Thread: Films & TV: Russian & Non - Q&As/Reviews/Links all in here!

Originally Posted by rockzmom

By any chance are you a fan of Married With Children?

As for me, I have fun watching Married With Children. But I dislike it's vulgar russian remake:

[video:118hrg7o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZKBIvqAVg[/video:118hrg7o]

And I've enjoyed a lot the "Frankestein Junior" movie! I've seen it 3 times and it never stops making me laugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKH2z32c ... re=related
[video:3652o7tl]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKH2z32cs4Q&feature=related[/video:3652o7tl]

Originally Posted by iriroma

And I've enjoyed a lot the "Frankestein Junior" movie! I've seen it 3 times and it never stops making me laugh

Ahhh, iriroma, it's Young Frankenstein! And you know what, I have NEVER seen that movie! We just watch your clip and are LAUGHING.

Originally Posted by Basil77

As for me, I have fun watching Married With Children. But I dislike it's vulgar russian remake:

Kelly sounds like a MAN! Now of course I have NO clue what they are saying; but, I am laughing because they have all the pieces correct, even giving the dog money!!! I am also thinking how can it be MORE vulgar???

Originally Posted by studyr

I love comedies the funnier the [s:3tpxrfj2]more[/s:3tpxrfj2] better. And I definitely like Married With Children.

My favorite short two line scene-

Peggy - "Hi honey, did you miss me?
Al - "With every bullet so far."

Studyr, thanks for cleaning up the graphic for me! Graphics are NOT my forté! I am very good with programs...Word, Excel, Acrobat and I used to hold my own with DOS, SuperCalc, Lotus 1-2-3, CP/M, and even Pascal... but alas those days are long gone! Like my memory, sanity, waistline....

Some Married with Children videos (sorry English only and no subtitles):

This one I showed to my girls before they were taking an important exam. It is funny because poor Kelly's brain actualy gets FULL! I think we can ALL relate to Kelly in this episode!
Synopsis: Hoping to win enough money to buy a new TV, Al persuades Kelly to enter a game show quiz, and tries to teach her all he knows about sports.

Kelly Knows Something Part1
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=TDYEWHPL

Kelly Knows Something Part 2
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=565734IT

This is just the first part of the episode that includes the line "With every bullet so far"
Synopsis: Al's vacation plans turn sour when the family get stuck in Chicago's holiday traffic.

We'll Follow the Sun, Part 1
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=R7CDZFTW


I also have the very first episode if anyone wants me to post that one, let me know.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Kelly sounds like a MAN! Now of course I have NO clue what they are saying; but, I am laughing because they have all the pieces correct, even giving the dog money!!! I am also thinking how can it be MORE vulgar???

I don't know why, but when I watch original MWC and hear Al Bundy's jokes, these jokes seem suitable and funny and I am laughing, but the same jokes translated into Russian performed by Gena Bukin sound vulgar. Despite this, I think that russian Al is not so bad, although the actor is too young for this role. The only star in russian version in my opinion is Sveta (Kelly) - she plays classical блондинко (word play - in Russian nouns have gender (masculine, feminine and neutral), so блондин means blond guy, блондинка means blond girl, and блондинко is word play: "o" at the end implies neutral gender (for example noun "tree" has neutral gender) and we have in result something like: blonde-as-dumb-as-a-tree), better then Kelly imao. But the rest characters are just rough fakes.
P.S I think Sveta's voice is rather sexy.

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Now of course I have NO clue what they are saying... I am also thinking how can it be MORE vulgar???

50% of it's fun stuff is about sex:

Dasha (about a birthday gift):
- I want something new this year
Gena:
- Should I learn a new pose?
Dasha:
- Learn an old one first...
...Lena:
- What if men had breasts?
Gena:
- We'd do without women
Dasha:
- If you had what a man has I'd do without batteries
Gena:
- So it was you who steals them from the remote

Originally Posted by Waterlaz

There's the other one I didn't mention: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time And I think this would be just right. I think you should start with this one.

Waterlaz,

We just finished watching The Girl Who Lept Through Time. Very good film and for those of you who don't like the usual feminine/unisex men or guys NOT looking like guys... the guys in this film DO look like guys!



The movie has a very nice twist to it towards the end that I will NOT give away; however, I will say that we were both VERY disappointed with the fact you are all set for Chiaki to kiss Makoto, and what does he do???? As he leans in and you are drawn in waiting, all excited, on the edge of your seat, hoping beyond hope, for Makoto for this kiss to happen....he whispers something in her ear instead! Daughter's response to this was not very appropriate for a 13 year old Her other complaint about the film was the tears that Makoto sheds. She does not like the way that they are drawn. Way to big an unrealistic for her likes.

Thanks again Waterlaz... good call on this one!!

Once again, if you would like to watch the movie with English subtitles, it is on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...me%20eng%20sub

and here http://stagevu.com/video/hqmgvudkncjs

Thanks again Waterlaz... good call on this one!!

You are welcome

Oh I've forgot to mention 2 more anime movies which I can call my favorite. They are suited for a more grown up audience though.
1) Genshiken

It's about people who's life is mostly concentrated on watching anime, reading manga and hentai doujinshi(pornographic manga with characters from famous anime).

2) Welcome to NHK!

The main character here is a hikikomori. He lives on his parents' money. He doesn't work(22 yrs old). He doesn't have any friends and comes out of his house only late at night when nobody can see him to buy some food.
He believes that all his troubles come from NHK. Originaly it's a Japaniese Broadcasting Corporation but he is convinced that this is a secret corporation with the only goal to make everybody else a hikikomori. And he suspects everyone in being their agent.

Since the thread has now been completely given over to discussion of anime, I'd just like to add that 'Death Note' is a very good series, as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiarit ... ional_Hunt
"Peculiarities of National Hunt" (Russian: Особенности национальной охоты)

It’s not my favorite but classic movie about tradition to drink alcohol (vodka) a lot or even more then a lot. Foreign guy Raivo from Finland write a book about russian hunt. Friend invites him to real hunt. Raivo dreams about special ancient customs, but this hunt is just all-day-long non-stop randan with a lot of fun moments. Raivo doesn’t speak Russian at all. But after drinking he can communicate with non-speaking-finish forester without any problems. It’s interesting that actor Ville Haapasalo who was Raivo in this movie stayed in Russia forever.

Phrases:

1. «Ну вы, блин, даёте..» is really very popular phrase but impossible to translate.
We use this phrase as a comment if somebody’s do something unreal, very strange.

2. Рашн элефант из зэ бэст фрэнд финиш элефант... – «Russian elephant is the best friend of finish elephant»

2. «Тост на охоте должен быть коротким как выстрел. Иначе времени на отдых не останется»
«Hunt toast should be short as a shot. Otherwise it could be not enough time for repose”.
(in this case repose means time for drinking)

3. A lot of short toasts like
«Ну за встречу» - «Well, to meeting» - Cheers
«Ну за дружбу» - «Well, to friendship» Cheers
«Ну, за искусство» - «Well, to Art» - Cheers

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Originally Posted by iriroma

And I've enjoyed a lot the "Frankestein Junior" movie! I've seen it 3 times and it never stops making me laugh

Ahhh, iriroma, it's Young Frankenstein! And you know what, I have NEVER seen that movie! I just watch your clip with Rockzana and we are LAUGHING. She wants me to get the movie ASAP!!!!

ASAP I found it in a few seconds and after being downloading it for two days I have only a half of it.

Originally Posted by studyr

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Originally Posted by iriroma

And I've enjoyed a lot the "Frankestein Junior" movie! I've seen it 3 times and it never stops making me laugh

Ahhh, iriroma, it's Young Frankenstein! And you know what, I have NEVER seen that movie! We just watch your clip and we are LAUGHING.

ASAP I found it in a few seconds and after being downloading it for two days I have only a half of it.

My library has a copy of it, so I have requested it and should have it in a couple of days!!! I might be able to watch it before you finish downloading it Studyr

mariale,

Welcome to the thread! I am so glad that you have joined Master Russian and decided to post a suggestion for a Russian movie!

I found this clip on Youtube, yet sadly for me it is not in English or with English subtitles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhNiEXbB9M

I hope you don't mind if I make some minor corrections to your English. If I have misunderstood your meaning, please let me know...

It’s not my favorite; but, it is a classic movie about the tradition to drink alcohol (vodka) a lot or even more [s:3dpk4hwb]then[/s:3dpk4hwb] than a lot. A [s:3dpk4hwb]F[/s:3dpk4hwb]foreign guy, Raivo, from Finland is writing [s:3dpk4hwb]write[/s:3dpk4hwb] a book about [s:3dpk4hwb]r[/s:3dpk4hwb]Russian hunts. A [s:3dpk4hwb]F[/s:3dpk4hwb]friend invites him to go on a real hunt. Raivo dreams about this special ancient custom[s:3dpk4hwb]s[/s:3dpk4hwb]; but, this hunt is just an all-day-long non-stop [s:3dpk4hwb]randan[/s:3dpk4hwb]random adventure (not certain if that is the word and expression you mean here) with a lot of funny moments. Also, it’s important to note, that Raivo, doesn’t speak any Russian at all; [s:3dpk4hwb]. B[/s:3dpk4hwb]but, after drinking he can communicate with non[s:3dpk4hwb]-speaking-[/s:3dpk4hwb][s:3dpk4hwb]finish[/s:3dpk4hwb] Finnish speaking, Forester, without any problems. It’s interesting that the actor, Ville Haapasalo, who [s:3dpk4hwb]was[/s:3dpk4hwb] portrayed Raivo in this movie, stayed in Russia forever after making this movie.

Phrases:

1. «Ну вы, блин, даёте..» is really very popular phrase but impossible to translate.
We use this phrase as a comment if somebody’s doing something unreal, very strange.

2. Рашн элефант из зэ бэст фрэнд финиш элефант... – «Russian elephant is the best friend of [s:3dpk4hwb]finish[/s:3dpk4hwb] Finnish elephant»

So, mariale, if I understand your summary correctly, Raivo does not speak Russian and Forester does not speak Finnish; yet, once Raivo and Forester get drunk, communication is no problem for them. The language of intoxication is universal.

Peculiarities of the National Hunting torrent, subtitles.

Originally Posted by mariale

It’s interesting that actor Ville Haapasalo who was Raivo in this movie stayed in Russia forever.

According to wikipedia, he is currently resides in Helsinki, Finland. There is another piece of information that may be interesting for local foreigners: "Although he is now fluent in Russian, he is still not familiar with Russian grammar."

Originally Posted by Полуношник

Originally Posted by mariale

It’s interesting that actor Ville Haapasalo who was Raivo in this movie stayed in Russia forever.

According to wikipedia, he is currently resides in Helsinki, Finland. There is another piece of information that may be interesting for local foreigners: "Although he is now fluent in Russian, he is still not familiar with Russian grammar."

His Russian is just wonderful. No accent. Only very rarely, in some words.
And I believe he almost lives in Russia, or, at least, he visits it very often and has here many friends. And since he all the time is being shot in Russian movies, it rightfully can be said that he "stayed in Russia forever".

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by "Полуношник":3kmmmt21

Originally Posted by mariale

It’s interesting that actor Ville Haapasalo who was Raivo in this movie stayed in Russia forever.

According to wikipedia, he is currently resides in Helsinki, Finland. There is another piece of information that may be interesting for local foreigners: "Although he is now fluent in Russian, he is still not familiar with Russian grammar."

His Russian is just wonderful. No accent. Only very rarely, in some words.[/quote:3kmmmt21]
Well, it could be a new advise for "Getting started": take part in a cult Russian movie and in a couple of sequels.
He studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Art according to the very same wikipedia article. It can explain his excellent Russian.

Originally Posted by Полуношник

He studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Art according to the very same wikipedia article. It can explain his excellent Russian.

Yes, he did. But before that he didn't know any word in Russian.
I knew a French girl who finished Shukin Drama School in Moscow, and yet, after 4 years of studying she had an accent. But... maybe she was not that good in drinking vodka with her Russian classmates.

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by "Полуношник":2hqhmzzq

He studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Art according to the very same wikipedia article. It can explain his excellent Russian.

Yes, he did. But before that he didn't know any word in Russian.
I knew a French girl who finished Shukin Drama School in Moscow, and yet, after 4 years of studying she had an accent. But... maybe she was not that good in drinking vodka with her Russian classmates. [/quote:2hqhmzzq]

So it's settled. If I want my girls to have the perfect Russian accent, they need to get hired for a film over there and/or attend either the St. Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Art OR The Moscow Art Theater!

Okay all you would be casting agents and directors... if you are in need of two very adorable award winning sisters with valid passports and an ear for languages (unlike their poor mother), send me a PM!!

rockzmom

Thanks a lot for your corrections.
I like your point about

“the language of intoxication is universal”.

I had got word «randan» from Google translator when typed «попойка» (popoi’ka). It also gave me «drunk» and «buster».

And I think your character Dmitri could uses russian word «blin» sometimes. Although this word is impolite it’s very popular in informal language.