Very well put together in my opinion, yet very much underrated by many of the reviews I've seen. It's not a film that holds your attention by being flashy and having overly dramatic garbage to sift through. It has a story that is worth listening to. Give it time to develop and pay attention. The characters are all very well portrayed and it's nice to see acting again that is believable. I think if I watch this a second time I will probably pick up on nuances that I've missed the first time around... As with any movie worth watching, it's usually worth watching at least twice. I did enjoy the locations and the scenery as they provided a nice base for the story to unfold upon.
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
(1988 TV Movie)
Passable
24 March 2023
It's a passable movie if you don't mind a fictionalized version of real wartime events. The idea is there so at least you get the point that it's trying to make. It might not be 8 out of 10 stars but at least it's better than the majority of the Hollywood garbage that's out there these days. I enjoy looking back into these older films and finding gems. I wish this one was a little bit more polished. The one thing that really stuck with me was the idiotic music score that played. This is a serious film with a serious subject matter but they played this music as of it was a joke of some sort. Just by that one gesture the film loses two extra stars from me.
Band of Rebels
(2022)
Amateur film?
15 January 2023
I would say, this was a not half bad attempt at a movie if this was the work of a high school drama club or other amateur group... Unfortunately it's not. It's out here for consumption by the masses. The extremely poor acting is the most noticeable trait about this film, not to mention regrettable uniforms ,dialogue, dialect , general appearance and almost everything else you can imagine. I would have thought that the makers would have gone to great depths to find historical accuracies and reenactors that took their craft seriously. I made it through less than 20 minutes. Maybe others see more there than I can.
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