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The Sound of Music

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    #32
    Sardonicat
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    Edgware wrote: »
    I watched The Dambusters today. Where would we be without Bomber Harris?

    I'm a bit baffled by the association of Christmas with corny, sanitised WWII films. The Eagle Has Landed was on last week, too. I mean, they are all good films in their own right. Dated and one sided and jingoistic but good for what they are, but why at Christmas?


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    #33
    appledrop
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    Sardonicat wrote: »
    I'm a bit baffled by the association of Christmas with corny, sanitised WWII films. The Eagle Has Landed was on last week, too. I mean, they are all good films in their own right. Dated and one sided and jingoistic but good for what they are, but why at Christmas?

    They are not 'Christmas' movies in sense of what they are about more so that since I was a child the 'Sound of Music' was always on at Christmas. Same with the likes of Willy Wonka and chocolate factory etc etc.

    They are classic films and never age.


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    Sardonicat
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    appledrop wrote: »
    They are not 'Christmas' movies in sense of what they are about more so that since I was a child the 'Sound of Music' was always on at Christmas. Same with the likes of Willy Wonka and chocolate factory etc etc.

    They are classic films and never age.

    I get why the Sound of Music and Willy Wonka are on at Christmas. They are feel good musicals with happy ever after endings. The war movies I mention seem a strange choice and only seem to have become ubiquitous Christmas viewing in the last 10 years or so.


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    Kylta
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    appledrop wrote: »
    They are not 'Christmas' movies in sense of what they are about more so that since I was a child the 'Sound of Music' was always on at Christmas. Same with the likes of Willy Wonka and chocolate factory etc etc.

    They are classic films and never age.

    So that's why people complain about the TV licence, no wonder people watch netflix


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    #36
    appledrop
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    Kylta wrote: »
    So that's why people complain about the TV licence, no wonder people watch netflix

    Some of us like the classic movies. Netflix is shockingly bad for its collection of films that are classics. Dont get me wrong I'm a fan of it but really needs to improve its film archive.


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    #37
    Kylta
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    appledrop wrote: »
    Some of us like the classic movies. Netflix is shockingly bad for its collection of films that are classics. Dont get me wrong I'm a fan of it but really needs to improve its film archive.

    Will accept that netflix show more crap than good movies,
    Has for some of the so called classic movies they aren't really classics to many people?


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    #38
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    appledrop wrote: »
    Some of us like the classic movies. Netflix is shockingly bad for its collection of films that are classics. Dont get me wrong I'm a fan of it but really needs to improve its film archive.

    It really does. When I run a search for a film on Netflix, I pretty much know it won’t be there. I know they can’t have ALL the films but they don’t even come close.


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    #39
    trashcan
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I’m a child. This made me laugh for waaaayyy too long. :D

    https://twitter.com/rob_madge_02/status/1343231477622984706?s=21

    :D:D:D

    Oh Jesus, that’s too funny. I just got a sore stomach from laughing so much.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Edgware wrote: »
    I watched The Dambusters today. Where would we be without Bomber Harris?
    German industrial output peaked in 1944.

    The limiting factor after that was shortage of raw materials rather than damage to factories and "dehousing" of workers.

    If the Blitz didn't break Londoners sprit then why should it have affected the Germans ??


    In theory the Luftwaffe was ground down in a battle of attrition trying to intercept the bombers. But that only applies after long range fighter escorts like the Mustang could fly to Berlin. And besides the German airforce would have had to intercept those bombers on tactical missions too.


    The American ball bearing plan nearly worked though, and V2 rocket production was delayed.


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    #41
    Potential-Monke
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    I like some musicals. My favourites being Moulin Rouge (and most likely because of el Tango de Roxanne) and Grease. Can't stand other ones then, like Sweeney Todd. But I can say I have never seen The Sound of Music. Just doesn't appeal to me at all...


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