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Stalin took all of Eastern Europe finalized in Molotov/Ribbentrop Pact except for Finland which kicked the Soviets asses.. TWICE. Even more than that after Hitler watched as Stalin and his impotent army couldn't take the tiny Country of Finland is what emboldened Hitler to attack the USSR in June 22, 1941. He would have invaded sooner if not for Mussolinni getting his teeth kicked in the the Greek and begged Hitler for help before Germany could go ahead with Operation Barbarossa.
When Stalin took the Baltic States he promised them the world to get them to get them to capitulate and soon as Soviet Military was allowed in reneged on all his promises in June of 1940. They sent many people to the Gulags and allowed most of who was left to starve. I saw in a documentary that one said that "They pretended to Pay us so we pretended to Work". After struggling under the boot of the Soviets for a year when Germany came in to take out the Soviets your damn right they were happy to join their ranks to fight the Soviets.
Red Letter Media just did a special on this movie and it looks incredible!
At the beginning of the picture we see Lawrence riding recklessly on a Motorcycle and ends up crashing to his death. I assumed he was just an adrenaline junkie looking for a thrill. By the end of the picture I think Lawence was probably suicidal or at a minimum even if he didn't purposely kill himself intentionally just wanted to feel something... anything.
After he is taken prisoner by the Turks it doesn't show it but I believe he was raped by the Turkish General and that killed the wonderful spirit that Lawrence had before he was taken prisoner. After that event he basically wants to just give up but is carried on by the idea of capturing Damascus for the Arabs to start a new nation. When that goes tits up Lawrence has nothing to live for.
This reminds me so much of Orson Wells Writing/Directing/Starring Citizen Kane at age 24. Both made their unappreciated Masterpiece's at such a young age. Citizen Kane wasn't recognized for the master piece that it is until 20 years after it's release. Freddy Got Fingered also took about 20 years to start getting the recognition it deserved. I recall in 2001 when I also was 24 years old thinking it was the funniest movie I'd ever seen.
On imdb it has half votes giving it a 10/10 and the other half a 1/10. All but confirms it's the perfect comedy. Patrice O'Neal once said a perfect joke should have half the room think it's the funniest thing they ever heard and the other half being in absolute horror. That perfect joke is this movie.
#1: Forrest Gump is ranked #11 on IMDB top 250 insane. I enjoyed it but it doesn't even belong on the list.
#2: Top Gun: Maverick is ranked #143 just ahead of The Sixth Sense, The Unforgiven and Pan's Labyrinth. Top Gun was a fun movie but come TF on.
#3: Dead Poet Society is ranked #191 ahead of The Deer Hunter and Jaws. No f'king way.
I don't have a black list but my father put Will Smith on his Black List when he made the movie Ali (2001). Muhammid Ali was suffering terribly with Parkensis Disease at the time and Will Smith still dragged his ass around the country to promote his new movie. Ali is my fathers favorite boxer of all time and this really set him off. It was just a few weeks after 9/11 I remember like it was yesterday.
Clearly the snow in the Snow Globe made him think of winter and his best Winter memory was probably him riding Rosebud down hills. I doubt that Sled did him much good living at Xanadu in Florida. I wasn't lucky enough to own a fancy sled like that. All my parents ever bought me was cheap plastic sleds or blow up sleds. I recall one year (1987?) sledding and my sister was hit in the shin by a Flexible Flyer very similar to Rosebud. It broker her shin bone. I saw it happen it made her do an entire front flip. She had some bad luck as a kid.
I agree the Political Rally scene was amazing. It looked like if Hitler and Stalin had a baby's aesthetic. The over the top decorations like the red curtains were Hilter and the massive picture under them was Stalin.
I'm just glad he lost the election because he had Dictator written all over him.
Citizen Kane was incredible. Probably the best biopic ever made. It's hilarious that the movies subject was still alive and had 20 more years on this earth after this movie was released. I wonder if anybody ever interviewed Hearst for an opinion on this picture? I suspect his review would sound a lot like Charles Foster Kane's review of his wifes first Opera Performance.
It was obviously Hearst to many today back in 1941 virtually every American knew. WRH was still alive and just 62 years old and if they didn't use an alias surely he would have used the living hell out of them.
He said they are sailing down the river like Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Funny thing is it was Julius Caesar and Cleopatra that spent a month traveling down the Nile and 9 months later Cleopatra has a baby she names Ceasarion. This was MEME'd to hell and back when Game of Throwns did the same thing with Jon Snow and Daenerys calling it Boat Sex. Of course the HBO show didn't hesistate to show the actual sex.
No kidding? Can you post a link to the boat? I'd love to see it.
It might of been the most believable couple in the History of Hollywood. Bogart was 53 she was 44 meanwhile today we have 62 year old Tom Cruise and 60 year old Brad Pitt paired up with young women in their early 20's.
Any man that thinks Katharine Hepburn was ugly at 44 just might not like women. She was fit AF no wonder she lived to be 96 years old.
If you enjoyed Westworld (1973) I also recommend it's sequel Futureworld (1976). Peter Fonda and Yul Brenner both returned for the sequel.
Was their really a Sharnado in this movie? I turned this POS off halfway through the movie.
Star Trek remade this movie into an Episode of the Original Series. The Episode is called "Balane of Terror". It's actually how I found out about this old WW2 Movie. The way Star Trek does it it's Kirk and the Enterprise vs the Klingon Ship with a Cloaking device. The Enterprise even uses space depth charges to try making the ship uncloak itself. It's a great episode.
This movie had a $6 Million Budget in 1964! If Frankenheimer wanted color it would have been color. Think about the insane stunts and huge actors in the film. It was absolutely an artistic decision to make it B&W.
This movie came out the same year as Godfather II (1974). This was Legit the first ever Slasher Movie. Halloween didn't come out until 4 years later and NGL Texas Chainsaw Massace scared me way more. The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) scared me more as well.
Franklin is probably a Jr. My Uncle John is the John XII and his son my cousin is John XIII. My cousin had 4 daughters so sadly no John XIV is likely. I myself am William Jr. and if I have a son he'll be William III.
You should always tip at a restaurant or on delivery. They typically only get paid $3.25/hr because it's understood they get tips. The Law has a minimum wage exception for jobs that get tips so they don't get paid minimum wage.