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Yes!
Do you think that she ever [spoiler]met her daughter?[/spoiler] Seems a shame otherwise.
They allude to the other children of Edward, but never even show them, and this despite his son Edward the Black Prince being present at the Battle of Crecy, which they never name either.
Yeah, and Star Was is the same story seven times. That's why people go to sequels: to see more of what enjoyed before. If you don't like it, avoid sequels.
Actually Edward I was the first of the kings to really embrace English so it's not wrong that by the time of Edward III there would be something of a divide vis-a-vis language. Read more about it in A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain by Marc Morris.
Thought it was more interesting that we see a young Walter Brennan here as one of the burglars! A singing one at that!
Gave it a 5, but gave International House a 9. This one's just too over the top for me.
This was shown on TV once on New Year's Eve. After weeks of build up, I was greatly looking forward to it, but felt quite disappointed. Forty-some years later I saw it again tonight in a local revival, but still felt rather disappointed. It's just too over the top for me I guess.
This movie is reflecting the state of the Broadway show of the 1920s and early 30s. They were big grab bags of all kinds of different things. If you didn't like one bit, you would probably like the next. No need to have a through story line was present yet. That would come later in the decade with Showboat, but even that has at least one non-sequitur son (about Bill) in it.
Was surprised they didn't use Japanese music.
Also, reading Wikipedia, it seems one name for it is babushar, which is pretty close!
Perhaps my grandfather ran into a Romanian when in the army and heard about it.
The film is one of the stranger ones around, but worth it if you stick with it, and can see its humor. Hope you enjoy!
Sure, wherever it applies. The definition of Europe is quite nebulous anyway.
But don't you think the recent Italian "remake" of La Dolce Vita -- sorry that I don't recall the title at the moment -- is also something of a commentary on decadence in Italia?
Hey, thanks a lot!
Here's a photo of it from the film:
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My grandfather was born and lived half his life in Hungary. He used to speak of something like that, but called it a "buboosh". Wonder if there could be any connection...
They should get Alexander Payne to direct. Fits right in with About Schmidt and Nebraska.
Former school music teacher
One thing many here may not know: Germans tend to be much more comfortable with nudity than Americans are. Lots of nudity in bath houses and on beaches.
The messages are there, for any who look deeply enough.
You may think this weird, but it sort of reminded me of Sideways. Or anything directed by Alexander Payne, e.g. About Schmidt or Nebraska.
Or see Borat.
Felt it was a commentary on how decadent Europeans are becoming these days. Like DSK propositioning the maid in a NY hotel. We see decadence throughout the movie. People are uncaring about others for the most part, and narcissistically all wrapped into themselves. Even a nice get-together can't simply be that. They have to have a "car party" and ingest illegal drugs. Ines works and works, but never enjoys her life, nor gives any enjoyment to others. Her poor assistant is so desperate for even just a little feedback she is willing to get naked. Not surprising they're beyond the capability of having normal sex as well.
And I almost forgot to mention being in the business of making it easier for other companies to lay off their workers.
Basically it's good, but they were unable to come up with a good ending.
I wonder if they couldn't have gone for a cheeky, comedic ending.
It looked very deliberate to me, like, "Oh great, we're broke, my husband snores and now this isn't even a real champagne glass!"
Probably something the actor/director improvised on the spot.
Because it doesn't rain, but it pours, ya know?