I used to read LOTR from start to finish at least three times a year.True story.Originally Posted by ca_aok
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OK name three movies that you like.Probably it will say a lot about you .
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I used to read LOTR from start to finish at least three times a year.True story.
I'm nothing if not predictable.
OK name three movies that you like.Probably it will say a lot about you .
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I definitely used to read LOTR more than once/year and I don't even want to think about the total number of reads I've accumulated!
Bah, putting me on the spot like that
I did quite enjoy the LOTR movies. I was a big fan of the books and despite a few obvious problems and intentional story changes (I'm pretty sure I said "WTF" out loud when Faramir started taking Frodo and Sam back to Minas Tirith, for instance), I think they remain one of the best book->film adaptations I've seen. Probably because such adaptations are generally terrible.
I've also always loved the James Bond films (despite their clichéd nature, or perhaps because of it). I was quite annoyed that they're trying to "reboot" the series with Daniel Craig, completely removed the essence of the films as far as I'm concerned.
I'm also a big fan of Fight Club.
Most of what I watch is either standard action/thriller flicks or terrible college comedy movies (yes, I've seen the new American Pie films!). While pretty much artistically barren, I generally watch movies to be distracted or entertained so it works out well. I find it's often alot harder for me to set aside 2-3 hours for a film at a time anyway, so I often end up watching TV instead.
I am exposed to quite a bit of "art film" as it were, since my parents love watching that sort of thing and enjoy forcing them upon me. While I've realized I have no appreciation for stuff like Fellini's work (Roma? Seriously? No plot or character development but the cinematography in the ballroom scene won over 9000 awards!), I do occasionally see something I enjoy. We watched one recently called Flame & Citron that was quite good, about two danish resistance fighters during WWII.
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Not that anyone asked me, here are some movies I like:
La Haine (France, 1995)
Chan-Wook Park's vengeance trilogy which includes Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance (Korea, 2002, 2003, 2005)
El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth, Mexico/Spain, 2006)
No Man's Land (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Italy/France/UK/Belgium, 2001)
Tropa de Elite (Brazil, 2007)
That's it for now
Hors de prix is the one and only french movie I like.
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No need to be asked, just jump right in! It's not like these requests will ever be fulfilled
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Besides here is a difference between adhering to the essence of the Law and the letter of it.
Case in point I just took my sister and niece to the Ontario Science Center ( Harry Potter exhibit) and they had this booth outlining the Milgram experiment(look it up) and demonstrating blind obedience.
Long story short you were asked without explanation to walk a corridor of black and white tiles and only step on the black ones.Confoundedly almost everyone did( not me rebel that I am).Anyway at the end you learned that nothing bad happened by stepping on the white squares and that you are a blind idiot but that is how society operates or we would all be torching public schools and molesting poultry or something(honestly I didn't read it very carefully as I was more or less still preoccupied at that point with rebelling and finding a place to get pizza)
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Thank you for chiming in. I don't watch foreign movies as I oft should. I got around to queuing all 7 movies you recommended in uT. I'll let you know what I think (and probably ask you for more depending on how much I like them).
Funnily enough, I was at the Science exhibit (drove my friend from Ottawa to Toronto so he could meet his girlfriend who works there and surprise her) on Thursday. I walked down the black and white hallway abiding to the rules set at the start. Did see some fun stuff, though, I really liked the ascending beads' portrait or whatever it's supposed to be called (and got myself a marauder's map; don't judge me!).
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There's so much evil in yourself. Shame on you!My memory's going .The Pursuit of Happyness
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Besides here is a difference between adhering to the essence of the Law and the letter of it.
Case in point I just took my sister and niece to the Ontario Science Center ( Harry Potter exhibit) and they had this booth outlining the Milgram experiment(look it up) and demonstrating blind obedience.
Long story short you were asked without explanation to walk a corridor of black and white tiles and only step on the black ones.Confoundedly almost everyone did( not me rebel that I am
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).Anyway at the end you learned that nothing bad happened by stepping on the white squares and that you are a blind idiot but that is how society operates or we would all be torching public schools and molesting poultry or something(honestly I didn't read it very carefully as I was more or less still preoccupied at that point with rebelling and finding a place to get pizza)
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