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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)
A completely ridiculous movie with a ridiculous plot. Enjoy the scenery....
I borrowed it from work where we test TVs and yes, the movie isn't the greatest but does have one merit: It is a time capsule. The thing that got me was a lot of the seventies culture and life style in the movie is there, like the old pulse dial telephones, the old vehicles, like the yellow beatle, and the VW minibus. Oh, and there's the stubbies! Those old bear bottles, before bear bottles where what I know them to be today. That is what I watched the movie for.
Lame plot, yes, for sure, but it also had a very young John Candy (May he rest in peace) in it as well, and that says something for sure. This movie should be kept for time capsule reasons, and should also be kept as an example of what a poor movie looks like: Something film school students should watch for sure.
Kippur (2000)
And they got paid to do this film????
Where do I sign up???? I can produce a movie with MUCH better quality and I'm not even a director much less in the film industry!!! In the comments I read earlier, someone hit the nail on the head and pointed out that there was no real sense of danger. I laugh at those people who thought that this film was realistic. Realistic my ass!!! To quote what someone said earlier, there was no acting, no plot, and to add to this, the affects were cheesy at best!!! The helicopter being shot down for example. One initial blast and then another later on, this didn't match the story the pilot explained to the doctor. Again, no sense of danger. And where was all the debris, where were the helicopter blades on the topfof the helicopter? And the battle scenes? all they did was grab 4 or 5 Israeli tanks and wheel them back and forth. I managed to see ONE tank fire a shot at some point. PLEASE!!! I'm not even IN the army and I'm quite sure that is NOT the way you fight a battle.
You want to see REALISTIC!!!???? you want to see a REAL anti war film? Then you go watch PRIVATE RYAN, NOW THAT IS A MOVIE! The scenes in the movie were so realistic is brought back a lot of memories and shock thatto the veterans that watched the movie and were there. If they say it was realistic, then that's good enough for me.