#3984217 - 07/22/14 01:46 AM
Re: Unbroken (2014)
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If you haven't read it, pick up the book. It will really give you one hell of a perspective of what went on for POWs in Japan.
Re: Lady Be Good - wasn't there a film in the 50s or 60s based on that?
ETA: Yes, it was called "Sole Survivor". There was also a Twilight Zone episode based on it called "King Nine Will Not Return".
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#3984275 - 07/22/14 04:32 AM
Re: Unbroken (2014)
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she actuually directed a well reviewed movie about a muslim woman that falls in love with a serbian soldier, can't recall the name, though.
Edit: The movie was called In the Land of Blood and Honey
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#3984370 - 07/22/14 12:50 PM
Re: Unbroken (2014)
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Yes, I remember there was a lot of talk about that one. Never saw it, but it's not my type of film.
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#3984406 - 07/22/14 01:48 PM
Re: Unbroken (2014)
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I would love to see a movie on the Ploesti Raid.
I would as well but it would never be made by a Hollywood studio unfortunately. Why? 1. Probably 95% of Americans have no clue what the Ploesti bombing raids were. 2. Military aviation films in general do poorly at the box office (Top Gun was a big exception). However, I could see maybe a cable channel doing a miniseries based on the Ploesti raids.
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#3984418 - 07/22/14 02:12 PM
Re: Unbroken (2014)
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Louis Zamperini died last week. I had not heard about the book/movie until I read his obituary. Sounds like an amazing story.
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#3984487 - 07/22/14 04:16 PM
Re: Unbroken (2014)
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"Unbroken" is one of the top 3 books I've ever read, maybe #1.
Read it, you won't be able to put it down.
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#3984515 - 07/22/14 05:23 PM
Re: Unbroken (2014)
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I agree. Powerful book.
I hope the movie does it justice.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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Exodus
by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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