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Dec 14, 2016 18:20:24 GMT -5
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Dec 21, 2016 12:50:09 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 12:50:09 GMT -5
Yeah, it's a beautifully shot movie, the Altai mountains look great. Aisholpan the 13 year old Kazakh eagle hunter and her eagle are obviously fantastic. There's a great scene where Aisholpan climbs down a cliff to catch the young eaglet that she trains for the tournament. There is a slight problem with the narrative, which at times feels forced. There's a scene where Aisholpan hears about the 'Eagle Hunting Festival' on the radio that felt unnecessary - all Kazakhs of the Mongolian Altai know about the annual eagle hunting festival. Also, there are interviews with the Kazakh elders not too pleased with the idea of a girl entering the eagle hunting tournament - one even goes as far to say that women should not even ride horses! Absolute nonsense, how can a nomad family survive with half the population not on horseback? For a start, Aisholpan is not the first female eagle hunter. When I was in Mongolia, the nomad women were tough. They worked incredibly hard, they were very confident and strong. I'd say they're tougher than most of the guys in the urban western world. And yes they were on horseback, and usually better educated than the men of the country. The kids are usually educated in a nearby town or city and return to the steppe on their holidays. These traits are common throughout Mongolia, irrespective of, whether they are Mongol, Kazakh or Dukha. Apart from the above concerns, I could go on for ages - I still loved the movie. Aisholpan (her name probably translates as ai/moon, sholpan/Venus, so Moon-Venus) and the eagle were great to watch.
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Dec 22, 2016 16:09:49 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Dec 22, 2016 16:09:49 GMT -5
Jim Cornelius is going to watch this tonight. We'll see what he thinks.
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Sept 3, 2020 19:16:44 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on Sept 3, 2020 19:16:44 GMT -5
I watched the Eagle last night starring Channing Tatum and Jaime Belle, it wasn't bad. I didn't mind the modern dialogue, but the last scene of the film was such a different tone than the rest of the movie. 99% off the movie was an action film the likes of the 13th Warrior and Clive Owen's King Arthur, but the ending scene felt like the end of a buddy cop film.
The action and fight scenes were pretty good and the film was visually appealing. I'm not sure the Seal People were historically accurate but they looked cool. I also like how the main character is a Mithras worshiper. I first heard about him in Cornwell's Warlord (Arthurian) trilogy.
Kerp in mind I watched the unrated version, not the theatrical version.
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Sept 4, 2020 14:39:32 GMT -5
Post by KiramidHead on Sept 4, 2020 14:39:32 GMT -5
I watched the Eagle last night starring Channing Tatum and Jaime Belle, it wasn't bad. I didn't mind the modern dialogue, but the last scene of the film was such a different tone than the rest of the movie. 99% off the movie was an action film the likes of the 13th Warrior and Clive Owen's King Arthur, but the ending scene felt like the end of a buddy cop film. The action and fight scenes were pretty good and the film was visually appealing. I'm not sure the Seal People were historically accurate but they looked cool. I also like how the main character is a Mithras worshiper. I first heard about him in Cornwell's Warlord (Arthurian) trilogy. Kerp in mind I watched the unrated version, not the theatrical version. If I'm not mistaken, I think that ending was a reshoot. I recall something about the original ending having Tatum's character burn the eagle at the end.
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Sept 4, 2020 18:40:21 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on Sept 4, 2020 18:40:21 GMT -5
I watched the Eagle last night starring Channing Tatum and Jaime Belle, it wasn't bad. I didn't mind the modern dialogue, but the last scene of the film was such a different tone than the rest of the movie. 99% off the movie was an action film the likes of the 13th Warrior and Clive Owen's King Arthur, but the ending scene felt like the end of a buddy cop film. The action and fight scenes were pretty good and the film was visually appealing. I'm not sure the Seal People were historically accurate but they looked cool. I also like how the main character is a Mithras worshiper. I first heard about him in Cornwell's Warlord (Arthurian) trilogy. Kerp in mind I watched the unrated version, not the theatrical version. If I'm not mistaken, I think that ending was a reshoot. I recall something about the original ending having Tatum's character burn the eagle at the end. I can totally see that and wouldn't be surprised. The ending basically was like a half-assed sequel teaser, "Where do you want to go next?"
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Sept 4, 2020 21:34:07 GMT -5
Post by KiramidHead on Sept 4, 2020 21:34:07 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, I think that ending was a reshoot. I recall something about the original ending having Tatum's character burn the eagle at the end. I can totally see that and wouldn't be surprised. The ending basically was like a half-assed sequel teaser, "Where do you want to go next?" Which in itself isn't too strange, since the books were a loose series. They all took place centuries apart and one of them focused on a stripped down, more historicized Arthur.
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Apr 6, 2023 7:08:30 GMT -5
Post by johnnypt on Apr 6, 2023 7:08:30 GMT -5
Talking about Eastwood, last year looks like the first time practically since Revenge of the Creature in 1955 that Clint didn't have any projects released (2020 being the usual exception). Considering he'll be 93 this May, I think it's time he can take a little break.
Two Mules was supposed to star Elizabeth Taylor as the nun, the two of them talked about it during Where Eagles Dare.
My son and I have done 7th Voyage and Jason, he was very impressed by the latter, liked the special effects there more than today's movies. Have to get around to watching Golden Voyage with its own special effect, Caroline Munro.
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