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Fortress (2012)
who was the technical director on this flick?
I realize that this was an extremely ambitious project produced on a shoestring budget. Allowing for this, is it too much trouble to find somebody who knows somebody whose cousin knows somebody that had even the slightest knowledge of Army Air Corps uniforms? Find a book with pictures of aircrew from that theater of the war. NO PILOT WEARS HIS WINGS ON THE FLAP OF HIS KHAKI SHIRT POCKET. All other flying crew (and especially the CO) would be wearing the appropriate wings for their specialty. The wings are worn directly above the pocket on the left side of the khaki shirt. Every single leather brimmed officer's hat was screwed up. When you take out the cap spring to get a 50 Mission Crush the sides of the had are pulled down over the band on the side from wearing earphones over the hat. It looked like there was a box of wadded up hats dumped on the set and everybody just grabbed whichever one they could get and slammed it on his head. Overseas (Cunt caps) hats are not tucked into the epaulets when indoors, they are slipped into the belt. And for god's sake have everyone get a haircut that would make them appear they were in the military. These are all cost free items that make the production look cheaper than necessary.
It's also unlikely that there would be a large B17 group based in Africa. Most of the units there were equipped with the B24 and they were painted in a desert tan paint scheme. All in all lack of attention to small no-cost details detracted from this movie.
The Other Guys (2010)
I'll never get the time I wasted on this movie back
I'll admit that there were a couple of times in this movie I laughed. Unfortunately there were only a couple of times it happened. As you can see from the ratings on this movie you either loved it or hated it. And as you can see from my vote I wasn't one who loved it. Most of the bits were lame. Instead of moving on to a new joke they returned to the same joke time and time again until you were ready to commit violence. Ferrell and Wahlberg have no chemistry. In fact it seemed that Wahlberg was ready to commit some violence on Ferrell because of his annoying babbling. Too bad his character didn't just blow Ferrell's character's head off early in the movie and save us from his repetitive yammering. Will Ferrell is a one joke comedian. Once you've heard the joke it gets less funny every time you hear it. Seeing this garbage makes me wish he was really on fire in Talladega Nights. He deserves it.
Spoiler Alert!!!! When I saw who was in the cast of this movie I was sure it was going to be a good film. It just goes to show how wrong you can be about things even when you carefully read the label. Michael Keaton should have run screaming in the other direction when he was presented this script. His performance was bad, bad, bad. Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson were the high points of this film. Their over the top portrayal of the super-cops was a scream. The entertainment value of this movie ended with their arrival on the sidewalk.
This disjointed, poorly written, poorly acted "adventure" cost me a couple of hours of my life I'll never get back. Thankfully it only cost me $1.50 from RedBox. I'd rate this movie three flushes (one being good, two merely okay, three being really, really bad.) because it would take at least that many to get a t**d like this to flush.
Hornets' Nest (1970)
Hornet's Nest... it stings to watch it
This one's painful to watch for a number of reasons.
SS troops taking orders from regular German Army officers of similar rank- not gonna happen...
The very worst in 70's hairstyles in a movie taking places in the early 40's...
Pretty female German doctor with lots of cleavage showing adds what to the plot?
Stilted dialog, improbable plot lines and....
Rock Hudson running around with a bunch of young boys in their water soaked underpants....need anything more be said about this stinker?
However, you do get some pretty Italian scenery, and the musical score is far superior to most of those in films of this period.
The Red Beret (1953)
Standard post-WWII war movie fare
Not too bad for a typical Alan Ladd movie of its time (released in 1953). Not a must-see but it is entertaining. Having seen this movie a number of times, I was recently surprised to see what appears to be a lot of blue screen shots overlaid on backgrounds. Much of the static dialog seems to be shot on a sound stage and then superimposed on whatever was supposed to be going on in the scene.
Of particular interest is the difference in equipment and training between British and American paratroopers. As with most Alan Ladd movies he's portrayed as the arch-typical quiet loner who, when pushed, reacts with sufficient violence as to be given plenty of space. In reality, Ladd was too small to be much of a menace to most (unless he's pulling a trigger). To give you an idea of how diverse his career was at this time, this movie was released in the same year as his hits "Botany Bay" and "Shane".