Hee! We should get buttons that says: "Singing Nuns Defined My Life."
You totally should visit Norway! I would happily support any such endeavour!
And yes to old movies. Particularly stuff like Casablanca, and the classical Hollywood films from the 1940's and 50'. They are just so much fun. (at least some of them. I've just recently had to watch some John Ford films from the late 1930's and they are so racist it is actually painful to watch them. For instance Prisoner of Shark Island, which I think beats Birth of a Nation in the use of horrific stereotypes.)
True, yet Prisoner of Shark Island at least comes fairly close. There is something so fundamentally wrong with the whole film, that I am a bit aghast that people manage to write about it without succumbing to rage. (Goodness knows I had difficulty doing so). One of the strangest reviews argued for the film's actuality, since it showed a man wrongfully imprisoned "just like the prisoners of Guantanamo". Though that analogy is interested to a certain degree, I think it gives a film with too much vile content too much credit and actuality.
ETA: Also, I have a slight irritability with the implication that history or fiction about historical events are important only because they relate to a current issue. Quiet a lot of historical events are important in and of themselves, and don't need a more modern partner.
The other two film's are noted. Recs are always welcome.
Top five memes are wonderful! They are fun to do, and it is even more fun to read other peoples answers. I must admit that the Top Five Movie list was one of the hardest, and I really debated what films to include. In the end I ended up with a mix of films that combined both a
Though hopefully he will not personally take up pillaging as a hobby!Hee! Well, if its any comfort the big focus in Norway is on vikings as traders and craftsmen. We're not too fond of the pillaging thing. (perhaps it is a post-Lindisfarne syndrome? ;P)And I'm not just saying that to increase your desire to visit, though if it does I wouldn't mind
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The picture was taken by my mom about two weeks ago. The man you can see is my dad. My parents were on a cruise to the North Cape. I uploaded all the pictures they took to a printing service earlier this week. So I couldn't resist posting one here. :)
I'm glad you did! It is always fun to see photos of known places taken by people you don't know. It helps you look at things in a new light I think. And I hope you parents had a nice trip, and that the weather treated them well. It can be quiet horrible this time of year. (It can be quiet rainy in July, due to the hot weather on the continent. )
I'm actually more inclined to watch a film once I know it has Joseph Cotton in it - and "The Third Man" is just wonderful on so many levels. Though the music is like the worst earworms in the history of annoying soundtracks.
And yes, when it is behaving Bergen can be very lovely. (Though at the moment it has decided that thunder is the way to go, and I've just recently got my electricity back after four hours. Fun times...)
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You totally should visit Norway! I would happily support any such endeavour!
And yes to old movies. Particularly stuff like Casablanca, and the classical Hollywood films from the 1940's and 50'. They are just so much fun. (at least some of them. I've just recently had to watch some John Ford films from the late 1930's and they are so racist it is actually painful to watch them. For instance Prisoner of Shark Island, which I think beats Birth of a Nation in the use of horrific stereotypes.)
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True, yet Prisoner of Shark Island at least comes fairly close. There is something so fundamentally wrong with the whole film, that I am a bit aghast that people manage to write about it without succumbing to rage. (Goodness knows I had difficulty doing so). One of the strangest reviews argued for the film's actuality, since it showed a man wrongfully imprisoned "just like the prisoners of Guantanamo". Though that analogy is interested to a certain degree, I think it gives a film with too much vile content too much credit and actuality.
ETA: Also, I have a slight irritability with the implication that history or fiction about historical events are important only because they relate to a current issue. Quiet a lot of historical events are important in and of themselves, and don't need a more modern partner.
The other two film's are noted. Recs are always welcome.
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I must admit that the Top Five Movie list was one of the hardest, and I really debated what films to include. In the end I ended up with a mix of films that combined both a
Though hopefully he will not personally take up pillaging as a hobby!Hee! Well, if its any comfort the big focus in Norway is on vikings as traders and craftsmen. We're not too fond of the pillaging thing. (perhaps it is a post-Lindisfarne syndrome? ;P)And I'm not just saying that to increase your desire to visit, though if it does I wouldn't mind ( ... )
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And I hope you parents had a nice trip, and that the weather treated them well. It can be quiet horrible this time of year. (It can be quiet rainy in July, due to the hot weather on the continent. )
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Gosh Bergen looks gorgeous.
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And yes, when it is behaving Bergen can be very lovely. (Though at the moment it has decided that thunder is the way to go, and I've just recently got my electricity back after four hours. Fun times...)
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