Last Movie You Watched

[Tacenda]

I agree.

I think most teenage boys should watch those scenes especially since that seems to be the age group that struggles the most with war romance.

Yep, think Call of Duty, oops misread, I think maybe they romance it and don't know what war truly was/is about. Our veterans should be invited to speak at schools. My uncle served and was there that day on D-day. He didn't talk alot about it, but my mom told me he was thrown in a truck full of dead people, but someone noticed he was still alive. I'd give anything to sit at his feet and talk with him but he's since passed away. Edited June 6, 2014 by Tacenda

[Garden Girl]

Yep, think Call of Duty, oops misread, I think maybe they romance it and don't know what war truly was/is about. Our veterans should be invited to speak at schools. My uncle served and was there that day on D-day. He didn't talk alot about it, but my mom told me he was thrown in a truck full of dead people, but someone noticed he was still alive. I'd give anything to sit at his feet and talk with him but he's since passed away.

 

Hollywood does that sometimes... the reality can be terrible, almost unbearable at times.  But the men forge some lasting friendships and some of those that survive stay in touch. 

 

My husband rarely talked of his experiences, but he was troubled for years by the memory of his first close-combat experience where he was aware of the enemy vs just shooting in the direction of enemy fire along with everyone else... he had been in combat just a few days... one evening he and a group were moving slowly on patrol through a jungle area.... he heard rustling behind him and turned to see a Japanese soldier, also about 19 years old, standing up from a thicket... they both just stood there facing each other for a few seconds, only a few feet apart... surprised... then both raised their rifles... my husband's shot was first, killing the soldier.  He always remembered how surprised they were and how they just looked at each other... both so young.  I think one reason this bothered him was because he realized how close he came to being killed by the soldier... a matter of seconds.  Of course it did not take long for him to become hardened...

Okay, I'll tell a funny story... part of his service was with a tank group... he drove a tank #CN-13... the inside was painted white.  I think there were 3 men assigned to the tank.  One of them got a can of cherries from home and they decided to try and make some wine by letting the cherries ferment... so they mixed up sugar, etc and put it in a jar to ferment.  They were called away for some other duty for several weeks.  When they returned to their tank unit they opened their tank to a real mess... the jar had exploded and there were cherries/juice all over the white inside of the tank that they had to clean up... plus the smell...  Ha!

 

GG

Edited June 7, 2014 by Garden Girl

[Calm]

I know it's only a movie but it affected me so deeply with such anger  at the unnecessary loss of life caused by his cowardice that I simply can't watch it...

 

GG

Which is why I can't stand watching any war movie in general.

[Deborah]

Edge of Tomorrow was awesome!

[bluebell]

Was it really good?  We are thinking of going to that tomorrow night but i wasn't sure if it would be worth the money.

[Grudunza]

Groundhog Day + Halo = fun!

[Deborah]

Was it really good?  We are thinking of going to that tomorrow night but i wasn't sure if it would be worth the money.

 

It actually got me thinking a lot about what if I could go back and just do things differently. What if I could have known then what I know now. And then I realized that the fact the veil is closed is what gives us the possibility to make mistakes. If we knew what the outcome was beforehand we would do things so differently and would probably never learn the value of the lessons given us, which include why we don't want to do things the way we did. 

 

The Cruise character was not the same person at the end he was at the beginning. But he couldn't convince others of what would happen because they had to experience it for themselves. Any way not many movies of this type make me wax philosophically when they are over.

[Ron Beron]

I think I remember that, but by then there was so many unnecessary deaths because of him that I guess his new found nerve didn't register...

My hubby was in the South Pacific campaign... Phillipines... and made some really horrendous landings, particularly on Leyte and Mindanao... He was shot but went back into combat when healed (as medics were hauling him off on a stretcher, there was a film crew that was featuring Lew Ayers (actor) in a PR spot and he held dh's hand as they carried him toward surgery ... because of battlefield promotions, my dh was a S.Sgt at 20...and remember the famous picture of MacArthur walking ashore and fulfilling his prediction of "I shall return!"  My husband was standing right there with his group watching him walk ashore...  

 

GG

Mac was one of my favorites and your story is cool.  My wife's uncle was a young civilian worker on one of the islands who was taken captive by the Japanese, held as a POW for many years, and almost died as a result of it.  Despite his treatment he went back to Japan as a missionary and even met with some of his captors who he forgave.  Truly a great generation.

[Ron Beron]

I agree.

 

I think most teenage boys should watch those scenes especially since that seems to be the age group that struggles the most with war romance.

Unfortunately, too many war movies today are filmed in the nuance of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Rambo which gives us a bloody sanitized view of war.  War is hell.

[Ron Beron]

Yep, think Call of Duty, oops misread, I think maybe they romance it and don't know what war truly was/is about. Our veterans should be invited to speak at schools. My uncle served and was there that day on D-day. He didn't talk alot about it, but my mom told me he was thrown in a truck full of dead people, but someone noticed he was still alive. I'd give anything to sit at his feet and talk with him but he's since passed away.

When I was a kid I was fortunate enough to go the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey to listen to ex POW's from Vietnam.  It was chilling.

[Ron Beron]

I am on a Jack Lemmon kick recently.  Last night (I have insomnia) I watched the Odd Couple.  What a hoot.  I have The Apartment lined up for today.

[Garden Girl]

I am on a Jack Lemmon kick recently.  Last night (I have insomnia) I watched the Odd Couple.  What a hoot.  I have The Apartment lined up for today.

I loved The Apartment!!

 

GG

[thesometimesaint]

Last night watched "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" again after many years.

[bluebell]

It actually got me thinking a lot about what if I could go back and just do things differently. What if I could have known then what I know now. And then I realized that the fact the veil is closed is what gives us the possibility to make mistakes. If we knew what the outcome was beforehand we would do things so differently and would probably never learn the value of the lessons given us, which include why we don't want to do things the way we did. 

 

The Cruise character was not the same person at the end he was at the beginning. But he couldn't convince others of what would happen because they had to experience it for themselves. Any way not many movies of this type make me wax philosophically when they are over.

 

We saw it last night.

 

I thought it was pretty entertaining, though there were a couple of plot holes that are still bugging me this morning.

[Tacenda]

We saw it last night.

I thought it was pretty entertaining, though there were a couple of plot holes that are still bugging me this morning.

I went too and our friend noticed that there weren't credits at the beginning or a way to tell it was beginning. Did you notice that? Maybe whoever was running the projector messed up. I'm getting really tired of Alien themes.

Edited June 8, 2014 by Tacenda

[Storm Rider]

This evening I watched an old movie, "A Man Called Peter".  A 1955 film based on the true story of Peter Marshall, a Scottish fellow who came to the US and eventually became the chaplain of the US Senate.  It was an outstanding movie and one that I would recommend without reservation for families and individuals alike.

 

It may trigger some excellent conversations on marriage, God, prayer, and revelation.  

I watched it on Netflix, but I am sure other services have it also. 

[Raingirl]

The Book Thief.

[Storm Rider]

The Book Thief.

 

I have not seen this one yet; did you like it and would you recommend it?

[bluebell]

I was really excited about the Book Thief as I generally really like that genre but I did not like the movie at all.

I don't want to give any spoilers but I personally wouldn't recommend it.

[seriously honestly]

Odd Thomas.  It's on Netflix, and although it's not rated I don't believe there's any content that would put it above PG-13.

[Deborah]

I liked the Book Thief but I didn't read the book.

[juliann]

Edge of Tomorrow was awesome!

That is one of the best alien disaster movies ever, I was totally surprised. We just stopped at a movie place spur of the moment and picked the one that was scheduled for that time so I hadn't done any research on it.  Hollywood has gotten so lazy that their movies are paint by numbers. How many disaster movies have the estranged wife and kids who don't like the ne'er do well irreverent dad who turns out to be a genius who saves the world? This one was probably good because it didn't give a soapy...or any... back story to the characters. It was filled with the usual crash 'em up visuals and plot holes but I have finally learned to make myself stop looking for any sort of logic in this genre.

[Kenngo1969]

I went too and our friend noticed that there weren't credits at the beginning or a way to tell it was beginning. Did you notice that? Maybe whoever was running the projector messed up. I'm getting really tired of Alien themes.

Do your moviegoing companions, whomever they may be, kidnap you at gunpoint and force you to go the films they want to see?  (If so, you might want to tell them that, under Utah law, Aggravated Kidnapping is a First-Degree Felony punishable by fifteen years to life in prison.)

 

Just sayin'!

[Kenngo1969]

That is one of the best alien disaster movies ever, I was totally surprised. We just stopped at a movie place spur of the moment and picked the one that was scheduled for that time so I hadn't done any research on it.  Hollywood has gotten so lazy that their movies are paint by numbers. How many disaster movies have the estranged wife and kids who don't like the ne'er do well irreverent dad who turns out to be a genius who saves the world? This one was probably good because it didn't give a soapy...or any... back story to the characters. It was filled with the usual crash 'em up visuals and plot holes but I have finally learned to make myself stop looking for any sort of logic in this genre.

Michael Bay produced it, didn't he?  I think "Crash 'em up, smash 'em up, destroy the world in as visually-arresting a way as possible" is his modus operandi.

[Tacenda]

Do your moviegoing companions, whomever they may be, kidnap you at gunpoint and force you to go the films they want to see? (If so, you might want to tell them that, under Utah law, Aggravated Kidnapping is a First-Degree Felony punishable by fifteen years to life in prison.)

Just sayin'!

Well my heart wanted to go see the latest love story with the girl that has cancer. But my head said our friend who is male wouldn't take to it, so you're right as usual Kenngo!!