Great movie- “News of the World”

[billtool]

Tom Hanks stars. Cool 1870’s gun content. Set in Texas. Superb acting and plot line. Best film I’ve seen in years and I highly recommend. I downloaded it from HBO Max onto a tablet and saw it this week while traveling on business.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I have it set to tivo.

Interesting, because it got zero out of four stars in the guide.

Sometimes, those turn out to be the best, lol.

 

[Axxe55]

I think I have seen the advertisements for it. I'll see if I can get it and check it out.

 

[TipBledsoe]

I have it set to tivo.

Interesting, because it got zero out of four stars in the guide.

Sometimes, those turn out to be the best, lol.

^ That is quite true. AND more often than not, movies with lots of awards and good critic feedback are total flops.

I find it hard to believe any movie with Tom Hanks to be no good.

Thanks for the recommendation Bill

 

[kbaxter60]

I find it hard to believe any movie with Tom Hanks to be no good.

I find this to be mostly true. I was not crazy about Castaway, though.
I found an old one a while back I had never heard of. I think it was called "Larry Crowne"? It had Julia Roberts and was kind of weird in a fun way. It was on one of the free watch channels (Pluto?).
Ah, not as old as I thought: 2011.

 

[gll]

Really, a pretty simple plot line, but it is a very good movie, well acted and believable for that time in Texas. The shooting scenes were interesting, including packing those brass case 12ga shells with dimes, lol! I never knew or imagined that there were traveling news readers anywhere!

My mother's german family were around Hondo, Quihi, and New Fountain at that time..., and many still are.

My father's family didn't come to Uvalde and Bandera counties from Madison and Coryell until 1885, when the indian threat was over, but scalpings and kidnappings happened in the years before.

My AT&T account includes HBO Max, so it was no skin to watch and well worth the time.

 

[billtool]

The best film I’ve seen in years. I want to do some homework to fill in the year in which the film is set -1870- and the revolvers and rifles featured. I do know that Tom Hanks is a history buff and doubt he’d allow huge misses. ie- Guns featured that weren’t in use in 1870. I see a Remington and a Colt six gun. I want to verify they were in use in 1870. They are cartridge guns. I know little about firearms of that era and want to learn more.

 

[robertc1024]

Thanks for the info. My wife has been out of the country for the last week and I've been catching up on movies. I'll add this one to the list.

 

[gll]

Thanks for the info. My wife has been out of the country for the last week and I've been catching up on movies. I'll add this one to the list.

Clint Eastwood's new film, "Cry Macho" was just released on HBO Max...

 

[benenglish]

I find it hard to believe any movie with Tom Hanks to be no good.

Joe vs The Volcano came out over 30 years ago. Almost everybody hates it but certain things about it resonated deeply with me; it's still one of my favorites.

However, if you want to find a Tom Hanks movie that lots of people consider no good, I'd start there.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

th - just another leftist entertainer...

 

[billtool]

They’re all leftists- including Willie Nelson. I hold my nose and enjoy myself if I consider it fun. Unless it’s Bruce Springsteen. I’ll turn the station if that scumbag comes on.

 

[rotor]

I personally didn't care for the Hanks movie but that's me. I give them all 5 minutes and if they haven't got me by then I turn them off. Not interested in the new Eastwood movies. The old Eastwood westerns are classic. The new artsy stuff is not for me. But that's me.

 

[white_rhino]

I'll have to give this a watch, the trailer looked weak!