Saturday Evening Movie Thread

Saturday Evening Movie Thread - 3/7/2026

The Oscars

A couple of years ago, I went through all of the Best Picture winners and wrote about the whole experience over the course of about a year. I've been revisiting the whole exercise recently with an eye towards this year's ceremony, and I think I've come away with new thoughts.

Firstly, I think One Battle After Another will win the big award. Why? Well, I still haven't seen it (that'll change if it wins, it's on HBO Max), but it won the Golden Globe, the PGA, and the DGA awards. It's historically unusual for a movie to win that much (the different organizations have a lot of overlapping voters) and lose. I don't really care. I've only seen Frankenstein, F1, Train Dreams, and Sinners from the list of nominees (I'd vote for Frankenstein out of the three I've seen).

However, the point of this is to wonder...why the hell should anyone care?

Cultural Relevance

Is it unusual to hear the message these days that no one cares? Not at all, so I know I'm not the first on that front. However, I think I've come up with some reasons that not many others have considered. The first and foremost is the self-conscious effort by the members of the Academy, several thousand highly respected individuals at the height of power in the world of Hollywood, to separate their premiere awards ceremony from popular taste. And it didn't actually start that recently.

In the beginning, Louis B. Mayer wanted to control the rest of Hollywood not directly under his control at MGM. To help head off the rise of labor unions in Los Angeles, he started the Academy to create something of a clearing house for labor disputes that put the studios at a point of power over talent. He followed that up with the Academy Awards the following year to, as he put it, give out baubles to the talent so they would make the movies he wanted made. MGM made films designed to appeal to the masses. He made middle-brow fare with big stars and lots of entertainment value (and spiraling costs, which would doom the studio no matter its successes in later decades). Long after Mayer lost power in the industry, that ethos largely maintained through huge upheavals in the industry brought on by the downfall of the studio system and the rise of television as a main competitor.

Through the 60s and 70s, the Academy was awarding big money makers that people respected. The vast majority of these films were in the top ten earners of the year. Many of them were top three. However, that changed in the 80s.

The 80s was when Hollywood discovered that franchise/genre filmmaking could be a huge money maker. Genre was always an embarrassing necessity to the studios. Cranking out cheap B-westerns to keep the cash flow positive so they could pay for prestige pictures like The Life of Emile Zola that took longer to make and cost more. However, the 80s, in the wake of the unprecedented successes of Jaws and Star Wars, saw Hollywood find the most reliable revenue stream in theaters in decades: the sequel.

And Hollywood has always hated it. Anything populist in appeal became fodder for franchise filmmaking, and the Academy simply...stopped nominating the biggest money makers as an unspoken rule. Oh, you can find exceptions. Titanic is the big one, but they are very much exceptions. The movies awarded progressively got smaller with smaller returns over time. That dovetailed over the past twenty years or so when the Academy just decided to flip their middle finger at the public, starting with the snubbing of The Dark Knight in 2008 (which wasn't nominated for Best Picture) and extending to today where the only real huge success (there have been smaller successes) was Oppenheimer which feels like an apologia to Christopher Nolan for the Dark Knight snub.

The Academy intentionally told the people, for decades, that their tastes didn't matter when it came to the Academy's biggest annual gala. That the public was good enough to make slop for, but that slop wasn't worthy of praise. No wonder TV ratings are down so much. Seriously, who cares about Nomadland?

An Ideal World

Let's take all of that away, and assume that the Oscars are actually only concerned with awarding the best movie of the year, no matter where it comes from. Should you care? Should you, a peon out in the hinterlands, like me, with no say in major decisions in Hollywood, with no influence beyond our tiny addition to the economic side of the business, with no direct ties to people actually in the industry, care about the Oscars?

No.

No, you should not.

The Oscars are an industry award show. They are the top tier of an industry coming together to celebrate the professional accomplishments of each other. You know who else has an industry award annually? The American Society for Quality, the professional organization for statisticians and industrial engineers. Do you care about who gets their annual fellowship? I kind of care because my father won it twice, but that's it. And the ASQ probably affects our daily lives more than the Academy. Their contributions to industrial processes creates efficiencies that make our lives better. What about the Academy? They entertain us for a couple of hours at a time, at best, and then we're off to live our lives. Should you care about the people who made those and the baubles that they hand to each other?

Absolutely not.

“But, TJM, they are experts and know so much about what makes a good movie. Why should I ignore them?”

Because that's an argument by authority and the Academy is a terrible authority. From the beginning, the entire thing has been about control. Control of the direction of the industry. Mayer did it rather openly. The 50s-70s was an obvious battle between old school studio filmmakers and the emerging New American Cinema (the contrasts between Oliver! and Midnight Cowboy, winning back to back, as well as The French Connection and The Godfather, also winning back to back, are illustrative). The 80s was a real attempt to direct the industry away from the money makers overall. The Academy had residual cultural influence from the decades of them picking from popular movies, which allowed the fiction of their leadership to last for a while. But, the open embrace of politics in the 2010s (really started in the late 2000s) was just accelerating a trend that had already started thirty years early. And that's not even talking about people like Harvey Weinstein mastering the Oscar campaign (begun in 1978 with The Deer Hunter) to win with movies like The English Patient.

The Spectacle

But what about the ceremony itself. Is that worth watching? Well, that's a joke question, right? One reason ratings have cratered is that the show is boring. Which is weird since you have the premiere entertainers of the premiere entertainment industry showing the world that they don't know how to put on a show.

But I think the problem is the format itself. There is literally no drama on display for three hours. Say what you want about the politicization of sports, but the actual show on display is filled with the drama of physical feats. What is the drama inherent in the Oscars?

It's the reveal of the choice. Except, that's not drama. The drama itself is the choice. Those choices were made privately by Academy voters as they cast their ballots. They were when PricewaterhouseCoopers counts the ballots. It's not when someone opens an envelope. That's manufactured tension that lasts for mere seconds. Think of reality television like Survivor. The end of every episode is just a vote that lasts for 5-10 minutes, keeping people riveted to their sets because we are actually seeing the drama play out. It's not great drama, but it's something as we watch the people discuss their choices, go off to write down a name, and then Jeff Probst brings the ballots out one at a time. In contrast, The Oscars has movie stars stiffly deliver badly written dialogue, we get a metaphorical drumroll as they open an envelope, and then they reveal the result of drama. It's brief, manufactured tension, and in between are dresses and tuxedos.

It's honestly a bad show, and it always has been. It helped that the glamour of older Hollywood was more pristine in its presentation due to tighter control of PR agents who kept the biggest stars aloof from most day to day concerns. Outside of the movies themselves, the Oscars were one of the only places to actually see many of the biggest stars of the day. Now, they're just easier to see outside of those venues, so the Oscars is less special. (Also, I would argue that it was the glamour that attracted people, of which the stars were representative, not the stars themselves. I have a long held-antipathy to the very idea of the star system, finding most interpretations of it to be deeply flawed.)

Should You Watch?

I'm not your supervisor, but I'm certainly not going to. I'll probably keep up a blog post on my phone that updates with the winners and refresh every half an hour or so as I watch something else because I have a basic curiosity about the affair.

You see, the list of Best Picture winners is actually...a really good list of movies. Does each individual movie represent the best of the year? I don't...really care. There are a handful of bad movies, but there are a lot of good and a whole lot of great films honored. That list of films is not a bad thing to go through in an ongoing education of film (mostly American) history. But it's no more authoritative than my own lists or the AFI's lists or the BFI's lists or the lists you made about your favorite movies. The presence on this list of Best Picture winners does not make them better. Their absence on the list does not make them worse.

The key though is that the Academy is a nest of snakes who are actually using the industry awards show to jockey for power over the direction of the industry as a whole (you know...the stated point of the whole thing from the beginning), an effort that makes no sense anymore since the winners tend to be tiny movies that can't affect audience tastes anymore since few people see them. I mean, seriously, Anora is so sexually explicit that it will never reach a wide audience (it made $21 million at the US box office, a profit for the $5 million budgeted film). It's also really good, by the way.

Anyway, I love the medium, but I cannot be bothered with the people who make the movies giving each other baubles. It's a minor curiosity, and I am tired of thinking about it.

Movies of Today

Opening in Theaters:

The Bride

Hoppers

Movies I Saw This Fortnight:

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (Rating 1.5/4) Full Review "However, the script is way too thin, the directing doesn't give enough time to really build anything, most importantly a dangerous tone or mood, and the resolution feels like just another disconnected piece to end a series of disconnected pieces." [YouTube]

Death in High Heels (Rating 2/4) Full Review "Still, this is probably the best of the pack so far. That's not saying a whole lot, but it's a more intentional package from the pre-war films." [YouTube]

Dick Barton: Special Agent (Rating 2/4) Full Review "Still, Hammer has to start making something outright good at some point, right? Maybe when they hire Christopher Lee." [Library]

The Dark Road (Rating 1/4) Full Review "At least it's short at less than 70 minutes, but that 70 minutes is largely just dull." [Library]

The Adventures of PC 49 (Rating 3/4) Full Review "It's a bit of a hidden gem. It won't change the world, but it'll entertain for about 60 minutes." [YouTube]

Dick Barton Strikes Back (Rating 2.5/4) Full Review "Still, he does his best, and he can't quite save it. It's close, but not there. Oh well, it was a modest entertainment for a time. I have to appreciate that as it comes." [Library]

The Man in Black (Rating 2/4) Full Review "That being said, this is…mediocre but passable. It's not good, but it's not outright bad either. It's just milquetoast and not really worth much thought." [YouTube]

Room to Let (Rating 2/4) Full Review "I'm disappointed that my difficult trek to discover this movie didn't yield something more fruitful and entertaining, but really I shouldn't be surprised that all I got was milquetoast Hammer out of it." [Personal Collection]

Contact

Email any suggestions or questions to thejamesmadison.aos at symbol gmail dot com.
I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.

Please check out my videos from the last couple of weeks, mostly Oscar focused:

History of the Oscars Part One
History of the Oscars Part Two
History of the Oscars Part Three
Stanley Kubrick: The Definitive Ranking
Stanley Kubrick: The Directors Series
My next thread will be on 3/28 and it will discuss a disappointing series of sequels.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at 07:45 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

2 The ONLY movies out of this bunch I even remotely like are the war movies. Dunkirk, Hacksaw Ridge and 1917, seen lots of the others but couldn't tell you why the wete made

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 07:48 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Movies were once the thing and Oscar helped make it happen.

While the movies may have 'gotten smaller' other forms have gotten bigger. Some amazing things in limited or extended form have been made in this generation. Name me a more realized character than Tony Soprano.

If Oscar wants to go back to the future, then Sinners should have a great night,

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 07, 2026 07:54 PM (dtajH)

4 Good evening, TJM.

I'm reading "The Kings of Hollywood", which is excellent, and learned that Coppola didn't think much of Puzo's "The Godfather", which he felt was a sleazy potboiler filled with sex and violence. But the studios wanted an Italian to write and direct it, and George Lucas begged him to take the job because Zoetrope Studios was broke. So Coppola put the focus on family dynamics and found an angle he could really get behind, and the rest is history.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 07:54 PM (kpS4V)

5 Saturday night. And I’m reading the Movie Thread.
Huh.

Posted by: RI Red - who is now only somebody that you used to know at March 07, 2026 07:56 PM (+EVjX)

6 I can't remember the last time I watched the Academy Awards. I'll continue that streak.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 07:57 PM (cxFcK)

7 The Offer is a ten-part series on the making of The Godfather.

See it.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 07, 2026 07:57 PM (dtajH)

8 I think "One Battle After Another" got so many good reviews because it wore its radical politics on its sleeve and so attracted a self-selecting audience.

It may be a great flick, but it came out after a spate of Leftist violence and I wasn't in the mood for that shit.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 07:58 PM (kpS4V)

9 This year I've already watched Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, Chernobyl and I've stated Masters of the Air and The Pacific. It seems I watch them earlier and earlier each year.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:00 PM (cxFcK)

10 My favorite Oscar is the grouch.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 07, 2026 08:00 PM (KAi1n)

11 If Oscar wants to go back to the future, then Sinners should have a great night,
Posted by: Ignoramus

Can't speak to Sinners as I've yet to see it but Jessie Buckley gave a wonderful performance in Hamnet so I guess I'll root for a win for her. This is the first year in a very long time that I've even seen any of the movies nominated.

Posted by: Tuna at March 07, 2026 08:00 PM (lJ0H4)

12 Only movie on this years list I saw was F1... and that one I really liked.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2026 08:01 PM (mP0Kj)

13 Get your ticket, buy your popcorn, find your seat, and put in your earplugs. By the time the movie starts you have to go take a leak. When you come back the theater looks like the Milky Way with all the cellphones. Not worth it to me. Thanks, TJM.

Posted by: Eromero at March 07, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

14 With all the critics howling "Horrible!" And "Worst picture of the year!", I knew I absolutely had to see "The Bride!", and I'm glad I saw this big messy gilded turd of a film.

The spirit of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is residing in limbo, trying to break free and complete the second part of Frankenstein as she really wanted to tell it. When Chicago party girl Ida is shoved down a staircase by a mobster's henchmen for threatening to spill his secrets, Mary will find a way to inhabit her broken body.

At the same time, a desperately lonely Monster is in town to beg a scientist to make him a bride. She reluctantly agrees and they dig up a fresh body -- Ida's. She zaps Ida awake and Mary jumps in. The Bride toggles between the plummy tones of the writer and the wisecracking gun moll. Frankie is entranced.

The movie becomes a Bonnie and Clyde story with period movie dancing and singing and bullet-ridden mayhem, as the two lovers evade the law. Jessie Buckley looks like a reanimated Jean Harlow.

I agree with Christian Toto's review: it's a swing and a miss, but Maggie Gyllenhaal is to be commended for taking such a big swing. I was never bored.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:01 PM (kpS4V)

15 I think "One Battle After Another" got so many good reviews because it wore its radical politics on its sleeve and so attracted a self-selecting audience.

It may be a great flick, but it came out after a spate of Leftist violence and I wasn't in the mood for that shit.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 07:58 PM (kpS4V)

I wouldn't bet on it even being a great flick. The trailers alone made it look tedious.

Posted by: Dr. T at March 07, 2026 08:01 PM (lHPJf)

16 The peoples' tastes really don't matter though.
Look at The Bride!. It's shit, and a lot of critics know it (60% on RT ain't great), but Karen is showing up so audience score is 73%.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 07, 2026 08:01 PM (gKWVE)

17 I'll never forgive the Academy for robbing 'Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man' of an Oscar!!! Bastards!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 07, 2026 08:03 PM (PGK1w)

18 I rented the new Naked Gun with Liam. I was surprised at how much they kept with the original vibe. I liked it. Pamela Anderson was great.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:03 PM (cxFcK)

19 TJM,
I always appreciate your threads.
And I absolutely do not care about the Oscars.
In fact, I am surprised the local theater is even still open. It has the most empty parking lot in town.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2026 08:03 PM (2WIwB)

20 The funny thing about One Battle is that it credits Pynchon's Vineland as its original source.

I don't always understand Pynchon (who does?), but I sense that Vineland was lampooning the original hippies of his day, when they had some relevance.

Now they're a punch line.

Did the makers of One Battle not see this/

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 07, 2026 08:04 PM (dtajH)

21 Can't speak to Sinners as I've yet to see it but Jessie Buckley gave a wonderful performance in Hamnet so I guess I'll root for a win for her. This is the first year in a very long time that I've even seen any of the movies nominated.
Posted by: Tuna at March 07, 2026 08:00 PM (lJ0H4)

Of all the movies I saw last year, Sinners and Weapons were the only good ones. This is a promising trend for movies with one-word titles.

Posted by: Dr. T at March 07, 2026 08:04 PM (lHPJf)

22 I used to pay more attention to the Oscars, but haven't watched the presentations in at least fifteen years and maybe more. Always enjoyed movies and if I made it a point to catch the best picture winners and nominees, and the winners for screenplays, I'd see some good stuff and pick up on names of writers I should watch for. Been quite a while since I could count on finding things I'd enjoy that way.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 08:04 PM (q3u5l)

23 18 I rented the new Naked Gun with Liam. I was surprised at how much they kept with the original vibe. I liked it. Pamela Anderson was great.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:03 PM (cxFcK)

It was subpar compared to the originals...I didn't find it very funny, which was disappointing...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 07, 2026 08:05 PM (tOcjL)

24 I plan to watch Project Hail Mary, at home

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 07, 2026 08:06 PM (DoBxX)

25 I liked Sinners

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 07, 2026 08:06 PM (DoBxX)

26 There is no justice in Tinseltown, Puddleglum. I think "Goon" deserved Best Screenplay.

Gord Ogilvey: Alright boys, listen up. We're sill in this thing. We just need a quick one.
John Stevenson: Listen up Cash!
Gord Ogilvey: We gotta work harder than them, okay?
John Stevenson: Harder than them, guys.
Gord Ogilvey: You know what's hard work? Going through a divorce, she's trying to get all my money now. She can have half of it, I don't give a shit. The other half, hard work, mine! Some guys on their team are fuckin' divorced. Three guys there, who's fuckin' marriages are in the fuckin' toilet.
John Stevenson: We're playing divorced guys.
Doug Glatt: Yeah!
Gord Ogilvey: We gotta be fuckin' triceps, biceps, arceps hard!
Doug Glatt: Hard!
Gord Ogilvey: Greek fuckin' underground gay porn hard!
John Stevenson: We're all Adonises!
Gord Ogilvey: Highlanders, gay porn hard!
Doug Glatt: Gay porn hard!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:06 PM (kpS4V)

27 "I agree with Christian Toto's review: it's a swing and a miss, "

It will be a Midnight Movie Classic. There's parts of it that soar. Mostly Jessie and Christian being the star-crossed lovers.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 07, 2026 08:08 PM (dtajH)

28 We watched all the Oscar vids last night. Really enjoyed them. Was shocked at how many of my "alternate" picks were in agreement with you haah

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

29 No pynchon was dead earnest,

Neesons dead pan delivery only goes so far

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:08 PM (bXbFr)

30 Mostly Jessie and Christian being the star-crossed lovers.
Posted by: Ignoramus at March 07, 2026 08:08 PM (dtajH)
----

It was touching!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:09 PM (kpS4V)

31 It was subpar compared to the originals...I didn't find it very funny, which was disappointing...
Posted by: Nova Local

Oh, c'mon! When Pamela tried to buy time by singing skat jazz? I thought that was great. Plus the scene where all the detectives were on their knees paying homage to their father's portraits and OJ's son just looks into the camera and shakes his head. No way, man.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:10 PM (cxFcK)

32 Of all the movies I saw last year, Sinners and Weapons were the only good ones. This is a promising trend for movies with one-word titles.
Posted by: Dr. T at

Love both of those. Also enjoyed Frankenstein and the performances in hamnet and Marty supreme.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

33 I sleo liked Weapons

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 07, 2026 08:12 PM (eZ5tL)

34 I have a long held-antipathy to the very idea of the star system, finding most interpretations of it to be deeply flawed.
_______
You really should explain exactly what you mean by that, and why you believe it. Not just your subjective feelings.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 07, 2026 08:12 PM (AlhUl)

35 "Train Dreams" was in my top five. A real mood piece.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:13 PM (kpS4V)

36 Train Dreams" was in my top five. A real mood piece.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf

That's at the top of my watch list. Just haven't got to it yet.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:14 PM (YZ0Fo)

37 Haven't seen any new films, though F1 might interest me. I do love racing movies. I might like Sinners too. Lots of good vampire movies out there. Lots of bad ones too (Twilight, meh). I couldn't get through the first 5 minutes of it. Then, I'm not its audience. Avatar was the same way. Horrible dialogue within the first 5 minutes and I never tried to get through it. It was just bad.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 07, 2026 08:15 PM (PGK1w)

38 Sinners was pretty creative, better than what coogler has been able to do certsinly since black panther

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:16 PM (bXbFr)

39 34 I have a long held-antipathy to the very idea of the star system, finding most interpretations of it to be deeply flawed.
_______
You really should explain exactly what you mean by that, and why you believe it. Not just your subjective feelings.
Posted by: Eeyore at March 07, 2026 08:12 PM (AlhUl

====

I've written a thread on it before. It is not the topic of this thread.

Posted by: TJM's phone at March 07, 2026 08:16 PM (GBKbO)

40 I did catch the Neeson/Anderson Naked Gun, and didn't enjoy it nearly as much as I'd hoped to.

Neeson did a nice deadpan -- not quite up to Leslie Nielsen, but not bad at all. Anderson was okay in her part. Kinda liked some of the quick sight gags. But the whole thing had a been-there-done-that feel to it and there wasn't much there that really equalled (I wasn't hoping for surpassed) the original. YMMV.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 08:17 PM (q3u5l)

41 Haven't seen any new films, though F1 might interest me. I do love racing movies. I might like Sinners too. Lots of good vampire movies out there. Lots of bad ones too (Twilight, meh). I couldn't get through the first 5 minutes of it. Then, I'm not its audience. Avatar was the same way. Horrible dialogue within the first 5 minutes and I never tried to get through it. It was just bad.
Posted by: Puddleglum at

F1 was a ton of fun. Thought it was really well made. Racing scenes esp. and the characters were all likeable of believable.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

42 Are the Academy Awards even on OTATV nowadays?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 07, 2026 08:17 PM (4NO2D)

43 But michael b jordan is michael b jordan all the time

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:17 PM (bXbFr)

44 In honor of the Oscars, I am watching Innerspace. It's a dumb 80s movie, but i like it. And I have always liked Martin Short. Sad about his daughter's passing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 07, 2026 08:18 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Oscar the Grouch

Oooo, my VPN IS BANNED

Posted by: epador at March 07, 2026 08:18 PM (TRnzq)

46 re the Academy Awards even on OTATV nowadays?
Posted by: toby928(c

Still ABC. They signed a deal to move to YouTube. I think it starts in 28. Could be off on the year.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

47 I had read reviews of One Battle After Another, and knew it was another one of those "message" movies that the scolds in Hollywood use to bash over our heads until we agree with their misguided ideas. Hard pass before even trying to slog through it.

Mr. TiFW, on the other hand, grew up in a miniscule town 30 miles from the nearest movie theater, and with 5 kids on a school principal's salary, he only saw 3 movies in the theater when he was growing up. He will watch ANYTHING, even if he figures out during the first 5 minutes that a movie is absolute dreck.

He forced himself to sit through One Battle After Another. He can't stop talking about how absolutely AWFUL he thought it was.

So, yeah, it will probably win Best Picture.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 07, 2026 08:19 PM (SRRAx)

48 In honor of the Oscars, I am watching Innerspace.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank

I'm watching another Twilight Zone marathon on SyfY. Sigh.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:20 PM (cxFcK)

49 Took my suster to see F-1, lkke many movies its plausible otherwise it wouldn't be interesting maybe.

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)

50 I haven't cared about any awards for decades. The problem with awards is that they pull things toward them. No one would have made "Nomadland" or "Moonlight" because they thought it would be popular. I suspect they were made precisely because they're considered "Oscar bait."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 07, 2026 08:20 PM (CHHv1)

51 It doesn't help the Oscars that politics rears its head so often, back to Brando and Fonda and Redgrave at least. And now they bleat and yammer all day every day.

Make one miss the days of studio control, almost.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:21 PM (kpS4V)

52 He forced himself to sit through One Battle After Another. He can't stop talking about how absolutely AWFUL he thought it was.

So, yeah, it will probably win Best Picture.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

The cinematography is quite great. And the car "chase" was well done. Yup. That's all I got for positives.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

53 My choices for tonight are SISU 2, Rental Family, Nuremberg, or the latest Superman.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 07, 2026 08:22 PM (4NO2D)

54 choices for tonight are SISU 2, Rental Family, Nuremberg, or the latest Superman.
Posted by: toby928(c) at

That's quite the range of movies!

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

55 Or I could start a ten year old five season SciFi series called Killjoys.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 07, 2026 08:24 PM (4NO2D)

56 31 It was subpar compared to the originals...I didn't find it very funny, which was disappointing...
Posted by: Nova Local

Oh, c'mon! When Pamela tried to buy time by singing skat jazz? I thought that was great. Plus the scene where all the detectives were on their knees paying homage to their father's portraits and OJ's son just looks into the camera and shakes his head. No way, man.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:10 PM (cxFcK)

The OJ joke was in the trailer...and when the trailer has the best jokes of the movie...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 07, 2026 08:24 PM (tOcjL)

57 My choices for tonight are SISU 2, Rental Family, Nuremberg, or the latest Superman.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Those are good choices. Take Nuremberg and tell me if it's worth it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:24 PM (cxFcK)

58 Michael might b. Jordan but he don't b. like Mike.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at March 07, 2026 08:24 PM (KAi1n)

59 An action packed adventure series following a fun loving hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 07, 2026 08:25 PM (4NO2D)

60 Okay I just looked at what's up for Best Picture:

Sinners, One Battle after Another, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, and Train Dreams.

I've seen Bugonia, Frankenstein, and Train Dreams. I'd be happy if any of those won.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:26 PM (kpS4V)

61 We might have a Firefly sequel soon.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:26 PM (cxFcK)

62 the list of Best Picture winners is actually...a really good list of movies...But it's no more authoritative than my own lists or the AFI's lists or the BFI's lists or the lists you made about your favorite movies. - TJM

Amen. I would like to include Fanboy Flicks' list of movies as wildly overlooked group of films by people the make film lists. Granted, these movies appeal to those with a rather esoteric and peculiar sense of taste and style. To this I argue shouldn't be a reason to shun them. It is why we should embrace them as they represent the collective mind of something artistically special and are examples of cinema in a class of their own. Mentally ill, criminal, or just plain clueless also comes to mind. Long Live Fanboy Flicks! Hoorah!

https://www.youtube.com/@FanboyFlicks

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 07, 2026 08:26 PM (BnDlA)

63 Oh, c'mon! When Pamela tried to buy time by singing skat jazz? I thought that was great. Plus the scene where all the detectives were on their knees paying homage to their father's portraits and OJ's son just looks into the camera and shakes his head. No way, man.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually

We saw it in the theater and the place was packed and people were laughing so hard at different jokes that you missed some. It's been ALONG time since I've experienced that in a theater. The crane with the car freaking killed me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

64 I've seen Bugonia, Frankenstein, and Train Dreams. I'd be happy if any of those won.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She

Haven't seen bugonia yet. But I always enjoy his movies. How was it compared to his others?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

65 I haven't watched the oscars in years. I just don't give a shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 07, 2026 08:27 PM (snZF9)

66 Yeah i dread what they will do with,

Nathan fillion doesnt look that bad

One recalls he got his debut in that terrible dracula 2000

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:28 PM (bXbFr)

67 We might have a Firefly sequel soon.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:26 PM

I aim to eat prunes. - Malcolm Reynolds

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 07, 2026 08:28 PM (4NO2D)

68 So did gerald butler

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:29 PM (bXbFr)

69 Okay, Nuremberg it is.

Russell Crowe better be a good Hermann Göring.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 07, 2026 08:30 PM (4NO2D)

70 Yeah i dread what they will do with,

Nathan fillion doesnt look that bad

One recalls he got his debut in that terrible dracula 2000
Posted by: Miguel cervantes

He was in saving private ryan.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

71 Haven't seen bugonia yet. But I always enjoy his movies. How was it compared to his others?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:27 PM (YZ0Fo)
---

Just as batshit as "Poor Things" (which I also loved), but there is real pathos in Jesse Plemmons' performance that makes it a cut above.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:30 PM (kpS4V)

72 The Deer Hunter - first sat through this from start to finish about a year ago.
JFC that was bad. Like they decided to see how much they could insult blue-color Americans while dumping a bunch of money to make it look like a slick production.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2026 08:30 PM (/lPRQ)

73 I admit I had to look up some of the classic actors/actresses in TJM's pics. I don't know the first one; perhaps it's from the first Academy Awards?

The second is from 1956, when Ernest Borgnine won Best Actor and Jack Lemmon Best Supporting. The woman on the left must be Jo Van Fleet, the one on the right Anna Magnani. But who is the woman at center?

The fourth pic is William Holden and Donna Reed. Donna no doubt for From Here to Eternity, but I'm not sure which role Bill won for, or was tagged for, that year. The "JJ Sefton" role in Stalag 17, I guess?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 07, 2026 08:31 PM (wzUl9)

74 William Holden looks drunk as a skunk.

Who's the big girl in the pic above?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:31 PM (rCMWO)

75 My favorite part of the Oscars is the deep thoughts political speeches by people who confuse being able think deeply about a subject with being able to memorize scripts and spit out their lines with or without their clothes on.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 07, 2026 08:32 PM (BnDlA)

76 Just as batshit as "Poor Things" (which I also loved), but there is real pathos in Jesse Plemmons' performance that makes it a cut above.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She

Awesome. I'll bump it up the to do list. I loved poor things too. But lobster is still my favorite of his.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

77 I still need to watch the end of Venom 3 at some point.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 07, 2026 08:32 PM (4NO2D)

78 Was he (,i didnt look that closely)

Fox did joss whedon dirty how they handled thar series

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:33 PM (bXbFr)

79 Deer Hunter - first sat through this from start to finish about a year ago.
JFC that was bad. Like they decided to see how much they could insult blue-color Americans while dumping a bunch of money to make it look like a slick production.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley

I had to watch that in a college class and then wrote an essay about it. I did not have kind things to say. The professor did not care for my take.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:33 PM (YZ0Fo)

80 Yes sinatra and aldo ray were in fhte

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:33 PM (bXbFr)

81 I thought Sinners was a Hate Whitey movie. I don't sense that now. I'll give it a go.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:34 PM (cxFcK)

82 Was he (,i didnt look that closely)

Fox did joss whedon dirty how they handled thar series
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March

Minnesota Ryan

And yes thy did.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

83 I got one of the Oscar's from the 40s show up in my ewetub suggested. Hosted by Bob Hope.

He was funny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s)

84 Nobody cares because the movies stink and the actors stink. There may be three or five actual good movies in a year the rest are trash. There is no real competition to be awarded. That's their problem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:35 PM (rCMWO)

85 Only movie on this years list I saw was F1... and that one I really liked.
Posted by: Romeo13

Ditto.

As far as the show, the most I'll see of it is Piper's ONT fashion rundown, if she does one.

Posted by: mikeski at March 07, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)

86 Miss Linda wants me to watch the first Wicked movie. She says I might like the animals. I might. Almost anything would be an improvement over the sequel.

When did movie and theater musicals start having songs that all sound alike? There are no upbeat songs, no fast ones, no catchy ones that send you out of the theatre humming them or singing some of the lyrics. Oh, for the days of Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady --!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 07, 2026 08:35 PM (wzUl9)

87 Thx TJM great post and vid.
Haven't been to a movie theater probably since The Return of the King. Haven't seen any of the movies this year
The English Patient is mentioned. I would rather stick knitting needles in my eyes than watch that again

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 07, 2026 08:36 PM (/C62k)

88 They did that with most of his projects

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:36 PM (bXbFr)

89 thought Sinners was a Hate Whitey movie. I don't sense that now. I'll give it a go.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

You just have to accept that the film maker (coogler) is going to have a point of view. As long as you accept that and set it aside it's a pretty great viewing experience.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

90 William Holden looks drunk as a skunk.

Who's the big girl in the pic above?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026

***
That, I've heard, was Holden's offscreen hobby.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 07, 2026 08:37 PM (wzUl9)

91 For us, the movie that all others get compared to for worst movie is "Eye Of The Beholder", starring Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, and kd lang.

Lots of interesting premises, but at some point when watching the movie, the end credits start rolling.

I swear, we had to laugh when EVERYONE in the theater turned to the person they were with and said, " Is that it? Is the movie over?"

And then everyone started nervously chuckling because they realized that everyone else around them was asking the same thing.

We left the theater to find a whole lot of people lined up to see the next showing. Police officers were actually there - I guess to keep people without tickets out (it was opening day). When we got into the car, we speculated that the theater was going to need those officers there later on to keep patrons from rushing the box office, demanding a refund.

After all these years, no movie has pushed that one out of first place for worst movie we have paid good money to see, but Mr. TiFW ranks "One Thing After Another" right up there in that category...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 07, 2026 08:37 PM (SRRAx)

92 >>>confuse being able think deeply about a subject with being able to memorize scripts and spit out their lines with or without their clothes on.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram
--

Charlie Sheen ! Two good men - funny. Charlie good.
Charlie forgets that he's a good actor but has no thoughts of his own. Charlie leaves the show. Charlie falls on face.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:38 PM (rCMWO)

93 If the average Joes and Janes do not care about the titles up for the Oscars, it is meaningless.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 07, 2026 08:38 PM (hJH5n)

94 Oh that was a terrible film wth were they thinking with that film

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:39 PM (bXbFr)

95 I haven't seen the movie, but I just know I'd have an Elaine Benes reaction to "The English Patient".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:39 PM (kpS4V)

96 86 Miss Linda wants me to watch the first Wicked movie. She says I might like the animals. I might. Almost anything would be an improvement over the sequel.

When did movie and theater musicals start having songs that all sound alike? There are no upbeat songs, no fast ones, no catchy ones that send you out of the theatre humming them or singing some of the lyrics. Oh, for the days of Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady --!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 07, 2026 08:35 PM (wzUl9)

Wicked 1 is superior...although I find both worthwhile...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 07, 2026 08:40 PM (tOcjL)

97 Yeah but as with grant, send them the same thing he waa drinking

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:40 PM (bXbFr)

98 haven't seen the movie, but I just know I'd have an Elaine Benes reaction to "The English Patient"

======

It's the most bored I've ever been watching a movie. I'm sure there is a redeeming quality or 2. I was too bored to even look for them.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:41 PM (YZ0Fo)

99 William Holden looks drunk as a skunk.
Posted by: Braenyard

Speaking of drunks. Broadrick Crawford won best actor Academy Award for his work in all the All the King's Men (this film also won the best picture award). One of my favorites.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 07, 2026 08:41 PM (BnDlA)

100 After all these years, no movie has pushed that one out of first place for worst movie we have paid good money to see, but Mr. TiFW ranks "One Thing After Another" right up there in that category...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 07, 2026 08:37 PM (SRRAx)

Nope, worst was the original Blair Witch Project...there is NOTHING redeeming about that movie...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 07, 2026 08:41 PM (tOcjL)

101 I haven't been in an actual movie theater in 20 years or so, so.my opinion about present movies is probably not representative, but I saw Frankenstein and I thought it was wonderful. I entered with my unconscious expectations bounded by Karloff and Mel.Brooks. By the end, the Dr and the monster were real.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 07, 2026 08:41 PM (sR2WI)

102 Saw Deer Hunter when it first came out, H8ed it really.

This week decided my top 10 war movies, Master and Commander I think is my favorite, Battleground is 2nd

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 08:42 PM (Ia/+0)

103 98
It's the most bored I've ever been watching a movie. I'm sure there is a redeeming quality or 2. I was too bored to even look for them.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:41 PM (YZ0Fo

===

It is a very pretty movie. Also bad. And morally repugnant. But pretty.

Posted by: TJM's phone at March 07, 2026 08:42 PM (GBKbO)

104
Need subtitles on the pics.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:44 PM (rCMWO)

105 This week decided my top 10 war movies, Master and Commander I think is my favorite, Battleground is 2nd
Posted by: Skip at March

Where do all quiet on the western front and all quiet on the western front rank?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

106 It is a very pretty movie. Also bad. And morally repugnant. But pretty.
Posted by: TJM's phone

See a redeeming quality.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

107 Who is the woman with the bearded guy?
Is she a woman? The grip she's got on Oscar could strangle a guy. Who is she?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:47 PM (rCMWO)

108 It is a very pretty movie. Also bad. And morally repugnant. But pretty.
Posted by: TJM's phone

See a redeeming quality.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Nice score. Another redeeming quality.

Posted by: Tuna at March 07, 2026 08:47 PM (lJ0H4)

109 Or Sahara or Sahara?

Actually 3 Last of the Mohicans
Das Boot
Great Escape
Blackhawk Down
Paths of Glory
12 o'clock High
Mr Roberts
Stalag 17

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 08:48 PM (Ia/+0)

110 Stalag 17 river kwai sunset boulevard toko ti

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:49 PM (bXbFr)

111 107 Who is the woman with the bearded guy?
Is she a woman? The grip she's got on Oscar could strangle a guy. Who is she?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:47 PM (rCMWO)

Google Image says "This image depicts Francis Ford Coppola holding an Oscar award alongside Talia Shire, likely at an Academy Awards ceremony in the 1970s."

Posted by: Nova Local at March 07, 2026 08:49 PM (tOcjL)

112 A Firefly sequel? Well, most of the cast are still above ground so if everybody was on board for the project, might work. The iffy part would be the writing -- Joss Whedon has spent a decade mostly doing comic book franchise movies, and I'd think that's gotta hurt. It'd be nice to be wrong about that.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 08:49 PM (q3u5l)

113 AI - Talia Rose Shire is an American actress and member of the Coppola family, known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather trilogy and Adrian Pennino Balboa in the Rocky series. Born Talia Rose Coppola, she is the daughter of composer Carmine Coppola and younger sister of director Francis Ford Coppola. Shire is also the mother of actor Jason Schwartzman and filmmaker Robert Schwartzman, and the aunt of Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, and Nicolas Cage.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 07, 2026 08:50 PM (tOcjL)

114 The English Patient is mentioned. I would rather stick knitting needles in my eyes than watch that again
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 07, 2026 08:36 PM (/C62k)

I still have to laugh whenever I run across the Seinfeld episode where J. Peterman drags Elaine to watch that movie and she f***in HATES it 😂😂😂

https://tinyurl.com/ElaineHatesTheEnglishPatient

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 07, 2026 08:50 PM (SRRAx)

115 Actually 3 Last of the Mohicans
Das Boot
Great Escape
Blackhawk Down
Paths of Glory
12 o'clock High
Mr Roberts
Stalag 17
Posted by: Skip at March

Do sword and sandal epics qualify?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

116 Count. Almasy played by fiennes was a thoroughly nasty character minghella made him more anbiguous

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:50 PM (bXbFr)

117 Firefly sequel? Well, most of the cast are still above ground so if everybody was on board for the project, might work. The iffy part would be the writing -- Joss Whedon has spent a decade mostly doing comic book franchise movies, and I'd think that's gotta hurt. It'd be nice to be wrong about that.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at March

He was also PNGd during #MeToo

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

118 Posted by: Skip
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Saw Stalag 17 when I was very young.
Talk about a reality check.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:52 PM (rCMWO)

119 That's writer Dorothy Puzo standing next to Coppola.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:52 PM (kpS4V)

120 If its a war
Actually 7 Samurai is a favorite, not sure its a war movie, maybe a western just takes place in Japan

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 08:53 PM (Ia/+0)

121 That's writer Dorothy Puzo standing next to Coppola.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She

Mario's daughter I believe.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

122 And JJ has staring roll in it

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 08:54 PM (Ia/+0)

123 Ayup.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 08:54 PM (kpS4V)

124 The parts with willem dafoe were all scrambled

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:54 PM (bXbFr)

125 its a war
Actually 7 Samurai is a favorite, not sure its a war movie, maybe a western just takes place in Japan
Posted by: Skip at

The obvious inspiration (or a remake) for magnificent 7. And then again magnificent 7.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

126 But jurgen prochnow has an interesting role (not on the book)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 08:55 PM (bXbFr)

127 Actually 7 Samurai is a favorite, not sure its a war movie, maybe a western just takes place in Japan
Posted by: Skip

I've talked about it before but please give Greyhound a watch. I think (and maybe it's only me) it's a great war movie. Forget Tom Hanks is in it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:55 PM (cxFcK)

128 They'll F'k up Firefly.

I liked Deer Hunter. (shrugs). Then, I grew up in a town that pretty much looked like the one in the movie. There portrayal wasn't too far off.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 07, 2026 08:56 PM (PGK1w)

129 I've talked about it before but please give Greyhound a watch. I think (and maybe it's only me) it's a great war movie. Forget Tom Hanks is in it.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually

I was actually surprised how much I liked it. There were come cgi stuff that drove me nuts. But overall a good movie. And not a story I was too familiar with.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 08:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

130 I want to but never saw Greyhound
A favorite list can have places bumped up or down or replaced, haven't seen every war movie yet

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 08:58 PM (Ia/+0)

131 And not a story I was too familiar with.
Posted by: BruceWayne

I ended up reading the book it was based on, The Good Shepherd. It was also good.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 08:59 PM (cxFcK)

132 Ever see a movie with Jeff Chandler? hahahahah
Awwwwg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 08:59 PM (rCMWO)

133 First 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan is all I watch of that movie anymore

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 08:59 PM (Ia/+0)

134 Also does lives of others count as a war movie? Berlin in the height of the Cold War. Cause that would be my number 1 if it qualifies.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

135 ended up reading the book it was based on, The Good Shepherd. It was also good.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually

It's one of my dad's favorites. Maybe I should check it out.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:00 PM (YZ0Fo)

136 Am I alone? I stopped watch the Oscars 10 years ago, maybe 15 years. Why? I think it has much to do with my ever growing lack of cultural affinity anymore with Hollywood as much as it does with I don't go to theaters anymore because I have 75" TV, a more than adequate sound system and and streaming services. Somewhere I lost the thread of being highly interested in current films whereas once upon a time I was at a theater at least once a week.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 07, 2026 09:01 PM (BnDlA)

137 Well maybe I will get up in a couple hours to watch F-1 in Australia
Back then possibly

Posted by: Skip at March 07, 2026 09:01 PM (Ia/+0)

138 First 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan is all I watch of that movie anymore
Posted by: Skip at March

Thin red line >>>>>>>>>>>> saving private ryan

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

139 Thin red line >>>>>>>>>>>> saving private ryan
Posted by: BruceWayne

I don't think I can argue with that.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 07, 2026 09:02 PM (cxFcK)

140 First 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan is all I watch of that movie anymore
Posted by: Skip

They do a lot of dumb shit.

First time one sees it you might think, "Why didn't they just blow the bridge?". Then virtually every scene they do some dumb shit. I'll never watch it again.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2026 09:04 PM (/lPRQ)

141 Thats a powerful opening as is the last quarter of hacksaw rodgr did they have to make it so grueling

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:05 PM (bXbFr)

142 The Longest Day >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Saving Private Ryan

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

143 Thats a powerful opening as is the last quarter of hacksaw rodgr did they have to make it so grueling
Posted by: Miguel cervantes

Hacksaw ridge is great. I also really like we were soldiers. But I also love the book it was based on We were soldiers... and young.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

144 There's a Jeff Chandler western called The Plunderers that was kinda fun, I thought.

War movies? These may not be on anyone's 10 best list (if I tried to make a 10 best of my own I'm not sure they'd all be there either) but I liked:
Attack
The Young Lions
To Hell and Back
The War Lover
The Guns of Navarone
Hell to Eternity
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far
Hell Is For Heroes

As well as previously mentioned films like Bridge on the River Kwai, etc.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 09:06 PM (q3u5l)

145 The Great Escape

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:07 PM (zZu0s)

146 Also yes it's Michael Bay. But 13 hours is a pretty great flick.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

147 I have come to appreciate Michael Bay more and more the older I get.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:08 PM (zZu0s)

148 After the first 30 minutes its a bit anti climactic

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:09 PM (bXbFr)

149 Or if we count Sicario as a war movie then it def makes my list.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:09 PM (YZ0Fo)

150 have come to appreciate Michael Bay more and more the older I get.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work

He does what he does and he likes what he likes. And I find it entertaining.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

151 When it came out on VHS, my sister rented Private Ryan so my father could see it. His comment after seeing it: "Now let me tell you everything they got wrong in that one." He was WWII 82nd Airborne and knew whereof he spoke.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 09:12 PM (q3u5l)

152 Hollywood just makes movies for Hollywood people. And they love patting themselves on the back. The 'best picture' is never the movie that the public liked best. It's the politically correct movie that makes the industry feel good about itself.

Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2026 09:12 PM (ZxPkt)

153 It kind of is, and the question of who is the villain in the story as addressed before

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:13 PM (bXbFr)

154 Spielberg went odd as he got older. Became more... theatrical and in a lot of ways less good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:13 PM (zZu0s)

155 Today was war movie day

13 hours
Hurt Locker
Lone Survivor
American Sniper

Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2026 09:14 PM (+nEug)

156 The subsequent transformer films show how good he was

Same with the last bad boys films

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:14 PM (bXbFr)

157 When it came out on VHS, my sister rented Private Ryan so my father could see it. His comment after seeing it: "Now let me tell you everything they got wrong in that one." He was WWII 82nd Airborne and knew whereof he spoke.
Posted by: Just Some Guy

Unless he kept it short ("virtually everything"), his dissertation may have been longer than the movie.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 07, 2026 09:14 PM (/lPRQ)

158 I'm watching "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" in 4K.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 07, 2026 09:14 PM (CHHv1)

159 146 Also yes it's Michael Bay. But 13 hours is a pretty great flick.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:08 PM (YZ0Fo)
Made from an accurate account of a real event depicting dedication, bravery, and sacrifice in the face of treachery. I don’t know how it got made.

Posted by: Eromero at March 07, 2026 09:15 PM (LHPAg)

160 The subsequent transformer films show how good he was

Same with the last bad boys films
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:14 PM (bXbFr)

But when he was on:

The Rock
Armageddon

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:15 PM (zZu0s)

161 American sniper the best of those

Although hurt locker does a gut punch

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:16 PM (bXbFr)

162 "Unless he kept it short ("virtually everything"), his dissertation may have been longer than the movie."

Probably would have been. I wasn't there for their viewing of SPR, and was told of his response later.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 09:17 PM (q3u5l)

163 But when he was on:

The Rock
Armageddon
Posted by: Aetius451AD

13 hours
Pain and gain

Styx: show me the way

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

164 Another interesting point: The Longest Day was made 18 years after the events it depicted. Memories would have been fresh.

Oddly, they did not feel the need to show the regular German soldier as the embodiment of all evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

165 Oh yeah cant tell you how many teams ive seen the rock

(The last sean connery bond) in some peoples opinion

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:17 PM (bXbFr)

166 Jaws: PSA

Saw first shark scare, on my news feed, of the season.

2025, More shark attacks than average.

that is all

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 07, 2026 09:17 PM (rCMWO)

167 Divynls: I Touch Myself

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

168 My gripe about Saving Private Ryan is that after the intense opening, the succeeding scenes are a string of cliches. The recent miniseries Masters Of The Air struck me the same way.

IMO

Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2026 09:18 PM (ZxPkt)

169 First 30 minutes of Saving Private Ryan is all I watch of that movie anymore
Posted by: Skip at March

Thin red line >>>>>>>>>>>> saving private ryan
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:01 PM (YZ0Fo)

Concur. Although the first 20 minutes of SPR are exceptional.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2026 09:18 PM (2WIwB)

170 And yet they didnt make it gratuitous

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:18 PM (bXbFr)

171 I'm reading that producer Robert Evan's wanted a traditional leading man to play Michael Corleone -- like Robert Redford.

Ha! Can you imagine?

Michael was described in the book as delicately handsome with olive skin. Pacino was perfectly cast.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 09:19 PM (kpS4V)

172 (The last sean connery bond) in some peoples opinion
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:17 PM (bXbFr)

And better than most of the official Bond movies.

Yeah. I said that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:19 PM (zZu0s)

173 And even the first 30 mins. Its spectacle. Enemy at the Gates did similar, but I did not feel it to be as manipulative.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

174 Going to finish off the evening with Zero Dark Thirty.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 07, 2026 09:20 PM (+nEug)

175 My gripe about Saving Private Ryan is that after the intense opening, the succeeding scenes are a string of cliches. The recent miniseries Masters Of The Air struck me the same way.

IMO
Posted by: Don Black at March

I thought Masters of the Air was fine. Not band of brothers or the pacific by any stretch. But it did a fairly good job of showing what those pilots went through. Which we haven't had many shows or movies about. Like Memphis belle what else?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

176 Of course ed harris motivation is bonkers

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (bXbFr)

177 We have been duped by Hollywood. We were supposed to have jet packs, flying cars, and moon bases 25 years ago. It was all fantasy. Jet packs only work for a few terrifying minutes and the few flying cars we will get are just oversized quadcopters. And I'll be surprised if we get a real moonbase in my lifetime. We wanted the stars and we got Instagram.

Son Of Frankenstein is on Svengoolie. The sets are one of the great things about this movie.

Posted by: fd at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (vFG9F)

178 Pappy Eromero said the landing carnage was pretty accurate in SPR. He was there and was uninjured til he got to Saint Lo, when he got his own lifetime personal dose of carnage.

Posted by: Eromero at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (LHPAg)

179 American sniper the best of those

Although hurt locker does a gut punch
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:16 PM (bXbFr)

I saw Blackhawk Down alone, in an afternoon showing with maybe four other people in the theater. Just the way I needed to see it. Powerful. I still have the musical score on CD.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (2WIwB)

180 Youre gonna threaten to kill thousands of people...profit

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:22 PM (bXbFr)

181 When I retire I am going to have time to sit and watch things. Plus will be home while kids are gone so will be able to watch things I don't want them to see lol. Sitting on two complete CD collections of series I have never seen in completion...Sopranos and Peaky Blinders. Expect it to be fun. Re modern movies- I hear about them and they just don't sound aimed at me. Saw Fury and Midway and the new Top Gun in the theater but otherwise don't really see movies. When people moved to online or streaming the world got filled with cheap DVDs and VHS even of all the movies. I own physical of just about every movie I ever liked so will watch those in the future. Wonder if VHS players are still available like turntables got available again? Mine still works for now

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 07, 2026 09:22 PM (3/XaG)

182 Of course ed harris motivation is bonkers
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (bXbFr)

His motivation... I got the feeling they wanted to go that his son was killed by a sharpshooter and he wanted some good old vengeance.

His heel turn is straight out of wrestling and as clownish.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

183 reading that producer Robert Evan's wanted a traditional leading man to play Michael Corleone -- like Robert Redford.

Ha! Can you imagine?

Michael was described in the book as delicately handsome with olive skin. Pacino was perfectly cast.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She

Have you watched The Offer? Miles Teller Juno Temple. It all about how the godfather was made. Pretty interesting and fun.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

184 Oh, I thought we were talking enemy at the gates.

The problem with it was, you knew the way he was presented in the rock that it was all a bluff. He's a by God hero, looking out for his men.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

185 But black hawk is a slow burn till you hit the midpoint, rhen it all goes pearshaped

Btw macgregor is mark lawsons (wedge antilles) neohew

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:24 PM (bXbFr)

186 saw Blackhawk Down alone, in an afternoon showing with maybe four other people in the theater. Just the way I needed to see it. Powerful. I still have the musical score on CD.
Posted by: Diogenes at March

That's how I saw Warfare. What a fantastic visceral movie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:24 PM (YZ0Fo)

187 Blackhawk down was also good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

188 "Oddly, they did not feel the need to show the regular German soldier as the embodiment of all evil."

Yep -- memories fresh. Same was true of the TV series Combat! IIRC, series honcho Robert Pirosh was a combat veteran. For a nice example of both sides being depicted as human beings, hit YouTube and check out an episode of that series called "A Cry in the Ruins."

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 09:25 PM (q3u5l)

189 Have you watched The Offer? Miles Teller Juno Temple. It all about how the godfather was made. Pretty interesting and fun.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
---

I have not, but it sounds perfect to queue up after reading "The Last Kings of Hollywood". Where can I watch it?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 09:25 PM (kpS4V)

190 Oh, I thought we were talking enemy at the gates

======

Thats another "not great" movie that I love.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

191 Yeah i dont think i could watch warfare (any timd soon)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:26 PM (bXbFr)

192 have not, but it sounds perfect to queue up after reading "The Last Kings of Hollywood". Where can I watch it?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She

Paramount

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

193 I ever liked so will watch those in the future. Wonder if VHS players are still available like turntables got available again? Mine still works for now
Posted by: Azjaeger at March 07, 2026 09:22 PM (3/XaG)

Heh.
I still have two. They've been in the garage for years. Just can't seem to toss 'em.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2026 09:26 PM (2WIwB)

194 saw Blackhawk Down alone, in an afternoon showing with maybe four other people in the theater. Just the way I needed to see it. Powerful. I still have the musical score on CD.
Posted by: Diogenes at March

That is one of my favorite films. I too find It demands complete concentration. I've probably seen it 10 or 12 times.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 07, 2026 09:27 PM (BnDlA)

195 Yeah i dont think i could watch warfare (any timd soon)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes

Ya my buddy that served in Afghanistan said he can't ever watch it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

196 Blackhawk Down made me so mad, I never watched it again.

Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2026 09:27 PM (ZxPkt)

197 Heh.
I still have two. They've been in the garage for years. Just can't seem to toss 'em.
Posted by: Diogenes at

But do you still have the vhs/dvd combo?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

198 Specially in light of the fustercluck it became at the end

Iraq has also been a (redacted)

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:29 PM (bXbFr)

199 Frankly every wat of the last 60 years has been this way

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:31 PM (bXbFr)

200 Thats another "not great" movie that I love.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

Watching Ron Perlman get headphones eith a stupid expression on his face is worth the price of admission alone.

The soviet stuff is very good (including the outtakes where kruschev is describing Stalin at the outbreak of Barbarossa.)

The romance is retarded.

The stuff at the end is horrible.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:32 PM (zZu0s)

201 I thought Masters of the Air was fine. Not band of brothers or the pacific by any stretch. But it did a fairly good job of showing what those pilots went through. Which we haven't had many shows or movies about. Like Memphis belle what else?

Hard to show that in a film. The basic story was that at first if you were in a B-17 the odds were really high you wouldn't complete your tour. Then it slowly got better as the Luftwaffe was defeated and the losses dropped and dropped. Three years roughly timeline. Most war movies are about the story of a small unit so you can get to know the people and watch what happens. That was kind of the problem with Memphis Belle for me. One last mission and drama galore. I understand why they did it that way but it was hard for me to get into it cause it seemed ridiculous to me.

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 07, 2026 09:32 PM (3/XaG)

202 Headphones, phone? Headshot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:33 PM (zZu0s)

203 Modern day streaming movies have one large problem; sound engineering and production. There are many times when I have to rewind to catch the dialogue. I frequently have to just turn on the subtitles even if the flick is in english.

Turn the volume up, you say? There's no point, it's just louder.

Is there a clarity knob?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 07, 2026 09:33 PM (M9gjJ)

204 Watching Ron Perlman get headphones eith a stupid expression on his face is worth the price of admission alone.

The soviet stuff is very good (including the outtakes where kruschev is describing Stalin at the outbreak of Barbarossa.)

The romance is retarded.

The stuff at the end is horrible.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work

Hahah exactly. I just really like the sniper v sniper stuff. Makes it an infinitely watchable movie for me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:33 PM (YZ0Fo)

205 Close enough

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:34 PM (bXbFr)

206 Turn the volume up, you say? There's no point, it's just louder.

Is there a clarity knob?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 07, 2026 09:33 PM (M9gjJ)

Preach it, Rev!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:34 PM (zZu0s)

207 Pappy Eromero said the landing carnage was pretty accurate in SPR. He was there and was uninjured til he got to Saint Lo, when he got his own lifetime personal dose of carnage.
Posted by: Eromero at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (LHPAg)

I was 13 when I met my first Army Ranger. He was a truck driver and it was the first time I saw someone as not just another adult, but a real hard, stud of a guy. He said he made it about 25 feet up the cliff at Pont du Hoc before getting shit in the leg. It was months before rejoining his unit. Looking back, I see now he was still haunted by it. Much like my dad when he'd talk about Japanese depth charging.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2026 09:34 PM (2WIwB)

208 Modern day streaming movies have one large problem; sound engineering and production. There are many times when I have to rewind to catch the dialogue. I frequently have to just turn on the subtitles even if the flick is in english.

Turn the volume up, you say? There's no point, it's just louder.

Is there a clarity knob?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at

Set the streaming service to reduce loud sounds and enhance dialog. Not all of them have it. But the one that do it's a game changer.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

209 You're not alone, Rev. Wishbone. I have pretty good hearing but they don't isolate the dialog enough and I rely on subtitles. A lot of folks do nowadays.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 09:36 PM (kpS4V)

210 But do you still have the vhs/dvd combo?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:29 PM (YZ0Fo)

One is.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2026 09:36 PM (2WIwB)

211 Dial it to eleven

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:36 PM (bXbFr)

212 I was 13 when I met my first Army Ranger. He was a truck driver and it was the first time I saw someone as not just another adult, but a real hard, stud of a guy. He said he made it about 25 feet up the cliff at Pont du Hoc before getting shit in the leg. It was months before rejoining his unit. Looking back, I see now he was still haunted by it. Much like my dad when he'd talk about Japanese depth charging.
Posted by: Diogenes at March

My gpa served in the pacific theater. He would never talk about it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

213 The sound levels are horrible. Everyone mumbles. This didnt used to be a problem.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:37 PM (zZu0s)

214 One is.
Posted by: Diogenes at

Nice. I still got one of those floating around somewhere

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

215 Im surprised F1 is nominated It entertaining and the race scenes are well done but its pretty formulaic, and definitely not a great movie by any standard Bugonia was quirky and the acting was good but its hardly up there with Gone with the Wind or the Godfather The is oscars ain't worth anything anymore

Posted by: LASue at March 07, 2026 09:38 PM (lCppi)

216 200

'The soviet stuff is very good (including the outtakes where kruschev is describing Stalin at the outbreak of Barbarossa.)'

I enjoyed the Khruschev parts.

'You're being relieved and recalled to Moscow for a court martial.
(Hands failed general a pistol).
Of course if you prefer to skip the red tape...'

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 07, 2026 09:38 PM (fd80v)

217 Some actors seem to think whispering their lines is Real Acting.

ACTING!

Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2026 09:39 PM (ZxPkt)

218 My gpa served in the pacific theater. He would never talk about it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

As kids we only heard the funny stuff. It wasn't until I was commissioned that he would talk about the more serious side of the war.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 07, 2026 09:39 PM (2WIwB)

219 My gpa served in the pacific theater. He would never talk about it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

Mine either. He was in the Pacific. It was odd, but he was career artillery (later AA.) It almost seemed like to him it was just the job. It did not seem like he was haunted. Mom said that after he came back hed have nightmares, but he was still the best man i have ever known. You'd have to know him.

Pappaw in Europe would talk quite a bit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

220 I think the first pic is Janet Gaynor who won the first Academy Award for best actress in 1929.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 07, 2026 09:42 PM (y171U)

221 A childhood friend of my twin brother's was the guy who got to explore what went wrong in Blackhawk Down. I asked his wife how she handled it. She said, "You mean packing my husband's handgun?"

Maybe.

She said he wasn't allowed to call her, but he could send a message to her company: "Dave's in the plane. He didn't get shot."

Posted by: Wenda at March 07, 2026 09:43 PM (8eeWV)

222 World Baseball Classic

USA 5. GBR 1

Two on two out bottom of the 5th.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 07, 2026 09:43 PM (A5RD0)

223 Oh the townspeople are pissed now. Here they come!

Posted by: fd at March 07, 2026 09:44 PM (vFG9F)

224 World Baseball Classic

USA 5. GBR 1

Two on two out bottom of the 5th.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Cause cubbie PCA got it started.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:44 PM (WcNzu)

225
I rely on subtitles. A lot of folks do nowadays.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

Have to do that with some Youtube videos. Mostly because of the accents.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 07, 2026 09:45 PM (Cqx++)

226 My uncle was 82nd Airborne, fought in France and Belgium. The only war story I ever heard him tell was about what a .50 caliber machine gun could do to opposing infantry.

'Sawed 'em in half' was how he put it.

Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2026 09:45 PM (ZxPkt)

227 However, the point of this is to wonder...why the hell should anyone care?

Oh, thank goodness.

[clicks away to some random video]

Posted by: mindful webworker - and the award goes to at March 07, 2026 09:47 PM (l8w2w)

228 World Baseball Classic

USA 5. GBR 1

Two on two out bottom of the 5th.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Cause cubbie PCA got it started.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March

Fun fact: PCAs mom was the mom from movie Little Big League.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

229 But Pappaw too wouldnt talk about parts. I was always more fascinated by the tank. He would talk about that endlessly. Never mentioned his buddies (I found out later they all were killed.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

230 And outta here for the evening.

Thanks for the thread, TJM.

Have a good one, gang.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 07, 2026 09:50 PM (q3u5l)

231 Oh tanks. Fury is another Great War movie many people didn't see.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

232 Mine either. He was in the Pacific. It was odd, but he was career artillery (later AA.) It almost seemed like to him it was just the job. It did not seem like he was haunted. Mom said that after he came back hed have nightmares, but he was still the best man i have ever known. You'd have to know him.

Pappaw in Europe would talk quite a bit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work

Ya. Really all know about my gpa's service was he was at Okinawa and Saipan. From what I've learned about those I'm not surprised he didn't ever talk about it

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 07, 2026 09:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

233 Thanks for another entertaining Movie Thread, TJM.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 07, 2026 09:57 PM (kpS4V)

234

So everyone is over on the main page, slapping F5 like an unresponsive penis

Posted by: Don Black at March 07, 2026 09:59 PM (ZxPkt)

235 Oscar night is the one night of the year when Hollywood comes together and congratulates themselves for being the type of people that they aren’t.

I like to look back at different movies and actors on IMDB. I often look up awards they won, or who else was nominated. It’s remarkable in this day and age when there might be one or two good movies and no exceptional ones to look back at 2001 or similar years and see nominations to multiple excellent films. It brings home how far entertainment has fallen from what it used to be.

Posted by: Advo at March 07, 2026 10:05 PM (jO4mz)

236 I knew an old Marine at my high school who'd done a ridiculous amount of time in Vietnam, and he didn't talk too much about battle. Mostly about food and beaches and chicks. But he did say his favorite weapons on patrol were the Remington 870s.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 07, 2026 10:06 PM (BI5O2)

237 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at March 07, 2026 10:28 PM (Fs0KI)

238 Doh, missed this one.

Yea for cultural irrelevance!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at March 07, 2026 10:50 PM (xcxpd)

239
Of course ed harris motivation is bonkers
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 07, 2026 09:21 PM (bXbFr)

His motivation... I got the feeling they wanted to go that his son was killed by a sharpshooter and he wanted some good old vengeance.

His heel turn is straight out of wrestling and as clownish.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 07, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

I wonder how much of the writing for Harris' villain in The Rock was changed because of him throwing a hissy fit to make himself a secret hero against those evil Republicans. Probably quite a bit of it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 07, 2026 10:59 PM (Th7dZ)

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