[Mika]

In case you haven't seen, Clint Eastwood's newest movie trailer is available on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9teLeXZ3XMU

Saw the trailer yesterday, and I'm already sold to see this movie. Has anyone seen it here? If so, what were your thoughts?

I mean, Clint standing on backyard with a shotgun grumbling to the local gang "Get off my lawn!" And the man is 78!

Mika

[Snail]

That's not a shotgun that's an M1 Garand Rifle.

[Mars]

Get off my lawn

[Mika]

That's not a shotgun that's an M1 Garand Rifle.

Shows how much I know about US weapons (and also, care).

Mika

[Mars]

M1s saved Euros ass

[Mobius]

I love that rifle, seriously...

[Mika]

M1s saved Euros ass

I don't share this viewpoint. But going further there would be side-tracking.

Mika

[redsniper]

Ol' Clint's still a BAMF I see.

[Dilmah G]

Ol' Clint's still a BAMF I see.

Bad Ass OLD Mother ****er         


I am soo seeing that movie

[Ghost]

M1s saved Euros ass

I don't share this viewpoint. But going further there would be side-tracking.

Mika

Cool another young idiot ignorant of history.

Mika



edit for content: I've seen it, and it's pretty ****ing sweet. Clint Eastwood is still a magnificent actor, and this just goes to show how well a director he's become.

[General Battuta]

Er, were you translating Mika's words, or insulting him? He's certainly not young, at least by the standards of this forum!

[Mika]

The thing what I don't really get is how Clint has done so many extra-ordinarily good movies in the recent years? His westerns are pretty good, but since he became and actor&director his movies have been on a totally different level. All of them have been extraordinarily plausible, quite realistic and the best thing, let's the viewer do his own thinking. I recall some of his comments about nowadays movie budgets, it was of the lines of he could start a war with the amount of money they are putting in the recent Hollywood movies. Is it because he is free of the limitations imposed by studios?

Calling me ignorant of history is something new for me also. If you want to discuss why I don't think that Garand had a major impact we could start another topic or use private messages.

Mika

[DeepSpace9er]

it should be Gramps Torino.

[Fury]

YouTube video got pulled, so here's Apple's site: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/grantorino/

And indeed, nice trailer.

[Dilmah G]

Calling me ignorant of history is something new for me also. If you want to discuss why I don't think that Garand had a major impact we could start another topic or use private messages.

Mika

While the Garand may have had a reasonable impact, it wasn't the sole factor of winning the war, and that's why IMO, I don't think referring to it as "Saving Euro's ass" is that accurate.

[Mars]

My point was that it's not just some "US gun" it is a very famous US gun that helped to win WWII

[Dilmah G]

My point was that it's not just some "US gun" it is a very famous US gun that helped to win WWII

Fair enough

[Roanoke]

Gran Torino ?

[Polpolion]

Calling me ignorant of history is something new for me also. If you want to discuss why I don't think that Garand had a major impact we could start another topic or use private messages.

Mika

You seem to have missed his point. You also seem to not know that it was the only standard issue rifle that was semi-auto. While the Springfield was still used, it was at most one per squad for longer range engagements.

And, uh... Clint Eastwood is all right too. 

[Mika]

...must... resist... side-tracking...

FAIL

I think I haven't stated my grounds for my opinion. How can you know I have missed your point?

What it comes to naming weapons, it would be ridiculously easy to mention something about US people not recognising the European weapons that aided in the US independence. Or some other non-US weapons used in WWII that had a significant impact on the outcome of the war - of which I recognise only a few. But I don't go there since it would be silly, you could not possibly know those things since you haven't used them yourselves.

Same applies to Garand. That thing belongs to museum, in the "Weapons of the Past" -department. Not that I want to belittle it or people who did something with it, but it doesn't hold such value for me as it did to US grandfathers. And the continuation question here would be why should it?

EDIT: Besides, I automatically assumed it was a shotgun since I thought it had been better choice on that situation.

Mika