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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:23 pm
by bobbi o
Considered by some to be the best war film ever made.out at a few selected cinemas now, or dvd on amazon in november.
Restrepo chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers based at a remote Afghan outpost, considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. There are no interviews with generals or apologetic diplomats and the distinct lack of moral or political analysis means that it's a completely unflinching examination of modern warfare.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:54 am
by Suggers
Restrepo has had fantastic reviews - sounds absolutely terrifying -
On the other hand - just done a bit of music for new brit gangster movie, just come out, selected cinemas, (ha ha,) called "Freight".
Guardian review - precis -
"A barely serviceable human trafficking thriller that gets less thrilling and more ludicrous as it progresses. Julie, the daughter of portable toilet entrepreneur Gabe, gets kidnapped by Romanian gangsters. (Or maybe they're Russian, the film doesn't care enough to make it clear.) Shoehorned together are cage fighting, lap dancing and illegal labour, all plot elements torn from the headlines then hastily stuck together to make what passes for a script. Gabe's business means we get lines like "I will burn every toilet you have!"; presumably they are supposed to be taken seriously, but it's impossible. Some of the stunts and fights aren't too bad, but almost everything else is."
Shame - I know that the director stuggled tooth & nail to raise the money, and call in every favour to get his film made. Sometimes we have to learn to delegate. 
Restrepo - trailer
Freight - trailer
ps - ain't been paid yet....
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:10 am
by lutonlagerlout
looks good bobbi, i prefer docs to most films especially hollywood
IMHO we should get out of afghan
if we were occupied i would be trying to get the occupiers out too
too many good lads dying for a scrap of rock or desert
and suggers i did a days security work for a film company 10 years ago,got a nice chinese but still never got paid for the 12 hr shift,even though its been on channel4 about 6 times
bet the cameramen got paid
LLL
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:22 am
by GB_Groundworks
hurt locker amazing war film
generation kill - 7 part mini series amazing
flags of our fathers/iowjima box set, clint eastwood directed, two films one usa side one japenese side
all quiet on the western front, amazing war film
waltz with bashir- documentary with animation! about first Lebanese war
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:35 am
by seanandruby
Any film is worth a look suggs'. If it makes someone laugh, then that's good. I've sat through some crap ( no pun intended ) just to see if it gets better.
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:35 pm
by lutonlagerlout
eraserhead is the all time unbelievably bad film that i have watched
a mate said dont go to the loo you will miss the action?
i wont spoil it for any of you that havent seen it yet
LLL
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:39 am
by Suggers
Got it in one -
lutonlagerlout wrote:
bet the cameramen got paid
LLL
great poster - such a disappointment.
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:14 pm
by lutonlagerlout
finally got my life together and watched restrepo last night
not a bad film by any means,but nothing special either
I thought that "our war" following the brits in afghan is far more realistic (i know its a documentary but you know what i mean)
to me the whole yank approach is about overwhelming fire and air support,their meetings with the village elders was a "do what we say or else " scenario
it was a sad tale alright,but i still dont know why we have troops in afghan?
LLL
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:51 pm
by bobbi o
Agreed restrepo was good but over-hyped. the next must see is: Armadillo
"Award-winning film director Janus Metz arrives in Afghanistan with a group of young soldiers on their first tour of duty. Stationed on the Helmand frontline in Camp Armadillo the platoon fights increasingly fierce battles with an enemy that is nearby but rarely seen. Metz captures life on the frontline with an uncompromising and intense vision, bearing witness to the realities of the combat zone.
As the fighting intensifies the effect of modern warfare is gradually realized as exhaustion, fear and adrenaline set in. Idealism meets paranoia in an authentic gun battle and decisions are made that can never be reversed. Gripping, thought provoking and visceral, this is as close as you get to battle action from the edge of your seat"
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:00 pm
by local patios and driveway
'big fat gypsy gangster' might be good
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:46 am
by GB_Groundworks
isnt it called knuckle? guy spent 11 years following two families of traveller bare knuckle boxers and made a documentary its out at the mo
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:25 pm
by henpecked
GB_Groundworks wrote:isnt it called knuckle? guy spent 11 years following two families of traveller bare knuckle boxers and made a documentary its out at the mo
Looks good........
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606259/
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:05 pm
by mickavalon
Das Boot, All's quiet on the western Front, Band of Brothers, HMS Defiant, Paths of Glory, Clint's Iwo Jima Set, Lawrence of Arabia, the quiet American and of course Carry on up the Khybur.