Watching "Where Eagles Dare" on AMC. *snore*

[Brigid]

Who e er thought a movie about a WWII covert operation could be so slow-moving?

[edbermac]

1. Yeah, they take their sweet time getting into the castle.

But pretty exciting after that.

[pokerfan]

2. It's no Guns of Navarone

Also written by Alistair MacLean. And Gregory Peck!

[Taverner]

9. Hell, it ain't even Force 10 from Navarone

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. I watched one of my favorite WW II movies yesterday...

Kelly's Heroes ... The movie, a comedy as much as you can make a comedy of war, is 43 years old and still makes me laugh.

[lastlib]

5. "Get the ionosphere the hell off the radio!!"

my favorite line! Only Carrol O'Connor could've delivered it like that!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

6. Hey there!

O'Connor was great! But my favorite character is Oddball... He does oddly rational/disturbed so brilliantly!

Another favorite line... Rickles to Savalas: "make a deal...he may be a republican!"

[lastlib]

7. (well, he was a Nazi--not an unreasonable association.....)

[Sekhmets Daughter]

8. Exactly!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. Well I like...

..."Crazy! I mean like so many positive waves maybe we can't lose! You're on!"

..."To a New Yorker like you, a Hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on 3 Tigers."

[Sekhmets Daughter]

14. One of my all time favorite characters!

I should just buy the DVD! Think it has anything to do with the fact that I grew up in Brooklyn?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. We play music...

...really loud when we go into battle. It kinda calms us down."

[Sekhmets Daughter]

16. And the music was anything but calming!

So, am I to conclude you are another fan of this movie?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

17. It's the best!

And, from what I read, very, very loosely based on a true story.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

18. Better and better! n/t

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. Trivia

John Landis played one of the three nuns.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

20. I am terrible at entertainment trivia!

Is he Nun in the movie?

So what other old favorites do you enjoy?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

21. How old is old?

[Sekhmets Daughter]

22. Anything more than 10 years...

or 30... it really doesn't matter.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

23. Have you seen...

...Falling Down? (Michael Douglas)

[Sekhmets Daughter]

26. No!

I missed it when it came out and for some reason never did catch it. I like Douglas...I don't know why. I have seen the "I want breakfast" scene, amazing!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

28. It's really good.

No Gordon Gecko speech but good.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106856/

[Sekhmets Daughter]

31. I'll make a note to see it...

based on your rec! We do have similar tastes.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

27. Some favorites

My Cousin Vinny
Witness
Terminator 2
Groundhog Day
Dirty Harry
A Christmas without Snow
Animal House
The Big Easy
The Boondock Saints
Clue
Enemy of the State
Funny Farm
Mercury Rising
Leon: The Professional
Quigley Down Under
The Getaway (McQueen/MacGraw)
Three Days of the Condor
...and just past the 10 year limit...
Timeline
...and...(also Michael Douglas) The In-Laws

I like Romy and Michelle too.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

29. We have a lot of the same favorites!

There are just a few I haven't seen or simply don't remember. It happens. But particular favorites would be My Cousin Vinny, Clue,
The Getaway, The Big Easy and Animal House.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

30. I also liked Dennis Quaid...

...in Suspect (with Cher).

[Sekhmets Daughter]

32. I like him very much too!

I don't think I've ever not enjoyed one of his films.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

33. I've got to get some dinner.

TTYL

See The In-Laws as well, you'll like it.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

34. I will

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

35. Great hearing from you

[Sekhmets Daughter]

36. Likewise, I'm sure!

[lastlib]

4. The book was so GOOD, too!

[pokerfan]

10. I think Alistair was best when he didn't write the screenplay

Wrote story and screenplay:
1968 Where Eagles Dare
1970 Puppet on a Chain
1971 When Eight Bells Toll
1975 Breakheart Pass

Wrote story:
1961 The Secret Ways
1961 The Guns of Navarone
1965 The Satan Bug
1968 Ice Station Zebra
1972 Fear Is the Key
1974 Caravan to Vaccares
1977 Golden Rendezvous
1978 Force 10 from Navarone
1979 Bear Island
1980 The Hostage Tower
1989 River of Death
1993 Death Train
1995 The Way to Dusty Death
1995 Night Watch

[TheMightyFavog]

25. Read somewhere they're looking to remake Ice Station Zebra

I could see Benedict Cumberbatch as David Jones...

[pokerfan]

37. I could see Sherlock as Jones

but it will be pretty hard to top Number Six. In any case, the character, like Doctor Who or James Bond, must remain British.

[TrogL]

11. One of my favourite movies. Granted, it's mostly for the score

I'm a sucker for a good fugue.

[Auggie]

12. Steven Spielberg calls this his favorite war film

On edit: it was probably AMC, with their constant commercial interruptions, that made it seem slow. I saw it recently WITHOUT interruption and thought it was a pretty good film.

[TheMightyFavog]

24. Broadsword calling Danny Boy...

This is a freaking classic!