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I've never heard this song before but immediately recognize it as something familiar. It is because of the "Puppy song" by Harry Nilsson which is the soundtrack for the "You've got mail" movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDRY2h-nEg (video in this clip has nothing common with the movie).
Very good!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CoffeeCup
Harry is one of those people that you know his songs but not his name..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmmwMx06Pg8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson
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Originally Posted by Crocodile
:shock: what?!
Well everyone... It seems like it has been forever since I have watched a non-American movie and posted about it. I just have not has the mental capacity to deal with subtitles or really "deep" hard to follow story lines.
I recall trying to start up The Master and Margarita again and I rewatched the same three of four episodes and then I had to stop as it is too taxing... so I am turning to you the experts... What would be a good summer film for me to watch? Something that if I stop and start it would not be too hard to follow?
Starrysky, I know you love Indian films... maybe I could branch out and try one of your favorites?
Basil... I know you love the animations (as well our war film expert) & gRomoZeka... which animations haven't you posted that I could watch?
Have you seen these?Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson (with Eng subs) RECOMMENDED. :mosking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HULUEK0PkbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2emcWHVULE
Here's a nice cartoon for kids about two naughty dogs:
Bobik visits Barbos (Бобик в гостях у Барбоса)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp7zzFAQhzw
About Sidorov Vova" (1985) - I wonder do you find this funny? :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JBUY8KtUIw
And a classic cartoon:
The Snow Queen (1957) in 7 parts (English subs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3pGB_Yfp8 (part 1)
There are a lot of great Russian cartoons on youtube, but unfortunately they do not have English subs.
For example, there's a cartoon based on Russian medieval sagas about a young woman, who went to save her husband from captivity. I really liked it as a kid. You can enjoy a short video from this cartoon (to Mylene Farmer's "Sans Contrefacon") here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JplD-zHjfXA
THANK YOU!! I did not know that Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson came in an animation format! I have the movie version that Olya did the subs for and never got around to watching it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
Has anyone seen this one, "The Cat Who Walked By Herself/ Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе" from 1988
It came up on the list next to Sherlock and caught my eye. It is based on Rudyard Kipling's short story, The Cat that Walked by Himself.
You can watch the entire film here with English subtitles:
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...4486&hl=en-CA#
Link on IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997248/
Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat...ked_by_Herself
You are welcome! I'm sure you'll enjoy the movie. My absolute favourite is "The Hound of the Baskervilles": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_ ... (1981_film)Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
I've never heard of this version! Looks very artistic, but I'm much more used to the older one from 1968, which had been aired pretty often on TV.Quote:
Has anyone seen this one, "The Cat Who Walked By Herself/ Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе" from 1988
"The Cat Who Walked By Himself/ Кот, который гулял сам по себе" (no subs, but everything is pretty clear from the context)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0G0be9iwKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otn-L9oUeeA
If you like Kipling here's a beautifully made cartoon "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (sadly, no subs). The colors are amazing, I especially like the scene during the rain in the first part.
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" / Рики-тики-тави (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3FER9hOAJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76us1bjTGCM
And you definitely have to see "Adventures of Mowgli" if you have not seen it yet!!! It's epic!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Mowgli
First part:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mix_e7cQUhg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCkeABQlDcw
(all parts are available in the list to the right. Again, no subs, but it's worth watching at least for a couple of minutes for its great old style animation with a unique twist)
The Tale of Soldier Fedot
The first part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYQwWwQV ... re=related
The language is a huge part of it and I'm not sure how much of it was lost in translation, but they tried hard.
A side bar for one second here... This is a clip from the show that aired last night, So You Think You Can Dance
Alex, is a trained and working Ballet dancer who this week has been paired up with Twitch who is a trained and working Hip-Hop dancer.
Alex MUST learn the style of Hip-Hop for the very first time and then be judged on it. The result is an AMAZING piece of choreography that blends both Hip-Hop and Ballet and shows the depth of talent that Alex has and how quickly he can learn a completely different style of dance!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLbjKnv0ju4
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Originally Posted by rockzmom
Undoubtedly it is the movie you should start watching immediately. Wiki link. Even though it is a detective stories it will not force you to follow hard the story line at all. All of us were talking that the episodes of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" are the best. It is true but to get all the joy of these two episodes you need to be introduced to the Holmes' fictional world which was built in this series. Be sure to start with the first episode "Acquaintance" which portrayed the main characters. The second episode "Bloody Inscription" introduces the "deductive reasoning" technique in the begin of the episode and also introduces Inspector Lestrade who is a pretty colorful character in this series.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
You can avoid the final episodes "The Twentieth Century Approaches" these are not as good as all the other episodes.
Coffeecup, you are correct, I only have The Hounds... And I do recall how much everyone recommend this film, and YET... somehow I had no idea it was series!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CoffeeCup
:?: Would someone be kind enough to look on the Russian Yandex-server for me to see if there are versions of the other films/series with English subtitles available for download? :?:
Here are the links to the Hounds if it helps anyone to find the others...
Part 1: http://narod.ru/disk/4358781000/Houn...art_1.avi.html
Part 2: http://narod.ru/disk/4358782000/Houn...art_2.avi.html
I've found the first episode "The Acquaintance" on youtube with English subs.
It was divided in 7 parts.
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6
part 7
FYI. To be sure that you will not miss some parts. Episode "The Acquaintance" contains two stories: the first one is the story how Holmes and Watson met each other and became partners; the second one is about a poor girl whose twin-sister was dead just before her sister's marriage and the girl was frightened of her own life.
*I've been engulfed by the dangerous underworld called Hindi cinema, so all my free time is consumed by it now.*Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
Just noticed that this whole thread was moved and a subforum created... Good idea.
Yeah, for half a year I've been watching mainly Hindi movies. I've now seen about, I dunno, 50 films. Not that much, really, but I am rather cautious when it comes to watching stuff.
rockzmom, you really shouldn't have asked! *groaning* How can I restrain myself from talking about my fave subject at the moment? There'll be no stopping me now!!
My favourites remain practically the same:
Favourite Hindi movies Part 1 *)
1. Asoka (2001; dir. Santosh Sivan)
-- for SRK's performance, for the tragic story and for the visuals from Santosh Sivan... It's a treat
I really strongly recommend this movie to anyone who thinks there's nothing original in Indian movies. It may seem a bit strange at first but this is one movie most bolly-fans practically worship...
Check out these great fan videos, for example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUNhKIjbDuA&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_KD7...eature=related
Making of Asoka
asoka on rediff.com
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2. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) Karan Johar's debut as a director and one of my all time favourites... It has colours, emotions, a lot of heart and sincerity...
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3. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995; Aditya Chopra) -- a true classic from first-time director Aditya Chopra. This one has been on in Mumbai theatres for 15 years now. :shock: It's also one of only two Hindi movies that got a spot in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" book. It's a brilliant comedy in a lot of ways... and great music. The movie that catapulted Shahrukh Khan and Kajol to fame and made them into a legendary screen couple in India.
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4. Main Hoon Na (Farah Khan) -- this is a brilliant self-parody! I've loved this movie for a long time and never tire of it... It's all about the humour and irony and I love all the characters.
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5. Chalte Chalte (2003; Aziz Mirza) -- already wrote about it too.
Love Rani... Favourite Indian actress...
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Favourite Hindi movies Part 2 :D
6. Josh (2000) -- Bollywood remake of Westside Story.
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7. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi -- just a very nice, feelgood, heartfelt, beautiful movie. Exactly "my type" of film. Very nice music. Check out two songs from it:
Tujhe Mein Rab Dikhta Hai
Yaara Main Kya Karoon... http://smiles.clan.su/23/23_1.gif
(I See God In You, Dear, What Am I to Do?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ux-BqSBomE
Haule Haule ("Little by little you'll love me")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkPhLZ0Zpr8
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interesting review
8. Devdas (Sanjay Lila Bhansali)
9. Dil Se (1998; Mani Ratnam) -- well, I already wrote at length about it earlier...
And there are a few others that I liked a lot (Yes Boss, Ram Jaane...) But maybe later...
These are almost all mainstream movies, with Asoka and Dil Se being a bit of art-films. They are all qute entertaining but of course it depends on your taste. There are directors in Bollywood that make more serious, gloomy, original, whatever, movies, like Mani Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma (Satya, Company), Anurag Kashyap (Black Friday, No Smoking) but the thing is, they are not "my" movies. Those are often about terrorists, Mumbai criminal underworld and things like that.
Don't remember if I posted this before:
BollyWHAT?'s Top Ten Films
http://www.bollywhat.com/rentalguide.html
1. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2. Dil Se
3. Satya
4. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
5. 1942: A Love Story
6. Dil Chahta Hai
7. Zakhm
8. Lagaan
9. Satta
10. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
There are too oldest film awards in India:
Filmfare Awards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmfare_awards
Filmfare Award for Best Movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmfare_Best_Film_Award
and National Film Awards (this one is more "serious"; but those films that get this award are as a rule very obscure and hard-to-find)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Awards
National Film Award for Best Film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa..._for_Best_Film
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I've seen My Name Is Khan recently and thought it was great. In September it'll be released in theatres in Russia. Well, I'll write about it a bit later too.
"My Name is Khan" (2010)
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I liked it quite a bit. I was actually very surprised that I liked it so much, because for some reason I was rather wary of this film.. But it turned out to be much better than I expected. Spectacular if not sulime in some aspects (acting, cinematography, music), and very entertaining on the whole. At least, it's way better than most of the stuff Bollywood churns out. As Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India said, it's "indubitably one of the most meaningful and moving films to be rolled out from the Bollywood mills in recent times."
The film is about a Muslim with Asperger's syndrome (Rizwan Khan) living in post 9/11 US... "My name is Khan and I'm not a terrorist" is his mantra. The film is not without flaws but it's got great performances from Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and supporting cast, great music and stunning cinematography. America looks really beautiful here. For all those who don't know, Shahrukh and Kajol are the legendary, most beloved couple in Hindi cinema, Han Solo and Princess Leia or Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn of Hindi cinema, as someone put it. So this movie was a bit of a big deal because it has them reuniting after about 10 years.
Shahrukh -- well, prior to this, I've seen him in more than 30 other films, plus interviews. I had my doubts about Shahrukh playing an autist. Because he seems so far from being even an introvert. I know he's a really good actor but I was absolutely thrown by his performance here... Because I never saw "Shahrukh" in Rizwan. I totally believed in this character. Because of his condition, Rizwan is a very touching, endearing character. A lot like Forrest Gump. I don't know much about autism. I've seen "Rainman", of course, and we learned about it as part of psychology courses at my uni... As far as I can judge, it was great work on SRK's part. I've read comments from people who work with autists that it was spot-on.
Kajol is a fantastic actress. Very natural, very beautiful, very watchable, she is the only one who nearly succeeds in stealing the scene from Shahrukh. I can never take my eyes off her.
Music. The music is very modern but with national, Sufi motiffs. "Muslims in America" describes it best. It can be downloaded here. My favourite is Noor E Khuda. In fact, my favourite scenes in the movie are during this song -- Khan's journey through America.
Director. Karan Johar is one my favourite Indian directors (along with Santosh Sivan, Aditya Chopra, Farah Khan and Aziz Mirza). He's not the best director out there but I love him for the kind, warm and sincere person he is. I think his best film was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, his debut, which he made when he was 25. In KKHH you can see that everything is from the heart, perhaps that's why it's been so popular. His other films -- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Kal Ho Naa Ho (as a screenwriter) are interesting works and some of the few films that made me cry my heart out but they have maaaany flaws... Karan has been sort of blamed for making fluffy romances. Now, MNIK is quite different. It doesn't have any dance--song routines/item numbers. The songs are all in the background. The subject matter is quite serious but the film is not gloomy, it has some great humour.
MNIK is human. Beautiful. Touching. Sincere. Heartfelt.
All this can be said about other Johar's films as well.
Cinematography by Ravi Chandran is... well, fantastic.
Fave shots
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The first half of the movie is so good in terms of scripting, that it's a bit of a shock to see how it goes downhill in the second half... It is as if Karan sabotaged himself. But I have to say, this film is such an emotional rollercoaster that I didn't really care about the flaws toward the end. MNIK has been described as "Slumdog Millionaire" meets "Forrest Gump" meets "Rainman" but this creates a slightly negative image of ideas rehashed... whereas MNIK looks really fresh and interesting.
It was released in the US in February and an abridged version (about 100 min) was released again in June ,if I'm not mistaken. In Russia, we'll see it in theatres in September but I don't think it's gonna make any collections, really, because of all the piracy.
Oh God, I could go on and on and on about it, I'd better just stop.
Official website
MNIK on imdb
wiki article
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A nice review by Charles R. Larson
another interesting review, only in French
nice fan video
Some pics from MNIK
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OK, that's enough about one film... Told ya, there'd be no stopping me. :wacko: Hope I've not been too obnoxious... :oops: Please, don't kill me for the pics overload. It's just that I saw it recently and the impression is still very strong.
Starrysky, dear! Maybe we want to open a separate topic for foreigh movies?
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Originally Posted by Lampada
Или может быть лучше открыть свою тему про индийские фильмы. ;)
А я послей вот этой старой пародии индийские фильмы смотреть вообще не могу - после нескольких минут просмотра пробивает на ха-ха. :mosking: Правда, последним индийским фильмом, который я посмотрел от начала и до конца, был "Танцор диско" и смотрел я его, как сейчас помню, в совковом сельском клубе в Рязанской области году так эдак в 88. :)
:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: starrysky!!! you made my day.... 105 degree heat here and my migraines are killing me and you have just made me feel soooo much better... thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by starrysky
Lampada! I agree with you and gRomoZeka. I think that this thread might be getting tooo large and hard to navigate. Maybe if we had different sub threads it would be easier?Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
We could start with starrysky's amazing Hindi/Indian reviews that she has posted in this thread and make a Hindi/Indian sub thread that would be great!
I guess the question would be where to have all of these in ONE central place so that everyone can find them easily? So no matter what films/tv you are looking for you would go to ONE central location and all the sub groups for discussion would be there. Does that make sense?
So, like one for Animation with all the great things that gRomoZeka has, and Basil's War collection, one for Hindi/Indian, and make others as we need them but have them all under ONE umbrella. We can still have the catch all Russian reviews that Hanna started and this major beast of a thread as they both have a wealth of information with lots of links and people can just ask questions in this thread about ANY TV or FILM.... but it might be nice to have the genres broken out for people to be able to find a movie quickly that suits what they are specifically looking for.
Thoughts? Counter ideas or suggestions?
What do you think???
I always overdo things... Can't do anything about it. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
So sorry about your migraines, rockzmom... :( I know what it's like. It's not your usual headache. I used to have them as a teen. It's been years since I've had a migraine though. *touch wood*
Забавная пародия. :mosking: Я старых индийских фильмов немного видела, но они действительно были ужасненькие и удручают этими клише. В современных фильмах такого практически нет. Там даже женщин в сари уже редко увидишь.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil77
P.S. Я все-таки "Меня зовут Кхан" всем советую. Вроде отзывы хорошие и не только от индоманов. http://my-hit.ru/film/6980 Хоть и не без недостатков фильм...
Yeah, that's a good idea... Never thought about it! Those posts could be moved into a separate foreign movies thread or something. I mean, I also like Chinese films. *be prepared :mrgreen: * Has anyone seen "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero"? The most beautiful movies I've ever seen... The thing is, I sort of said everything I wanted to say at the moment, and Masterrusian is not a movie forum...Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
I did not know where to put, and so I put Александр Петров 1, Александр Петров 2, Русалка, etc in Русские мультики на ютюбе.
These and the other things I've been watching are really анимация, not мультики. But I did not know where to put.
I must admit, that I do not like Indian or Chinese movies too much. All this singing, dancing and flying put me off since I was a kid. ))) But these two films you mentioned I did watch!Quote:
Originally Posted by starrysky
"House of Flying Daggers" was visually stunning, and I enjoyed watching it (even more so because it was filmed in Ukraine), but it was a one-time film for me. The plot was almost non-existent, and I doubt I'll ever watch it again.
"Hero" on the other hand is one of the best movies in this genre in my opinion!!! :good: Great idea, decent acting, amazing visual sequences - it's beautiful all around. I watched it more than once, and I made my friends watch it. That counts for something. )))
I was really surprised to see a birch tree forest in it, and the snow, it felt so familiar at once (сразу показалось что-то родное :roll: ). And then I read in wiki that it was actually filmed in Ukraine! Yay! I knew it! Родина-мать. :D Хоть я и не с Украины, но я тут различий не делаю. Все равно сразу видны родные пейзажи.Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
Regarding the script, I guess I'm a very visual sort of person, so I was so transfixed by the sheer beauty of it -- I didn't care so much about script inconsistencies, if there were some. Plus, it's so tragic in the end -- whenever I re-watch it, I feel this huge lump in my throat or just start crying... I'm rather emotional, yeah. Though I always thought that I'm a very reserved and calm sort of person. But I think Zhang Ziyi played it beautifully, she's an amazing actress, like her a lot... And then, there's this haunting music...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXCq...eature=related It pretty much kills me, this music!
another version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvcRQ...eature=related
found it. It's called "Lovers" and it's sung by kathleen Battle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRWo8...eature=related
"The Hero" is just another story altogether. Also fantastically beautiful AND intelligent. I don't compare these two movies in terms of which one is better because their subject matter is totally different. HFL is about love... And Hero is about, well, heroism! :)
Hmmm... To me, music and dancing are just narrative conventions to which I got used and totally embraced... It wasn't that easy but in the end it really depends on the movie. Sometimes the music and dancing are great and fit very well into the story, sometimes not. For me, they are still much easier to accept than, for example, such ways of storytelling as ballet and opera. :shock: I probably just had unfortunate experiences with those but a) I don't like operatic voices, too powerful b) can never understand what they're singing and the whole story is sining c) it's really hard to get into the story when Tatyana and Onegin are both over 40 years old and weigh over 100 kg!Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
Soviet films also have a lot of singing, like "Twelve chairs" or "Diamond Arm". Of course, we can actually understand those songs since they're in Russian. With Hindi movies, you lose a lot if you don't have subtitles for the song -- it may seem a bit boring because you don't understand the words but important stuff about characters is often revealed in songs.
Singing in old Hindi movies is indeed not great... But when it comes to modern movies, music is sometimes the best part of a movie! For me it's become a huge bonus! http://smiles.clan.su/35/35_14.gif Great songs can't save the movie if it's bad but still they're something to look forward to. There was one film I saw recently, and the only thing I really liked about it was this one song --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIXz1...eature=related
I also adore this one, from Main Hoon Na, it always lifts me mood :roll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4Pz...eature=related
Another song which I like though I haven't actually seen the movie itself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmGS4I0XNj4
Fave dancing song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvgTM6gF6LM
And fave sad one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oAAVWeIAF4
Just fun songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uPNwg4F9NU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHVrIq6aaB8 :)
Lampada has referenced VelikayaRus's Channel (Youtube) in thread Кинофильм "Вокзал для двоих" before. But it is worth including again here, because VelikayaRus really has a very large collection of high quality movies/playlists, and other things.
VelikayaRus
[s:byr6vq4r]Yeah I think this thread has become a monster. It's impossible to read the whole thread. It was entertaining at first, but now it's gone to far.[/s:byr6vq4r]
(Edit: noticed that Rockzmom is changing the thread)
I think it would be better to have a thread for Asian (or Bollywood) films.
Shortly after I joined the forum, I started a separate thread about Russian kino films ONLY, because I wanted there to be something that was only about Russian films, no deviation into Hollywood films etc. I have made a few posts to that since..
I wouldn't mind it if there was a separate thread for Russian animated films and maybe childrens films/series. Childrens material is good for learners because of simpler vocabulary.
And why not one about TV series and entertainment programs from Russian TV?
Ane maybe one about the latest from Hollywood, and/or European films?
Ok, you have convinced me, at least! :mosking: Next time I need some escape from my boring life in London, I will watch this film for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by starrysky
I like Indian music, but the films (at least as they used to be) are just too sugary and formulaic.... (perhaps not surprising, since I am a person who likes sci-fi films...) But right now I am trying to watch Russian films when I have a second; I just wish that more of the series/films I want to see had subtitles.
PS - STARRYSKY, someone made a doll 4u!! ;-)
http://www.dreamstime.com/matryoshka...mb12671594.jpg
Has anyone seen Inception? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
If so, what are your thoughts about it?
Also, did you recognize the character Arthur (the Point Man) as being the same guy... just all grown up now from when he was Tommy on 3rd Rock From the Sun?
http://images.askmen.com/top_10/ente...families_3.jpg http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopo...14549tommy.jpg
http://screencrave.frsucrave.netdna-...21-4-10-kc.jpg
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/phot...00-500-741.jpg
Okay, for all you Twilight haters (and if you can take some good jokes, Twilight lovers) this movie seems to be too funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZXPly6DDoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojO2TjA71Ws
I just read that the film "Salt" is the most downloaded film on bittorrent right now.... Has anyone seen it in the cinema or elsewhere?
I haven't seen it and right now I do not plan to... The plot is too silly..... Something about a woman (Angelina Jolie) who is a RUSSIAN SPY (in America)..... The plot is related to some kind of terrorist attack.
If I was a Russian film director I'd make a kick-ass action move about Russian heroes saving the world from evil plotting CIA agents....
(Frankly that whole genre was ridiculous even when the cold war was still on and it's even more silly now!)
Nevertheless, since this is a forum about Russian and Russian language; has anyone seen this and is it as silly as it seems?
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM9_l...eature=related
I have not seen it either, but most people mention that anything Russian-related is shown with a high level of absurdity there (very stereotyped). :unknown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
In a thread discussing this film someone posted a link to this parody to Holliwood view of Russia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbC6xAOgHM
:roll:
Very funny + true!!! Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
I'd be furious if my nationality got portrayed in that way!
American and British teenagers may never have never met a Russian person... But they've seen about a 20 films or more of that type. So they'll get a seriously biased view... based on total nonsense! It's a bit disturbing.
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Originally Posted by Hanna
Nice very nice can do nice and I wanna fly away to Mars.Quote:
Very funny + true!!! Thanks!
Against humor no exist weapons.
Against pinch-bar no exist adequate answer. Russian folk joke.
Not to mention that lots of people believe that the "Borat" character actually IS from Kazakhstan, and that the film was made there....
(Just because Sasha Barron-Cohen can't be fussed to actually open an atlas or an encycplaedia when selecting a setting for his films.)
The film was apparently made in a gypsy village in Romania, and anyone can see that "Borat" doesn't look Central Asian at all.
I started watching the film where Borat went to the US, but it was so terrible that I couldn't bring myself to continue watching.
http://cherrythian.com/images/borat.jpg
PS - I think that ParsleyIsle above needs help with the translation of the Russian proverb....
"Borat" is so stupid that it's sometimes funny.
The proverb is "против лома нет приёма", I believe. It means that:
either "There are no counter-arguments against brute force"
or "some complicated problems may be solved with a very direct and simple, rough method".
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PS - I think that ParsleyIsle above needs help with the translation of the Russian proverb....
That terrible phrase I'm fished up from Spanish parapentos/paragliderman - Rodríguez. It's how I'm realized to myself is pretty quaint phrase.Quote:
Nice very nice can do nice...
Против лома нет приема!
Power and might always make right. (From WWW http://interpereter.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/sayings/)
But seems like off-topic.
"Borat" it is discovery for me.
Thanks for respond... :beer:
Okay, so I haven't seen SALT yet either and I wasn't planning on it... maybe I should though.Quote:
Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
This whole "Hollywood" image of Russia and Russians goes back to why I joined this forum... I want Dmitri to be REAL not some joke of a Russian. My girls and I have learned soooooooo much already that their views have been irrefutably altered. No matter what they will be taught in school or see in films now, they will always question it. They have "met" all of you and know you. You are like their own Russian family. You each have a personality and view points that have helped them (and me) obtain a better understanding of what things are like and view points that they would never have been able to otherwise get. Oh my... look at me getting all mushy and philosophical here at the same time!
I struggled with where to post this one.. Practice English (British), Literature, Missing Olya, a new thread, or here under nonRussian Films... sigh...
I watched a "brilliant" BBC production of Christopher Reid's narrative poem, The Song of Lunch. The story tells about a book editor who after 15 years meets his former love for a nostalgic lunch in a SoHo Italian restaurant. Starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
The poem is very descriptive and Rickman does an amazing job of bringing it to life. It is about 50 minutes and is posted on YouTube.
The start of the poem....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5xPBNeIdPoQuote:
He leaves a message, a yellow sticky,
on the dead black
of his computer screen:
gone to lunch. i may be some time.
His colleagues won’t be seeing him
for the rest of the afternoon.
Rare joy of truancy, of bold escape
from the trap of work!
That heap of typescript can be left to dwell
on its thousand offences
against grammar and good sense;
his trusty blue pen
can snooze with its cap on;
nobody will notice.
He shuts the door on the sleeping dog
of his own departure,
hurries not too fast along the corridor,
taps the lift button, and waits.
To meet even one person
at this delicate juncture
would sully the whole enterprise.
But he’s in luck:
the lift yawns emptily,
he steps in, is enclosed
and carried downwards
to sunlight and London’s
approximation of fresh air.
With one bound he is free!
My choise is "12 Angry Men"Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
IMAX goes to Siberia. The first IMAX in Novosibirsk is announced to be opened next weekend. Tickets are available for booking. The first movie to be shown will be animation "Megamind".Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
A great two movies I've just watched:
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...0,214,314_.jpg
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...0,214,314_.jpg