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Title: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: flackbait on July 02, 2007, 04:59:21 PM
This is probably one of the funniest action films that I have ever seen. The movie is about a squad of soldiers who try to steal a bunch of Nazi gold hidden 30 miles behind enemy lines and the troubles they have getting to it. It stars Clint Eastwood, Terry Savalas and Donald Sutherland to name a few. The nice thing about this movie is that no one character steals the spotlight as in so many of Clint Eastwood's movies(which isn't always a bad thing). I'd give it a 8/10.

So anyone else seen this movie/want to write a review on it?


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: RCMerchant on July 02, 2007, 05:07:22 PM
It's a fun movie...but the inclusion of Donald Sutherlands hippy guy seemed all wrong for a movie about WWII. And the folk-rock soundtrack was outta place as well. Telly Savalas is always a treat!!!


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: ulthar on July 02, 2007, 05:53:08 PM
KELLY'S HEROS is a classic - a very fun film.

I really liked how the "idea" started out small, and grew and grew, until it seemed like everyone an their uncle in the Allies were on board.

Great concept for a movie, great execution.   :thumbup:


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: The Burgomaster on July 03, 2007, 05:15:43 AM
I have watched (and enjoyed) this movie many times.  I agree that Donald Sutherland's character is out of place.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: flackbait on July 03, 2007, 10:48:53 AM
I thought Sutherland's character was a little out of place but still funny.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: The Burgomaster on July 03, 2007, 02:43:15 PM
Don Rickles was pretty funny, too.  He was perfect for that role.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: RCMerchant on July 03, 2007, 05:47:55 PM
I like the Leone showdown takeoff with the tank!  :thumbup:


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: flackbait on July 03, 2007, 10:01:34 PM
My favorite part was where oddball was persuading the engineer to build the bridge for them.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Neville on July 04, 2007, 12:43:57 PM
A classic. There are many jokes I'm not sure I'm getting, such as the general at the end who seems a parody of Patton, but it's a very entertainning film, and it blends well pretty serious action (that ambush to the German patrol is great, as it is the final attack on the Tigers) with humour. the actors alone are great to watch, from the always staring in disbelief Eastwood to the "hippy" Sutherland or the "are you sure this is going to come together" Telly Savalas.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Scott on July 04, 2007, 06:34:51 PM
I like how they talk the German tank commander into blowing up the bank and share in the loot. It you like this film you might also like THE THREE KINGS which takes place in Iraq.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: flackbait on July 05, 2007, 02:37:15 PM
Never saw the three kings before I'll have to watch it sometime


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Neville on July 05, 2007, 02:46:46 PM
It's, among several other things, an unconfessed remake of this one.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: ulthar on July 05, 2007, 03:10:23 PM
The popularity and relevance of KELLY'S HEROS pops up in all sorts of places.

Over on Renegade-Cruisers.net, one user was trashing a particular type of boat.

Renegade Cruisers Quote Kelly's Heros (http://renegade-cruisers.net/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9833&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=10)

Be sure to read into page 4 of the thread - there's a BUNCH of KELLY'S HEROS quotes, and they are not just cut-n-pasted from IMDB; this guy knows the movie!  :)


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Amontillado on July 05, 2007, 05:05:59 PM
I used to hate this movie because my brother would watch it ALL THE TIME!!

Yeah, this movie has truly been ingrained into my existance. So many quotes from this film have been forever added to my lexicon. Whenever someone says something obvious, I'm always quick to say that they've won a cookie. Whenever someone's whining I always clock in with "Always with the negative waves Moriarty, always with the negative waves." Or just when I don't know what to say, you'll find me break out with "Woof, woof, woof, that's my other dog impression."

So, you get older. You start to watch all those movies you hated because you saw them too much. Then you realize why your dumbass brother watched them as much as he did. Other movies in this category are The Great Escape, Von Ryan's Escape (the only movie that made my brother cry), and The Guns of Navarone (The Specials made me revisit that one in high school, Escape and Express I revisited in college). So all four of the aforementioned movies hold a place in my heart of being four of the movies I love to hate but love the most.



Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Ometiklan on July 05, 2007, 07:13:07 PM
Forget Three Kings.. This is A Hell of A GREAT movie!

How many time have I told You To Stop Putting Out Those Negative Waves. :smile:


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Yaddo 42 on July 11, 2007, 12:34:00 AM
An annoying uncle of mine got me to watch this once and I was hooked, a great over the top caper film. I too have too many quotes from this floating around in my head. The older I get the more I relate to Big Joe. Great cast of big names and familiar character actors having a ball.

Pointless story, before I went to a day shift job, the head of another department at work had a dry erase board in "The War Room" filled with rallying messages and slogans when his department was going through a rough time, mostly due to his incompetence. One of them was "'No negative vibes.' - Donald Sutherland" I took to pointing out to people in his department that he had the line wrong and that he was using a line from a character named Oddball who might be insane (certainly an opportunist and possibly a deserter) to "inspire the troops". After a few months the quote got corrected. Most of the men knew the line already, the women didn't, not their kind of flick I guess.

I have threatened to make my best friend's wife watch this one to make up for all the chick flicks she makes him watch. It's a guy's flick and there ain't nobody pretty looking for her to gaze at, no Brad Pitt or Olando Bloom types in this film.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Kooshmeister on July 11, 2007, 07:49:52 AM
Personally, I adore this movie. I love how it goes out of its way to be as accurate as possible about the German vehicles when other, more serious war films of the time such as Battle of the Bulge and Patton just slapped German insignia on American tanks and such. I also liked that they had the German characters actually speak German (real German, too, since my sister, who understands the language, was able to translate it for me while we were watching recently; I can't remember everything but I do remember the dialouge of the German lieutenant at the minefield).


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: peter johnson on July 18, 2007, 01:38:21 AM
I once went on and on about how great it was that they'd somehow managed to find real German Tiger MkIV Panzers in Yugoslavia to film for this, and some killjoy pointed out to me that these are actually Soviet M-34's -- far more available -- rigged & painted up to look like Tigers.
Boy, was I depressed --
peter history/denny buff


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: flackbait on July 20, 2007, 12:27:26 PM
I once went on and on about how great it was that they'd somehow managed to find real German Tiger MkIV Panzers in Yugoslavia to film for this, and some killjoy pointed out to me that these are actually Soviet M-34's -- far more available -- rigged & painted up to look like Tigers.
Boy, was I depressed --
peter history/denny buff
even if they were M-34s at least they made em look like panzers. Unlike the afformentioned patton But stuff like that really doesn't bother me too much.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Killer Bees on November 08, 2007, 10:54:39 PM
This is one of the VERY few war movies I like.

Donald Sutherland with his hippy attitude and the "negative vibes" comments are hilarious! 

A definite DVD purchase if I can find it.


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: AndyC on November 08, 2007, 11:12:39 PM
I wonder how many people got into movies like this because an older brother watched them. Count me in that number.

I have to say the Oddball quote that cracks me up the most has to be when the bridge they're about to cross is blown up. It's just so absurd.

Oddball: See what sending out them negative waves did, Moriarty?

Moriarty: That ain't my fault, Oddball. I've had nothing but good thoughts about that damn bridge ever since we left.

Moriarty was Gavin McLeod's best character, I think. I just love the way he knew oddball was nuts, but seemed to get pulled into the insanity.

And, thanks to Seinfeld, I have a new joke to make when Len Lesser shows up as Bellamy: "Uncle Leo!"


Title: Re: KELLY'S HEROES 1970
Post by: Yaddo 42 on November 12, 2007, 01:18:31 AM
"Jerry! Hello!"

He's in Slaughterhouse Five also, ditracted me the first time I saw it after being a Seinfeld fan.