Comments for All About War Movies

Comment on Tigerland (2000) by allaboutwarmovies

allaboutwarmovies — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:17:15 +0000

No I haven’t seen it. I’ve seen a few of his movies and he isn’t bad, depending on the subject but he is the kind of actor who gives away the year he was born, he can’t play a historical figure, I think. And this cheeky/cocky can be very annoying.

Comment on Dunkirk (1958) by allaboutwarmovies

allaboutwarmovies — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:15:34 +0000

Yes, I agree but that’s not about the movie, it’s about the ideology behind the movie. I did appreciate that but they failed in showing it. It’s too long. This sin’t an epic and should have been cut considerably. Compare this with other John Mills movie and oter movies of the 50s…

Comment on Dunkirk (1958) by allaboutwarmovies

allaboutwarmovies — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:12:47 +0000

I wouldn’t mind that but those old movies are usually quite short, this is far over half an hour too long.

Comment on Tigerland (2000) by Guy Savage

Guy Savage — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:14 +0000

I haven’t seen this one. Good point about Farrell being cheeky/cocky no matter what he does. Have you seen London Boulevard yet?

Comment on Dunkirk (1958) by Guy Savage

Guy Savage — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:03:03 +0000

I saw this a long time ago Caroline. I think it’s very much an old-style war film.

Comment on Dunkirk (1958) by warmoviebuff

warmoviebuff — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:29:15 +0000

A little harsh. Here was my conclusion:

This movie is a classic, old school war movie. It is not great, but it does its job efficiently. The acting is appropriate and you will recognize many familiar faces (hey, that’s James Bonds’ boss!). It’s a comfortable movie that breaks no new ground. However, it deserves credit for calling out incompetence in the government and military and criticizing the British people for their behavior before the invasion of France.

I gave it a 7/10.

Comment on Tigerland (2000) by allaboutwarmovies

allaboutwarmovies — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:26:22 +0000

There are so many real duds on that list…(Just watched one last night…not telling you what yet) But good to know that for once they didn’t make a mistake.

Comment on Tigerland (2000) by warmoviebuff

warmoviebuff — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:13:30 +0000

By overrated I mean that it has a reputation as a forgotten gem. It is most definitely not on the Greatest 100 list.

Comment on Tigerland (2000) by allaboutwarmovies

allaboutwarmovies — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:41:37 +0000

I actually thought I remembered you saying you thought it was overrated. I didn’t agree at the time – mostly because I think it isn’t highly rated in any case but after re-watching it shows its flaws. It’s quite story driven and often when you watch a movie like that for the first time, you’re immeresed in it and overlook the flaws. If my theory is correct you should even think it’s worse the second time around.
Is it on your list? That would surprise me.

Comment on Tigerland (2000) by warmoviebuff

warmoviebuff — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:35:37 +0000

I haven’t seen it in years, so I will watch it soon and comment on it. As I recall, you are accurate on it being too modern. I did not find the characterizations to be realistic. I think it is overrated, but may think differently after a new viewing.