Some "good" movies.

[zackmars]

Not going to lie, i think Alec Baldwin is a better actor than Harrison Ford.


Harrison Ford can absolutely nail the role of a bored jerk though.

 

[jmohme]

Not going to lie, i think Alec Baldwin is a better actor than Harrison Ford.


Harrison Ford can absolutely nail the role of a bored jerk though

Just don't go shooting with Baldwin or flying with Ford.

 

[zackmars]

Just don't go shooting with Baldwin or flying with Ford.

Fly? Yes! Land? No!

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

I haven't perused this thread to see if this is a repeat, but I just watched "Hunt For Red October" again and it's still one of the best. Only improvement would'a been to have Harrison Ford play Jack Ryan.

It's truly a shame that it had Alwick Balwin, President of Film Actors Guild, in it. I've cut out so many movies, many of which are some if my favorites, due to having libturd douchebags in them. But H4RO is a tough one to cut out of my library for a personal reason. But a HUGE saving grace was getting Sean Connery on short notice to play Marko Ramius. Have you read, or possibly reread, the book since watching the movie? The movie did a pretty good job of sticking to the original storyline.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

What is "H4RO"?

 

[jmohme]

Fly? Yes! Land? No!

But what goes up............

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

What is "H4RO"?

Hunt for Red October

 

[seeker_two]

Not going to lie, i think Alec Baldwin is a better actor than Harrison Ford.


Harrison Ford can absolutely nail the role of a bored jerk though.

At the time of the movie's filming, I agree with you. Now....they both pull off the jerk role equally well and not much else.

 

[easy rider]

A movie I watched recently on Hulu that was pretty entertaining is 'Boss Level'. Time loop movie with Frank Grillo and Mel Gibson.

 

[innominate]

I like some Shakespeare. Shakespeare in Love is a romantic comedy that tells a fictitious tale of the writing of Romeo and Juliette. I first watched it in 99 in Paris when my buddies and I were on a European vacation. We had just watched a Shakespeare play at the Globe Theatre the week before. I like how it has some characters that were real people and has clever writing in how Shakespeare came up with the play. A plague on both your houses.

The Merchant of Venice is a short, easy read for anyone that wants to start their journey as far as his plays go.

 

[jmohme]

At the time of the movie's filming, I agree with you. Now....they both pull off the jerk role equally well and not much else.

But of the two, who would you even consider having a cold beer with?

 

[popper]

Anyone mention the R.E.D. series?

 

[paknheat]

Anyone mention the R.E.D. series?

You just did. You are right, they are pretty good.


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[jmohme]

Anyone mention the R.E.D. series?

I'm getting the pig!

 

[seeker_two]

But of the two, who would you even consider having a cold beer with?

Ford. He's not a total asshole, and we'd talk about carpentry, flying, and his other non-franchise movies (REGARDING HENRY, SABRINA, etc.)

 

[benenglish]

I like some Shakespeare.

I don't care that just about everyone disagrees with me, the Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes was a fantastic movie.

 

[jmohme]

I don't care that just about everyone disagrees with me, the Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes was a fantastic movie.

This is the first I have heard of that one.

 

[easy rider]

I don't care that just about everyone disagrees with me, the Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes was a fantastic movie.

I prefer the 1968 version, but then there is some nostalgia to it for me.

Mary Star of the Sea grade school had a field trip to watch it, I was 11 at the time. It was kind of a scandal at the time, it was rated M for mature audiences.

 

[Bigguy]

The Outpost​

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3833480/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


My understanding is that is based on the real story of the Battle of Kamdesh.
Knowing that it was real, and the excellent performances by the actors make it a very intense film.

 

[benenglish]

This is the first I have heard of that one.

I think most people couldn't get over the hurdle of hearing the original language (abbreviated a lot, admittedly) in a modern setting. Still, the movie worked. When Benvolio implores in the very tense situation at the beginning of the first act "Part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do." there's a great shot of, iirc, Tybalt's sword. It's a 1911 pistol with the brand name, Sword, boldly engraved on the slide. There were all sorts of clever visual adaptations that kept the original language working.

Still, it was tough to get people to listen to Shakespearean English when the movie came out in 1996 and it basically flopped. I doubt audiences would be any more open to the experience today.