04-17-2021, 09:49 PM
@Mashiro I've been going through a slack time of watching movies. Have you found that in some of the Hollywood movies, actors seem to be mumbling. Has to be the sound of the movie or the acting. Anyway, tonight it happened to me again.
I was watching The Kingdom (2007). It's a "fictional" movie based on true events of a bombing that happened in Saudi Arabia in 1996 known as the Khobar Towers bomb blast near an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. 19 U.S. Air Force guys were killed and 498 of many nationalities were wounded. There were also 5 Americans killed by a smaller car bomb blast ahead of the bigger blast. Iran and Hezbollah were found guilty of the attack by a US Court in 2006, a year before the movie was made. In July 2020 Iran was ordered to pay $879m to the Khobar bombing survivors.
There were some great actors in "The Kingdom" movie including Jamie Foxx in the lead role, Chris Cooper and Jennifer Garner. I really liked this movie (give it 8/10), however had to really concentrate in trying to make out the dialog. Do you find it too that in some of the American movies the dialog is difficult to make out as they seem to be mumbling in their mouths. I wish they could have Subtitles for all of the movies, but regrettably this movie didn't come with sub-titles.
Anyway, I recommend this movie to those interested in this sort of war on terrorism. But this is a movie one has to be wide awake with and focus and concentrate. Possibly also do some background reading first on the original real life event of 1996 to get a better understanding for the background of the movie.
I also watched an action movie classic Backdraft (1991) with Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland and Robert DeNiro. The lead actors Kurt Russell and William Bladwin performances are outstanding, and the movie tempo very fast. Lots of Fire Fighting drama trying to find the arsonist responsible for setting Backdraft style fires. Amazing cinematography. I score it 9/10.
I've seen Backdraft maybe for a third time and this time I was still impressed. What is particularly great is the music by Hans Zimmerman - can't get enough of this music as it so exactly portrays the theme of the movie - my favourite is "You go we go".
I was watching The Kingdom (2007). It's a "fictional" movie based on true events of a bombing that happened in Saudi Arabia in 1996 known as the Khobar Towers bomb blast near an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. 19 U.S. Air Force guys were killed and 498 of many nationalities were wounded. There were also 5 Americans killed by a smaller car bomb blast ahead of the bigger blast. Iran and Hezbollah were found guilty of the attack by a US Court in 2006, a year before the movie was made. In July 2020 Iran was ordered to pay $879m to the Khobar bombing survivors.
There were some great actors in "The Kingdom" movie including Jamie Foxx in the lead role, Chris Cooper and Jennifer Garner. I really liked this movie (give it 8/10), however had to really concentrate in trying to make out the dialog. Do you find it too that in some of the American movies the dialog is difficult to make out as they seem to be mumbling in their mouths. I wish they could have Subtitles for all of the movies, but regrettably this movie didn't come with sub-titles.
Anyway, I recommend this movie to those interested in this sort of war on terrorism. But this is a movie one has to be wide awake with and focus and concentrate. Possibly also do some background reading first on the original real life event of 1996 to get a better understanding for the background of the movie.
I also watched an action movie classic Backdraft (1991) with Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland and Robert DeNiro. The lead actors Kurt Russell and William Bladwin performances are outstanding, and the movie tempo very fast. Lots of Fire Fighting drama trying to find the arsonist responsible for setting Backdraft style fires. Amazing cinematography. I score it 9/10.
I've seen Backdraft maybe for a third time and this time I was still impressed. What is particularly great is the music by Hans Zimmerman - can't get enough of this music as it so exactly portrays the theme of the movie - my favourite is "You go we go".