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Agreed. I think the whole point was that he had matured from the wrench-throwing maniac he was at the outset and learned to take one for the team.
Don’t know about airmen specifically but the average age of U.S. soldiers in WWII was 26.
Good read. Thanks!
Reed already had gravitas by the time of “The Three Musketeers”.
Lucilla was probably pressed into a political marriage by her father so she couldn’t follow her own heart and had to disappoint Maximus.
I loved that, too. I had to wonder how many watching got the reference.
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Quintus certainly suffers in comparison with Maximus’ slave Cicero who stays true throughout. I don’t think he fully redeems himself.
I’m not sure we can even rule out the possibility that Quintus backed Maximus in the end because he sensed that Maximus was the likely winner either way.
You might like “Fall of the Roman Empire,” an older movie from which “Gladiator” borrowed. It’s not a perfect movie but it had some truly epic sets and battles and memorable scenes. I saw it fairly recently and felt it held up quite well.
If anyone is still interested, the Wikipedia entry foe the show includes an alphabetized list of guests.
It’s right in the movie’s title: “moonstruck” means unable to think or act normally, especially because of being in love.
I thought Ronny’s apartment looked too clean and well appointed. Wouldn’t have expected a bachelor of his age who worked in a t-shirt and had messy hair to make his bed so perfectly each morning. I guess the director wanted to hint at his hidden sophistication and maturity.
<blockquote> But her character in GS was very quirky - but NOT in good way - but rather in a immature 14 to 16 years old way. This made Braff came off as being a 29 year old semi-creepy dude that was wanted to hang out with a girl who acted (and basically looked) 13 years younger then him.</blockquote>
I had the same feeling. Her (relative) diminutive size makes her look even younger than her chronological age.
This is the right answer, IMO.
More Myra
Less Chelsea
My sentiments exactly, joly.
Yes - another vote for Das Boot.
Yeah, I didn’t like it either. It’s not enough that the captain was in the wrong and lacking in sophistication and, at times, decency, he had to be racist, too. I rolled my eyes.
Not quite - there was a touching scene when the XO said goodbye to his family that included his wife, who had a line or two of dialogue.
> To my mind, dying fighting to the end like Tsugumo did is a much better death than dying by your own hand via a bamboo stick.
My impression was that Motome, though born into samurai caste, was raised more a scholar than a soldier. He was also: armed only with bamboo blades; an inexperienced swordsman; and heavily outnumbered. Finally, unlike his guardian/father-in-law, he was taken off guard by events and was unable to think through his options and plot a course of action..
> However I feel another good ending would be him just going through with the harakiri.
I agree, though it would have been still more satisfying if the ronin had been able to make his humiliation of the Iyi clan public so the counselor was unable to cover it up.