OT: 1917

[caneofny]

Just watched the King good flick.

**** good looks! I’ll check it out. Narcos coming out so after that.

 

[supersaiyanshel]

I'd also highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend Knives Out.

 

[caneofny]

I'd also highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend Knives Out.

what’s that about?

 

[supersaiyanshel]

what’s that about?

Murder mystery, but it's also very sly and lowkey allegory about modern America and classism. Great acting, plotting, and the best payoff of any movie this year (which I thought Once Upon a Time had sewed up).

 

[caneofny]

Murder mystery, but it's also very sly and lowkey allegory about modern America and classism. Great acting, plotting, and the best payoff of any movie this year (which I thought Once Upon a Time had sewed up).

Is that the one with the huge family and the inheritance?

 

[TitansHope]

I'd also highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend Knives Out.

one of my favorites of the year. really fun and smart movie

 

[Bishop375]

one of my favorites of the year. really fun and smart movie

Had a great twist to it..really good movie.

 

[OleCane]

Just saw 1917 it had great cinematography and wasn't a bad movie at all it at least tried to tell a story which you don't see very often these days. It was indeed heroic

 

[OriginalGatorHater]

Great, great movie.

1917, Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood were my favorite three films of the year.

These are literally the only 3 movies that came out this year that I actually want to see lmao.

 

[nystateofmind]

These are literally the only 3 movies that came out this year that I actually want to see lmao.

We can have a sleepover.

I’ll make the popcorn.

 

[OriginalGatorHater]

We can have a sleepover.

I’ll make the popcorn.

With those three movies there won't be any sleeping being done. That is like a 9 hour block of film watching!

 

[nystateofmind]

With those three movies there won't be any sleeping being done. That is like a 9 hour block of film watching!

We’ll have an additional hour of cuddling with Stewart the Stuffed Walrus.

So make it a 10 hour extravaganza.

 

[clarkyboy_21]

I’m a history major and I agree. WW1 and Korea are often overlooked. Same with WW2 pacific.

The Pacific was a fantastic mini series on HBO

 

[TemplarCane]

How about filmmakers quit making their films too long? Scorsese correctly calls Marvel films amusement parks, not cinema, but thinks he’s Proust.

 

[OriginalGatorHater]

How about filmmakers quit making their films too long? Scorsese correctly calls Marvel films amusement parks, not cinema, but thinks he’s Proust.

I can't stand Marvel films, but I also don't mind long movies. Some of the GOAT movies are extremely long. Its also not a new thing(like other posters, not you are insinuating). One of the first true classic films from 1915 was over 3 hours long.

 

[TemplarCane]

I can't stand Marvel films, but I also don't mind long movies. Some of the GOAT movies are extremely long. Its also not a new thing(like other posters, not you are insinuating). One of the first true classic films from 1915 was over 3 hours long.

Yes, there are some great movies that are long. What I should say is if a filmmaker wants a 3 hour film have a 3 hour story. The first two Godfathers, Lawrence of Arabia, Titanic, and many, many others. What made them great was story, not length.

I remember seeing the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong. Jackson is a great filmmaker, and his Lord Of The Rings trilogy are long, epic, and great films (the source material helped). His King Kong remake was an excessive piece of garbage, just over 3 hours long, with an extended version nearly 3 and 20 minutes long. An excuse to spend over $200M on special effects.

The original classic was 100 mInutes.

 

[OriginalGatorHater]

Yes, there are some great movies that are long. What I should say is if a filmmaker wants a 3 hour film have a 3 hour story. The first two Godfathers, Lawrence of Arabia, Titanic, and many, many others. What made them great was story, not length.

I remember seeing the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong. Jackson is a great filmmaker, and his Lord Of The Rings trilogy are long, epic, and great films (the source material helped). His King Kong remake was an excessive piece of garbage, just over 3 hours long, with an extended version nearly 3 and 20 minutes long. An excuse to spend over $200M on special effects.

The original classic was 100 mInutes.

Couldn't agree more with everything you said. Even with the king kong schit. Original was a great film. The 3 hour one was trash. If a movie needs to be 4 hours long I'm cool with it and will watch it no question. But if you are just adding filler for whatever the **** reason to make it more pretentious and long. I'm not going to watch it. Then on the other hand you have 1:30 long movies that are straight filler and have no real story to them at all. Those are just as bad imo.

 

[Bishop375]

I can't stand Marvel films, but I also don't mind long movies. Some of the GOAT movies are extremely long. Its also not a new thing(like other posters, not you are insinuating). One of the first true classic films from 1915 was over 3 hours long.

Shawshank is a great example of that. One of my all time favs

 

[OriginalGatorHater]

Shawshank is a great example of that. One of my all time favs

Yup shawshank is one of my favs as well. Great film and if they tried to trim it to 1:45 they would have cut out a lot of important parts.

 

[OriginalGatorHater]

Outstanding film. As a social studies teacher, I don’t think I could find another clip, video, or movie that illustrates the conditions of WW1 better than 1917.

I have heard(I obviously wasn't around during WW1) that all quiet on the western front also did a great job.