However, my recommendation is to see another film I saw recently which is as good if not better as the Romulus film was bad. This film won the best foreign film award at the Oscars this year and I can't praise it highly enough. It's simply a masterpiece and one of the amazing thing is that it is the directors first film. I look forward to seeing more of his work. Don't read any reviews about "LIVES OF OTHERS" - just go and see it. You will not be disappointed as most of the four of us were tonight when we left the cinema after watching that other film. The good news about the Romulus film was it made me realise how good LIVES OF OTHERS was and hopefully will mean you will go and see it :) All I will say is that it is set in East Germany before the Berlin wall came down.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - "Must see film of 2007"
Tonight I went to see a film with a couple of friends starring Eric Bana and apparently it had received great reviews. That film was called "Romulus My Father" based upon a book which was a true story. I haven't seen such a depressing and lacklustre film for a long time. According to Helen Garner (The Monthly), "I know I will never forget it" - I know what she means. This awful film will stay with me for a long time. According to this review it's was a difficult subject matter but I'd like to save you some time and recommend you DO NOT SEE THAT FILM!!
However, my recommendation is to see another film I saw recently which is as good if not better as the Romulus film was bad. This film won the best foreign film award at the Oscars this year and I can't praise it highly enough. It's simply a masterpiece and one of the amazing thing is that it is the directors first film. I look forward to seeing more of his work. Don't read any reviews about "LIVES OF OTHERS" - just go and see it. You will not be disappointed as most of the four of us were tonight when we left the cinema after watching that other film. The good news about the Romulus film was it made me realise how good LIVES OF OTHERS was and hopefully will mean you will go and see it :) All I will say is that it is set in East Germany before the Berlin wall came down.
However, my recommendation is to see another film I saw recently which is as good if not better as the Romulus film was bad. This film won the best foreign film award at the Oscars this year and I can't praise it highly enough. It's simply a masterpiece and one of the amazing thing is that it is the directors first film. I look forward to seeing more of his work. Don't read any reviews about "LIVES OF OTHERS" - just go and see it. You will not be disappointed as most of the four of us were tonight when we left the cinema after watching that other film. The good news about the Romulus film was it made me realise how good LIVES OF OTHERS was and hopefully will mean you will go and see it :) All I will say is that it is set in East Germany before the Berlin wall came down.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Wet and Stormy New South Wales
Some people think that it's eternal sunshine down here in Australia but you might be surprised to know that at the start of Winter here (starts June 1), a number of areas have been hit by major rainfall causing flooding, wind and storms have washed a super tankers onto a beach and people have died as roads have collapsed. See here for news and pictures.
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