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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

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True, he did not have much power, but the fact is, Japan did not surrender until the Emperor told the people to. If he had not made his famous surrender speach, Japan would have kept fighting to the last person! Members of the military knew this, and tried to stop him. There was a fascinating documentary on this, it was actually one of the last B-29 raids, that set off a chain of events that saved Hirohito. Also, our leaders new that he had to stay alive to stop the killing. His symbolic leadership, gave us the peaceful transition, since many still thought he was a god.

Hi, I believe the documentary you are referring to is called, "The Last Mission: The Secret History of WWII's Final Battle." It is a fascinating, nail-bitting account of the last B-29 mission to bomb Japan that had, literally all during the flight to Japan, the crew waiting for a signal to not drop its bombs if Japan surrendered (after the two A-bombs had already been dropped) juxtaposed with the factious battles going on in Japan and with the Emperor over the surrender decision. I have no independent information on its historical accuracy, but it is a fantastic, gripping tale (right down to the out-of-gas, engine-backfiring, runway-on-the-edge-of-a-cliff landing of the B-29s back on Hawaii). Here is the link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Mission-Secret-History/dp/0767907795
 

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'South Pacific'. I can't believe I'd never seen it before now. Good songs, but not much else (and I'm someone who generally likes musicals).
 
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Saw The World's End today and really enjoyed it, but I thought the "epilogue" at the end (roughly the last 4-5 minutes of the movie) felt tacked on even though it was appropriate for the story. Shaun of the Dead is still my favorite Pegg/Frost/Wright collaboration, but this one runs a close second.
 

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Hi, I believe the documentary you are referring to is called, "The Last Mission: The Secret History of WWII's Final Battle." It is a fascinating, nail-bitting account of the last B-29 mission to bomb Japan that had, literally all during the flight to Japan, the crew waiting for a signal to not drop its bombs if Japan surrendered (after the two A-bombs had already been dropped) juxtaposed with the factious battles going on in Japan and with the Emperor over the surrender decision. I have no independent information on its historical accuracy, but it is a fantastic, gripping tale (right down to the out-of-gas, engine-backfiring, runway-on-the-edge-of-a-cliff landing of the B-29s back on Hawaii). Here is the link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Mission-Secret-History/dp/0767907795
Yes, that is it! But they did not land on Hawaii, that was way to far for even the B-29. They barely made it back to Guam, with some of the engines running out of fuel while taxing back to the revetment !
 

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'Brief Ecstasy' a 1930s film about a doomed love affair between a young man and a married woman. The title immediately makes one think of Brief Encounter and I think 'Encounter' was heavily influenced by 'Ecstasy'.

Imagine 'Brief Encounter' with lust instead of underplayed longing.
 

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"Elysium" - C-Minus - What a load of cobblers. Two dimensional is two great a compliment to give this drivel. "Rich Bad", "Poor Good", Frankenstein could've written a more original screen play. With the rich having litterally abandoned the halt and the lame to a desicated Mother Earth, THIS was the best they could come up with? Jody Foster musta really needed a paycheck after "The Beaver" because this shrill, one note, Cruela DeVille imitation was/is beneath her. Save your money, save your time.

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"Elysium" - C-Minus - What a load of cobblers. Two dimensional is two great a compliment to give this drivel. "Rich Bad", "Poor Good", Frankenstein could've written a more original screen play. With the rich having litterally abandoned the halt and the lame to a desicated Mother Earth, THIS was the best they could come up with? Jody Foster musta really needed a paycheck after "The Beaver" because this shrill, one dimensional, Cruela DeVille imitation was/is beneather her. Save your money, save your time.

Worf

Now you tell me! I saw it too. :p
 

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Sunshine, the film about three generations of a Hungarian jewish family in the early 20th century. I'm somewhat at a loss to rate the film many elements were there to make it a great film: 1900-1950s fashion, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, sabre fencing, William Hurt, Mark Strong, and I am a sucker for stories dealing with the Austro-Hungarian Empire with cafes etc. But it felt to rushed to be believable trying to squeeze in three generations in three hours. So it had an odd 'montage' feeling for a drama. As you see each generation of Fiennes character mount the social ladder (through law, fencing and then police/party) I kept hearing the Team America song "You gotta have a montage!" in the back of my mind... I mean for me to not like a film set in the remains of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with belted back tweed jackets, sabre fencing and Rachel Weisz in 1930s clothing something has to be wrong with the screenplay...
 

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Big Easy Express, half documentary, half concert film featuring Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and Old Crow Medicine Show, riding from California to New Orleans by rail.
 

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Good Neighbor Sam.
I saw it back in the 90's when Disney was free for the weekend.
I thought it was a cute movie back then, and still think it's somewhat amusing.
 

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