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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1763154)

I feel like Darjeeling Limited was my proper introduction to Wes Anderson. I did see The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic when I was younger but I just passed them off as pretty boring movies and I felt like I didn't quite get the charm and appeal of his movies. Darjeeling changed all of that though, I should go back and watch those two other movies now that I have a greater appreciation for his work. I haven't seen any of his other movies so I need to get on that.

I sort of felt the same, actually (although I liked Tenenbaums the first time through). TDL is such a beautiful story of loss and healing, and I love it for how casually it handles those themes.

Dude, go watch The Life Aquatic. It's Bill Murray's best movie about him just being Bill Murray (Ghostbusters was about four people, so it doesn't count). It's also as quotable as any Monty Python movie.

"The interns will have to share glocks."

"Load my elephant gun with buckshot!"

"Is that my cappuccino machine?"

"They ****ing stole it, man."

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1763404)

Had planned to watch it tonight (last night was Fantastic Mr. Fox). I'll get back to you.

Lone Survivor

Whoa. Tells the story of the failed Navy Seals Operation Red Wings.

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A team of four Navy SEALs, tasked for surveillance and reconnaissance of a group of structures known to be used by Shah and his men, fell into an ambush by Shah and his group just hours after inserting into the area by fastrope from an MH-47 helicopter. Three of the four SEALs were killed and a quick reaction force helicopter sent in for their aid was shot down with a rocket propelled grenade fired from an RPG-7, killing all eight U.S. Navy SEALs and all eight U.S. Army Special Operations aviators on board.

The operation then became known as "Red Wings II" and lasted approximately three more weeks, during which time the bodies of the deceased SEALs and Army Special Operations aviators were recovered and the only surviving member of the initial team, Marcus Luttrell, was rescued.

****ing INTENSE! As you're watching you're thinking that this must be fiction, but it's all true.

The only surviving Navy Seal with the Afghanistan dude who found him, cared for him, and defended him until US troops could arrive to extract him.

http://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i...lTogether2.jpg

The movie had to be a nightmare to shoot (watch it and you'll see why) and all 4 of the leads were great.

The video during the opening and closing credits is intense, and gut wrenching. Stick with it until the very end.

Yeah, one of the better war/action movies I've seen in recent years. Definite thumbs up.

When I saw that trailer for lone survivor. I felt like I watched the whole movie in it. It is like they gave away the ending in the title.

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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1763551)

When I saw that trailer for lone survivor. I felt like I watched the whole movie in it. It is like they gave away the ending in the title.

It's based off a book and a true story. The book is titled that.

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Originally Posted by Exo (Post 1763582)

It's based off a book and a true story. The book is titled that.

Ya, and it's really not about the fact he did survive but instead is about the incredible events that had to happen in order for him to survive.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

Horror of Dracula (1958)

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Obviously I've heard of Hammer horror movies, and obviously I've heard of Christopher Lee's Hammer Dracula movies, but this was my first experience with either. With what I'd gleaned over the years I was expecting something not quite B-rate but still cheesy and over-the-top, but instead what I got was something that was obviously a product of its budget and presumably short filming schedule, while also being taken too seriously for its own good.

Most of the problem was probably in its acting which, rather than being hammy and fun, was in fact the opposite: rigid, overly polite, and unemotional. This was not due however to just plain ****ty acting, but because it seems that nobody told the all-British cast to stop being British at each other for five whole minutes. I'm honestly surprised that the words "goodness", "gracious", and "me" were not uttered in that exact order at any point during the movie.

That being said, even though the fact that this movie is nearly sixty-years-old has dated its horror and violence, there are a few scenes that were legitimately cool, most especially Dracula's death; and prim and proper though the cast may have been the rest of the movie had a surprising amount of grit to it. Just too bad it was at odds with the acting.

Funny, I watching a bit of Abbott & Costello vs. Frankenstein. Kinda sad seeing Bela Lugosi and Lon Cheney well past their prime.