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utee94

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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2024, 06:30:37 PM »
My favorite bad movie is Starship  Troopers
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2024, 07:29:27 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on January 28, 2024, 06:30:37 PM
My favorite bad movie is Starship  Troopers
Agree that was an under-appreciated movie.   A satire that works better if you think of it as a comedy,  but still highly entertaining with some great action scenes. 
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #30 on: January 28, 2024, 07:34:49 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on January 28, 2024, 06:30:37 PM
My favorite bad movie is Starship  Troopers
Quote from: LittlePig on January 28, 2024, 07:29:27 PM
Agree that was an under-appreciated movie.  A satire that works better if you think of it as a comedy,  but still highly entertaining with some great action scenes.
Great book, though. 
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utee94

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« Reply #31 on: January 28, 2024, 07:42:52 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on January 28, 2024, 07:34:49 PM
Great book, though.

Yup, loved the book for being good.  Loved the movie for being... well, whatever it was. :)
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #32 on: January 28, 2024, 07:52:06 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on January 28, 2024, 07:42:52 PM
Yup, loved the book for being good.  Loved the movie for being... well, whatever it was. :)
I tried to read the book on a plane back in the 90's.   I just couldn't get past the first chapter.  I assume it got better but it was a hard read, at least for me. 
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« Reply #33 on: January 28, 2024, 10:21:05 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on January 28, 2024, 07:15:54 AM
I remember really enjoying The Weather Man some years ago. Hit some emotional beats  when I was going through a divorce.

I also loved Observe and Report. Pretty much everything Jody Hill does is a winner, but people didn't seem to connect with that one, though I did.
I loved The Weather Man.  Couldn’t agree more on it being under appreciated.
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #34 on: January 29, 2024, 08:48:34 AM »
I thought Heinlein's books were great "back in the day".  I went to reread a couple more recently and they were .... not as good now.  

ST was a disappointing movie to me at first because it was a parody and I didn't want that.
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2024, 10:04:03 AM »
"Mr. Holland's Opus"
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #36 on: January 29, 2024, 10:49:05 AM »
"Big Fish"
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #37 on: January 29, 2024, 10:59:51 AM »
I've always loved a movie called The Final Countdown. 

The premise is that a modern USN Carrier (Nimitz in 1980) encounters a mysterious storm that transports the entire ship back in time to immediately prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Once the crew/cast figures out what has happened they confront the philosophical question if whether they should prevent the attack (they have sufficient strength to easily wipe out the Japanese attack force even without resorting to atomic weapons) or let history proceed more-or-less as they know it.
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« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2024, 11:02:17 AM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on January 29, 2024, 10:59:51 AM
I've always loved a movie called The Final Countdown.

The premise is that a modern USN Carrier (Nimitz in 1980) encounters a mysterious storm that transports the entire ship back in time to immediately prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Once the crew/cast figures out what has happened they confront the philosophical question if whether they should prevent the attack (they have sufficient strength to easily wipe out the Japanese attack force even without resorting to atomic weapons) or let history proceed more-or-less as they know it.

Yup and I'll still watch it any time it's on.
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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2024, 11:21:35 AM »
Yeah, a supercarrier would be able to deal with the entire navies extant in 1941 until they ran out of ammo/avgas.

Maybe an enemy sub might sneak up on a single Nimitz.

But the speed makes that unlikely, and they could post Vikings around to protect the ship.

They probably would run short of avgas first.

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Re: OT - Underappreciated Movies
« Reply #40 on: January 29, 2024, 12:35:06 PM »
One of my favorite bad movies was Yellowbeard. Graham Chapman played the main character, the pirate Yellowbeard. Marty Feldman was one of the more prominent actors in the movie, but died during the filming. 

As far as underrated, the movie Father Goose starring Carey Grant is an all time classic. Very funny movie that I used to play for the kids now and then. They loved it when they were young. 
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« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2024, 01:31:57 PM »
Quote from: NorthernOhioBuckeye on January 29, 2024, 12:35:06 PM
One of my favorite bad movies was Yellowbeard. Graham Chapman played the main character, the pirate Yellowbeard. Marty Feldman was one of the more prominent actors in the movie, but died during the filming.

As far as underrated, the movie Father Goose starring Carey Grant is an all time classic. Very funny movie that I used to play for the kids now and then. They loved it when they were young.
I loved Father Goose
great movie
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