What have you been watching?

I watched an episode of Battle 360 about the USS Enterprise....good show but I have to admit it does tend to dramatize everything way to much (although it is a history channel show so....)

I love when they do the "TARGET, OBJECTIVE, STRATEGY"

.....its always like: "Target: Saipan" "Objective: Seize the island!" "Strategy: Attack from the land, air and sea!"

.....brilliance, who woulda known :lol:

 

I am still recovering from two weeks of studying so I have seen a lot of TV in the past couple of days. I watched Hell is for Heroes once again. It only confirmed that (i) Steve McQueen died far too young; (ii) Bob Newhart is brilliant; and (iii) I Fess Parker is about as manly as a man can be.

I also watched Battle of the Bulge. It is a fun movie but a bit too hollywood for me. It definitely does not stand the test of time the way some of the grittier films do.

 

You are correct on both assupmtions sir! "Hell is for Heroes" is an excellent movie, and "The Battle of the Bulge" needs to be re-made....

 

Hell is for Heroes is a brillient movie. I agree with you on all points. The cast was superb to say the least. James Coburn, Bobby Darin, L.Q.Jones (briefly as the Quartermaster Sergeant) Harry Guardino, Mike Kellin and Nick Adams as Homer-the Polish D.P. Steve McQueen and Fess Parker were absolutely perfect for their roles. Shame that most of the cast is gone with the exceptions (thank God) of Fess Parker and L.Q.Jones.

Forgot to mention that while visiting here now-STRIPES w/ Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, John Larroquette and Warren Oates who portrays their Sergeant-is on AMC.

 

Yeah, "Hell is for Heroes" is a great movie, and Newhart adds some levity to the whole thing with his telephone routine. I've actually got that scheduled thru my netflix for next week, but I really want my own copy. "Battleground" is good too.

 

Hi Keystone, i've seen copies of Hell is For Heroes on sale at Wally-World (aka) Wal-Mart recently--which were in the $5 DvD bin. This was the first DvD I ever bought-which was about 2 years before I even owned a DvD player ;-)) I bought four that day, going back to buy: Saving Private Ryan, The Longest Day and The Enemy Below.

 

You forgot Bob Newhart...........doing his signature "phone conversation" in the bugged German bunker. Great stuff.

 

Hi Brad, he certainly was brillient doing his "Potato Soup" routine ;-)) I always get a good laugh when seeing him do that skit. It's as good as Abbott and Costello and their: "Who's On First?" routine.

 

I just watched Vantage Point. I really liked it for what it was. I watched the great raid a couple of days ago. I've seen it 4 or 5 times, it's still a great movie.

 

My wife and I managed to watch Bette Davis in Watch on the Rhine last night. Davis was wonderful, as she always is, and Paul Lukas received an Oscar for his portrayal of a German anti-Fascist, but Lucile Watson was the gem of that show. Watson's portrayal of Davis's mother is pure brilliance.

Incidentally, if there are fans of Patricia Routledge's portrayal of Hyacinth in the BBC sitcom Keeping up Appearances, I can only assume that Watson was Routledge's inspiration for that role. Very similar.

 

That's one movie i've waited a lifetime to get to see and finally got to see it about a year ago. It truely is one great movie. Bette Davis I am no fan of but I do like her because she was a great and very professional Actress. The only thing I didn't like about her-was her hatred for Errol Flynn. Flynn and Davis made only one movie together-which was: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. There is a great scene in there where she was supposed to "play-slap" Errol Flynn-and she really whacked him hard across the face. This was a real slap-and if you pay attention to the smaller details-Flynn was hit so hard that his hair flew. Both Flynn and Davis were @ war with each other. Many years after they made their movie-Bette Davis is known to have said (after watching that movie and others with Flynn in them) that she was sadly mistaken in thinking that Flynn was a bad actor-and it was because of her admittance to a bad mistake she made-I started to respect her and like her. Now that I have seen several movies with her in them, I may someday-become a fan of hers as well.

 

Just watched Seven Samurai for about the 20th time. One of my all-time favorite movies. Next will Sword Of Doom and Kagemusha. Reentering my Samurai movie phase.

 

Just finished watching a Henry Fonda and Audrey Hepburn classic: War and Peace. It was and still is, a great movie.

 

the colour of war...

 

The Great Escape...Give them hell Big X.

 

high hitler,the history channel...theodor morrell, hitlers jewish doctor...

 

Something with Clark Gable is now on on TCM-which has him "behind the lines clandestine style-I THINK in Holland giving Otto E. Hasse, hell ;-)) This movie also has Victor Mature in it. I didn't catch the title.

 

Also going to give Sons Of Anarchy a try. Gotta take a break from war films for awhile.

 

I just finished watching disc 4 of Ken Burns "The War." It's about 4 towns in the US during WW2, telling the story of the war on the home front, and the men from those towns that went to war. So far it's been pretty excellent.

Also I just watched "48 Hours." I have seen it many times, but this version has several deleted scenes in it. Nothing earth shattering or anything like that, but it was interesting to see.

 

Just watched 30 Seconds Over Tokyo. Spencery Tracy, Van Johnson, Robert Mitchum . . . . those were the days!