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FactyDude

(41 posts) Sat Feb 10, 2018, 08:05 PM Feb 2018

Saw "15:17 to Paris" last night....

Swingin' dick Yankee, "My God is bigger than Your statistics" and Untrained actors can pretend.

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F for the movie, but the scenery in Europe was pretty so D-

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Saw "15:17 to Paris" last night.... (Original Post) FactyDude Feb 2018 OP

It's gotten pretty bad reviews, too. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #1

I hope audiences reactions do not detract from the young mens heroism RandySF Feb 2018 #2

30 minutes of the movie centers around one of the heroes at lunchtime. Oneironaut Feb 2018 #6

20% on Rotten Tomatoes. nm Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #3

It was directed by a guy who thought it was useful to debate an empty chair, sooooo...... WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #4

It seems like a good, heroic, true story got turned into a bad movie. Marie Marie Feb 2018 #5

Laffy Kat

(16,989 posts)

1. It's gotten pretty bad reviews, too. nt

Reply to FactyDude (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 08:17 PM

Feb 2018

RandySF

(86,193 posts)

2. I hope audiences reactions do not detract from the young mens heroism

Reply to FactyDude (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 08:46 PM

Feb 2018

But how does one take an event that a few minutes and make a two-hour movie?

Oneironaut

(6,320 posts)

6. 30 minutes of the movie centers around one of the heroes at lunchtime.

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 11:33 PM

Feb 2018

We get a bite-by-bite re-creation of how he consumed a ham sandwich.

Ferrets are Cool

(23,047 posts)

3. 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. nm

Reply to FactyDude (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 08:52 PM

Feb 2018

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,227 posts)

4. It was directed by a guy who thought it was useful to debate an empty chair, sooooo......

Reply to FactyDude (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 08:56 PM

Feb 2018

Marie Marie

(11,514 posts)

5. It seems like a good, heroic, true story got turned into a bad movie.

Reply to FactyDude (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 11:29 PM

Feb 2018

Shame.

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