#4529329 - 07/09/20 04:59 PM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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#4529336 - 07/09/20 05:17 PM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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"Midway" (the 1976 one) should be renamed "How to have a stellar cast and STILL screw up a movie". That was a great movie that could have been made better by editing out most/all of the "forbidden" romance part, but that it was a great movie regardless.
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#4529346 - 07/09/20 05:54 PM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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Actually Fedex didn't pay anything. Where did you confirm that? The trivia section on IMDB?
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#4529393 - 07/10/20 04:27 AM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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#4529535 - 07/11/20 04:39 PM
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We watched it last night. The good news, the CGI is pretty good. I do think it's worth watching, I guess, but this is not a great flick. Character development is barely even hinted at, but they seem to want you to care about Tom Hanks, I guess just because he's Tom Hanks. There are no characters used, just people in roles. I get that this is supposed to be representational of the situation rather than more of a story, but they really could've done better to engage the viewers. There are some cheesy elements sprinkled throughout, purely for movie drama and the U-boats spend a LOT of time on the surface. Much of it just doesn't make sense. It feels like it was originally a 3 hour movie chopped down to 90 minutes by giving up anything that might have given the movie a story and real characters. Imagine SPR with all character development cut out, you never learn the names of characters and you can barely tell them apart. Watch it for the eye candy naval battle, but there's really no substance here. Ultimately disappointing. That said, Apple TV has a 7 day free trial, so you can see it free, but even if you keep it to watch some other movies/shows they have, it's only $5/mo. We were about to spend that on another rental that's on the service anyway, so no big deal. We'll just cancel after and maybe even save the $5.
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#4529543 - 07/11/20 05:29 PM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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Apple TV is streaming only? Can you use the free trial to download a copy of anything you watch during that time for keeping? Seriously NFB are you just trolling or are you really that clueless?
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#4529544 - 07/11/20 05:33 PM
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We watched it last night. The good news, the CGI is pretty good. I do think it's worth watching, I guess, but this is not a great flick. Character development is barely even hinted at, but they seem to want you to care about Tom Hanks, I guess just because he's Tom Hanks. There are no characters used, just people in roles. I get that this is supposed to be representational of the situation rather than more of a story, but they really could've done better to engage the viewers. There are some cheesy elements sprinkled throughout, purely for movie drama and the U-boats spend a LOT of time on the surface. Much of it just doesn't make sense. It feels like it was originally a 3 hour movie chopped down to 90 minutes by giving up anything that might have given the movie a story and real characters. Imagine SPR with all character development cut out, you never learn the names of characters and you can barely tell them apart. Watch it for the eye candy naval battle, but there's really no substance here. Ultimately disappointing. That said, Apple TV has a 7 day free trial, so you can see it free, but even if you keep it to watch some other movies/shows they have, it's only $5/mo. We were about to spend that on another rental that's on the service anyway, so no big deal. We'll just cancel after and maybe even save the $5. Thanks for this informative review. I see that my decision not to bother watching this was the correct one.
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#4529546 - 07/11/20 05:50 PM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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Apple TV is streaming only? Can you use the free trial to download a copy of anything you watch during that time for keeping? Seriously NFB are you just trolling or are you really that clueless? What is your problem? I don't have Apple TV. I have never had Apple TV. So I have a question about it. I can't ask a question or make a comment or post anything without your constant harassment and criticizing me and complaining or calling me a troll whatever the F*(k that means! This is not the first time you've done it. You have done it dozen of times and I have chose to ignore your ignorant comments each time. You should get a ban for constantly flaming me and harassing me which I am sure it's against a set of rules somewhere.
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#4529549 - 07/11/20 05:57 PM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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I’m only one of many who have complained about your posts NFB.
But it looks like you are trying to pick a fight in this thread. Too much unnecessary animosity.
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#4529605 - 07/12/20 04:13 AM
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Apple TV is streaming only? Can you use the free trial to download a copy of anything you watch during that time for keeping? Honestly, I didn’t explore it much, but I did see a section for your purchases, so maybe you can buy some content like on Vudu( the service I like). However, I didn’t see a listing for some free video I got years ago on itunes, so I don’t know much about it. I’m not big on apple these days either, but at least you get the week free after digging out the apple ID login. LOL Just to be clear, this is the apple tv app, it isn’t necessary to have the box. I had this on an Amazon Fire Tv.
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#4529606 - 07/12/20 04:16 AM
Re: Greyhound: another WW2 film with beautiful CGI and... Tom Hanks!! It's not a WW2 film if it doesn't stars Tom Hanks!!
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Thanks for this informative review. I see that my decision not to bother watching this was the correct one. If you miss it, don’t lose any sleep. The cgi did come through in the end (IMO), but that’s not enough.
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