Sam Mendes is a terrible, shallow director. Archived Message Posted by Morrissey on May 12, 2020, 12:36 am, in reply to "Oscars favorite ‘1917’ is touted as a stirring masterpiece about horrors of war. It really isn’t" Never more so than in one of the most annoying films ever made, American Beauty, which starred this naïve but pompous ass... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-spacey-defends-venezuela-protests-694743 Message Thread: | This response ↓ Oscars favorite ‘1917’ is touted as a stirring masterpiece about horrors of war. It really isn’t - Keith-264 May 11, 2020, 11:43 pm Sam Mendes is a terrible, shallow director. - Morrissey May 12, 2020, 12:36 am Best war film ever is Come and See - nm - psingh May 12, 2020, 6:33 am Second that p. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym May 12, 2020, 6:36 am I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen when I was a student, mind blowing - nm - psingh May 12, 2020, 6:45 am Big screen for me too, in Edinburgh. Similar effect. Wonderful, terrible film. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym May 12, 2020, 8:09 am Thirded nt - Matt May 12, 2020, 10:02 am Fourth it. NM - Cockneymystic May 12, 2020, 10:44 am What about The Battle of Algiers? - Morrissey May 12, 2020, 10:23 am Batle of Algiers one of greatest films ever, I was more thinking of films that depict ww2, so - posing May 12, 2020, 3:13 pm "Don't look behind you Florya!"....nm - Keith-264 May 12, 2020, 1:58 pm I liked that a lot - Keith-264 May 12, 2020, 4:16 pm Re: Oscars favorite ‘1917’ is touted as a stirring masterpiece about horrors of war. It really isn’t - Raskolnikov May 12, 2020, 12:17 pm Aw, c'mon Ras -- what about 3 Kings, Green Zone, Hurt Locker, Zero Dar Thirty? - scrabb May 12, 2020, 12:34 pm Re: Aw, c'mon Ras -- what about 3 Kings, Green Zone, Hurt Locker, Zero Dar Thirty? - Raskolnikov May 12, 2020, 12:51 pm Re: Bigelow - Raskolnikov May 12, 2020, 12:54 pm #ZDT Gesundtheit! - Gerard May 12, 2020, 1:38 pm Re: #ZDT Gesundtheit! - Gerard May 12, 2020, 2:05 pm Re: Bigelow - Keith-264 May 12, 2020, 2:14 pm Re: Hidden Life? Regeneration? - Sir Michael Mouse May 12, 2020, 1:01 pm american beauty - Ian M May 12, 2020, 2:04 pm Thanks. Nm - Shyaku May 12, 2020, 6:58 pm Kathryn Bigelow, Leni Riefenstahl's stand in?....nm - Keith-264 May 12, 2020, 2:02 pm Tastes Differ (but), .. - Gerard May 12, 2020, 2:09 pm Unintentionally...how ironic! nm - Gerard May 12, 2020, 2:31 pm I do recall that Bigelow was seen as an aspiring star of the indie film - psingh May 12, 2020, 8:42 pm New Records Show CIA’s Involvement in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ - Ken Waldron May 12, 2020, 9:28 pm Re: New Records Show CIA’s Involvement in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ - Gerard May 15, 2020, 7:23 pm Nb. "The Hunt for Red Herring" nm - Gerard May 15, 2020, 7:30 pm Re: I do recall that Bigelow was seen as an aspiring star of the indie film - Raskolnikov May 12, 2020, 10:49 pm I struggled with Point Break too it took two goes to see it through - Keith-264 May 12, 2020, 11:12 pm Re: I struggled with Point Break too it took two goes to see it through - Gerard May 15, 2020, 7:25 pm Prolly only called 1917 to steal the obv title from the Russ revolution .. - Focus May 12, 2020, 6:07 pm Nice one. They will be changing Labor day next (..oh wait..). Nm - Shyaku May 12, 2020, 7:00 pm Kajaki is the best war film I've seen for quite some time - Focus May 12, 2020, 6:09 pm There have been a few passable Russian efforts on Amazion and Netflix - Keith-264 May 12, 2020, 7:43 pm Is Come and See available to buy? - scrabb May 12, 2020, 9:50 pm Re: Is Come and See available to buy? - Diderot44 May 12, 2020, 10:25 pm Thanks for the tip -- I'll add it to The Cameraman, new print of Buster Keaton's - scrabb May 12, 2020, 11:36 pm Me too - thanks! I'll wait for the Criterion restoration (nm) - Rich May 13, 2020, 8:04 pm Yes - Keith-264 May 12, 2020, 11:08 pm   Searching