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Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:31 pm
Caught the trailer for this movie and man does it look awesome. I can't wait for this to be released. I'm guessing around Christmas and will probably be a serious Oscar contender as well.
The trailer alone has me like
Would really like to read the book this movie is based off of. Jolie seems to be a great director as well.
The trailer alone has me like
Would really like to read the book this movie is based off of. Jolie seems to be a great director as well.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:33 pm to SirSaintly
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Caught the trailer for this movie and man does it look awesome
Don't want to share?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:34 pm to SirSaintly
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:34 pm to SirSaintly
She's such a great actress whose been in some really shitty movies. Maybe directing is where her talent will really show itself.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 5:53 pm to SirSaintly
Looks very good. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 7:41 pm to SirSaintly
I'm reading the book right now, and it is fantastic. It's a great story and extremely well written.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 7:44 pm to SirSaintly
glad they gave away the entire movie in the trailer. wish i hadnt watched
Posted on 8/1/14 at 10:05 am to SirSaintly
Anybody who has not read the book needs to do so ASAP. Zamperini's story reads like something from a fairy tale and is truly amazing. Can't wait to see the movie.
Eta:I guess fairy tale isn't the right word, but it's amazing and hard to believe at times that it all really happened.
Eta:I guess fairy tale isn't the right word, but it's amazing and hard to believe at times that it all really happened.
This post was edited on 8/1/14 at 10:10 am
Posted on 8/1/14 at 10:10 am to SirSaintly
Is it about her privates?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 12:24 pm to SirSaintly
Posted on 10/20/14 at 1:25 pm to SirSaintly
quote:Based on?. . . This is only her second movie.
Jolie seems to be a great director as well.
I admit, though, the trailer does look good. I want to hate it, but I just can't. Will watch.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 2:57 pm to SirSaintly
I still haven't read Fearless. So I'm not sure I want to buy another book. Anyone read both. Which one is better?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 6:42 pm to SirSaintly
I just finished the book today and the most impressive thing that Louie did was forgive "The Bird". The hell that he put Louie and those other POW's through was as close to hell as those guys ever deserve to see. The fact that he found God and was able to forgive them all is a miracle in itself.
Louie and those other POW's are true hero's for the price they had to pay in defending our freedoms.
Louie and those other POW's are true hero's for the price they had to pay in defending our freedoms.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 8:32 am to SirSaintly
There is no way in the world they can do the book justice. If the movie even comes reasonably close I will be pleased.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 10:01 am to SirSaintly
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Would really like to read the book this movie is based off of.
You should, it is OUTSTANDING!
Posted on 10/21/14 at 10:11 am to SirSaintly
f'n Jap prison guards. Just as bad as the Nazis, just not as efficient.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 12:15 pm to SirSaintly
Finished the book a few weeks ago. It was really good. So good in fact that I convinced my sister to read it. She hates anything that has to do with WW2.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 1:40 pm to SirSaintly
So many amazing stories from WWII.
I guess because Z went to USC, it reminded me of this crazy story about a Notre Dame football player in WWII.
I guess because Z went to USC, it reminded me of this crazy story about a Notre Dame football player in WWII.
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Tonelli spent three years with the Fighting Irish varsity, leading Notre Dame to the brink of a national championship in 1938. Following the College All-Star Game in 1939, he received his gold class ring, on the underside of which he had his initials and graduation date ’39engraved.
He wore the ring proudly during a stint as an assistant coach at Providence College in 1939 and one season of pro football with the Chicago Cardinals in 1940.
Bataan death march: With an empty canteen, Tonelli began the 65-mile march near Mariveles, a port on Bataan’s southern tip. Through dust clouds, he spotted artesian wells bubbling with cold spring water, but he dared not stop: The Japanese savagely executed all who strayed from the march. At dusk, the parched prisoners improvised by spreading their shirts on the ground to collect the dew.
‘’When morning came, we’d wring them out for something to drink,’’ Tonelli recalls.
At dawn, cracks of rifle fire echoed throughout the hills. Some guards pumped bullets into those unable to continue; others delivered death with samurai swords.
Japanese tanks often swerved in deliberate attempts to run over wounded GIs lying on litters.
He wears the ringp. Tonelli was reflecting on his relative mortality when approached by a guard plundering the possessions of the weary, sunburned prisoners. He demanded Tonelli’s Notre Dame ring, and Tonelli refused. The guard reached for his sword.
‘’Give it to him,’’ yelled a nearby prisoner. ’’It’s not worth dying for.’’
Reluctantly, Tonelli surrendered the ring. A few minutes later, a Japanese officer appeared.
‘’Did one of my men take something from you?’’ he asked in perfect English.
‘’Yes,’’ Tonelli replied. ‘’My school ring.’’
‘’Here,’’ said the officer, pressing the ring into Tonelli’s callused, grimy hand. ‘’Hide it somewhere. You may not get it back next time.’’
The act left Tonelli speechless. ‘’I was educated in America,’’ the officer explained. ‘’At the University of Southern California. I know a little about the famous Notre Dame football team. In fact, I watched you beat USC in 1937. I know how much this ring means to you, so I wanted to get it back to you.’’
The surreal encounter ended, and the gridiron and battlefield rivals headed their separate ways.
‘’I always thought that someday he’d try to look me up,‘’ Tonelli says. ’’I guess he probably didn’t make it through the war.’’
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