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In Reply to: "Crimson Tide" posted by rico on November 11, 2006 at 12:16:07:
The ridiculous premise is insulting both to the viewer and members of the Navy. The charachters have little basis in reality and are completely unbelievable. Are there enourmous egos in the naval officer ranks? Absolutely; but mutinous-especially on a submarine (where every crewman is microscopically examined mentally and emotionally)? Very unlikely.
Tony Scott has directed some huge-grossing but cliche filled simplistic big-budget movies that can only be called mindless entertainment. Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Crimson Tide, Spy Game, The Fan, and The Last Boy Scout all have big name actors who have turned in spectacular performances under more capable directors.
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"The charachters have little basis in reality and are completely unbelievable."So? This describes most films ever made. I've never heard of a flock of birds attacking human beings for reasons other than protecting young, but apparently Hitchcock did - any made a pretty good yarn out of it. And like a flock of birds, I'll head to the cineplex when the new James Bond film comes out, because, he and I have a lot in common.
Hitch´s the Birds was based on a true event.
The BirdsThe idea for this famous story came to her [Daphne du Maurier] one day when she was walking across to Menabilly Barton farm from the house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field whilst above him the seagull s were diving and wheeling. She developed the idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him.
In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food, first the seagull s, then birds of prey and finally even small birds, all turn against mankind.
The nightmarish idea appealed to Hitchcock who turned it into the celebrated film. Daphne disliked the film and particularly disliked the translation of the setting from Cornwall, with its small fields and stone hedges, to small-town America.
You story is true so I think mine too. Remember clearly that Hitch had a piece of a newspaper in his hands with an incident relating an attack.
Now this film is a masterpiece of finest psychology.
As I wrote, I have known people who have been attacked by Birds because the Birds feared that their young were threatened. But birds that attack and kill, apparently for the same motivation that people attack and kill. I'd like to see that trial. But please educate me as to when and where this alleged series of bird attacks took place. I've done some research and cannot locate the event(s) which you write.
...and comparing a flock of birds to over the top charachters in a bad movie doesn't make a whole lot of sense. If you disagree with my opinion fine, just say so. I enjoy witty sarcasm and can laugh at a sharp put-down; but your Bond reference was neither. Unless you were serious about your 007 lifestyle, in which case I'm very envious!
I am suggesting that most films are not based on reality - they require some suspension of disbelief. I have seen many action films where human beings cannot perform the actions the stars do - but I have fun while watching the film. I think Bond is probably the case in point. The character has little in common with reality, and is unbelievable. But it sure is fun. If unbelievable characters and situations were, in and of themselves, indicators of a bad film, then many fine films would be bad. I believe they call it suspension of disbelief. Kids can do it. Why not adults?
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