At 9/5/10 05:25 PM, Haggard wrote:
At 9/5/10 03:50 PM, Auz wrote:
Well I always try to find original versions of anything, because dubbing always makes things look silly and feel like it's not the way it was intended to be. I can imagine it would seem extra silly if the German people in the movie are dubbed as well.
If I remember correctly that german soldier in Saving Private Ryan wasn't dubbed because he already spoke german. But it kills the atmosphere, because a guy that translates german into german to other people that where speaking german just a minute ago... it's just silly and one of the major disadvantages of dubbing movies.
Yes that's incredibly silly. I'm sure it'd annoy the hell out of me, so I'm glad they keep almost every movie in English here and just add subtitles. I know other people find it annoying, but you'll get used to them.
Heh, the beginning is the very violent scene where the Americans are being slaughtered by German machine guns on the beach right? I'd be glad I never had to go through that as well :p
Yep, that's the beginning. And yeah, I'm glad I never get to be a soldier as well.
If I had to go into the army I'd probably be the most unmotivated, lazy soldier they've ever had.
Interesting plot. I like how it's a real story that was considered so unimportant that it was never in any war records, while actually many people died in vain there because of a silly mistake.
Don't know if the story really happened this way, but the movie is very intense nevertheless especially because of that last line. If you watch this movie it's just like as if you are with those kids there at the bridge and I know many people who had tears in their eyes at the end of the movie. And then? "This whole incident was too unimportant and never got mentioned in any official report" BAM! It's like someone just hit you in the face with a hammer.
Exactly. That last line is very impressive.
And I'm sure they've altered the story a little to spice it up. If it wasn't in any record they must've relied on the guys memories and those must've become foggy over the years. But I suppose most of it would be true.
If you ever get the chance to watch this movie, you should do so. Sure, it's very outdated now, but still a very good movie.
Also interesting: Everyone who played a major role in this movie had a very succesful acting carreer. Most (if not all, too lazy to check) are still active and still very famous in germany.
Hmm so I guess it might be a pretty big movie in Germany then?
I doubt I will ever get a chance to watch it unless I really go searching for the DVD at amazon or something. It doesn't sound like anything they'd broadcast on TV here.
That is true, but not many German people are that charming and good with having conversations with people.
I guess not many people are that charming, no matter where they are from. :P
Heh true. Although a lot of girls here seem to fall for the charms of Italians, no matter how they look.
At 9/6/10 03:37 AM, ThePigeonMaster wrote:
At 9/5/10 03:46 PM, Auz wrote:
I think it has been English ever since the American civil war ended? I don't know, I'm not that familiar with the 19th century American history.
I think it was because the French empire lost after the defeat of Napoleon. That made England the most powerful kingdom in Europe, and the US becoming the most powerful nation after World War II, was the final step :P
Sounds more logical :p
Heh, I don't think many people speak perfect French here because hardly anyone can be arsed to learn it. I know plenty of people who go and study Dutch, English, Spanish or Italian, but nobody who does French even though France is our #1 holiday destination.
English became obligatory in most elementary schools here, specially in cities that are next to the north border. It's nice to see that in your country, a lot of people decide to learn another language because they actually want. Most people here think that just knowing English will solve their lives and/or because they took a class of that when they were in school.
I think they're starting to make it obligatory in elementary schools here as well, when students are about 11 years old.
And well, I guess we like to learn other languages because hardly anyone speaks Dutch outside of Holland and we often go to France, Italy and Spain when we're going on a vacation. We're pretty much forced to learn other languages.
Heh, I thought French could be my 3rd language when I got the notice that I was going to take French classes in High School. But I was wrong. If I have the opportunity, I may learn some Portuguese or perhaps a bit of German. And yeah, I'm already aware that German is kinda difficult and maybe even harder than French.
I don't know if Germany would be harder. I didn't have as much trouble with it as with French, but that might be because German is closer to Dutch than French.
If I had to pick a third language, I'd probably go for German as well.
But yeah, in almost any university studies you'll probably have to deal with a lot of people coming from abroad and you're simply handicapped if you can not communicate with them. I say learning English is a must for university degrees.
I have to agree with that. English is the most spoken language (besides Chinese) in the world, as a native language plus as a 2nd one. Not to mention it is also very helpful and useful in the career that I plan to study. There are some classes that doctors come with a bunch of copies of an article and they tell us to read it and make an essay about it, but it's written in English. For those who already speak it will be a piece of cake. But for those who doesn't, they will have serious problems surviving at the career.
Indeed, I think you can expect from a doctor that he speaks English, since he probably has to communicate well with a lot of different people in his career.
In my field of engineering I'll probably be dealing with a lot of people from outside of Holland, so English is a must for me as well.
At 9/6/10 07:01 AM, Bahamut wrote:
At 9/5/10 03:50 PM, Auz wrote:
Lol, fine with me. Hilversum is that way :p
Alright then, I only have one more thing to ask. How do I donate BBC3 to your country?
Just go to a town called Hilversum and find a good spot to drop the studio.
Didn't you also talk about that once? Something with Wii shovelware games...?
Yeah, I've talked about Wii shovelware.
That might have been in some other rant then.
Lol yeah. But it wasn't like that single was rereleased during Christmas right? Wasn't it some kind of joke people on the internet pulled? I did put a smile on my face when I heard that song became #1.
Actually, it got #1 due to people mass buying the song on iTunes, Amazon and such. We may have cheated but it had to be done.
Lol. Yes, it had to be done. A statement had to be made.
Oh uh... I don't know all that much about the series before Metroid Prime. I thought it was awesome ever since the first one. Anyway, in that case I'll try Super Metroid sometime.
Yep, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion and Metroid Zero Mission are all awesome.
Alright! I'll see if I can get my hands on those.
From the metal fans I know, the majority of them also likes general, classic and psychedelic rock which is pretty logical I guess cause the genres are basically all on the same branch. I don't know what guys in Metal Hell like, but I WOULD BE surprised if it was rap, dance or modern pop music.
Those are the least favourable genres over there but the main non-metal/rock genres that pops up are electronic and ambient.
I see. So Daft Punk I guess and... I'm not familiar with the ambient genre.
Not the best idea perhaps, but I'd hate to listen to his crappy music all the time.
Luckily it's not all the time but it does happen too often.
Damn :(
Well you could step up to him and complain about it...
