VIDEO TB2K Movies - ET The Extra Terrestrial 1982 - Patton 1970 - The Blues Brothers 1980 - The Expendables 1&2 2010/12 - Con Air 1997 - Fahrenheit 451 1966

1911user

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There are 7 movies this week.

This thread on MAIN has the info about the movies and is the place for discussion about them, as before.
However, all of the actual movie links are located in a separate, members-only, thread in the MEDIA CENTER at this link:

----------->>> Link to the thread containing the actual movie links <<<-----------

This should help protect the source of the movies and keep them available longer.


If you watch or download a movie, please comment or like to guide future selections.
Click the "movies" tag at top to see a list of previous movie threads.

Movie trailers (from youtube) can be found in post #9 of this thread.
Click the "movies" tag at the top of this thread to see a list of all movies posted in the past.

Enjoy the Show!


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1911user

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The first movie is E. T. The Extra Terrestrial. This 1982 family film stars Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, and Dee Wallace.

Left behind by his group of secret visitors, a harmless extraterrestrial entity gets stranded on Earth, surrounded by an intimidatingly strange and unknown environment. Alone and fearful, the marooned being is fortunate to be discovered by the lonely ten-year-old boy, Elliott, who, after the initial shock, decides to take him in, and gives him a name--E.T. Little by little, a bond will form--and as our hospitable blue planet becomes a prison brimming with dangers and government agents--Elliott and his team of rescuers must work fast to find a way to reunite the extraordinary intergalactic guest with his otherworldly family. Even if this means Elliott will lose an unexpected but dear friend.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link

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1911user

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The second movie is Patton. This 1970 war drama stars George C. Scott, Karl Madden, and Stephen Young.

The story of General George S. Patton, Jr. during World War II. His battlefield genius garners him fear and respect from the Germans, and resentment and misunderstanding from the Allies. A military historian and poet, he believes he was a warrior in many past lives, and that he is destined for something great during this life, but his stubbornness and controversial methods nearly prevent the fulfillment of that destiny.

Patton (1970) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link

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1911user

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The third movie is The Blues Brothers. This 1980 musical adventure stars John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and many famous musicians.

- They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God.

Fresh out of the slammer, Jake Blues, along with his brother Elwood, visit the Catholic home where they both grew up. They find out that it will soon shut down because of lack of funds and support. One misguided spiritual revelation later, they go in search of reuniting their old blues band and raise the $5000 to pay off the home's taxes. As they go on their way to perform in the perfect big-paying gig for the group, their adventure takes many unexpected detours and encounters with zany characters, the police, revenge-seeking militant groups, angry country singers and psychotic former girlfriends.

The Blues Brothers (1980) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link

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The fourth movie is The Expendables. This 2010 action film stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, and many other action stars from the 1980's and 90's. This is a wild ride of a movie...

After a successful assignment to save hostages from pirates in Somalia, Barney Ross and his team of mercenaries, the "Expendables" are invited by Mr. Church to kill the corrupt General Garza, the dictator of the Vilena Island in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Church offers 5 million dollars for the job. Barney travels with his partner Lee Christmas in their plane to Vilena to meet their local contact, Sandra. They have an incident with the island troops and they flee from the island, but Sandra refuses to leave her country and is left behind. They investigate and discover that Church is actually from CIA. He wants them to do the dirty work to destroy the powerful drug dealer and rogue CIA agent James Munroe, who is using the island to grow coke. Barney also feels divided between staying safe in USA or risky his life to save Sandra and his own soul.


The Expendables (2010) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link

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1911user

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The fifth movie is The Expendables 2. This 2012 film continues the wild action of the first. This film stars most from the first and Chuck Norris (71 at the time) came out of retirement for this one.

Following the events of the previous film and an explosive rescue mission in Nepal, Mr. Church enlists Barney Ross and his team for a seemingly simple mission deep within Eastern Europe. It goes well until one of them gets killed by the ruthless mercenary Jean Vilain. Swearing revenge, the Expendables venture into hostile territory and discover Vilain's plot to siphon and profit from tons of weapons-grade plutonium. With vengeance in their blood and some unexpected help, the Expendables race to stop Vilain and his team of mercenaries before the plutonium falls into more wrong hands.

The Expendables 2 (2012) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link

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1911user

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The sixth movie is Con Air. This 1997 action thriller stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, and Colm Meany. It's another fun, wild ride...

- Newly paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the convict passengers seize control.

Cameron Poe, a highly decorated US ranger, is convicted of manslaughter after protecting his wife in a drunken brawl. Finally, after eight years, he's being paroled and going home to his wife and daughter. His ride home: the Jailbird, which is also transporting some of society's most vicious murderers to Feltham Penitentiary, Lousiana's toughest maximum security prison. A surprise escape is made on board the plane as the cons seize control of the plane, and head it towards Las Vegas. The officials on the ground want to blow it out of the sky, but three people know an alternative... US Marshal Vince Larkin, Cameron Poe's wife, and his daughter.

Con Air (1997) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link

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1911user

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The seventh movie is Fahrenheit 451. This 1966 dystopian film is based on the Ray Bradbury novel.

- In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Guy Montag is a fireman who lives in a lonely, isolated society. Books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. It is the duty of firemen to burn any books on sight or said collections that have been reported by informants. People in this society, including Montag's wife, are drugged into compliance and get their information from wall-length television screens. After Montag falls in love with book-hoarding Clarisse, he begins to read confiscated books. It is through this relationship that he begins to question the government's motives behind book-burning. Montag is soon found out, and he must decide whether to return to his job or run away knowing full well the consequences that he could face if captured.

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) - IMDb <<<----- IMDB movie info and review link

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Doomer Doug

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I was 16 when Patton came out in 1970. It generated one of the funniest, permanent culture lines on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. I was sitting down in the basement and he came out to do his monologue.

He said, "I see the movie Patton has been given the Oscar." "It is the only case where a war has been based on a movie." He was speaking about the Cambodian "incursion," as they called it. Funnier than hell and a big deal when Scott didn't show up to pick up his Oscar in person.

It was May of 1970 I think. The movie Patton, the oscars, the invasion of Cambodia and Kent State in May with the NG shooting the protesters.

Oh yeah, but none of THAT can compare to what is going down the road this time.
 
bw

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Con Air and Expendables much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing 451 again - haven't seen it since watching in a theater when it came out, and it made a strong impression.

Any chance of finding Empire of the Sun or Heat? I'd love to add either of those to my library.
 
Doomer Doug

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I watched the first Expendables, which came out listed as Expandables in my download file. I also saw the second one. They got some depth to them. I also watched First Blood, circa 1980 and that has some damn good acting by Stallone.

Anyway, just need #3 and #4. They are certainly violent, and definitely not for kids, in my opinion. Hell even Mickey Roake? showed some acting chops, and I figured him for just a brain damaged alcoholic. Course, the first one was done in 2010 and the second one in 2012, so we are pretty much done with the franchise.

Thanks again, 1911 user. I now have nearly 40 movies I downloaded, even if I have seen many of them at some point in the past. Patton is 50 years ago when I first saw it in a movie theater. :iwojima:
 
1911user

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The Mountain said:
Is this the original ET or the one where Spielberg edited the agents' guns?
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This is the edited/CGI version released 20 years later. They discuss some of the differences at the movie link.
The biggest changes were guns on belts magically became radios and some of ET's movements were smoothed using CGI.
 
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bw

bw

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Thanks for the tip on Heat. I must have missed it when you first posted. Just downloaded, watched it over a couple days. What a great film with great actors.
 
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