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Apollo 13 (Original Post)
elleng
Dec 2016
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TexasBushwhacker
(20,245 posts)1. Damn good movie
It kept you involved even though you know how it ends.
elleng
(131,341 posts)2. Right, and it helps now, given our messed up situation today,
to know it ended well.
ProfessorGAC
(65,363 posts)10. That's My Take Too Bushwhacker
I was in high school when that happened so i know they came back safe. But, it was directed well enough to maintain the tension, and my interest, despite that.
Besides that, i have a thing for Kathleen Quinlan.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,245 posts)12. The same could be said about 127 Hours
I read an article about Aron Ralston years before. I wouldn't have thought that it would hold my interest, and I found it really moving as well.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,973 posts)3. Watching it now - really good movie.
lastlib
(23,362 posts)4. Every time I watch it, I worry that the heat shield won't hold up at the end......
. .
So far, every time it has, but there's always that chance next time............ . .
So far, every time it has, but there's always that chance next time............ . .
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,725 posts)6. I used to work at an organization headed by Fred Haise.
I was pretty far down the food chain.
elleng
(131,341 posts)7. but good at what you did, I expect!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,725 posts)8. Ummm, 'fraid not.
OT: I had WETA on yesterday. By the third time they played "Joy to the World," (Canadian Brass, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Robert Shaw Chorale, etc.) I had had enough, and I turned it off.
Brother Buzz
(36,494 posts)9. Opie Cunningham (Winthrop Paroo) did good
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)11. Ron Howard didn't get the Best Director nomination.
Mel Gibson did so he and Braveheart took home the Oscar's that year.
Yavin4
(35,454 posts)13. "Power is everything" -- An object lesson for progressives
Nac Mac Feegle
(972 posts)14. Related