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The FRiday Night Movie - The Final Countdown (1980)
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Posted on 04/10/2015 7:53:59 PM PDT by DemforBush

A little change of pace tonight with our first science fiction film at the DfB Theatre. A mysterious Pacific storm engulfs the USS Nimitz, sending it back in time almost 40 years, just hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Starring Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, and Katharine Ross.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movies; thefinalcopout; thefinalcountdown
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Good little popcorn movie. Well-acted, sharply done carrier activity scenes, and just a fun premise. 7/10.
1 posted on 04/10/2015 7:53:59 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush

A damn good movie. 9/10


2 posted on 04/10/2015 7:54:44 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: FlyingEagle; Silentgypsy; verga; Gefn; bramps; perfect_rovian_storm; 1010RD; faux_hog; bajabaja; ...

Ping.

As always, if you want on or off my ping list, feel free to FReepmail me, or post in the thread.

And, again as always, if you ask to be added and I forget, feel free to administer a Leroy Jethro Gibbs headsmack.


3 posted on 04/10/2015 7:55:44 PM PDT by DemforBush (Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
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To: DemforBush

Splash em


4 posted on 04/10/2015 7:58:44 PM PDT by Figment
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We should have nuked the Japs back then (in the movie). That would be a more satisfying ending. Would have saved my father-in-law a long and bloody trek across the Pacific to Iwo and Okinawa in real life.


5 posted on 04/10/2015 7:58:51 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: DemforBush

Oh I remember this one. Nice..


6 posted on 04/10/2015 7:59:27 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
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I loved the ending of this movie.


7 posted on 04/10/2015 8:02:12 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: DemforBush

This is one of my guilty pleasure movies.


8 posted on 04/10/2015 8:10:39 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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saw it a few years ago....very good movie...no over dramatization...good acting....

I want to recommend two modern movies....Interstellar was excellent and so was the Imitation Game ( some reference to homosexuality but not overwhelming)


9 posted on 04/10/2015 8:12:57 PM PDT by cherry
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To: DemforBush

good movie


10 posted on 04/10/2015 8:12:59 PM PDT by GeronL (CLEARLY CRUZ 2016)
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We should have nuked the Japs back then (in the movie). That would be a more satisfying ending. Would have saved my father-in-law a long and bloody trek across the Pacific to Iwo and Okinawa in real life.

I had the same feeling when I saw it. The ending was a cop out.

11 posted on 04/10/2015 8:13:15 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: DemforBush

I spoke to one of the guys flying the Zeros (PT19s) in the scene where the jet flies between two of Zeros.

There were 6 or so based out of Clover Field south of Houston TX in the late 70’s early 80’s.

He said they were warned that there would be quite a vortex coming off of the ends of the wings.

He said there was what seemed like an eternity when he was just a passenger waiting to regain control.


12 posted on 04/10/2015 8:15:17 PM PDT by Clay Moore (Keep JRandomFreeper in you prayers)
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To: DemforBush

Holy CARP! I LOVE this movie!!
Cheesy, but creative.


13 posted on 04/10/2015 8:15:29 PM PDT by RandallFlagg ("I fell into a hundred foot ravine" -Marcus Luttrell)
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To: DemforBush
A wonderful movie! I highly recommend.
14 posted on 04/10/2015 8:18:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: DemforBush

One of my favorite Navy films. and that was made back in the days when sailors were allowed to grow beards.


15 posted on 04/10/2015 8:22:17 PM PDT by stbdside
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This is one of my 5 all time favorite movies.
I have pedestrian taste, unapologetically so, so don’t bother.


16 posted on 04/10/2015 8:23:07 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: DemforBush

I can even remember seeing this one in the theater way back when. A fun movie.


17 posted on 04/10/2015 8:30:29 PM PDT by drbuzzard (All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.)
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To: DemforBush

I watched it during Navy Recruit Training, probably in December, definitely 1980. Needless to say it was a friendly audience and the film was well received.


18 posted on 04/10/2015 8:31:11 PM PDT by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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To: DemforBush

Please add me to your ping list for movies. Thanks! Spunky


19 posted on 04/10/2015 8:31:44 PM PDT by Spunky
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This was the very first movie I rented on VHS. With the way it bridges the two genres of WWII war films and sci-fi, I can’t help but like it.


20 posted on 04/10/2015 8:33:01 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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