Apollo 13

[elleng]

on ion

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Damn good movie

It kept you involved even though you know how it ends.

[elleng]

2. Right, and it helps now, given our messed up situation today,

to know it ended well.

[ProfessorGAC]

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]

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]

3. Watching it now - really good movie.

[lastlib]

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............ . .

[elleng]

5. PHEW!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I used to work at an organization headed by Fred Haise.

I was pretty far down the food chain.

[elleng]

7. but good at what you did, I expect!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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]

9. Opie Cunningham (Winthrop Paroo) did good

[pressbox69]

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]

13. "Power is everything" -- An object lesson for progressives

[Nac Mac Feegle]

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