Mongol: This film is about the rise to power of Genghis Khan. I know very little of the history of Genghis Khan, except that he was meant to be a ruthless leader who took over a large part of the world. The film starts with Temudjin/Temujin as a child and his not particularly peaceful childhood. […]
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Film: Days of Glory (2006)
Days of Glory: A war film about North African soldiers, fighting for France, in world war 2. The discrimination shown in this film is very interesting – it’s apparently based on reality, but, I obviously don’t know that for a fact. The interestingness is that even though these soldiers were fighting to free France, and […]
Film: Assembly (2007)
Assembly: I’m not sure for what reason another war movie has made it onto my ‘normal’ list, but, I’m glad this one did – even though I didn’t fully understand what happened in the middle. As the synopsis says – this film is based on reality (as much as you can believe, anyway) of a […]
Movie: La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita: I guess this really isn’t my kind of film. It made very little sense to me, I wasn’t sure where it was going, what was happening, etc. Right at the beginning, where he meets Maddelena, it all seemed fairly okay. But then, with the other parties, and the oddness with the party with […]
Movie: La Haine (1995)
La Haine: I found this film a bit difficult to watch at first – not because it was gruesome, but simply because the subtitles were white, on an often very light background, making it a problem to read. It also seemed rather slow moving, with perhaps far too much time on character development, which made […]
Movie: Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy: I think I’ve been desensitized – I was warned that this was quite a violent movie, and rather gruesome in parts. It really is a very odd film – a man is locked up for 15 years, and has no idea why. He is then released, and is out for vengeance on whoever it […]
Movie: Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot: I thought this was a great film. The portrayal of life under the sea, in a submarine was excellent – the lack of space, being practically blind, food going bad, etc. That the characters grew beards over time was an amusing touch.Obviously some of these things are valid for most boats.I was concerned […]