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Post by strujka on Jul 17, 2009 18:00:25 GMT 2
The other day I watched a Bulgarian movie called "Vreme Razdelno" ("Time of parting" as they translate it). I was really impressed by it. It's a sad one though. Sadly, modern Bulgarian movies are just crap compared to the old ones ... :[ And .. another one I recently fell in love with - "Into the wild". It's about a young man who leaves everything behind in order to go to Alaska and live in the wilderness (and it's based on a true story). I recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it :] There's also a book which I believe will be ten times better than the movie ...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2009 19:29:09 GMT 2
A small consideration on contemporary eastern european films: they all seem to be that rough and crapy for the sane ones ;D but I think I know the explanation and why the choose shocking topics. It's the release factor,the postcomunist eliberation in art and tis also due to the tormented societies we live in. The last 20 years of continuous changes,..the gap they must fill in film making and the rush to recover the lack of presence in the european scene... Tis understandable and only a stage imo.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 12:21:15 GMT 2
Ok, I decided to clear any serious thoughts out of my head for an hour,and stood in front of the brainwashing machine a.k.a. TV, so that can be done for sure ;D But the stars were against as I found a blast tv series I watched when very little: Arabella! ;D Twas made in former Czeckoslovakia and ..damn was so cool! If my friends here read this they'll laugh to tears because they'll all remember the wizard Rumburak, the dog Pajda, pan Karel Majer and the other characters. Such a good story!
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Post by rouva on Aug 1, 2009 17:33:58 GMT 2
I found a blast tv series I watched when very little: Arabella! ;D Twas made in former Czeckoslovakia and ..damn was so cool! Great I was already 20 years old when it came out and I used to watch it every sunday with my best friend. And I still watch it when I have the chance I love those czech tv series and films for children.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2009 18:09:00 GMT 2
Ah, nice that series is ageless. Indeed,they made good films for children and I still remember the ones with hockey ,themes" or ski jumping...but not the names,as i was much too young...great that you remember that as well! I bet those years we all wanted Arabella's ring ;D
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Post by Crystiannia on Aug 2, 2009 7:17:31 GMT 2
Working out my aggression by popping in American Psycho -- again. Twisted, but I adore this movie. I never realized how much this is like where I work and also how much I think I am apt to snap like that one day! I love the monologues throughout. I think there is a lot that can be related to in the quote (and I'm paraphrasing here): "There is an idea of Patrick Bateman, a kind of abstraction. But there is no real me, something illusory…..I simply am not there." And of course, the ending of this film is delightful. This is only one of two movies I actually enjoy Christian Bale in. (The other being Equillibrium, which I know has been discussed previously.) I find it amusing that both Ed Norton and Leo DiCaprio were considered for the part. I think Bale just becomes Bateman in the most insane sense, and perhaps Norton could have done a decent job in it. He did excellent in Fight Club after all. But DiCaprio I just can't see. Maybe as Jared Leto's character, Paul Allan. I really want to get the shirt that says "Pierce & Pierce: Murders and Executions" just to wear to the office, if only once! I had picked up the novel, but sadly never had the chance to finish reading it. Which I find really amusing as there are two novels I started and never finished (and not for lack of wanting to): American Psycho and Fahrenheit 451. I think it's ironic since they both relate to the two movies above with Bale in the lead. Obviously a great deal of Equilibrium is based on Bradbury's wonderful novel among other works. Since I will be off my feet with little to do I think I should make the effort to complete them!
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Post by Drinkandenjoy on Aug 2, 2009 15:25:12 GMT 2
David Lynch's Eraserhead for the second time.
Great movie, I want to see it as much times as I can, the more you see it the more you understand the disturbing mess.
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Post by Savi on Aug 31, 2009 15:45:34 GMT 2
Yesterday I watched "Gran Turino" with Clint Eastwood and Stephen Kings " The Mist". Both of them are cool Especially the comments of Clint in Gran Turino are really funny :-D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 19:21:02 GMT 2
So now we got a new G.T. & Eastwood admirer here, which is not bad. Last, I watched a documentary bout Orcas (I love Whales!!!) on N.G. last week..words are useless, tis a ,,to be watched" one ( Cousteau series). Last night,being tired and empty minded i saw ,Everybody wants to be Italian" or so. A soapy comedy,but there were a few lines there that made me laugh to tears.
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Post by Humppaporo on Sept 4, 2009 23:38:34 GMT 2
Tonight i finally watched a movie again. It is an old one, a movie that i saw many years ago on television and always wanted to see again. Lately i found out the title 'When the wind blows', and downloaded it... yep, i know that is not so decent, but i have no clue where to find this one. In modern eyes (also mine nowadays) it is a bit slow. It is an animation movie about an older couple who follow strictly the rules of their government to build and equip a shelter for an impending nuclear attack (a third world war scenario). The couple, Jim and Hilda, are very naive and very endearing in their attempts to survive the nuclear attack. A bitter light falls upon the incompetent measures and guidance of the British government of those days. After a quick decay, they die of radiation sickness in the end. In the meantime they try to cheer each other up and encourage each other. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Wind_Blows_%28film%29
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Post by metalfiend on Sept 5, 2009 0:34:18 GMT 2
Short Circuit 2 haha epic old movie
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2009 17:50:38 GMT 2
I saw that film a couple of years ago, Humppaporo...I now think I wish to watch it again ,but that involves to do ,the not so decent' thing...but,more than probably I'll let a friend do it for me. ;D Yeah, the soundtrack is also great. My film now: I watched an old episode from a not so old Irish tv series called Ballykissangel..i used to watch it in highschool and had so much fun as there were a few characters there that made me laugh a lot. Especially the old farmer Eamon who loved his life at the farm a bloody lot and was so innocent when he did stupid things. Plus,twas the only film in which I saw a baby that couldn't go to bed unless there was some Black Sabbath playing in the house
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2009 16:33:24 GMT 2
For the 5th time I've watched one of my fave comedies: Rrrrr..... All I can do is to recommend it!
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Post by Mighty Croc on Sept 12, 2009 19:34:43 GMT 2
I've seen today two movies: First is - Natural Born Killers by Tarantino. Fukkin' great film, especially when you are in a misanthropic mood. Today I've been. Second is the famous film "The Shawshank Redemption". A good screen-ization of the Stephen King's novel, but the scenarist put there also a lot of "pink booger" scenes, especially in the end. Not bad, as other Darabont's films based on King's works - but here I can say that if I haven't read the book early before watching the movie, I'd been much more impressed.
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Post by Savi on Sept 25, 2009 14:12:49 GMT 2
Watched " Michael Collins" today during my english lesson in school, the movie is about the Irish history including British rule at the beginning of the 20th century, for example the Easter Rising in 1916. Michael Collins is known as the head of the rebellion against british rule and the man who was in conflict with Eamon De Valera ( De Valeras actor was Alan Rickman by the way ) because of the fact that Northern Ireland stayed part of the British Kingdom.
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