Sheenster303 0 #1 October 5, 2004 I recommend everyone going to see Ladder 49! It was a very good movie. I found myself smiling one minute and crying the next. It is a very touching movie that I think anyone who has a heart should see.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #2 October 5, 2004 Bah!!, just rent "Backdraft" and change the title __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #3 October 5, 2004 QuoteBah!!, just rent "Backdraft" and change the title Okay so I loved Backdraft too! I guess I love all these fire movies I guess.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #4 October 5, 2004 Oh and Joaquin Phoenix is HOT!!! I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #5 October 5, 2004 I didn't like the format, where they start at the end of the movie, and then spend two hours doing flashbacks to fill in from the beginning. I'd prefer they just tell the story of that firefighter in chronological order. But it was a very good movie. It's the first one I've seen in quite a while where the audience actually broke out in applause at the end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #6 October 5, 2004 I've always wanted to be a fireman... I'll have to go see it. ScottLivin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paige 0 #7 October 5, 2004 I recommend Sharks Tale. It was awesome. I'm gonna go see Ladder 49 this weekend! Glad to hear good reviews from non-critic types.Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #8 October 5, 2004 QuoteBut it was a very good movie. It's the first one I've seen in quite a while where the audience actually broke out in applause at the end. Heck, if you say it's good, then it must meMay your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #9 October 5, 2004 Oh, yeah, Sheenie, I do want to go see Garden State. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #10 October 5, 2004 QuoteI recommend everyone going to see Ladder 49! It was a very good movie. I found myself smiling one minute and crying the next. It is a very touching movie that I think anyone who has a heart should see. They call that bi-polar.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #11 October 5, 2004 I am bi-polar? Thank you for diagonosing me, Dr. Turtlespeed. And Kelly, you didn't even message me back, you nerd. I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #12 October 5, 2004 I know, that's why I hijacked your thread to answer you. I was out at dinner last night, celebrating becoming a menace to society. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #13 October 5, 2004 A bunch of us saw it Sunday night. I loved it. The character development was nothing short of awesome. And I caught more than one of the boys crying... if that tells you anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Byron03 0 #14 October 5, 2004 I'm not going to embarrass him by making the joke, Liz. But I am sitting here laughing my ass of thinking about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #15 October 5, 2004 DON'T!!!! Brian, I love you... but I would HAVE to kill you. You would seriously look like this ==> <== by the time I was done with you. Got that??? Okay... back to being fun loving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #16 October 5, 2004 Damnit, I was YAWNING!! Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #17 October 5, 2004 QuoteOh and Joaquin Phoenix is HOT!!! You are not kidding there! I was impressed that he actually went through all the firefighter training that a regular firefighter would as well as worked for a Baltimore fire company for several weeks in order to prepare for the movie. And he's pretty eyecandy for us girls too I hope my husband doesn't read this part of the thread though! Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagny 0 #18 October 5, 2004 SPOILERS AHEAD...proceed with caution. Okay, maybe I'm the only one here, but I walked out of that movie swearing that I will never watch it again. In fact, I almost walked out at the end. I absolutely loved the movie for its majority. The cinematography was awesome and I thought Joaquin Phoenix was thoroughly convincing in his role. But, in the end, when he died, I got absolutely pissed. The ending ruined the movie for me. I felt like it was totally manipulative. There was enough death and injury in the course of the movie to make the point that firefighting is a dangerous profession. I felt like his death was overkill. Don't get me wrong, the whole celebrate his life thing and video of firefighters getting out there and doing the job even when things go all to hell and back was done well. But, at the end, all I could think was "you gotta be kidding me". Honestly, could they have gotten any more melodramatic with the death, the widow, the kids. I hate crappy, sad, surprise endings that make me cry and have to hide my face as I leave the movie theatre! My parents asked what I thought of it and I had to recommend it. Despite that, I put it on my list of movies never to watch again...like Pay it Forward. Another movie that left me sobbing in the theatre and totally pissed off.Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. -Salvador Dali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #19 October 5, 2004 that is the point of a tragedy... unfortunately its an art form the public has lost its taste for...everyone wants their entertainment to make them feel good...instead of simply making them feel____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #20 October 5, 2004 If every movie had a happy ending, I wouldn't pay to go to the movies. I thought the ending was unpredictable, which was nice. The truth is, bad shit happens when you live on the edge and work in a risky field. The good guys don't always make it. I didn't see it as melodramatic, I saw it more so as realistic. Just my opinion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheenster303 0 #21 October 5, 2004 At first, I was pissed that he died too. I really wanted him to live.I'm so funny I crack my head open! P.M.S. #102 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #22 October 5, 2004 Just a personal memory that was sparked while watching this movie... A few weeks before 9/11, I was at a bar in my old hometown of Worcester, MA, with a couple of my girlfriends. It was an Irish pub that we used to frequent on a regular basis. We walked in, and to our pleasant surprise, the bar was packed full of firefighters from all over the country. They had all just finished a two-week program that they run each year - a summer camp for child burn victims. My girlfriends and I ended up talking to a handful of these heroic men for the better part of the night, and even having a few after hours drinks with them. They were funny, strong, intelligent, fun-loving guys. Most of the men we were talking to were from Queens, NY. We exchanged email addresses and phone numbers with the guys and kept up with them for the weeks before 9/11. We were devistated when we found out that most of them lost their lives during the events at the World Trade Center. I just remember thinking when I met them how wonderful they were to be giving two weeks to go "play" with these burn victim children. Not only that, but how much excitement they showed when talking about the two weeks. They were really cool and I think about them a lot. So, to me, this movie was a great honor to those fire fighters who have lost their lives. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagny 0 #23 October 5, 2004 Quoteeveryone wants their entertainment to make them feel good...instead of simply making them feel I feel all the time, sometimes I just want to feel good. It's not like the whole movie was a feel good movie. I mean, his best friend, the steam guy...not happy moments. Who said we have to be sad in order to feel? I know its a dangerous job. I know people die and people get injured being firefighters. I know that human nature makes people survive tragedy and keep living life, be it pulling hoses up thirteen flights of stairs, or walking past the remains of the WTC, or even just waking up every morning. I just would have appreciated the movie better with a different ending. I really hate to cry.Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. -Salvador Dali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagny 0 #24 October 5, 2004 QuoteSo, to me, this movie was a great honor to those fire fighters who have lost their lives. I agree...the movie did honor their lives. It was a beautiful tribute to the profession of firefighting.Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. -Salvador Dali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #25 October 5, 2004 that is the point in good tragedy... sad is a feeling, if you only feel happy your not getting the whole spectrum....if it doesnt make you cry it isnt good tragedy and misses the cathartic effect... knowing a thing and [I]feeling[/I] a thing are very different experiences..... we can hope (and attempt to build a world where) no one ever has to feel such pain for real. Evoking that emotion through drama teaches compassion and empathy I wish more drama focused on those aspects.. I believe our society has lost a great deal of the reason art exists in the first place.. its not just simple entertainment....____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
