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Chief said:
I remember as a kid a mate of mines dad had a Great War Movies theme tune LP.

Can still whistle most of them!

Dam Busters
Longest Day
Battle of Britain
633 Squadron
Battle of the Bulge
Bridge Too Far
Great Escape.

Cracking album tbf.
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Saw all of those when they were released, The theme tune from 633 Squadron is probably my favourites overall
 
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Treble said:
The details of it are incredible, so much more to the build up and how it escalated than I ever imagined. What I like the most is the live footage with the very open and honest eye witness accounts describing the battles from soldiers and commanders on both sides.

I think it's more obvious why the North kept going. Even the American soldiers respected them more than South who they were fighting for.

It's a brilliant documentary series. Binged 8 episodes and 2 more to go.
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if you want more detail i can recommend the book Vietnam by Max Hastings .
 
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Solid_Air 2 said:
if you want more detail i can recommend the book Vietnam by Max Hastings .
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I'll check it out but I have to say the documentary was very thorough. 10 episodes each 90 mins breaking it up into years, starting in the 1950's.

It started with the end of France's colonial rule and how that came about. Then the U.N. basically dividing the country in two with the promise of a referendum on reuniting which never came once the U.S. backed ruler of South Vietnam (who turned out to be a dictator) was put in with the support of the yanks.
 
Treble said:
U.S. backed ruler of South Vietnam (who turned out to be a dictator) was put in with the support of the yanks.
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there’s a surprise they got another extremist to back <laugh>

the all seeing eye…..see dollar sign for the military complex see who they back these days for example of this continuing trend <cheers>
 
The purge anyone?

Swear it's the same voice <laugh>

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Just watched The Magnificent Seven (original) ... again ... one of those films that I can never resist ....

Watched Saving Mister Banks yesterday as the missus had it on - never realised what it was about before - basically the making of Mary Poppins with the author not being too sure about handing it over to Disney for filming - smashing performances by Emma Thompson as the author and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney...
 
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FosseFilberto said:
Just watched The Magnificent Seven (original) ... again ... one of those films that I can never resist ....

Watched Saving Mister Banks yesterday as the missus had it on - never realised what it was about before - basically the making of Mary Poppins with the author not being too sure about handing it over to Disney for filming - smashing performances by Emma Thompson as the author and Tom Hanks as Walt Disney...
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I've watched Saving Mr Banks a few times. Very good film, both are brilliant as are the two guys playing the ones who wrote all the songs.
 
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Avatar 2 - 6.1

Great CGI, predictable story, long as ****.

Edit: was probably a bit harsh on the rating, 6.6 is fairer.
 
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Rebel Moon on Netflix - 6.5/10 - felt like a rather confused and rambling mash-up of Dune/Star Wars and The Chronicles of Riddick - recall others have said something similar ...
 
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