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War movies that I personally recommend

1917 (2019)

Anthropoid (2016)

Flammen & Citronen (2008)

Napola (2004)

The Pianist (2002)

Idi I Smotri (1985)

Schindler's List (1993)

Nanjing! Nanjing! (2009)

Der Hauptmann (2018)

13 Minutes (2015)

Darkman by Sam Raimi.

Along with Batman (1989) and Spider-Man (2002), this signals the birth of quirky, inventive, modern comic-book movies. This film was very close to the genre, and it wasn't even based on a comic!

Note: I think the explosion that originates Darkman is meant to be an Alec Holland wink to the masterpiece: Swamp Thing.

"Phantom Menace" behind the scenes

Darkman (1990) dir.  Sam Raimi

VISIONS OF MANDALORE DREAM CAST- PT. 2

Hi, I said I was going to do the second part of the dream cast for Visions of Mandalore if it had the chance to become an actual film or show. Anyway, here are the rest of the characters.

Part 1

Qui Gon Jinn interpreted by:

Richard Armitage, Michéal Richardson, or Orlando Bloom

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Pre Vizsla interpreted by:

Kit Connor, Dominic Sessa, or

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Here are the older versions of the rest of the characters:

Older Satine Kryze interpreted by:

Saoirse Ronan or Cate Blanchett

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Older Obi Wan Kenobi interpreted by:

Ewan McGregor (obviously)

I literally cannot think of anyone else playing Clone Wars Obi Wan. James Arnold Taylor (Obi Wan's V.A. in the Clone Wars) would've been another option but I don't know. (Lmao)

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Older Bo Katan Kryze interpreted by:

Katee Sackhoff (obviously) or Cassidy Freeman

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Older Pre Vizsla interpreted by:

Tom Felton or Tom Blyth

I am going to create original characters for this story (especially for the Martial Traditionalists and New Mandos) since I need this story to be centered around politics and include other points of view in the Mandalorian Civil War.

Also, the reason why I did not include Liam Neeson as Qui Gon is because Qui Gon is very young at the time of the Mandalorian Civil War (Keep in mind that there is almost a 10-year gap between the events of this war and The Phantom Menace.)

The next part will include Almec (Satine's evil prime minister in The Clone Wars), Gar Saxon, and other characters that appear in Rebels and Clone Wars which will be in the story.

Watched Kingdom of Heaven

Director's cut.

A lot of things here almost worked for me and a few really did. The ensemble is nominally impressive, but only a few performances actually stood out (Neeson and Norton are great, Green and Gleeson are quite impressive). Bloom is disappointing, but his character is pretty weak in the script (although so is Green's for that matter and she soars above him). I wonder if a more impressive performance from the lead would have made the three acts feel a little more coherent. Frequently visually impressive, but never quite breathtaking. Saw in theaters, but not a particularly large screen or far enough back, so the splendor not quite achieving the heights it was attempting may be a symptom of that. Some great action sequences, although nothing that feels much more than a warm-up for The Last Duel or Gladiator II.

What did work, as is usual with Scott, is the thematic and political structure. Impressive to make, in 2005, a movie that asserts that a threat to life is a threat to land, but a threat to land need not be a threat to life, and in fact that the only real claim to land is life on that land. Even more impressive to do so in Jerusalem. Painful elaboration of the twin myths of ownership and salvation. Certainly spells itself out, but does so with care and beauty.