The 15:17 to Paris (Eastwood)

[Morris Schæffer]

Based on the real life story of how 3 American soldiers abroad thwarted a terrorist attempt on a high speed train bound for Paris.

Amazingly, the soldiers will be played by themselves rather than actors.

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/cl...is-1202454678/

[Dukefrukem]

I remember this story. I think we talked about it in the news thread at the time.

[Morris Schæffer]

I remember this story. I think we talked about it in the news thread at the time.

Yeah I have a vague recollection of that.

[Ezee E]

Interesting to use the actual guys.

[Morris Schæffer]

[Wryan]

Now we get to play the fun game of, "Which kind of Eastwood will this be?"

[Lazlo]

Now we get to play the fun game of, "Which kind of Eastwood will this be?"

My guess is "the bad Eastwood." I don't think he's made a good movie since Million Dollar Baby. Except maybe Gran Torino. That one line of dialogue towards the end makes the decision to use the real guys look dubious.

[Morris Schæffer]

Yeah, that was a bad line. I thought the crux of the real event was ordinary people standing up, rather than we were meant for something bigger.

This movie needs Tom Cruise and Jon Voight on top of the train.

[number8]

Based on the acting on this trailer, this gamble probably didn't work.

[Grouchy]

Yeah, I couldn't ever put out of my mind that they were not real actors and it showed.

[number8]

I wonder if he did this because he regretted not casting the real Sully instead of Tom Hanks.

[Henry Gale]

This looks as strained and ham-fisted as Sniper and Sully, but without the benefit of compelling performers at the center. Hopefully this is the end of Eastwood's fascination with making feature-length films about short, intense headline events.

My guess is "the bad Eastwood." I don't think he's made a good movie since Million Dollar Baby. Except maybe Gran Torino. That one line of dialogue towards the end makes the decision to use the real guys look dubious.

For me it's Letters from Iwo Jima (I'm not a fan of Torino at all). I have a huge gap of not seeing his stuff between Torino and Sniper, but I don't feel like I missed much other than a more apparent downward trajectory.

I wonder if he did this because he regretted not casting the real Sully instead of Tom Hanks.

Sully definitely confronted him after the movie, berating him that he absolutely did not order the ham & cheddar sandwich at the airport convenience store before the flight, and Clint could not afford to make that sort of mistake on set again.

[Lazlo]

For me it's Letters from Iwo Jima (I'm not a fan of Torino at all). I have a huge gap of not seeing his stuff between Torino and Sniper, but I don't feel like I missed much other than a more apparent downward trajectory.

Ah, right, I liked Letters too. My dislike for Flags overshadowed it I guess. Hereafter and Sniper are horrendous. Sully was one of the more pointless movies I’ve seen, at least outside of the stuff on the plane.

[Ezee E]

Sniper works when it's in the Middle East, but fails completely back in the US.

[number8]

I keep thinking you guys are talking about the Mark Wahlberg movie and was like, pretty sure Eastwood didn't do that one.

[Morris Schæffer]

In the Line of Dire it seems. Not good at all.

[number8]

You watched it? The reviews for it are hilarious. Apparently the terrorist incident is in the last 15 min of the movie and the rest of it is just like, watch three Americans go on a European vacation, visiting touristy places and nightclubs.

[Peng]

Oh yikes (when even auteurists like Iggy go "nope" on Eastwood...)

[Morris Schæffer]

You watched it? The reviews for it are hilarious. Apparently the terrorist incident is in the last 15 min of the movie and the rest of it is just like, watch three Americans go on a European vacation, visiting touristy places and nightclubs.

No, I will skip this.

[Pop Trash]

Ah, right, I liked Letters too. My dislike for Flags overshadowed it I guess. Hereafter and Sniper are horrendous. Sully was one of the more pointless movies I’ve seen, at least outside of the stuff on the plane.

See, I really liked Flags and I thought Sniper was rather interesting. I dare say, If you cut the doco footage at the end of Sniper and tweaked the ending, it would have been a really good film. Like top ten of the year worthy. As it is, Eastwood can do a war setpiece as good as directors half his age and Bradley Cooper's acting and breakdown at the end is really well done.

[Pop Trash]

This is an interesting take on American Sniper via stills from other films.

https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/our-daily-bread-8

[DavidSeven]

There seem to be a lot of these movies that "exist" lately that feel like loose propaganda for servicemen and the conservative right.

15:17 to Paris
12 Strong
Thank You For Your Service
Only the Brave
Half the stuff Mark Wahlberg is in

I have to be honest, I see the commercials for them on TV and I really can't tell them apart. I guess I understand trying to broaden the appeal of Hollywood, but do they really have to look like the same damn movie. It's like the Middle America Cinematic Universe.

[Watashi]

Only the Brave is about the California fires and has nothing to do with terrorism.

It's also really damn good too.

[Pop Trash]

The 15:17 to Paris guys are from Sacramento too, which is hardly "middle America." Although I learned from Lady Bird that Sacramento is the midwest of California.