Last film you saw, vol. 6

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The Bourne Legacy (2012)

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Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)

"When arms can't reach, mind can."

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Non-Stop (2014)

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Sniper 2 (2002)

"You oughta be on the recruiting poster. Join the Marines, travel the world, make new friends and kill 'em."

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Damn, I should really buy the DVD for the first Sniper. Really enjoyed it years ago.

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Damn, I should really buy the DVD for the first Sniper. Really enjoyed it years ago.

Yeah; the opening in #1 (where you all of a sudden realize you were looking at a sniper in a ghillie suit even though it looked like the jungle a minute before) is great. There are things I like in #2 (the sniper battle) and #3 (going back to Vietnam, particularly the tunnels) but they're definitely weaker.

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If 2 has a sniper duel, I might have to rent it or find it dirt-cheap somewhere. Aren't many films with good sniper duels, Enemy at the Gates being probably the best or nearly there.

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If 2 has a sniper duel, I might have to rent it or find it dirt-cheap somewhere. Aren't many films with good sniper duels, Enemy at the Gates being probably the best or nearly there.

Oh yeah, that's the big conclusion. It probably lasts ten minutes or so, so it's not comparable to Enemy. It feels more like Full Metal Jacket (shortened) since the enemy sniper is hidden in a building trying to pick off Berenger, his spotter (Bokeem Woodbine) and a helpless political prisoner.

But I agree, there should be more sniper battles in movies.

Fun fact: many snipers who kill another sniper take the chambered round off the dead shooter as a lucky trophy, worn as a necklace. They call it H.O.G.'s (for Hunter of Gunmen) tooth since it is the round that could have killed them. Apparently it's common practice to where a symbolic one (not earned in battle) for good luck too.

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Yeah, I know about the PIG and HOG traditions (Professional Instructed Gunman and Hunter of Gunman). I learned about them from one of the sniper specials I used to sometimes catch on TV, on the History 2 channel.

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Creepshow 2 (1987)

"You're loyal to the gore."

Yeah, I know about the PIG and HOG traditions (Professional Instructed Gunman and Hunter of Gunman). I learned about them from one of the sniper specials I used to sometimes catch on TV, on the History 2 channel.

Me too (one that was put on Instant Netflix). We probably got it from the same one. Actually, I thought you might know it and half intended it for anyone here who might like little military factoids like that.

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Flight (2012)

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Flight (2012)

I thought that movie was great, though very dark. Goodman should have gotten nominations for his drug dealer role. He stole it, imho. I loved the one time where he enters and they play "Sympathy for the Devil." But the whole movie is a good look at addiction.

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Creepshow 2 (1987)

"You're loyal to the gore."

Was that the one with the glob thing in the lake?

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Was that the one with the glob thing in the lake?

It was indeed. That scared me as a kid. It's still pretty tense with the trapped feeling. The other two stories are the hitchhiker victim that keeps coming back and the wooden store Indian that seeks revenge.