Subject: Re:
I hated "the thin red line" so much that
>From: "Jive Monkey" <monkey_jive@hotmail.com>
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From: no tedigo (rygar2000@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Dec 17 2000 - 12:19:30 GMT
I got out of the movie theater after 30 minutes
and never tried to watch it again.
In my opinion the best war movie EVER
will always be "Apocalipsis Now!" and
the "Great Escape" being a very close
second (The bike scene kicks ass!!).
>Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>Subject: Re: <nessun oggetto>
>Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 23:42:48 -0500
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>to marco-
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>i am interested to know what you liked about "the thin red line." the only
>part which i thought was good, actually i thought it exceptional, was when
>the americans finally made it to the japanese camp, and you saw how
>desperate the japanese had become by that time, how absolutely ragged their
>men and equipment were, and how horrified they were of the americans,
>exactly as horrified as the americans were of them. otherwise i thought the
>movie lacked direction and was too long. the cameos were ridiculous, it
>seemed at times as if they were written in at the last minute just so the
>actor (especially george clooney's scene) could have the cameo. but i have
>harbored a suspicion that there was something that i had missed or
>underestimated about the film, but i'm not sure what.
>
>also i am interested in the michelangelo antonioni film "par-dela les
>nuages/beyond the clouds," and i was wondering if you (or anyone else here)
>had seen it, and what you thought of it.
>
>andy
>a.c.
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