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IAmOriginalRose t1_jdvubvy wrote

Reply to Knock at the Cabin Door questions - spoilers by netrate

The way I understood it, their deaths were foretold. They were destined to die - they saw it in their visions and believed it. They didn’t have a choice but to die.

Their deaths were not the reason for the disasters, the family’s failure to choose was the reason for the disasters.

The only way to save them and the rest of the world was for the family to make their choice.

What I found inconsistent was that we were told the family had to choose together, but in the end it was more like one of them made a sacrifice against the will of the others.

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pluralism8 t1_jdvuapp wrote

Reply to comment by Villain_of_Brandon in Any good historical type movies? Like Mudbound, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Wolf of wall Street, and The highway Men? by dino_niggets

>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Neither the book nor the movie is historically accurate at all.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/t58805/comment/hz3qds0/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Both the book and movie are so misleading, so offensive, and so counterproductive to Holocaust education, the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum actively discourages people from reading or watching them.

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tigojones t1_jdvu63q wrote

Reply to What fictional movie character do you think should have done more to prevent historical atrocities like the Holocaust? by today_okay

WRT Superman, Marty, and Doc. Time Travel is a bitch.

  1. Multiverse theory in which they don't actually prevent it, just move to a timeline where it was already prevented. Those people still die in your original universe (and an infinite number of others), you just don't see it because you've moved to one of the infinite numbers where they don't.
  2. Grandfather paradox. You can't go back in time to kill your grandfather as a kid, because then you would cease to exist, and thus, be unable to kill your grandfather, which means he survives to go have your parent, who has you, who goes back in time to kill grandpa, who doesn't have your parent, who doesn't have you, so there's no one to go back to kill grandpa. Basically, something will happen to either prevent you from stopping it, or find a workaround to have it still happen (even if slightly different).
  3. Butterfly effect. We don't know how changing something like that would affect the rest of the timeline.
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circular_file OP t1_jdvmmip wrote

Reply to comment by NoSpoon3621 in Saw the D&D movie today. It ended up being pretty okay, better than I'd expected. Not going to win an Oscar. but it was fun, scary at moments, engaging and definitely worth the time and money. If you're into that stuff at all, def a good to see. by circular_file

I think you are going to be pleasantly surprised. The first 30 mins 'getting the party together' and backstories could use some snugging up, but as soon as things get rolling, it's darned good. Wait until the Red Wizards come into their own. There are actually a few scenes that are sufficiently intense that you'll jump. My wife actually screamed out loud once. LOL.

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AJ1639 t1_jdvmc9o wrote

Reply to Any good historical type movies? Like Mudbound, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Wolf of wall Street, and The highway Men? by dino_niggets

The Searchers - 1956 (Western)

Lawrence of Arabia - 1962

Once Upon a Time in the West - 1968 (Western)

The Godfather - 1972 (Crime)

The Godfather: Part II - 1974 (Crime)

Chinatown - 1974 (Mystery)

Barry Lyndon - 1975

Once Upon a Time in America - 1984 (Crime)

Amadeus - 1984

Platoon - 1986

Goodfellas - 1990 (Crime)

Unforgiven - 1992 (Western)

Orlando - 1992

Farewell My Concubine - 1993

Schindler's List - 1993

Boogie Nights - 1997

L.A. Confidential - 1997 (Mystery)

City of God - 2002 (Crime)

Memories of Murder - 2003 (Mystery)

Brokeback Mountain - 2005 (Western)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 2007 (Western)

There Will Be Blood - 2007

Django Unchained - 2012 (Western)

There Will Be Blood - 2007

Inherent Vice - 2014 (Mystery)

Phantom Thread - 2017

The Favourite - 2018

Portrait of a Lady on Fire - 2019

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - 2019

Judas and the Black Messiah - 2021

The Northman - 2022

Babylon - 2022

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circular_file OP t1_jdvma81 wrote

Reply to comment by MarkFaustana in Saw the D&D movie today. It ended up being pretty okay, better than I'd expected. Not going to win an Oscar. but it was fun, scary at moments, engaging and definitely worth the time and money. If you're into that stuff at all, def a good to see. by circular_file

Maybe 45 seconds of dialog spread across three segments. They're not in any human language, do I would imagine they'll do translations to most of the widely spoken languages.

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circular_file OP t1_jdvm28d wrote

Reply to comment by Curious-Plankton-968 in Saw the D&D movie today. It ended up being pretty okay, better than I'd expected. Not going to win an Oscar. but it was fun, scary at moments, engaging and definitely worth the time and money. If you're into that stuff at all, def a good to see. by circular_file

Just grin and bear the first 20-30 minutes. If you every played D&D, you'll see what's going on (backstory building, getting the party together, etc.) but it definitely could have been tightened up a bit.

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circular_file OP t1_jdvlul3 wrote

Reply to comment by Knurling_Turtle in Saw the D&D movie today. It ended up being pretty okay, better than I'd expected. Not going to win an Oscar. but it was fun, scary at moments, engaging and definitely worth the time and money. If you're into that stuff at all, def a good to see. by circular_file

Umm.. not really. Definitely not a slapstick comedy. Lots of lighthearted banter and some outright funny moments, but not Monty Python.
There were even a few actual heartfelt scenes, relationship between father and daughter, forbidden romance and the consequences of racism, love and loss.
It's an action flick with some comedic and dramatic moments.

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circular_file OP t1_jdvkxsl wrote

Reply to comment by Col_Irving_Lambert in Saw the D&D movie today. It ended up being pretty okay, better than I'd expected. Not going to win an Oscar. but it was fun, scary at moments, engaging and definitely worth the time and money. If you're into that stuff at all, def a good to see. by circular_file

Fortunately for me, I didn't watch the trailer; my daughter wanted to see it, and anything we can do to get her away from the house we will jump on. 'You want to go see a movie with Mommy and I? Getting tickets now!'

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