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Originally Posted by CC_TA

I thought Sucker Punch was great. (Then again I'm a sick twisted pervert with a fucked up head.)

I thought it was execrable. The low point in Scott Glenn's career.

Age of Heroes biggest load of bollocks ever as for Danny fecking Dyer that bit when he held the knife up to his own throat I nearly pissed myself laughing.

Originally Posted by Dennis48

Age of Heroes biggest load of bollocks ever as for Danny fecking Dyer that bit when he held the knife up to his own throat I nearly pissed myself laughing.

A mate of mine is one of Australia's best cancer surgeons (now retired) but he did his training in the UK, in Bristol, at the BRI. As a young houseman, he was working on a ward one night when they brought in a patient who'd attempted suicide by slitting his own throat with a cut-throat razor. John - my mate - unwisely told him "that's not how you do it: If you throw your head back, it makes the throat more prominent, but also causes the muscles in your neck to contract, and they get in the way of the blade. What you really should have done was lean your head forwards." That night, the attempted suicide took himself to the toilet, nicked someone else's safety razor, unscrewed it to get the blade out... and this time (having had professional advice on how to do the job) tried again, and this time got it right. John came close to being thrown out of the medical profession as a result.

With an FS knife, I'd think that "falling on your sword", Roman-style, was the optimal way out. By the way... weren't those "Type 2" FS knives that were handed out? No escutcheon. Another chronographical error.

Originally Posted by Abner Brown

Just watched it; I winced as soon as I saw Danny Dyer's mug on the screen.....
I thought it was badly written and generally a wasted opportunity of a film - a kind of substandard Where Eagles Dare. The Commando ops of WW2 deserve a much better portrayal than this. It wasn't truly appalling, and I had no problem watching it to the end, but I doubt if I'll save it for another viewing.

Surprised you didnt catch Sean Bean in a Postwar Battledress jacket pattern 49

Originally Posted by BigRonW

A mate of mine is one of Australia's best cancer surgeons (now retired) but he did his training in the UK, in Bristol, at the BRI. As a young houseman, he was working on a ward one night when they brought in a patient who'd attempted suicide by slitting his own throat with a cut-throat razor. John - my mate - unwisely told him "that's not how you do it: If you throw your head back, it makes the throat more prominent, but also causes the muscles in your neck to contract, and they get in the way of the blade. What you really should have done was lean your head forwards." That night, the attempted suicide took himself to the toilet, nicked someone else's safety razor, unscrewed it to get the blade out... and this time (having had professional advice on how to do the job) tried again, and this time got it right. John came close to being thrown out of the medical profession as a result.

With an FS knife, I'd think that "falling on your sword", Roman-style, was the optimal way out. By the way... weren't those "Type 2" FS knives that were handed out? No escutcheon. Another chronographical error.

That was the mistake Orde Wingate made when he tried to cut his throat in a Cairo hotel room. Despite plunging a bowie knife into the side of his neck he failed to sever the carotid artery.

Originally Posted by Goldbricker

Surprised you didnt catch Sean Bean in a Postwar Battledress jacket pattern 49

I'm not an expert on Battledress, but I did notice Sean Bean's appalling attempt to imitate a cut glass accent; he definitely could have done better. I also noticed a certain amount of terminology that wouldn't have been used by British troops in WW2. One example being the insult 'Faggots' that was shouted at one point. I could pick holes in this film all day; suffice to say that it was a big waste of budget and talent.

Just watched Green Lantern. Better than what I expected, but still what I expected for the most part.

Just finished watching the Danish docu-film Armadillo about the Danish soldiers in Afghan,was very good,a good companion movie to Restrepo.