04-22-2000, 10:06 PM | #1 | |
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U-571 (2000)
Originally posted by me at <a href=http://pub4.ezboard.com/bnicktheshadow>my messageboard</a>:
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04-30-2000, 12:53 AM | #2 |
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I saw it today. It was pretty good. It was kind of confusing to keep track of, and about half the characters died very early into the movie.
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04-30-2000, 04:29 AM | #3 |
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I'd call that more than half...
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05-06-2000, 08:04 AM | #4 |
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I anticipated the turning point which was included as the shocking youre-up-the-creek motif. I anticipated it because events were going so damn peachy that Something had to break loose. And it was for this effortless conveyance from point A to point B, that made me realize something had to happen, that makes me give this .5 less Strawberries than I would have.
I was also pleasantly annoyed and unsatisfied with the totally unrealistic pounding the sub took in the hands of the good guys, when a fifth of the same knocked it out in the hands of the bag guys. It made me nearly scream at the screen with a huge grin, You Turkeys!! And the serrendipity of the torpedoe's aim at the final opponent, and the size of the fireball, had me laughing in the isle. All in all, 3.5 Strawberries out of 5. |
05-06-2000, 03:21 PM | #5 |
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Hernalt.....why strawberries?
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05-06-2000, 05:28 PM | #6 |
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On the other hand, why not?
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05-20-2000, 06:57 PM | #7 |
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i saw it when Ben did.
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07-13-2000, 01:08 AM | #8 |
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I thought it was a pile of American egotistic, megalomaniac bull...
The Americans didn't capture the enigma decoding machine, the British did, America hadn't even joined the war yet. And in Saving Private Ryan how many Canadians, French or British soldiers did we see land on the beach ? None ! Hollywood would have us belive that the US single handedly defeated Germany. Nothing against Americans you did invent the Hamburger and Star Wars, just I hate the way Hollywood twist facts in Historical films to suit the American audiance. Joncehttp://www.collectstarwars.com/ubb/icons/icon30.gif |
07-13-2000, 01:52 AM | #9 |
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Saving Private Ryan was about one small American unit. Why would they show Canadians, British, whatever? They certainly weren't interested in Private Ryan.
And in defense of U-571 (which was a pretty good movie), in a statement at the end of the movie it did list the British crews that originally retrieved the Enigma. And you are right that America did not single-handedly defeat Germany in WW-II. It was American money that tipped the scales. |
07-13-2000, 02:09 AM | #10 |
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Of course they wouldn't show Canadian or British units in Saving Private Ryan. The Canadians and British had nothing to do with Omaha Beach. They took three of the four other beaches in the Normandy invasion.
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07-13-2000, 12:32 PM | #11 |
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Fair point on Saving Private Ryan, I should watch the movie again !
As for RKittles point I was just meaning at the start where they landed on the beach. Jonce |
07-13-2000, 06:27 PM | #12 |
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Also, this is somewhat off the point: I have actually heard that the hamburger was invented by the Romans and was a popular item in Pompeii
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07-13-2000, 08:27 PM | #13 |
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LOL
What about the hotdog then, or weiner/chilliedog ,what ever you call it?? Yankies invented that didn't you ?? Jonce |
07-14-2000, 12:02 AM | #14 |
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I'm not really sure we can claim the hotdog either, if you simply consider it as a type of sausage (I don't know if it is or not, though it seems like it should be). And as for putting this alleged piece of sausage on a piece of bread, surely someone in the past would have tried it at some point or another.
Who knows? I know that a great many of the ideas that we consider to be modern and original have actually occurred to someone else in the past. |
07-15-2000, 05:40 AM | #15 |
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LOL, my mom told me when I was little that my grandfather invented the corndog.
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