ModdedCentipede
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Post by ModdedCentipede on Oct 2, 2020 12:18:07 GMT
This week, we're getting all nice and optimistic.  Chosen by: dschult3Year: 1999 Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern Directed by: Joe Johnston Written by: Homer H. Hickam Jr., Lewis Colick Produced by: Charles Gordon, Marc Sternberg, Peter Cramer, Larry Franco |
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stratogustav
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 2, 2020 19:00:36 GMT
I remember this movie was very popular even years later after it came up. I remember people mentioning the name, but I didn't get a chance to see it. I love true stories in general.
I want to see it because I really like 1999 in movies, some of my favorite movies are from that year like Fight Club, The Matrix, Memento. I even like the chick flicks from that year, it had a lot of fun stuff.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Oct 6, 2020 9:01:13 GMT
Do horror movies this month from now on, it's the holiday's spirit man.
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dschult3
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Post by dschult3 on Oct 7, 2020 2:18:56 GMT
Do horror movies this month from now on, it's the holiday's spirit man. Halloween season to me is the second half of October. The horror will come my man.
I love this movie. It is based off of a true story, and I really like how they portrayed how it went down. West Virginia had such a struggle with their economy as the coal mines started to close. I've been through there before, and the poverty rate is really bad, and a lot of people don't realize it. Homer Hickam's story truly portrays the mentality of some of these small towns where moving up in society was not an option due to a societal mentality that was stuck in the dark ages. You either went to college on a football scholarship, or you worked in the coal mine. Hickam was obsessed with Sputnik and Werner von Braun, and he wanted to take his life in a totally different direction then the dogma of a small town allowed. The story delves into the world of outdated education, local politics, the problems caused (mostly drunkeness) by mindless labor, the fragility of a family that has a bread winner that could die at any moment, and the Cold War. Sure, it has its cheesiness, but it is done in a family friendly way that I am willing to overlook without rolling my eyes to the point of nausea. I really liked this one.
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