tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post2517836405243440496..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: MARCH MADNESS: Inglorious Basterds (3) vs. The Great Raid (14)War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-36227249917273310452019-02-24T01:24:04.959-06:002019-02-24T01:24:04.959-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.novitalianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609578762558406271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-62972919812753006392018-08-31T15:31:29.264-05:002018-08-31T15:31:29.264-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077194525794293657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-85083077175119746552014-02-28T21:58:07.980-06:002014-02-28T21:58:07.980-06:00Okay. A Morton Csokas fan? Does the fan club mee...Okay. A Morton Csokas fan? Does the fan club meet in a phone booth? LOL I have to admit he played a very unlikeable character in the movie. You are certainly right about Meyers. Talk about extremes in supporting actors!War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-7292841334698864092014-02-26T02:51:16.220-06:002014-02-26T02:51:16.220-06:00Please add two points in your Acting section for J...Please add two points in your Acting section for Joseph Fiennes and the remarkable Martin Skotas. Also take away one point for Mike Meyer's weird turn as a British officer in Basterds. André7https://www.blogger.com/profile/04529840090218454738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-86234722146323763512011-04-01T22:03:51.263-05:002011-04-01T22:03:51.263-05:00I agree with everything you say about Basterds. I...I agree with everything you say about Basterds. I enjoyed it more that I thought I would. I generally do not like "what if" movies or books.<br /><br />I also agree that The Great Raid would have been much better titled "The Ghost Soldiers". My theory is there may have been a fear that people would think it was a horror movie and maybe the fact it was based on two books was a factor. If you feel the romance was pure filler (which I agree), then you are indicting an awful lot of war movies.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-19017177418674351302011-04-01T21:39:48.809-05:002011-04-01T21:39:48.809-05:00I had mixed feelings on Inglorious Basterds but en...I had mixed feelings on Inglorious Basterds but enjoyed it overall. Tarintino just plain worships his violence too much for me. Very good set pieces tho, especially the scene in the cabin you mentioned (like most tarintino maybe a bit too long on talk, but the talk was well written and acted) and the finale where they turned the theatre into Hitler Hell. I also liked how Pitt had to try to bluff his way in the lobby of the theatre. the baseball bat scene was needless and strictly tarintino showing off with his buddy Eli Roth. This would have never been a best pic contender with the old 5 picture limit however. Waltz is terrific in every one of his scenes. Pitt was good but the accent was kinda silly. Makes you realize how good Lee Marvin was in Dirty Dozen, a much better picture. Each of the soldiers in DD had a backstory of some type. Cant say the same for the Basterds.<br />Not much comment on Raid. Never trust a movie where they change the name from the original book title. Decent. The Great Raid...please. about as unoriginal as you can get. Zero star power too. But a good story is a good story so it is watchable. Side's book was very good you are right. Nothing wrong with that title. I figure hollywood was worried that people would think it was a western with indians. Tossing in the nurse story was plain filler and not needed.JHardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975399049775935074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-36933277133482378432011-03-31T17:50:44.899-05:002011-03-31T17:50:44.899-05:00Melanie Laurent does a great job. She is a French...Melanie Laurent does a great job. She is a French actress. Is she well known in Switzerland? I am not surprised you have not heard of the Great Raid, most Americans haven't. It was just dumped in the theaters with little marketing and did not do well. I sincerely think the book Ghost Soldiers is the best book I have read in the last five years.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-44739715108369504002011-03-31T10:16:14.673-05:002011-03-31T10:16:14.673-05:00I started watching Inglorious Basterds but never f...I started watching Inglorious Basterds but never finished it, will have to give it a try on another day and I had never heard of The Great Raid before you mentioned it.allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.com