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X-Men: Days of Future Past
"The Blob" (1958)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
"The Blob" (1958)
I really enjoyed that film. I thought it was very well done.
Some Charlie Chan films~ Dark Alibi (1946) with Sidney Toler; The Chinese Ring (1947) with Roland Winters; and about half-way through Dangerous Money (1946) with Toler.
I watched 'The Wicker Man' in tribute to the late great Christopher Lee.....well worth watching for any fans, definitely better than the Nicholas Cage version!
12 O' Clock High
Fury. I found it somewhat overrated. An okay WWII tank flick with harrowing battle sequences, excellent production, and good performances. But pretty darn depressing and disturbing. No question, it's a grim story, but it seemed a little more relentlessly downbeat than it had to be.
I am not speaking to its accuracy re history, which I could see is outstanding, just my response as a viewer. It didn't move me in the way the best war films often do.
Interesting.
Tankers have said the film was spot on except for the short range tank battle. I wonder if this is an effect of Hollywood; that we expect to be uplifted with some moral message (or something) whereas the reality of war (for all I know) is a depressing, relentless series of soul sapping events.
And then you die.