It was my pick at the video shop tonight and, being into a complex storyline, I picked something in the foreign section by some Russian bloke who was influenced by Tolstoy... or, something... So we're talking art here.

It's about the journey of two young peasant Tirolean girls (shouldn't call them girls, really, they're 'old enough to butcher' as they say) in Nazi Austria who form a lesbian relationship and escape from a work camp in Poland in the hopes of returning to their village in Italy (I think... Or wherever Tirolians come from). The history of the Tirol is what attracted me to this movie. Apparently there's a north and a south Tirol.

Anyway the mrs has just hit the sack, so I might settle in to watch it... I'm going to have to keep the sound right down (which doesn't matter anyway... because its dubbed) as the mrs has an early start tomorrow and I don't want to wake her.

Is your wife hot?

aikmann4 wrote on Sep 12^th, 2010 at 11:48pm:

Is your wife hot?

Still... But starting to cool a bit around the edges... to about eating temperature.

Movie was crap... The intimate moments cut to some milk maid licking her lips staring out over an alpine valley... a metaphor for, I dunno.... Brokeback vulvae? Carpet licking(?)... Bloody artists.

Just that one word, lesbian, blinded you to the rest of the very clear warning on the package. Some people just can't be told, it seems: "two young peasant Tirolean girls ...in Nazi Austria who form a lesbian relationship and escape from a work camp in Poland in the hopes of returning to their village in Italy ..."
What were you thinking?!?

Yesterday I watched the 1995 re-make of Billy WIlder's Sabrina, directed by Sidney Pollack (1954 original with Bogart). The remake is with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond. Excellent.

Soren wrote on Sep 13^th, 2010 at 12:35pm:

Just that one word, lesbian, blinded you to the rest of the very clear warning on the package. Some people just can't be told, it seems: "two young peasant Tirolean girls ...in Nazi Austria who form a lesbian relationship and escape from a work camp in Poland in the hopes of returning to their village in Italy ..." What were you thinking?!?

I thought the Tirol thing might have been worth watching it for... Apparently there's a north and a south Tirol...

The lesbian scene would have added to the ambiguous Tirolean political issues of the day managed by Mussolini and Hitler... If the Russian direktor influenced by Tolstoy hadn't cut away to an abstract alpine vulvic metaphor.... or, something.

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Still... But starting to cool a bit around the edges... to about eating temperature.

You make me laugh ;D ;D ;D

I'm watching a documentary on these badarse South American ants that make bridges out of themselves to cross rivers. Now THAT'S altruism.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Sep 13^th, 2010 at 11:03am:

...to about eating temperature.

... but then they get hot. Go figure.

Hmmm...

That's nasty, bro. Nasty.

Well I wouldn't mind watching the next Alien Movies (the Prequels) which have something to do with where the Aliens originally came from.

But I had to settle for "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence".
I didn't mind though,
I've read the book "The Seed and the Sower"
by Sir Laurens Van der Post,
which the movie was based upon
and I don't mind watching David Bowie as possibly the only musician that can actually act alongside such established actors as Jack Thompson and Tom Conti. In fact, I still don't think there is anyone who could do as well as Bowie for that role of the 'near perfect' South African Boer in a War that was a world away.
A real good movie/book upon the 'Human Condition'.


...the song by Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvan is absolutely a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nflu3gL-rvo

:)

..Helian, you're a pisser  ;D ;D ;D


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and I don't mind watching David Bowie as possibly the only musician that can actually act alongside such established actors as Jack Thompson and Tom Conti.

I thought that Frank Sinatra was a very good actor. From memory, "Von Ryan's express" was a very good movie.

Ah yes Amadd,
Sinatra had his fair share of flicks to his name and he could indeed act.
Von Ryans Express is a really good film.
I think Bowie pips him though because of his ability to change his persona to meet the character - something that takes real good actors years to achieve, similar to Depp's method acting.

I liked Jagger's Ned Kelly, but I must take it with the mass view that he 'sucked'!

I think Elvis was a great Singer, but he was a lousy actor if ever there was one.

Madonna sucks (quite a lot I hear)

Harry Belafonte passed the test in my view.

...I'm sure there's others ?

Amadd wrote on Sep 15^th, 2010 at 7:43am:

..Helian, you're a pisser  ;D ;D ;D

I guess humour's better in the telling than the writing.

hello...how are you all....?

i am watching a movie...

Ken Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth'.

A Guiness in a Schooner Glass.
8-)

I watched a movie the other day called "Into the wild", directed by Sean Penn. It was fairly long, about 2 1/2 hrs.

At times it got so boring that I was going to skip to the end to see if there was a point to the movie.

Eventually it grabbed me, and I became intrigued as to where the adventure would lead.

I think the movie did justice to the subject (Christopher Johnson McCandless, aka Alex Supertramp) in pointing out that the journey was the prize, not the destination.
The movie also pointed out the price to others for something that they truly love and admire in a person.

It was more than a movie, it was a real life story.i

Just finished watching Equilibrium with Christian Bale....

Awesome film...

Here's a good movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peRA28m9uzY

That Sargeant got what he deserved. When it came down to it, he didn't have a clue what the soldiers were fighting for, but he found out what they were fighting against.


I haven't seen Equilibrium yet, but Christian Bale is an amazing actor. Have you seen "The Machinist"? He's full on into his craft that bloke.

Amadd wrote on Nov 20^th, 2010 at 11:07pm:

That Sargeant got what he deserved. When it came down to it, he didn't have a clue what the soldiers were fighting for, but he found out what they were fighting against. I haven't seen Equilibrium yet, but Christian Bale is an amazing actor. Have you seen "The Machinist"? He's full on into his craft that bloke.

No - never heard of Christian Bale - sorry.

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No - never heard of Christian Bale - sorry.

You would have seen him. He's a bit of a faceless actor.
He played Batman in the dark knight, but he played second fiddle to Heath Ledger in that film.

You'll get an appreciation of how good he is if you ever see The Machinist.

There's probably a lot of other movies that he's been in where I haven't even noticed because he doesn't have any specific trademark.

Amadd wrote on Nov 20^th, 2010 at 11:38pm:

Quote: No - never heard of Christian Bale - sorry. You would have seen him. He's a bit of a faceless actor. He played Batman in the dark knight, but he played second fiddle to Heath Ledger in that film. You'll get an appreciation of how good he is if you ever see The Machinist. There's probably a lot of other movies that he's been in where I haven't even noticed because he doesn't have any specific trademark.

He was in Batman Begins too....

One of those AAMI "What about me?" car insurance ads.

Geez, ever heard of a no claim bonus????

Some of us (like me) who seem to make a habit of hitting other rather hard objects with our vehicles and then making an insurance claim do pay a sh!tload more in premiums than you "what about me?" lot.

So cut your fuggin' whinging.