Greekchat.com "Classic" Film Reviews

[Phrozen Sands]

All quiet on the Western Front, I had to read the book in high school. Boring is an understatement.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

All quiet on the Western Front, I had to read the book in high school. Boring is an understatement.

I read the book before I saw the movie. I loved the book, and the movie isn't that far from the book at all.

[ZetaPhi708.20]

While I have mentioned it before, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, is one of the best "war" films I have ever seen and if it's on tv, I watch it.

But there is a twist: it is about the effects after WWII of the soldiers coming home.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by ZetaPhi708.20

While I have mentioned it before, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, is one of the best "war" films I have ever seen and if it's on tv, I watch it.

But there is a twist: it is about the effects after WWII of the soldiers coming home.

I want to see that one. I've never heard of it. Is it on Netflix?

[ZetaPhi708.20]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I want to see that one. I've never heard of it. Is it on Netflix?

You can get it from Netflix DVD but it is not streaming there. I also checked the free streaming on TCM's website but they only have clips and they play it semi-regularly on TCM; and that is one film that I do not spoil ever, as it would take away from it's powerful impact.

Powerfully moving, the film's last few scenes are so human. I'm not going to say why but you will see.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by ZetaPhi708.20

You can get it from Netflix DVD but it is not streaming there. I also checked the free streaming on TCM's website but they only have clips and they play it semi-regularly on TCM; and that is one film that I do not spoil ever, as it would take away from it's powerful impact.

Powerfully moving, the film's last few scenes are so human. I'm not going to say why but you will see.

Thanks, ZetaPhi. I only have the streaming feature on Netflix. But I looked it up on YouTube, and I saw the full movie on there. Woohoo for Smart TVs.

I'm going to watch it tonight.

[ZetaPhi708.20]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Thanks, ZetaPhi. I only have the streaming feature on Netflix. But I looked it up on YouTube, and I saw the full movie on there. Woohoo for Smart TVs.

I'm going to watch it tonight.

With all of the press lately for PTSD affecting soldiers returning from war, it really fits into various discussions. FYI: Harold Russell won 2 Oscars, a Supporting Actor and a Honorary. He is one of the rare non-professional actors to win an Oscar.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by ZetaPhi708.20

With all of the press lately for PTSD affecting soldiers returning from war, it really fits into various discussions. FYI: Harold Russell won 2 Oscars, a Supporting Actor and a Honorary. He is one of the rare non-professional actors to win an Oscar.

-- I tried watching it, but although they have the full movie on YT, when I clicked on it, they still redirected me to open some weird account to watch free movies. According to Google, it's on Red Box. I'll try them.

Speaking of war classics, I forgot to mention:

Full Metal Jacket (hilarious at some parts)
http://youtu.be/5TNhS81w4bM

Platoon
http://youtu.be/90B5REGHc0w

[cheerfulgreek]

Does anyone remember this one?
http://youtu.be/5q27jdZj5TQ

A great movie. Not quite as suspenseful as Jaws 1, 2, or 3, but still a very good movie. I liked it.

[ZetaPhi708.20]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

-- I tried watching it, but although they have the full movie on YT, when I clicked on it, they still redirected me to open some weird account to watch free movies. According to Google, it's on Red Box. I'll try them.

Speaking of war classics, I forgot to mention:

Full Metal Jacket (hilarious at some parts)
http://youtu.be/5TNhS81w4bM

Platoon
http://youtu.be/90B5REGHc0w

Or check at a local dvd store or resale place.

Full Metal Jacket is one of the many masterpieces of Stanley Kubrick.

He only won one Oscar, for visual effects for "2001" (MGM submitted his name as the nominee in that category, not Douglas Trumball, et. al.)

[ZetaPhi708.20]

The very rare, and not on dvd, 1983 animated cult classic TWICE UPON A TIME, will be shown very late tonight as a part of TCM's Underground. It starts at 2:15am EST.

http://moviemorlocks.com/2015/01/28/...n-a-time-1983/

http://youtu.be/IM0LFuwLpFU

[cheerfulgreek]

I'm watching "The Best Years of our Lives" right now. That guy is cheating on his wife. -- hilarious. Great movie, so far.

[ZetaPhi708.20]

Another classic returns to theaters for only 2 shows at select theaters on March 26 & March 31: this classic defined the 80s generation of teens and is one of the many now iconic films of the late John Hughes:

http://www.fathomevents.com/event/the-breakfast-club

So, Greekchatters, were you the rebel, the jock, the princess, the brain or the outcast?

(I find it highly ironic that we talked about this movie earlier when I created this thread HA HA )