"Great" movies you can't stand

Post by **Teaos** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:33 am

Mikey wrote:Are you talking the Heston one, or the Marky Mark one?

'Cause I liked the original, but I had a real problem with the Roddy McDowell sequels.

I love the musical version of it that the Simpsons did.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:47 pm

"I hate every ape I see,
from chimpan-A to chimpanzee...."

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:49 pm

Gallopoli. I literally cannot watch this movie without frothing in rage and throwing shit at the TV and the kicker is, it's a really great movie but the tactics and utter waste of life in the campaign drive me bananas.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:58 pm

Cpl Kendall wrote:Gallopoli. I literally cannot watch this movie without frothing in rage and throwing s**t at the TV and the kicker is, it's a really great movie but the tactics and utter waste of life in the campaign drive me bananas.

Agreed. I just can't figure why the Generals couldn't apply a single IQ point towards... "This just ain't working".

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:48 am

Aye, the Gallipoli campaign has to be one of the greatest military clusterfucks ever. An utterly wasteful campaign that saw many, many dead for no reason.

Of course, inteligence seemed to be pretty thin on the ground during the whole First World War. Exactly how long did it take them to realise that human-wave tactics don't work against machine guns?

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:32 pm

Rochey wrote:...Exactly how long did it take them to realise that human-wave tactics don't work against machine guns?

"Sir, the whole company in front of us just got wiped out!"

"Maybe it was a fluke. Advance!"

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:34 pm

I didn't know that there was a film version of Rent, but I'm in agreement. Perhaps the most overrated musical of the modern era.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:52 am

Tsukiyumi wrote:
Rochey wrote:...Exactly how long did it take them to realise that human-wave tactics don't work against machine guns?
"Sir, the whole company in front of us just got wiped out!"

"Maybe it was a fluke. Advance!"

Funny, most US Generals learned that during the Civil War.

Post by **Teaos** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:25 am

The Gallipoli campaign taught us that you need accurate maps to fight war. The amount of geographical knowledge they had was pitiful.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:28 am

Teaos wrote:The Gallipoli campaign taught us that you need accurate intel to fight war...

Adjusted for emphasis on importance.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:44 am

Teaos wrote:The Gallipoli campaign taught us that you need IQ to fight war.

Adjusted just a little bit more!

stitch626 · Post by **stitch626** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:49 am

Wow, that statement needed a lot of adjustment.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:48 am

Indeed.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:02 pm

Well, it was one pretty big clusterfuck.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:59 pm

Gallipoli should be a Jeopardy answer:

*buzz* "What would happen if the Klingons fought in WWI, Alex?"

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