01-18-2009, 01:03 PM | #861 | |
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01-20-2009, 03:46 PM | #862 |
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Defiance. Great. It's obviously low-budget, and my biggest technical gripe with it was the editing (there was a few cases of reusing some scene material). But the acting was top-notch and the story was very interesting. I never knew such a thing happened, anyway: a hidden village of Jewish people surviving in the middle of German-occupied country. I think Liev Schreiber should get an award for his performance. Another one of Hollywood's quiet, understated great ones.
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01-20-2009, 04:05 PM | #863 |
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We had one of those in the woods nearby. The village wasn't discovered until the last legs of 1945 when two children who went to get water were singing and noticed by German soldiers. The entire population was deported. The village is still preserved. Even if you are in the middle of it you hardly can see the houses.
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01-20-2009, 04:33 PM | #864 |
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Really? That's amazing. I wouldn't call myself exactly an expert on Europe during WWII, but I am really surprised that I wouldn't have known about stuff like that; they never put it in any history books I read.... Very interesting.
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01-20-2009, 04:56 PM | #865 |
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There were so many 'secret' hide-outs, sized for half a person to several dozens of people.
Some of them are preserved, others have not been. You'd be surprised how many older people can tell you stories of knowing where people hid or who hid people themselves. My grandfather stole cigarets and food from German sailors and distributed it (we found out after he died. One of his friends told us about it.). But most of the time people will not tell you about it, even now. The 'best' stories will never be told I think.
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01-20-2009, 05:56 PM | #866 |
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I just watched:
The Fall, a 2006 movie that has been playing in theatres in 2008 (it was first shown at Toronto International Film Festival). The reason why I went to the theatre to watch it was because I had heard that it was visually stunning - and it sure was incredible in that regard. But that wasn't the only good thing about the movie, it was very well made otherwise as well. I laughed a lot, and the actors were very good. It was easy to notice that there was a vision behind it, and that it was funded by the director and created according to his wishes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_(2006_film) The Usual Suspects. I know, it's not exactly new.. But it is great. Really fun to watch, and the end was priceless.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usual_Suspects Get Shorty. Fun. That's about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Shorty_(film)
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01-20-2009, 06:31 PM | #867 | |
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01-22-2009, 02:40 PM | #868 | |
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Gran Torino great movie. Some language, but the story is great
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01-22-2009, 05:13 PM | #869 |
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Ratatouille ^_^ It was cute!
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01-27-2009, 03:58 PM | #870 |
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Defiant with Daniel Craig it was very good
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02-02-2009, 01:48 PM | #871 |
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The Women. Pretty good. I've never seen the originial. I thought it was just great that they could make a whole movie (and a good movie--we're not talking about Hallmark quality) with an all women cast. That was the best part about it. There were a few points about the story I didn't much like, but that's just me. It was well-made. My biggest gripe with it was probably the classic "get-rid-of-those-piggish-men-and-get-out-there-and-do-something-for-yourself-because-you're-a-woman-and-you-deserve-it"-Oprah-Winfrey garbage. Can't stand that stuff.
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02-02-2009, 04:06 PM | #873 |
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So is it true that the original play had a lesbian character in it? (The behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD said the 1930's movie subsituted the character with an 'old maid', but that they had resurrected the role from the play for the newer version of the film.)
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02-04-2009, 07:42 PM | #874 |
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Inkheart and Just Friends
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02-05-2009, 01:19 AM | #875 |
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Yesterday evening I saw The Last Legion. It was quite good - Im really partial to films with excellent swordplay in them.
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02-05-2009, 01:59 PM | #876 |
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Pretty good for a prequel. Really went into detail with the story Lucian tells the Deathdealer(can't remember her name) in the first film.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, with Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, is nothing but a dizzy haze of craziness. No doubt the weirdest movie I've ever seen, and a much enjoyable one!
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02-17-2009, 06:24 PM | #878 |
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I just finished watching the final episode of the Japanese Dorama 'Daughter of an Iguana'.
I've seen some pretty weird Japanese shows, but the moral of this story beats everything I've ever seen! Seeeeriously weird... >_< The last 2 minutes pretty much ruined whatever good feeling I might have had from watching it...
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02-20-2009, 01:42 PM | #879 |
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I watched North To Alaska for about the millionth time the other night. I love that movie.
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Isn't that a John Wayne movie?
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