Posted on 03/26/2025 12:10:32 PM PDT by grundle
Why young men love the old school masculinity of James Bond and The Godfather over modern Hollywood.
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Angel and the Badman was a sleeper. John Wayne was a master in everything he did. Stagecoach was a classic.
Mitchum was phenomenal in The Winds Of War/War And Rememberance.
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Yes, that was outstanding.
I can’t remember the name of the movie, but he played a stranded Marine on an island in the Pacific with Deborah Kerr, a nun. What a great movie.
He was one of the best.
The Shootist, a John Wayne movie, is a good one too.
Not your typical cowboy movie.
I do believe that it was John Wayne’s last movie and died shortly afterwards.
Men ran the family, women were the glue and the heart of it.
Liberty Valance, YES. One of my favorites.
It is one of the few movies that the John Wayne character dies.
Fastest Gun, another great one worth watching. Great story.
Check out the Seven Samurai.
The Mag 7 was based on this film.
Really good stuff.
I am most pleased to hear that your kid watched Buster with you and that he actually enjoyed it. Something you don’t hear too much about today.
I am most pleased to hear that your kid watched Buster with you and that he actually enjoyed it. Something you don’t hear too much about today.
We’ve been binging all ten seasons of Jag on Amazon Prime. The lead character is a F-14 pilot.
The show has very little political correctness and lots of patriotism and support of the military.
I’m almost done with it and will miss watching.
Zulu.
Any movie with Cary Grant. In real life Cary Grant died in the Blackhawk Hotel in Davenport, Iowa.
Any Roy Rogers movie. Or show. Same with Gene Autry.
Any movie with Medal of Honor recipient Audie Murphy.
ANZACS.
Any Jimmy Stewart movie.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...Newman and Redford.
Most, but not all Tom Sellick westerns.
bttt
Heaven knows Mr. Allison
| Hey Destroyer Sailor, Former destroyer sailor as well. 1975 to 1977. But my most thrilling time aboard a destroyer was a midshipmen's summer cruise on the USS John R. Craig of the Gearing class At a size slightly longer than a football field, the destroyer gave a thrilling ride at 45 miles per hour (68 knots)! And the ship had four boiler rooms! What a thrilling piece of machinery. Gazing astern from the fantail was a kick as the destroyer was running at full speed — better than an amusement ride. One old movie I recommend that is a good portrayal of life aboard a small Navy ship is Sand Pebbles, starring Steve McQueen and the lovely Candice Bergen. Here's the trailer, shipmate... |
I'm a millennial with a pet peeve about male voices. Too many these days are high and almost squeaky. Young men also talk more than older men. While I write relentlessly, I talk only when it's necessary, and I'm a woman.
I don't know if it's got anything to do with soy, or some cultural influence from family or peers, but it sure is irritating.
Not to mention the content of the prattling, the atrocious grammar and the verbal tics ("I'm like...really...like...really...")
I've seen every significant American and British film produced up to 1970, and many of the insignificant. The male actors seem almost a different species, so different were they from males today.
Thanks for the reference. I enjoyed many years around F14 pilots, RIOs and support crew.
bttt
My friends and I used to sit around and try to imagine what classic films might be titled in a sequel today. Of course we were drinking at the time...
“They Died with Their Boots On”
Modern Sequel: “When they died their feet were adorned in pleasing pastel footwear”
“How Green Was My Valley”
Modern Sequel: “My valley met all international greenhouse gas standards”
“The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
Modern Sequel: “The Good, The Bad and The Aesthetically Challenged”
“Have gun, Will Travel”
Modern Sequel: “Have Pepper Spray, Will Uber”
That’s it. Thanks.
Older movies are better filmed with proper colors and lighting and the pacing is normal, no jumping around and the actors do not whisper their lines. The dialog tends to be better as well.
Example is John Wayne in “True Grit”, bright colors and you could hear the actors speak vs Jeff Bridges in the remake where he and others mumbled and the colors washed out.
Love Stalag 17.
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