tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post2141943834860549820..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: The TrainCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-8315456219341079172012-02-21T16:15:44.911-08:002012-02-21T16:15:44.911-08:00Yojimbo, seven samurai, maltese falcon, guns of na...Yojimbo, seven samurai, maltese falcon, guns of navarone...<br /><br />Now you should do a post of manly movies with a good romance side story, such as stagecoach, casablanca etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-42992687915940114872012-02-20T11:26:36.522-08:002012-02-20T11:26:36.522-08:00RoninRoninAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-56273499877772334862012-02-20T05:11:56.529-08:002012-02-20T05:11:56.529-08:00Master and Commander.
Only one female in the enti...Master and Commander.<br /><br />Only one female in the entire film. Her on-screen time is 10 seconds and she doesn't speak.<br /><br />heh.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016664659466818767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-6613885915356252712012-02-20T00:54:23.032-08:002012-02-20T00:54:23.032-08:00"Although they do manage to jam a romantic su...<i>"Although they do manage to jam a romantic sub plot into the latter,</i> (Battle of Britain) <i>it is minor and the greatness of the rest of the movie makes up for it."</i><br /><br />Susannah York in her uniform blouse and tie, knickers, stockings, and garter belt, minus the skirt. I was able to bear up manfully in the face of the romantic subplot. Door locked, naturally.<br /><br />Mike JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-39346431982269125312012-02-19T21:05:43.411-08:002012-02-19T21:05:43.411-08:00"The Train"
Years ago I saw a film wher..."The Train"<br /><br />Years ago I saw a film where a group of commandos destroyed a Nazi trainyard.<br /><br />I recall the film because of its unexpected ending - all the heroes die and the asshole coward survives and escapes with the beautiful girl off into the sunset.<br /><br />I've been trying for years to find that film. I'm not sure if that movie was The Train, but finally I have the name of a film that might be it.Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-15882073726498597562012-02-19T20:58:37.743-08:002012-02-19T20:58:37.743-08:00How timely!
Here is a bunch of charty goodness on...How timely!<br /><br />Here is a bunch of <a href="http://www.asymco.com/2012/02/07/hollywood-by-the-numbers/" rel="nofollow">charty goodness</a> on what types of Hollywood films are made and which ones are profitable.Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-50693748878713052562012-02-19T20:44:36.962-08:002012-02-19T20:44:36.962-08:002 films directed by John Carpenter:
The Thing.
...2 films directed by John Carpenter:<br /><br /> The Thing.<br /><br /> They Live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-76462660464741805112012-02-19T17:24:48.189-08:002012-02-19T17:24:48.189-08:00Dirty dozen
Great escape
Treasure of the Sierra ...Dirty dozen<br /><br />Great escape<br /><br />Treasure of the Sierra Madre<br /><br /><br />-BreezeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-80873713985493076052012-02-19T14:46:14.157-08:002012-02-19T14:46:14.157-08:00For a film with a great cast, great dialog, and da...For a film with a great cast, great dialog, and darn near zero feminine influence, I would suggest Glengarry Glen Ross. <br /><br />Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris,Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, and the most manly movie role of A. Baldwin's entire career.HR Lincolnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-58723233365470897112012-02-19T14:04:45.273-08:002012-02-19T14:04:45.273-08:00Oh yes! Dam Busters! Perhaps the greatest of war m...Oh yes! <em>Dam Busters</em>! Perhaps the greatest of war movies. Only a few females are involved - Barnes Wallis's wife, a secretary, a waitress. And it is as realistic as the producers could make it.<br /><br />Richard Todd, playing Guy Gibson VC, said that the toughest scene to play was the last, where Gibson goes off to write letters of condolence to the families of the downed airmen; difficult because he had had to do the same thing during his service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-86116102055846083092012-02-19T12:50:31.266-08:002012-02-19T12:50:31.266-08:00"Breaker Morant" will leave you with a ..."Breaker Morant" will leave you with a queasy feeling about the military. And it was a true story.kakolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-53791861971602478812012-02-19T12:36:33.706-08:002012-02-19T12:36:33.706-08:00BTW, when I say "evil of men" I mean the...BTW, when I say "evil of men" I mean the inherent evil that all humans can and do fall prey to, not just the male of the species.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-3230502091044843782012-02-19T12:14:03.390-08:002012-02-19T12:14:03.390-08:00So many of the romantic subplots that appear in ac...So many of the romantic subplots that appear in action films are unbelievable anyhow. I usually find myself picking apart the relationship and estimating how long it will last after the tingly action it induces in the woman has ended.<br /><br />I don't like drama being slowed down to incorporate some romance, especially when the relationships are superficial and trite, not deep, introspective, or epic. But the female audience wants superficial and trite - it seeks escape and not depth. This is why I haven't been to the movies in years, and haven't seen a rom-com since Something About Mary.<br /><br />The desire to inject a woman's "civilizing influence" into a man's world and actions just detracts from the purity of story. However, I will say that Jeremiah Johnson (please do see this movie right away) injects an element of romance which highlights the suffering of Johnson and the fact that he cannot leave his old life behind. In this manner, romance works not to civilize or soften the story, but to foil the often amoral whims of nature or the evil of men/society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-69920536899973177822012-02-19T10:06:04.449-08:002012-02-19T10:06:04.449-08:00It is an incredible film, best watched in the even...It is an incredible film, best watched in the evening with your best drink. Another I might suggest is Night of the Generals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-40699355858123155982012-02-19T07:20:57.352-08:002012-02-19T07:20:57.352-08:00The Train is a very good movie. This morning I wa...The Train is a very good movie. This morning I watched "Mister Roberts" for free thanks to Amazon Prime. This service has a lot of good choices for older flicks.ambnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-22673004834666360602012-02-19T06:46:31.368-08:002012-02-19T06:46:31.368-08:00Add "A Bridge too Far", "Zulu"...Add "A Bridge too Far", "Zulu", "The Dam Busters" - of which I understand Peter Jackson is making a new version, "The Caine Mutiny", "Das Boot", and "the Battle of Britain". Although they do manage to jam a romantic sub plot into the laater, it is minor and the greatness of the rest of the movie makes up for it. - MinutemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-74477968923182058652012-02-19T06:09:13.327-08:002012-02-19T06:09:13.327-08:00"The Train" is the last of the really gr..."The Train" is the last of the really great B&W WWII movies. The French were switching train gauge at the time so the producers got to wreck a number of real trains, and blow up a switch yard with real explosives. You can actually see the ground shock waves in that sequence. Highly recommended!Southern Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915391021447107219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-35828426459799464042012-02-18T22:44:14.659-08:002012-02-18T22:44:14.659-08:00"The Sand Pebbles" had romantic subplots..."The Sand Pebbles" had romantic subplots that did a lot to flesh out the realities of life on the Yangtze River Patrol in the 20's.<br /><br />Gardens of Stone had a romantic subplot, but more importantly, the garden party scene where an hard Left activist attorney decides that he absolutely must taunt a career Army Infantry Staff NCO, poking him in the chest and calling him names. Madcap confusion ensues.<br /><br />Those are two I can think of.<br /><br />Mike JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-39210350377549683572012-02-18T22:36:36.683-08:002012-02-18T22:36:36.683-08:00cap you'd have to name eighty percent of films...cap you'd have to name eighty percent of films -- one real egregious example was lord of the rings -- only major departure from the books was romantic yapyap and switching a male character (glorfindel) for a female (arwen) who, sorry girls, didnt carry frodo across the bridge<br /><br />the whole impetus for the plot of Unforgiven was violation of a female v typical v american<br /><br />pandering to females audiences is the biggest problem with u.s. films now -- too many films being made period, many just sops for women w/no real merit but plenty of unhealthy overt and covert messages<br /><br />the execs look at short term bottom-line demographics instead of letting the creators do their jobs, that'd pay more long term<br /><br />they should retain the captain as fiscal advisorlittle dynamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380746207592226835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-21773810428635220402012-02-18T21:57:38.821-08:002012-02-18T21:57:38.821-08:00We were Soldiers is a picture which the female sub...<em>We were Soldiers</em> is a picture which the female substory doesn't succeed in killing, though they sure try.<br /><br />Favorite line: "Custer was a pussy".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-74688794585325245502012-02-18T21:21:01.185-08:002012-02-18T21:21:01.185-08:00If you haven't seen them:
Dirty Harry
The Fr...If you haven't seen them:<br /><br />Dirty Harry<br /><br />The French Connection<br /><br />and the ultimate man's movie:<br />The Wild BunchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com