What have you been watching?

Wings of the Luftwaffe: Me-110 (Title's a bit misleading though, since it also covered the Me-210/410, the Ta-154 Moskito, and briefly the Do-335 Pfeil).

 

The Spoilers w/ John Wayne, Randolph Scott and Marlene Dietrich. Saw officially for the first time ever-last night.

 

I watched "Jarhead" last night on dvd (Netflix). Not bad, but not quite what I expected to see.

Maybe I missed it, but at the end when it showed the various platoon members after the war, surviving members were at a funeral. In the casket was the spotter for Wofford. How did he die?

 

Saw this evening a classsic: The Guns of Navarone. Too bad its so called sequal wasnt near as good.

 

I hate that damn movie. I have yet to meet any Marine that liked it. Nathaniel Fick, the author of "One Bullet Away" has some choice thoughts on good 'ol Swoff.

I, personally, would go out of my way to punch him in the head.

That movie is an amalgamation of cliche.

I do not like the guy.

Brad

 

Yea...Better off with new characters for a start. Nice to see whats his name...you know Jaws from the bond films in a different role. Just a shame it was not as good as the original, well thats life.

 

Saw Fantastic Four on TV over the weekend not bad...Stan Lee doing his Hitchcock bit. :lol:

The sequel is on next week, I hear its not as good...it still kill a couple of hours of boredom.

 

Hi Richard, fully agreed. Oh and Jaws-is Richard Kiel-who was great in Strange Brew-. BTW, he is still alive and is always mistaken for Ted Cassidy who played Lurch in: The Addams Family. Cassidy is long sense deceased unfortunately.

Forgot to mention that he (Richard Kiel) was great as one of the Inmate Football Players in the origina version of: The Longest Yard. I loved this scene he was in after the bald guy (I know his name just cant think of it at this time) punched him in the nose breaking it during one fo their practice plays. "He broke my (freaking) nose. You saw what he did, he broke my (freaking) nose".

 

Though I have yet to see any of the Fantastic Four movies. It was nice to see that Ioan Grufudd (sp?) was in it. I also liked him in his Titanic role as well as all the Horatio Hornblower movies.

 

Looking forward to finding he time soon, to watch both of my newest DvD acquisitions: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

 

"The Rock"

Nicholas Cage, Ed Harris AND Sean Connery? I cant believe I haven't heard of this before!

 

The only Michael Bay movie I like.

 

been in bed these last 12months mostley,so i been watching all the films like saving private ryan etc.cheers.

 

I did some subsequent reading on the movie and the author, and came to the conclusion that he had an ax to grind in the Marine Corps a$$, and did it with a book and a movie. There were some believable parts sprinkled in the flick. I could definitely identify with the scene when Wofford got his head slammed into the chalkboard by the DI, and the days on end of boredom. Hopefully there will be no sequel to this thing.

 

OH CARL!!! Kelly's Heores!
I love that movie!
I've gotta go find my copy!

"why don't you stop hittin' me with all these negative waves man!" lol!

Tonight i watched another one of my favorites, for several reasons, one of which I'm sure Carl will know right off!

"The Longest Day"

 

Apocalypse: The Second World War
Episodes four, five & six.

 

Heh heh, you can get a copy off ebay for about $5 bucks ;-)) Also add to your possibles future list: 36 Hours, Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, Escape From Colditz, etc. Did you ever get a copy of Decision Before Dawn-- yet? That is one not to miss out on ;-))

Cant get any better than watching Duke and the others in TLD. ;-))

 

Wings of the Luftwaffe: ME-321/323 Gigant.

 

I just finished watching "Grand Torino." It was very good, but not your everyday Clint Eastwood movie that's for sure. Take a look at it if you get the chance, I give it two thumbs up (it's all I have)!