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BootinUp

(47,085 posts) Thu Jul 31, 2014, 07:43 PM Jul 2014

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I don't care what the movie critics say. Enemy at the Gates

is a good flick. I like the cast (not their personal lives but their acting). I like the way the movie depicts the ugliness of war. I like the way it presents the lives of the characters.

So to the movie critics who slammed it or demeaned it. Pfffft!!!!

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I don't care what the movie critics say. Enemy at the Gates (Original Post) BootinUp Jul 2014 OP

Was that the one with Jude Law? Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #1

nope. Jude Law as the Russian sniper, Ed Harris is the German counterpart. BootinUp Jul 2014 #2

I must be losing my mind. BootinUp Jul 2014 #3

You're not losing your mind... Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #5

I used to be able to see edits. BootinUp Jul 2014 #6

If you edit in the first 30 minutes... Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #7

I thought it was very well-done. Aristus Jul 2014 #4

I certainly enjoyed it. I judge a film a lot on if I "believe" the characters. I believed them. BlueJazz Jul 2014 #8

I never listen to the critics, they don't know what I like. IronGate Jul 2014 #9

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

1. Was that the one with Jude Law?

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 07:50 PM

Jul 2014

I loved that one.
Kinda long but very powerful.

BootinUp

(47,085 posts)

2. nope. Jude Law as the Russian sniper, Ed Harris is the German counterpart.

Reply to Callmecrazy (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 07:59 PM

Jul 2014

Its about the battle for Stalingrad. Based on stories from a Russian sniper and a book about the battle.

Fairly graphic, and not entirely accurate to history.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215750/?ref_=nv_sr_1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_at_the_Gates#Historical_accuracy

BootinUp

(47,085 posts)

3. I must be losing my mind.

Reply to Callmecrazy (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 08:06 PM

Jul 2014

What did I read before replying to you. LOL.

Correct.

I also like how it shows the use of propaganda.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

5. You're not losing your mind...

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 10:21 PM

Jul 2014

I edited after I Wiki'd the title.

Psych!

BootinUp

(47,085 posts)

6. I used to be able to see edits.

Reply to Callmecrazy (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 10:26 PM

Jul 2014

Something has changed.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)

7. If you edit in the first 30 minutes...

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 10:29 PM

Jul 2014

The red edit text doesn't show.

Aristus

(66,294 posts)

4. I thought it was very well-done.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 08:29 PM

Jul 2014

Gratuitous romance aside.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

8. I certainly enjoyed it. I judge a film a lot on if I "believe" the characters. I believed them.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 10:42 PM

Jul 2014

IronGate

(2,186 posts)

9. I never listen to the critics, they don't know what I like.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:52 PM

Jul 2014

Enemy at the Gates was an excellent, powerful movie that I would watch again and again.

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