,

That version of Sahara was a 1995 made-for-TV movie, and as far as I can determine was never released to either VHS or DVD, at least officially.

I believe it was a cable only release, I wonder if HBO has it on DVD?

[keschofield]

Kurt,

That version of Sahara was a 1995 made-for-TV movie, and as far as I can determine was never released to either VHS or DVD, at least officially.

William,

That's what I've found so far. I even wrote to Jim Belushi, but got no response. Thanks for your time.

[keschofield]

I believe it was a cable only release, I wonder if HBO has it on DVD?

Thanks Dennis, I'll check with HBO.

[old_pop2000]

Thanks Dennis, I'll check with HBO.

Sahara, with James Belushi, Mark Lee was a 1995 release by Sony Pictures. I checked their store and it is not available although I've seen it online being sold. It maybe available used.

Columbia Tristar Domestic TV
Showtime Networks
Sony Pictures Video

[keschofield]

Sahara, with James Belushi, Mark Lee was a 1995 release by Sony Pictures. I checked their store and it is not available although I've seen it online being sold. It maybe available used.

Columbia Tristar Domestic TV
Showtime Networks
Sony Pictures Video

I may have just found it on an auction site that I've never heard of. We'll see how the purchase works out. It is supposedly a DVD that was made from a video release in Europe. Like I said, I'm cautiously excited, with cautious the operative term.;)

Thanks for everybodies' help.

[Warship NWS]

If anyone is looking for old movies definitely drop me a line as we offer special ordering.

Thanks. ;)

[Kyle Holgate]

Not an old movie - but there was a movie filmed in Japan, I believe the name is Requiem for Battleship Yamato. I have been trying to find a way to get a copy that I can play on my US DVD player.

Enemy Below is one of my favorite war movies - if not my favorite. Reminds me suspiciously of the original Star Trek series episode Balance of Terror though. Cloaking war bird with deadly torpedoes... hmmm.

[john964]

Sahara, with James Belushi, Mark Lee was a 1995 release by Sony Pictures. I checked their store and it is not available although I've seen it online being sold. It maybe available used.

Columbia Tristar Domestic TV
Showtime Networks
Sony Pictures Video
That movie is a remake of the 1943 version staring Humphrey Bogart.

According to IMBd there are at least 12 movies titled Sahara. Several are documentries, one stars Brooke Shields, and another is based on Clive Cusslers novel

[William Miller]

Not an old movie - but there was a movie filmed in Japan, I believe the name is Requiem for Battleship Yamato. I have been trying to find a way to get a copy that I can play on my US DVD player.

Enemy Below is one of my favorite war movies - if not my favorite. Reminds me suspiciously of the original Star Trek series episode Balance of Terror though. Cloaking war bird with deadly torpedoes... hmmm.

Kyle,

The movie was named "Otokotachi No Yamato" (Final Battle of Yamato), and was released on DVD in Japan some time back. I will see if we can get a source for the movie, but I am somewhat doubtful we can get them here without substantial shipping costs, assuming there is even a Region 1 version available :(