The Last Of The Mohicans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tiKM4fxY1U&NR=1
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The Last Of The Mohicans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tiKM4fxY1U&NR=1
I remember "The last of the mohicans". It was a good and interesting movie.
I recently saw the latest Batman movie, it was entertaining. But my favorites are the epics as "The Ten Commandments" and "Ben Hur".
Also the earlier movies had better arguments.
In its book form the The Last of the Mohicans is a good story but the English in its original form is cumbersome for modern readers because it's the English of about 200 years ago when Cooper wrote the story. I like the tale because it's set in the area of NY State where I live. :barretina:Cita:
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The Last of the Mohicans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I didn't like the newest Batman film as much as the other two in the series. It seemed a bit over-the-top and, in places, bizarre to anyone familiar with Batman legendary (i.e. Bane is turned into an anarchistic, deformed mastermind from North Africa [judging by the location of the prison where he's kept] for the movie when he's actually supposed to be a South Amerian terrorist- yes I often nitpick such things :barretina:). I actually thought that the best characters were Michael Caine's portrayal of Alfred the butler and the brief appearance by Liam Neeson as Rā's al Ghūl.
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Yes, I agree. For me the first film of the new saga was very good, the second was good and the third acceptable.
What happens is that when a movie is very good the people always expects that future films will be much better and usually this does not happen
Batman Begins is my favorite Batman film ever. Christian Bale did a good in it job of portraying an angry and vengeful Bruce Wayne but it was already old by the second film and stale by the third film. I think that Rā's al Ghūl should've been made to survive the first film since, probably even moreso than Joker, he is Batman's ultimate foe.Cita:
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Films often begin good and wind up turning mediocre. The one exception that I can think of at the moment is The Empire Strikes Back, which was far superior to Star Wars (or any of the other films in the series- probably because George Lucas didn't direct it).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lohC420duVk
Creepy. I tried to embed the link and it came up with the OP's Youtube link (Last of the Mohicians). I watched some of this movie today, the 1977 Jesus of Nazareth.
Thanks for the link, I remember that movie, was one of the best movies about our Lord Jesuchrist together with "King of Kings" (1961, filmed in Spain), this is one of the parts I remember the most, there Jesus reads a passage from Isaiah and he says to the audience that the prophecy contained in that passage is being fulfilled before their eyes.Cita:
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Some time ago I saw an American documentary film about Argentina in 1932, is very interesting and lasts nine minutes. It seeks to reflect to the American public as was Argentina at that time. I leave the link.
Romantic Argentina 1932 - YouTube
"King of Kings"(1961), the sermon of the mount
King of Kings (1961) - Sermon of the Mount - YouTube
A short part of the finale of Unforgiven, probably Clint Eastwood's best movie, where he plays one of his best roles as William Munny- an elderly, cynical, and repentant man who was a vicious bandit and gunfighter in his youth. The conflict of him being ashamed of his past and still being a violent man at heart is pretty well-acted. The second scene is where William Munny kills Little Bill, the brutish sherrif with an exchange about William Munny being cursed to hell and saying 'Yeah'. Good movie, much more character-driven than the Dollars movies of Clint's earlier years.
Great movie moments - Unforgiven 1992 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDkYZWeeVg
King of Kings was a good movie but Jesus of Nazareth is probably the best of them all. This is a good part from it too.Cita:
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JESUS OF NAZARETH: I COME NOT TO BRING PEACE, BUT A SWORD - YouTube
Yes, that movie was very good. The characters have a more complex personality than in other western movies of Clint Eastwood.Cita:
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I really liked the spaghetti western directed by Sergio Leone, my favorite is "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966).
The end of the movie, is epic
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly Finale - YouTube
A scene from Troy. Not a bad film, especially since the mythology was not included.
Troy - Achilles vs Boagrius - YouTube
And another, the final battle of noble Hector and beastly Achilles. Hector was considered by the Church in olden times to be one of the virtuous pagans. :o One of his quotes from Homer's tale, the Iliad, is "One omen is best: defending the fatherland."Cita:
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Achilles suffered a proper fate- to be shot by an arrow and slain by the bow of Hector's cowardly and lustful brother Paris.
Achilles VS Hector [HD] 720p - YouTube
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I like this scene from Gettysburg. Based on actual history, romanticized, but this is the charge of Chamberlain's Union regiment on Little Round Top on an advancing column of Confederates-- out of ammunition the Northern soldiery charged with bayonets and swept the Southern soldiers off the field.
Gettysburg - Chamberlain´s Charge (DVD-rip) - YouTube
More Americans died in this war than in any other war in our history- and we were fighting each other rather than foreign enemies. It's also a romanticized time since there were many gallant officers and soldiers on both sides, such as General Lee.
I think this is why you see the US Civil War play in so many western films, like the Trilogía de los dolares. The "Man With No Name" was a Confederate veteran I believe.
Yes, it is a very good movie. The Romans considered descendants of the Trojans according to the narrative of the Aeneid and admired Hector.Cita:
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It is also true that in many cases the old legends have a background of truth. Some sugest that it is possible that the misterious Etruscans were descendants of the Trojans. It is one of the theories about their origin.
Some of the Greek historians like Herodotus circulated the belief that the Etruscans originated in Lydia in Asia Minor (i.e. in the area of the Hittite Empire) but, in the Aeneid, I believe they were already long-established there. I think that the Romans tended to follow the Greek beliefs. The conjecture that the Etruscans originated in Asia Minor does seem to have some truth to it. The migration from Lydia to Italy would've taken place at about the time of the so-called bronze age collapse which shattered most of the ancient empires (Hittite, Mycenae, Egypt, which recovered but never to its former glory, etc.). This is the timeframe of the Trojan War (dated during the Christian period to have been 1194bc to 1184 bc, I believe), the era of the Judges in Israel, where the Philistines appear as enemies of the Israelites (the Philistines originated in Caphtor- or Crete), and so on.Cita:
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DNA Analysis Has Cleared Up The Origins of the Etruscans - Softpedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_collapse
But yes Troy is a decent film. I used to dislike it because it wasn't true to Homer's poem but now I appreciate the film purely on its own merits.
A scene from Iron Man.
Iron Man to the Rescue - Iron Man (8/9) Movie CLIP (2008) HD - YouTube
Yes, the film is not entirely faithful to the book of Homer, filmmakers usually change much the stories to make them more marketable.Cita:
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I remember seeing another movie about Troy where Paris is shown as a brave warrior.
Unfortunately it also happens even in biblical movies, I remember seeing a movie about Noah's ark in which mix the universal flood story with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Very good scene.The first Iron Man movie was very entertaining , but as usually happens the second part was not very goodCita:
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Iron Man 2had its entertainment value, especially with the appearance of War Machine. However the first film was brilliant and Downey was equally brilliant as Tony Stark.Cita:
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I think this thread can be renamed "The Film Thread." ;P
I've got an inkling to watch Young Guns again, a highly fictionalized movie about Billy the Kid (played by Emilio Estevez, 1/4 Spanish from his father aka Ramon Estevez aka Martin Sheen who is 1/2 Spanish & 1/2 Irish).
Young Guns Intro 1988 - YouTube
I don't think I've met a Spaniard who dislikes Westerns to be perfectly honest. :O I think this is a point of commonality between the USA and Spain and the countries descended from Spain- the mythos of the cowboy/vaquero. :O :)
There is a thread (in Spanish) about how the American cowboy is actually of Spanish origin, despite the false image created by Hollywood:
http://hispanismo.org/hispanoamerica...de-donana.html
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In Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil inhabited the gauchos, were very good riders and brave warriors. They fought in the wars of independence and civil wars of the nineteenth century. Also were good workers in rural tasks.
The most famous books on Argentina are "El gaucho Martín Fierrro"(1872) and "la vuelta de Martín Fierro"(1879) of Jose Hernandez, which tells the story of a persecuted gaucho, in the last decades of the nineteenth century the Gauchos were persecuted by the liberal elites.
Their core values were courage, hospitality, friendship, generosity, in fact today in Argentina "hacer (make) una gauchada" means doing a favor.
Gaucho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article talks about their fighting style and about the most famous gaucho Juan Moreyra, is very interesting
SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Gauchos and Knife Fighting
Actually, gaucho literature is a whole literary genre, Martín Fierro being the best known book in the genre. You should also read some gaucho poetry, although I don't know if it is available in English. But there should be translations of the Martín Fierro.
The Chilean equivalent of the gaucho is the huaso. The expresión "hacer una gauchada" is also common in Chile. And in fact, there are continental rodeo championships where riders from all over Hispanic America, including Brazil, take part. And there are local competitions in the different countries also. I once attended one in Colombia and the riders looked as if they had stepped out of a Western movie, except that they all spoke Spanish. In some Mexican movies, like the recent one about the Cristeros, as well as many others, you see the villages and the village people and it all looks very Western-like. That's only natural, since the West of the U.S.A. used to be part of Mexico, until it was conquered in a war. That's why you see so many Spanish toponyms in the Southwestern U.S. and why all the vocabulary related to cowboys is Spanish or words coming from Spanish (rodeo, corral, rancho, chaps, remuda, saloon, lassoo, lariat, buckaroo, hoosgow, burro, bandolier, patio, desperado, bronco, mestizo, coyote, calaboose, munstang, chaparral, pueblo, tornado, sombrero, vamoose, etc.), although in some cases the pronunciation and/or spelling make them unrecognizable.
We could make a cowboy thread in English..
In this site are available good translations of "El Gaucho Martín Fierro" and "La vuelta de Martín Fierro".Cita:
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Works and texts relating to the Kavanagh family
As you said, the gaucho literature is a literary genre and Martin Fierro is the best known book of gaucho literature.
Other very good books about gaucho literature are Juan Moreira, Don Segundo Sombra, Santos Vega and many others.
The Dark Knight Returns Part II.The best Batman movie in years, based on the 1986 Frank Miller graphic novel- the climax of the movie is where Batman fights with (and beats) Superman before dying (apparently) because of a heart attack.
"I Want you to remember the one Man who beat you" - Batman to Superman - YouTube
A great scene from the movie Ben Hur, one of the best movies of all time. In this scene Judah Ben Hur (a fictional character) meets Jesuchrist.
Ben Hur meets Jesus - YouTube
Solomon Kane. A bloody good film- the Puritan avenger is one of my favorite literary characters to come out of the writings of Robert E. Howard.
Solomon Kane (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solomon Kane is a 2009 epic action film directed by Michael J. Bassett based on the pulp magazine character Solomon Kane created in 1928 byRobert E. Howard. James Purefoy stars in the title role.[2] Despite optioning the rights in 1997, filming did not begin until January 2008. The film is an origin story for the Kane character and intended to be the first of a trilogy. The plot follows a redemption story for Kane, from the end of his life as aprivateer, through the salvation of his soul by rescuing a Puritan girl and the beginning of his life as the Puritan avenger of the source material. It was produced by a consortium of French, Czech and British companies and mostly filmed in the Czech Republic. The film was first shown at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. It went on general release in France, Spain and the UK over the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. Reception was generally favourable, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 64% following the UK/US release; the film's atmosphere and Purefoy's acting attracted the most acclaim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBwQsOwEeM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avuGAnzC7co
The Untouchables.
The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime drama directed by Brian De Palma and written by David Mamet. Based on the book The Untouchables, the film stars Kevin Costner as government agent Eliot Ness. It also stars Robert De Niro as gang leader Al Capone and Sean Connery as Irish-American officer Jimmy Malone. The film follows Ness' autobiographical account of the efforts of him and his Untouchables to bring Capone to justice during Prohibition.
The Untouchables was released on June 3, 1987, and received positive reviews. Observers praised the film for its approach, as well as its direction. The film was also a financial success, grossing $76 million domestically. The Untouchables was nominated for four Academy Awards, of which Connery received one for Best Supporting Actor.
The Untouchables (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The best character was Malone, Sir Sean Connery's character, the crusty old Irish Catholic cop. He hated Italians and was a follower of St. Jude (as far as the movie is concerned, which is based partly upon the writings of Eliot Ness) . His death in the movie was memorable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d5jXDvrOu4
One of the best Brian De Palma's films. I really like the "StairwayShootout" scene, a brilliant homage to the "Odessa stairs" scene in Battleship Potemkin.
The Exorcist.
Some foul language ahoy. Chilling! This is my favorite horror film. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5Zo1icEQL7U
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The Exorcist.
Some foul language ahoy. Chilling! This is my favorite horror film. :)
This year the film has fulfilled 40 years and it has not lost any of its original catholic message sought by the great couple who made this masterpiece of Film History, which were the director William Friedkin (which, curiously, is not catholic) and the screenwritter W. P. Blatty (who inspired himself in a real case).
And, what was this mesagge which they tried to comunicate (as they had, by the by, recently remember, when Friedkin said in an interview that he didn´t intended a horror or scary film, but a Faith film) to the agnostic current world? A simple thing, but very important thing: that the devil exists; and if the devil exists, then God exists; and if God exists, all we will be judged by God in the other life; and that the devil and the sin can be overcome, but only with the grace and the power of true God, i.e., the grace and power that only can come from Christ, through the channel of his Holy Mother the Virgin Mary, and distributed by the ministers of the Holy Wife of Christ, the Catholic Church, through the sacraments (especially the Holy Sacrifice of Mass) and, in second order, through the sacramentals (the ritual of exorcism is a sacramental).
This film is not only a work of art, but is one of the best catholic films of 7th Art History (and this is the reason the "official" critics hate and detest this film, or try to trivialice it labelling it as only a "scary or horror" movie).
My first time seeing El Cid- quite an amazing movie. :barretina:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqFWBNB2xfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8yOdAqBFcQ
The film adaptation of Return of the King. The book is much better than the film.
I love the charge of the men of Rohir on Pelennor Field. :O
Tolkien was an amazing author. I think one has to be an Anglosaxon Catholic to truly understand what JRRT was about. :D o/
One Man's Hero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One Man's Hero is a 1999 film starring Tom Berenger and directed by Lance Hool. The film has the distinction of being the last film released by Orion Pictures' arthouse division Orion Classics, and the final film released by Orion altogether.
The film is a dramatization of the true story of Jon Riley and the Saint Patrick's Battalion, a group of Irish Catholic immigrants who desert from the mostly Protestant U.S. Army to the mostly Catholic Mexican side during the Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848.
The Godfather. I know a few Sicilians and they're pretty intense people. :no3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIBpHO1gZgQ