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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Japanese translations
I have no ida what they were saying in Japanese, but the translation into English was not even competent English, e.g., "WHOM made that sword for you..." and others...
At the Earth's Core (1976)
Fromage
This is without a doubt the CHEESIEST piece of fromage in the cosmos. Thank god most of the contributors to the movie have passed on, so they no longer have to justify their own existence; but a demented cheeese master would deny being a part of it.
Dos tipos duros (2003)
this is a brilliant movie
Those who give it mediocre reviews just can't appreciate all the subtle messages. Just sayin'.
Wonder Woman (2017)
GAL Gadot
I thought "Gal" was just another Hollywood attempt to be clever: BOY, was I wrong. GAL GADOT is an Israeli name. Gal Gadot, pronounced Gahl Gadott is the real thing. She served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) as an instructor of physical conditioning. She is also accomplished in martial arts and languages. I have an Israeli friend who brags that he speaks five language, but not one of them without an accent. I don't know how many languages Gal actually speaks, but her accents are spot on.
Aerial America (2010)
Leftist outlet?
I was shocked that when covering my state, the narration went "(in essence) Poor little Michael Moore waited outside the executives' offices but never got in (presumably to tell them how the world works.) The corporate-greedy executives then proceeded to export all our jobs to Mexico, leaving Detroit a wasteland." Michael Moore's side--unbridled, unbalanced, never giving any alternate interpretation. Has the Smithsonian become a leftist megaphone?
Adolf Island (2019)
Lacking in charm
There was no context given in this documentary. I was unaware of the issue, so I was very interested in context. I tuned in a bit late, but the presenter never mentioned where the island was, but refered to as "on British soil." Nowhere did I see or hear that "Adolph Island" was in the Channel Islands off the French coast. At no time did the presenter mention that during WWII, the Channel Islands were evacuated of British citizens because Britain could not defend them against Nazi occupation. The impression I was left with was that somehow Britain had colluded with the Nazis. The final straw was that she slammed the authorities of Alderney for their lack of cooperation. As an archaeologist, I would never slam my hosts like that. The hosts are allowing the archaeological study to proceed, and there are always restrictions. Her snide comments were unprofessional.
Goya en Burdeos (1999)
Love this movie
Not only is it a filmatic gem, certain scenes stick to me like my shadow. In one scene, Goya and an art dealer are discussing paintings by Velazquez. Both are chattering on, yet the audience doesn't realize that they are speaking two different languages. The communication is wide open, but Goya is speaking Spanish while the dealer is speaking Italian.
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
Anthony Quinn as a Tennessee mountain man?
First review above slams the people of the hills of Tennessee, assuming that they are backward, in-bred people. It's too late now, but I would have objected strenuously to that misguided garbage. The reviewer probably never met a real hillbilly, and no, "Deliverance" is not about real people, it's a fictional account invented in Hollywood. Please, you idiots, stop slamming mountain people. You don't even know any.
The problem I see with the movie is casting Anthony Quinn as a mountain man. I never saw any backgrounder that said he was an immigrant from Italy, Greece, or Mexico who moved to the mountains. With the character name they gave him, I assume they were seriously trying to palm Anthony off as a Tennessean. I did notice that they never actually showed his lips moving when he was delivering his lines: Anthony's accent wasn't identifiable as such, but it certainly wasn't TN mountains. I may well be missing something. But, one thing I'm not missing is the outright prejudice, and even hate, I see for the people of the mountains. Shame!
See My Lawyer (1945)
Carmen Amaya
I am a student of Flamenco music, and I can tell you that Carmen Amaya is a major talent and genius of the art of Flamenco. Other videos I have seen show her singing and rapping out (nodillos) Flamenco's complex rhythmic patterns with her knuckles on a wood table. Like Nat King Cole and Fred Astaire, she was able to express her music vocally, through dance and with any rhythmic device at her disposal