I just remembered that I wanted to say that Shooter is on for rent. I got it the other night and really liked it. I won't say much more than that about it since I would hate to spoil it for you.
Jerry
I have been hearing that it is a good movie. Good use of weapons and real life tactics. I will look for it from on-demand.
Shooter is an awesome movie. Just wish I could shoot half that good. :yoyo:
Brian.
I saw that one the other day...I loved it. Yesterday I went and saw Live Free and Die Hard. That was awsome. However, even better (in my opinion), was Transformers. I went and saw that one today. It was sweet. :yoyo:
Well it worked, ya got me syked up about it and had to see it.
Were constantly renting movies on the weekends and it's to the point where I usually quit watchin less then half way through a movie because I see something that is so far fetched that I lose all interest.
Then the kids get up the next day and want to watch them again after breakfast. I'm like what are you bored out of your minds :confused:
BUT THIS MOVIE is definitely a two thumbs up. :thumb2: Awesome movie. It had my full attention and had me thinking the whole way through. Excellent story. I even found myself talking to the characters while I was watching it :laf:
It makes me wonder how much of that crap actually happens that a normal civilian never sees or hears.
It gets my vote for movie of the year so far. I might have to watch it again in the morning :innocentwhistle: :eyebrownod:
The best part of that whole movie for me was the FBI agent. A bit of a wise guy, but he told it like we would all like to tell it LOL.
The line, "Maybe I should wait till the report comes out, read it, and then remeber what happened" was a classic.
As for the combat scenes - Hollywood hype but fun anyway,
He sure did recover fast from all those wounds didn't he?
On the other hand, I have no doubt this is how our government actually works.
Good movie all in all.
Al
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I saw it yesterday. It's the best movie I've seen in a long time. :yoyo: Some good shooting.
Not trying to hijack the thread but has anyone seen Harsh Times with Christian Bale? I thought this was another excellent movie. It showcased some of the problems our returning vets may face. I know some guys that aren't too far from the Christian Bale character. They can be scary at times.
Semp
Quote from: FinsnFur on July 14, 2007, 12:16:43 AM
I even found myself talking to the characters while I was watching it :laf:
Don't worry 'bout that Jimbo. It's fairly common. I catch my five year old talking to the t.v. all the time....... :eyebrownod:
Quote from: Bopeye on July 14, 2007, 07:33:44 AM
Don't worry 'bout that Jimbo. It's fairly common. I catch my five year old talking to the t.v. all the time....... :eyebrownod:
Jim,
I think Bop just said that he loves you like his son.
Jerry
Quote from: FinsnFur on July 14, 2007, 12:16:43 AM
BUT THIS MOVIE is definitely a two thumbs up. :thumb2: Awesome movie. It had my full attention and had me thinking the whole way through. Excellent story. I even found myself talking to the characters while I was watching it :laf:
Was very entertaining movie to me but just wait til August 29th and see the movie " 300 " !!
Jeb
If you all enjoyed the movie, I would highly recommend the book 'Point of Impact'. I thought the movie was good, but as usual it fell way short of the book. All of Stephen Hunters books are good. Maintain
I went up to Hollywood video and rented "shooter". Wife and I will watch it tonite. If it ain't any good we will blame Hawks Feather. :innocentwhistle:
I watched maybe a 1/4 of it for FREE,,right here on my Computer,,the 1/4 I saw was pretty good,,the ONLY thing I DIDNT like was the foreign language sub text on the bottom,,but for FREE,,I just ignored the sub text
I seen it up to when an Dark Suburban (Present in EVERY Movie) pulled up to his Cabin and the Dog growled (Present in every Movie) :laf: and then I had things I HAD TO DO !!! I might finish watching it tonight
Bob
Rich,
If you don't like it let me know, along with how much the rental was, and I will cover your rental. :biggrin: And no, I am not making this offer to EVERYONE.
Jerry
With all my slack time, I've been catching up on all the movies I've missed. Shooter was definitely one of the better ones, so far. I'm still a little confused about how he got out of that mess, though. All the contrived evidence against him would have taken an army of lawyers to get him out of that situation.
I saw it also and thought it was good,,
just I side note
when the cop shoots him and he takes the FBI's car and heads east on front street that's 2 blocks from my home , when he first takes it the next seen is a cop car coming up a street, if you look down the street that the cop is coming up i live right there 2 blocks
many Moves are made on my block.has a lot to do with the historic homes in the area
funny story,
a couple years ago they were filming out side my home and Cuba Gooding Jr. was sitting on my step as a came home one day, I said hello and played it off as I didn't know just who he was , then I sad I know you!! your the guy from coming to America.
the funny part was that he had a 60 secant part in that move 20 years ago and almost nobody knows he was in it. he has made major movies since.. the look on his face was priceless :roflmao:
So that was you out there barbque'ing :eyebrownod:
I seen that. Looks like the fire got a little out of control George :shrug:
I watched the movie. There was some good footage of sniper type shooting, but I failed to understand why they went after this guy the way they did. I must have missed something. If they just wanted this shooter dead, why not shoot him on first trip up to the remote cabin in the mountains?
Rich, it was all a set-up. The sniper was to be the scape-goat. They planned to blame the assination on him. The city cop was to be the "hero" for walking in and supposidly "catching him in the act" and killing him. When the plan fell thru, the Feds had to eliminate the cop as he could blow their scheme.
Looks like I owe Rich a rental fee. Let me know how much it was.
Jerry
Hawks Feather,
It was a free rental. :roflmao:
About half way through the movie, my wife asked me if I could understand anything that one actress was saying. I said No but she ain't the only one that's mumbling a lot. These young actors and actress's talk like the junior high kids of the 70's. I enjoyed the movie, but it could have been better.
Hey,I was one of those Teenagers in the 70's :laf: I don't remember mumbling ? :wo:well on SOME Nights I may have mumbled BUT other nights I talked Clear ! :biggrin: Nah they Mumble a LOT these days,,hell to understand what they say at a CRUCIAL point in the Movie,I have to rewind it,,hit the Mute Button and then Play it so I can see in writing at the Bottom of the TV just what the hell it was that they said :doh2:
Bob
I watched it twice last night. :biggrin: (It's just a one day rental)
CK & I enjoyed it. One thing I really liked was that it didn't seem to be anti-gun, er did I miss it? :shrug: Even w/ the documentry it wasn't anti-gun at all.
I'll be getting this in the future as a gift. You watch. :wink:
ohiobob,
Well kids your age should at least learn how to say "SAMICH" for crying out loud. Ya can't even get a job down at Burger King iffen ya can't say Samich.. :roflmao: Lord I apologize for that right there, and please be with the starving pygmies down there in Africa.
Rich,
I don't know how to repay you for a fee movie, but I will keep thinking on it.
SAMICH? Are you talking IRL? If so, that is SAM FAN and since Hornish lives outside of Defiance (where I live) you see SAM FAN all over.
Jerry
No, no Hawks Feather !!! Samich man SAMICH! Ya take two slices of bread ya understand? Now ya shove a slice of meat or something in between those to slices of bread and ya got a Samich. Oh Lord, sometimes these young whipper snappers are hard to talk with. :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I always found it easier to lay the 2 slices of bread side-by-side & put the meat on one then put the other slice on top the meat. Can't say that I ever tried shoving meat between 2 slices. :confused: What burger joint did you say you worked for? :shrug:
Rich,
I love being called a young whipper snapper. You do have me by a few years, but not many - just 7. But I guess that did make me a 5th grader when you were a senior in high school. So yes, I am a young whipper snapper.
Jerry
P.S. It is great having you here Rich. It gives me someone OLDER to pick on. :biggrin:
I'm glad to be here Hawks Feather, and I want to thank you for being such a good sport. :eyebrownod:
Rich
I get what your saying now :biggrin: But sometimes we put a little "HillBilly" spin on it and called it a "Slammich" and I WISH I was a young whippersnapper :eyebrow: ahh just for a week :biggrin: But it IS nice having ya here Rich :congrats:
Bob
I just watched the movie and thought it was excellent. When he pulled up in the backwoods near Athens, Tn. and said, "Welcome to Tennessee. The Patron State of Shoot Stuff Up", I cracked up. That old man telling him about using paper around the bullet and all that reminded me of someone........... :wo: ............I won't say any names though. :wink:
Finally got my take of the movie and enjoyed it. I usually dont sit and watch movies unless they're hunting vids, but this one held my attention the entire time. :thumb2:
The wife signed us up for that blockbuster movies through the mail thing and Shooter was the first movie we got.
Good movie, pretty far fetched, but good.
I was amazed by the spotter in the first part. He could tell everything from looking through a 45X Leupold spotting scope, even the speed of the trucks. My spotter was never that good. :argh: :iroll:
I would give my left nut to live at that place in the mountains.
Quote from: CrossJ on July 14, 2007, 01:56:52 PM
If you all enjoyed the movie, I would highly recommend the book 'Point of Impact'. I thought the movie was good, but as usual it fell way short of the book. All of Stephen Hunters books are good. Maintain
I agree!
My wife gave me Shooter today for my birthday.
:yoyo: You'll like it
Yeah, I saw it already.
It was far fetched but good.
I saw it and liked it, but I also thaught it was a little far fetched. One shot is supposed to be 1800 meters.
But, then again, I saw a guy on the outdoor channel the other day that was shooting a regular sized ballon with a 4 inch barreled .38 open sight at 200 yards. I can see how in the world he was hitting that. :confused: