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Thin Red Line has no business being mentioned in the same line as P of G. None, whatsoever. nt

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In Reply to: RE: Criterion releasing two of the best war films ever on Bluray... posted by semuta on October 06, 2010 at 09:28:55

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You have to visit a war in order to understand films about them.... . . . - mr grits 13:40:34 10/06/10 (2)
TRL, Apocalypse Now, and others don't necessarily speak directly to reality but convey a spiritual sense to the event.

Then you have small films like "The Battle for Haditha" that speak directly to the event and issue of cause and result that offend or go over viewers heads -- I felt "The Hurt Locker" was nearly in this small film category.

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- Apocalypse Now - Mossback 09:19:36 10/09/10 (0)
  Made it about 1/3 of the way though it in the theater had to leave and never have been able to watch the whole thing. Darn good movie.
  They got many of the small details so correct it was like being there.
- It certainly helps - danj 23:04:42 10/06/10 (0)
  I have and I find APOCALYPSE NOW a masterpiece. It's not realistic but it sure as hell gave me the feeling that I was back in uniform. It's the psychic/spiritual side that so few war films can't/don't capture that AN and a few others (going back to 1932's ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT) do that makes the difference.
  
  I think the THIN RED LINE is a good war film but misses greatness. I'll take something like THEY WERE EXPENDABLE or BATTLEGROUND over most newer films, especially jingoistic crap like PEARL HARBOR or TOP GUN.
RE: Thin Red Line has no business being mentioned in the same line as P of G. None, whatsoever. nt - semuta 10:08:59 10/06/10 (0)
A wee bit harsh Tinear. No, it is not on the level of P of G, but there are scenes in TRL that are mind boggling.
When are they going to release the BEST war movie ever? - Victor Khomenko 09:50:28 10/06/10 (12)
The Forbidden Games?

Gotta agree on the TRL...
- I like the last hour of "Come See" when it really got horrifically crazy.... - mr grits 17:29:14 10/06/10 (1)
  the marauding SS infantry was every bit as insane as Apocalypse Now. I feel sure the picture conveyed the lunacy of that particular time with the disjointed insanity of troops killing without provocation or cause being reduced to barely identifiable humans.
  
  Whether it were Germans or Japanese or Russians or Lt. Calley, it all has ugly and insanity all over it.
  
  Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
  - The scale does matter - Victor Khomenko 06:08:39 10/07/10 (0)
    ***Whether it were Germans or Japanese or Russians or Lt. Calley, it all has ugly and insanity all over it.
    
    For each individual victim it is all the same, for the mankind there are differences.
- And one of the greatest films about children. Have you seen Vittorio - tinear 14:19:32 10/06/10 (1)
  de Sica's, "The Children are Watching Us?"
  For some reason, that one always is brought to mind when I hear, "Forbidden Games."
  - "Have you seen Vittorio..." Yes. nt - Victor Khomenko 06:05:45 10/07/10 (0)
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- I bought Forbidden Games a while ago. Haven't cued it up yet. Will do so promptly. (nt) - semuta 10:07:13 10/06/10 (7)
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  - Which one? :) - Victor Khomenko 10:15:36 10/06/10 (6)
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    This? (Open in New Window)
    - No, the Clement film... - semuta 10:27:11 10/06/10 (5)
      from 1952.
      http://www.criterion.com/films/350-forbidden-games (Open in New Window)
      - I was jesting, of course! :) nt - Victor Khomenko 10:52:16 10/06/10 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No, the Clement film... posted by semuta on October 06, 2010 at 10:27:11
        
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        I suspected that. You got me. (nt) - semuta 12:38:57 10/06/10 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I was jesting, of course! :) nt posted by Victor Khomenko on October 06, 2010 at 10:52:16
        
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        Pssst, he has that version on Blu Ray. * - mr grits 13:27:51 10/06/10 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I suspected that. You got me. (nt) posted by semuta on October 06, 2010 at 12:38:57
        
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        Share a bowl of grits with someone you love tonight.
        
        LOL! I have it on my Hot Pink Ray... nt - Victor Khomenko 13:33:15 10/06/10 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Pssst, he has that version on Blu Ray. * posted by mr grits on October 06, 2010 at 13:27:51
        
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        I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. * - mr grits 13:41:06 10/06/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: LOL! I have it on my Hot Pink Ray... nt posted by Victor Khomenko on October 06, 2010 at 13:33:15
        
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