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Re: The last film you watched.... - Jona Lendering - 08-14-2008
Quote:Germany made some really impressive movies back then!Not just excellent movies. Between, say, 1750 and 1939 Germany was the motor of most cultural innovation in the world. Just think about philosophy: Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein are quite simply the top philosophers of that age - you may add the Wiener Kreis and Karl Popper.
Or think of ancient historians: Gibbon is the only one comparable to Niebuhr, Droysen, Curtius, the great Mommsen, Burckhardt, Delbrueck, Von Poehlman, Beloch, and Ed. Meyer. None of the James Frazer nonsense in Germany. Max Weber was a pupil of Mommsen and is easily the most clever-minded of the fathers of sociology. I almost ignored Winckelmann, Willamowitz, and Schliemann.
Music? Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, and Schoenberg all spoke German. I must not forget Sigmund Freud, Albert Schweitzer, and Thomas Mann - and I hope you will pardon me for including a couple of people from Austria, who were Germans until the events of 1865-1870. Boy, this really was a "nation of thinkers and poets".
The explanation is of course the economy. Although the Industrial Revolution started in England, Germany came alongside swiftly and surpassed it. In 1863, the British produced twice as many coal as the Germans; in 1914, the Germans produced four times as many as the British. There was a real culture of innovation - Strawinsky's Sacre du Printemps was booed in Paris and London, and hailed as a triumph in Berlin.
What always puzzles me, is why things went wrong in Germany. If one had predicted in 1900 that a European nation would build factories to gas the Jews, everyone would have said that it would have happened in France. Somehow I think that -among many other factors- this "culture of innovation" was also important, because it gave the Germans the self-confidence to embrace one innovation they ought to have ignored, Nazism.
Back to cinema now, after this uncalled-for testimony of philoteutonism.
Re: The last film you watched.... - Narukami - 08-14-2008
Fear can be a tremendous motivator. Couple that with a desire to return to more "happy" times and your have a powerful inducement to seek out and entrust your present and your future to someone who convinces you that they can deliver on the dream and fulfill that desire.
And speaking of desire...
I will see the Clone Wars despite, and perhaps because, of all the negative reviews. What many of the reviews seem to have forgotten is the target audience that Lucas is aiming for: kids 12 and under. I'm not, but for a couple of hours I pretend to be one.
I do not like this “newâ€
Re: The last film you watched.... - Libitina - 08-15-2008
Quote:hey i saw that recently as well!!Wasnt so bad,though i thought it was a series not a movie.Those pirate accents are a killer on the throat so well done Mr Purefroy!!!
He's from Somerset so I wondered if it was his natural accent :lol: Possibly was on TV as a series but the rental came through as a directors cut in film form.
Re: The last film you watched.... - L C Cinna - 08-17-2008
hmmm last movies I watched were:
"The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean"...thought it was a great movie but rather long. so make sure you have 3 hours time lol
"Il patto dei lupi"...is nice, some action as well and hey Monica is in there!
"La vita è bella"...still a wonderful movie by Benigni
and "La terza madre: The mother of tears" by Dario Argento...you know I like those Horror movies. blood, gore, intestines,...yay!
Re: The last film you watched.... - Ron Andrea - 08-18-2008
My last was--dare I admit it?--Wall.E. I loved it.
Roma - texascavtrooper - 08-18-2008
Can anybody tell me what they thought of the HBO series called Roma? I am in Iraq. Dare I say that on base there is a little market were they sell copies of movies, Cheap I might add. Well anyway they have the complete series of Roma for $20.00. I just want to know if it's worth getting?
Thanks,
Bryan
Re: The last film you watched.... - john m roberts - 08-18-2008
Definitely worth it. See the many posts here about "Rome." It's a mixed bag but I thought it had more pluses than minuses.
Keep your head down, don't volunteer for anything and come home safe.
Re: The last film you watched.... - Jona Lendering - 08-18-2008
Quote:My last was--dare I admit it?--Wall.E. I loved it.I did not exactly love it, but it sure is fun and it's better than Kung-Fu Panda.
Quote:Can anybody tell me what they thought of the HBO series called Roma? I am in Iraq.Good luck, and thanks for doing that important job. That we can peacefully enjoy Wall.E is somehow something we owe to you and your comrades.
Re: Roma - Libitina - 08-18-2008
Quote:Can anybody tell me what they thought of the HBO series called Roma?
I love it, it's great. I prefered the first series to the second only because there was slightly more humour in the first. Yeah it's not as accurate as it could be by a long shot but if you like your viewing with strong language, sex, violence and a good looking cast then go for it
If they have Deadwood you might want to pick that up too.
Re: Roma - Tiberius Clodius Corvinus - 08-19-2008
Quote:Can anybody tell me what they thought of the HBO series called Roma?I saw the second series recently in moderate quality as a webstream. And I prefer the first by far, too. In the second, they're too much focussed on developing the characters according to modern concepts of humanity IMO. regardless of that, it's still a great and entertaining series. If you can get it, take it.
... anyway, my last movie was "Poseidon" (2006) ... I've given 7/10, but only because I like this kind of movie. It was in no respect better than the original. :twisted:
Re: The last film you watched.... - Magnus - 08-19-2008
Rome was fantastic...definately a good watch.
Re: The last film you watched.... - texascavtrooper - 08-19-2008
Kat,
I already have al three seasons of Deadwood. I loved it.
Thanks all for your imput. I am getting it today.
Re: The last film you watched.... - Libitina - 08-19-2008
Quote:Kat,
I already have al three seasons of Deadwood. I loved it.
Then you're a man of great taste
Let us know sometime what you make of Rome.
Re: Roma - Memmia - 08-19-2008
Quote:Can anybody tell me what they thought of the HBO series called Roma? I am in Iraq. Dare I say that on base there is a little market were they sell copies of movies, Cheap I might add. Well anyway they have the complete series of Roma for $20.00. I just want to know if it's worth getting?
Thanks,
Bryan
HBO Rome for $20.00 is a bargain! Hubby bought me both series for my birthday. I highly recommend it.
Lots of nakedness, bloodlust and politics-
[size=59:9t2up8ln]a bit like RAT lately hehehe!!!
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Re: Roma - Libitina - 08-19-2008
Quote:Lots of nakedness, bloodlust and politics-
[size=59:1ivjchnt]a bit like RAT lately hehehe!!!
Aww what threads have I been missing?! :lol: :lol: :lol: