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irisblue

(35,716 posts) Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:14 PM Dec 2018

Tonights Movie-The Darkest Hour

10 minutes in, gee whiz, those sets! And Clementine ( Kristen Scott Thomas) wowsa!

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Tonights Movie-The Darkest Hour (Original Post) irisblue Dec 2018 OP

It's a good one EarlG Dec 2018 #1

On the Way irisblue Dec 2018 #2

It's a good movie, BUT .... VMA131Marine Dec 2018 #3

The tube scene for one Ron Obvious Dec 2018 #6

Saw it for the second time the other night. Aristus Dec 2018 #4

I saw it at the theater and enjoyed it very much. skylucy Dec 2018 #5

EarlG

(23,144 posts)

1. It's a good one

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:16 PM

Dec 2018

Follow it up with “Dunkirk” if you haven’t seen that yet.

irisblue

(35,716 posts)

2. On the Way

Reply to EarlG (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:25 PM

Dec 2018

I watched Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima & Thin Red Line over the last 2 weeks, excellent distractions and we've been through worse.

VMA131Marine

(5,070 posts)

3. It's a good movie, BUT ....

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:37 PM

Dec 2018

...It takes considerable liberties with historical accuracy. I won't give any spoilers but the Wikipedia page for the movie has a summary of the main problems. There are other pages that describe the issues in more depth.

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

6. The tube scene for one

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:24 PM

Dec 2018

Say no more. A blot on an otherwise great film.

Aristus

(70,630 posts)

4. Saw it for the second time the other night.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:59 PM

Dec 2018

I persuaded my wife to watch it with me. She's wary of war films, not wanting to be sickened by combat scenes. I assured her there were only brief scenes of dead and wounded.

She enjoyed it very much, and I enjoyed explaining the historical context for her. (I wasn't mansplaining; she just doesn't know much about WWII.)

skylucy

(3,973 posts)

5. I saw it at the theater and enjoyed it very much.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:55 PM

Dec 2018

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