05-24-2009, 03:48 AM
Quote:This seemed like the same story as before -- The Future is saved by the very forces trying to destroy it. Did we not see that in Terminator 2...?
Perhaps it is a sign of my age, but for me Shakespeare said it best (to paraphrase):
'A lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.'
Oh well -- at least the popcorn was good.
:?
Narukami
I thought we were not supposed to discuss modern politics on this forum?
However...
This is out on DVD only: 1612 Polish- Russian conflict steming from the assination of Boris Gudinoff. Russian made, subtitled. Real good costuming, including decent Polish armor. Eastern European history gets little attention in the US, and what is taught outside a university is so heavily sanitized that everything is suspect. I have read that 1612 is a little loose with the facts. There is improbable romance, some mystic unicorn stuff, and a few other problems. It is, none the less, well worth watching, and give me a different contextual view of Europe before the Thirty Years War, especially after I did some follow up reading to check.
Also worth seeing is another DVD only, In Tranzit an American made film about German POWs in post-war Leningrad. John Malkovich plays a Soviet MKDV(?) officer trying to find former SS. Malkovich is almost always good and seems to be a good index on what to see. Everyone looks the part and there is no glamor anywhere. Even the best of times are grim, and everyone being in character, does not seem to notice.
Ralph I.
