Big Blue Huddle

Quote from: T200 on March 02, 2022, 01:16:26 PM
It's actually the last two sentences that clued me in. Have you watched the new one yet?

No I haven't.

Today's funnies

Quote from: T200 on March 02, 2022, 11:06:48 AM
#1 - The Matrix (Morpheus to Neo)

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I kind of knew you would get this. I even tried to leave out the name Neo so it might make it not a give a way, but you knew it anyway.   

Quote from: jimv on March 02, 2022, 11:37:46 AM
No, no.  You're way far off.  Another hint - it starred Errol Flynn.

Jim

I'm sure I saw the movie but I have no recollection of that quote so I really don't know.

 You guys were great on my last batch of quotes that were not really softballs.

Here are a few more that will fall into the not really softball category    All quotes are from very popular and famous movies, not from some movie many never saw.


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Quote from: Sem on March 01, 2022, 07:38:03 PM
Dial M For Murder is my favorite Hitchcock movie Len, and I'm sure you know why. 

You bet Steve.

(Is Miss Kelly ready for her close up)   

Quote from: jimv on March 01, 2022, 08:32:48 PM
C'mon, Lenn, think hard.  You know # 1.  It's one of the better WW II movies.  It was made in 1945.

Don't know the quote but knowing you

Walk in the Sun

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/the-20-greatest-alfred-hitchcock-movies/ss-BB1bJZw2?ocid=msedgntp

The list isn't in any sort of order, just who the writer thought were his 20 greatest movies.

Hitch has always been probably my favorite director and I basically love all his movies, some a lot more than others and I believe I have seen them all. (several times).

Just my own list

#1---Dial M For Murder
#2---Psycho
#3-- Vertigo
#4--Strangers On A Train
#5--The 39 Steps

A few really good ones that weren't on the list were Rope, the newer Man Who Knew Too Much, and The Paradine Case

Tough one today in that I really never even heard of this word until I looked up its meaning. Got it by sheer chance just by process of elinination

Quote from: jimv on March 01, 2022, 12:21:46 AM
Here are a couple:

1.  "Right now I'd like to be sitting at the bar in the National Press Club in Washington surrounding a tall cold bourbon and soda."

2.  "Sometimes a little human collateral is the cost of freedom."

#2--Deja Vu

Happy Birthday to all my fellow Pisces. (and all other March guys.)

Since we are talking Pulp Fiction. try this on for size

Do you know all of these?


https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/20-facts-you-might-not-know-about-pulp-fiction/ss-AAL7dg8?ocid=msedgntp#image=1

We just finished watching the latest mini-series on the History Channel about Abraham Lincoln  (https://www.history.com/shows/abraham-lincoln).
It was 3 parts and each part of 2 1/2 hours long. If you DVR it, as I did, that 2 1/2 hours gets taken down to 2 hours. for each chapter.

I am a HUGE fan and devotee of the Civil War, and try to gobble up anything shown about it. I am far from an expert but I am a bit knowledgeable about certain aspects of the war, about Lincoln etc. If there is something new about the Civil War shown anywhere, I'll be first online to view it. I don't read much anymore and there are some fascinating books I should read, but, well, I just don't. I have had the honor to visit and tour quite a few battlefields of the Civil War, from Manassas to Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania to name a few.

Anyway, I looked, with great anticipation, to this mini-series. My darling wife, who knows nothing of the Civil War even though she toured with me all those battlefields, does enjoy a series about history also watched.

So, overall, it was good but not as good as I had hoped it would be. Maybe I expected more as this series veered off on tangents sometimes spending a lot of time talking and showing Frederick Douglas. It did hit several key points in Lincoln's life but also, as someone who does know something about the Civil War, had some glaring mistakes, but, hey, it's TV.

Maybe what took some of the enjoyment of this away was the gentleman who portrayed Lincoln (Graham Sibley). I don't know, maybe I was spoiled by Daniel Day-Lewis when he portrayed Lincoln as he WAS Lincoln. This gentleman really never even looked anything like Lincoln and maybe my biggest grip was his voice. Lincoln was a big man and since we have no idea what his voice was, I always imagined it to be a husky, deep sort of voice. Mr. Sibley's voice was sort of high pitched and I never, for even an instant, thought he was Lincoln. Every time he talked I sort of cringed, but he did a very good job as far as acting is concerned.

Overall, I would recommend it especially if you like or what to learn things about the Civil War.

You guys 'GOT IT"

Congrats. 

More to come tomorrow

I was a HUGE fan of the original Vikings show which was on the History Channel for several years and finished on Prime. I watched every episode of every season and thought it to be one of the better TV dramas.

Now, on Netflix is the sort of reincarnation of the Vikings with 'Vikings Valhalla' which premiered the other day. Being a fan of the original, this was #1 on my list to watch this weekend. So, I have watched 3 episodes so far and would say at this point, not as great as the original, but right up there with it. It will take time to develop the characters as the original series did. Many references are made to some of the characters on the original show, but this takes place 100 years from then and you do not have to know anything about the original to watch or enjoy this. It stands alone. If you are a fan of this type of genre of movie you will like this. Lots of action, some loving, and well, they are Vikings.