Ding ding ding. Shouldn’t have gone with that easy one so soon.
Here’s some others I love from that film.
-xtien
“So’s this…darlin’.”
That movie had the most useless cliffhanger ending ever.
Was there anyone on earth who waited with bated breath for “Clear and Present Danger” and the revelation of the Ryan baby’s gender?
Jarmo
1705
Nope.
Here are some more frames to help you recognise this elusive feature film.
I’m going to guess Lebanon again, even though I’ve never seen it.
-Tom
Troy?
I loved when Brad Pitt faced off with that big dude. Brad ran up, jumped, and then stabbed Hector (or whoever) in the neck. I always wanted to do that to someone, but I’ll probably never get the chance.
That’s Beaufort that is.
I’ve never seen it but Israeli soldiers parred with your castle pictures finally clued me in.
Is it good?
Jarmo
1710
A winner is you! Good catch!
It’s good enough to be worth watching. The guys have been guarding the old fort but the assignment is nearing its end. Will they be able to survive under the constant Arab rocket and mortar attacks long enough to get home? We follow the boredom and tension of the young guys in a foreign country with literally nowhere to go.
It’s not the greatest war film ever but I had no regrets about getting and watching it. Some parts are rather beautiful. The fort is a wonderfully exotic place and a mix of modern concrete and the medieval parts. Generally the film reminded me of Das Boot.
Come on, the fort’s not that beau. Look at that thing, all crumbly and graffitied and whatnot.
Jarmo
1712
Beaufort is a better movie than The Hurt Locker, IMHO, and has some tense bomb defusing, too. It’s not as good as Walz with Bashir or Armadillo, though. It’s better than The Beast but worse than Three Kings. It’s better than 9th Company and about the same as Jarhead but below Battle for Haditha and Generation Kill.
Grrr, thought I had a jump on one.
This is important, the movie below is a documentary:
Criminy, I haven’t finished watching the movie yet and you get it?!
Hah, sorry! I’ve actually only seen bits of it, but I couldn’t imagine another documentary about clearly-fake movie monsters.
Jarmo
1717
I saw Lebanon yesterday. I’d rate it about the same as Beaufort.
More impressions below. No spoilers but I know some people like to know almost nothing about movies they are going to see.
It’s a very intense movie taking place entirely inside a tank. It could almost be a stage play. Four young Israeli soldiers are part of the invasion of Lebanon in 1982. We only see the outside through the viewports of the tank.
The understandably strong feelings of the young men in their first day at war and the interplay between them is the main focus here. The movie gets physically and emotionally very close to the characters and their cramped environment. We see their pores and stubble a lot and see the stress they are under and how they cope with it.
It’s a very intimate experience and can get under your skin. War at extreme close-up and distanced through the gunner’s crosshair eyepiece at the same time.
We see a lot of the outside action through the gunner’s sight. I was sometimes bothered by what he chooses to view and how long. Going for artistic and psychological effect overrides any military sense. This will probably not be a problem for most viewers but for me it was a bit too artsy and hurt my immersion.
Lebanon is definitely worth seeing. There’s a lot to mull over.
To tie this in at least somewhat to the thread, here’s a frame from the film:
What the…?
It looks like a cannon on a sailing ship, so I’m going to guess Master and Commander. It doesn’t quite look merry enough for a Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
-Tom
