Re: [LoGH] Pearl Harbor (off-topic about war movies)
Sampo Haarlaa (simpi79@hotmail.com)
Sat, 26 May 2001 06:53:37 -0000
Hello.
My intention was to gather a group of friends when it comes here, make some
japanese banners (or some other suitable items) and go to a premiere and
scream things like Tora! Tora! Tora! as a protest for hollywood filmmakers
(for raping history), but since I will leave to japan for three weeks next
saturday I won't be able to do it.
Granted, I should not rate a movie until I have seen one, but since
Bruckenhaimer/Bay combination has not produced anything even barely
watchable, I believe their capabilities are not up to task of this story*
By the way, I could dig up a novel (I think it was called 'Vietnam', but I
don't remember it author right now) about a hollywood screenwriter who
writes a succesful Vietnam trilogy which shows that USA kicked butt,
producer of course demanded it. (Who would like to see a movie where we
lose! I want a victory parade and a marching band!).
This starts a boom where all history is rewritten by hollywood (americans
win Battle of Britain, etc) and in the end, even the veterans of the war
believe that americans did it all.
I think I will stick to other, better movies like Tora! Tora! Tora!, Cross
of Iron, Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick), Stalingrad or Tuntematon Sotilas.
btw, I believe Saving Private Ryan is one of worst movies ever made.
Sampo Haarlaa
>From: "Theo Ching"
>Reply-To: logh@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>To: "LoGH"
>Subject: [LoGH] Pearl Harbor
>Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:34:12 -0700
>
>Hi all!
>
> Caught Pearl Harbor today at the noon matinee ($6 is still quite dear).
>It was pretty good, basically like Titanic with all the people sliding off
>sinking ships & the Macross Plus-style love triangle. ;-) Good CG eyecandy
>& explosions. Nice Battle of Britain dogfights included as a bonus.
>Popcorn was decent. ^_^
>
> One weird quibble was seeing Dan Aykroyd as this Washington intelligence
>analyst. I keep seeing him as the bumbling, over-technical federal
>employee in "Spies Like Us." ^^'
>
> The only thing that really reminded me of LoGH was this scene where one
>of the Japanese officers addressed Admiral Nagumo as "shireikan" (means
>"commander" I think), since I constantly hear them say that in LoGH. ;-)
>
> Theo
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