TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah, Cold Mountain is good too, but it's a love story set in the Civil War.

[celedhring]

Yeah, I'm more interested with movies that deal with the war directly.

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah, I'm more interested with movies that deal with the war directly.

Then what you want is Glory.

[Eddie Teach]

The General is probably my favorite silent movie of all time.

[PRC]

Got to be "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" for the best Civil War movie.

[Duque de Bragança]

Yeah, I'm more interested with movies that deal with the war directly.

Do TV movies/miniseries count? There is North and South but it is not just about the war though.
[spoiler]American Ninja inside[/spoiler]

[Tonitrus]

Got to be "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" for the best Civil War movie.

I love the film, but I don't think one scene counts.

[Malthus]

Finished Dark. Got super confusing and still some questions but nice it ends properly.

Started Mandalorian. Quite good if simple. Interesting how episodes are so short and the credits account for half the length

On the last season - I'm into it but my wife is starting to rebel ... thinking it is not going anywhere, but just adding layers of confusion. 😄

[Malthus]

I'm watching an older series, "Lilyhammer". At first I thought it was an American production using an exotic Norwegian locale visited by a fish out of water New Yorker ... then I realized it was a Norwegian production using an exotic American fish out of water guy as a foil for poking fun at Norwegian society etc.

[Razgovory]

Started watching Gods & Generals and turned it off after 15 minutes. Which are the good films about the American Civil War?

Yeah, that movie is terribly dull in addition to just being terrible in general.  There really aren't very many good American Civil War films.

[Sheilbh]

The NTLive production this week (until 1900 BST on Thursday) is the excellent 2016 production of Amadeus!

Strong recommend.

[Tonitrus]

Started watching Gods & Generals and turned it off after 15 minutes. Which are the good films about the American Civil War?

Yeah, that movie is terribly dull in addition to just being terrible in general.  There really aren't very many good American Civil War films.

Yeah...I think one of the reasons for that is it seems impossible to make an ACW film without it inevitably feeling like it must pander to the political and social issues surrounding the war...and usually do so in a ham-handed (even if well-intentioned) way.  There are plenty of good WW2 films, and even Vietnam films (which should almost be just as difficult!) that manage to do this.

[grumbler]

Yeah...I think one of the reasons for that is it seems impossible to make an ACW film without it inevitably feeling like it must pander to the political and social issues surrounding the war...and usually do so in a ham-handed (even if well-intentioned) way.  There are plenty of good WW2 films, and even Vietnam films (which should almost be just as difficult!) that manage to do this.

I thought that it was interesting that the same director went from a relatively balanced (in terms of viewpoints depicted) Gettysburg to an apologetically purely Confederate homage in Gods and Generals.

G&G is crap for reasons other than that, though.  The acting is dreadful, even when it comes from great actors.

[Admiral Yi]

Remember Marie Josee Croze, the French singer with the fabulous ass we used to circle jerk to in the early days of EUOT and Languish?

She's playing a 40 something in the French language movie MILF.  Watching it on NetFlix.

[Eddie Teach]

You sure you're not mixing her up with Alizee? Never heard of Croze.