I saw Aliens opening night with my dad when I was 7. I suppose I’m basically a mummy now going by this Dr lol.
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
You like “basically dead” old? I’ll show ya “advanced state of decomposition” old…
You know what film my father took me to see when it came out?
“Midway”.Not Michael Bay “Midway”, no siree… I’m talking Charlton Heston, Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda “Midway”, in glorious Sensurround Sound™️, which seemed to be a big selling point at the time, the latest and greatest Hollywood movie magic tech.
I just had to look that movie up. Is it a good one?
It uses a combination of practical footage (like Christopher Nolan did with Dunkirk), a ton of cleaned-up WWII archival footage, and a sprinkle of special effects with miniatures. Overall, it looks pretty good.
The “cast of thousands” is front-loaded with some old school screen legends, plus many who went on to become TV stars (Tom Selleck, Erik Estrada, Dabney Coleman).
The film slowly builds up momentum, the way other war films of the time like “A Bridge Too Far” did. It takes over an hour for the Battle Of Midway itself to begin, putting all the pieces into place, and historically it was a painstaking process, so many things had to happen for the battle to start and unfold the way it did.
And unlike so many more recent films of the genre, there isn’t any fictional personal drama nor romantic subplots. It’s long enough as it already is, telling a grand sweeping story.
Very much a product of its’ time, yes I’d definitely recommend it, although I prefer that leisurely pace of 70s films, it’s a matter of personal taste, maybe because growing up with those kinds of films.
Nice but you should’ve used a different movie. I mean the Gladiator premiere was like yesterday, must have been few years ago max, am I right?
24 years max.
It’s all good man, said Saul Goodman.
