I'm an insomniac film nut who doesn't go out much at the mo, and another thing is a lot of the stuff I'm posting I already have in AVI format....but the FLV YouTube versions are just as good but half the size, so I'm replacing the bigger files for the smaller ones so I can fit more on my creaking external hard drives.
When it comes to films and history docs I'm a bit of a kleptomaniac. Find it, drop it, store it and watch it later.
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
and as I hunker down at the bottom of my foxhole, the stink of cordite hanging heavy in the air, here goes a few more mills bombs over the sandbag line:
- DeathWatch - nice little creepy WW1 horror thriller - Eichmann - biopic of the bad lad Nazi - The Lost Batallion - plucky WW1 doughboys tell the hun NUTS! - Lord Of War - Nick Cage and guns guns guns - CHAOS - mindbender whodunnit - Breaker Morant - Boer War era courtroom drama - The Assassination Bureau - Olly Reed & Diana Rigg Victoriana thriller
As Militades said to his plucky Athenians at the Battle of Marathon..... AT THEM!
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
Some more goodies from Sandy Claws' Sack O Delights
- The Devil's Backbone - very good Spanish gothic ghost story set in a boys orphanage during the Spanish Civil War. English hard coded subs
- Transporter 2 (links to 3 in the side bar) - Crying Freeman - martial arts assassin flick - The Last Man On Earth - Vincent Price does an I Am Legend - Masada Ep1 (links to other 3 episodes in sidebar) - series about the Roman siege at Masada in Judea with Peter O Toole and a cast o thousands - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Dead Snow - Danish comedy horror with zombie Nazis (english dubbed) - Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires = classic Hammer Horror flick that was a collaboration with the Hong Kong Shaw Brothers studios
Now we head east for some classic Wu Jia wire fu fun
- Iron Monkey - Donnie Yen classic n Englsh dub - House Of Flying Daggers english dub - Hero english dub - Fearless (hit CC for the subs) Directors Cut - Curse Of The Golden Flower subbed - The Four - hard subbed - Mural - hard subbed - The Monkey Goes West - hit CC for subs - Red Cliff 1 - hit CC for subs - Red Cliff 2 - hit CC for subs
and http://www.youtube.com/user/aumurg/videos - a treasure trove of Wu Jia classic films all subbed
Well HHAD chums, if you are a fan of war films, then for you Tommy Atkins Krystmass haz come early.
One of my most beloved films is the epic U boat tale DAS BOOT (the Boat). This German masterpiece sets the standard when it comes to war films, dealing with the issues of war, confinement, disillusionment, and the stress of being a U boatman.....a member of an arm of the service that suffered 75% deaths. Any real film buff or fan of war films will cite this one as one of the best ever made.
Now, Das Boot is a bit of a man for all seasons. You see there are three different versions of it. There is the much slimmed down 1hr40m Theatrical Cut. There is the longer and more in depth nearly 3hr long Directors Cut.
Then there is the legendary Original Cut...... one that was only shown on TV in Germany, Holland and the UK by the then very brave BBC in three parts. This cut is always considered the best, despite being split up it runs in total at well over 4 1/2 hours, and has in it all the deeper characterization and a number of what were considered "controversial" scenes that the shorter cuts had to loose. It also has a narration by one of the characters that was missing from the other cuts, which adds to the background story telling. With this version each character is fully fleshed out, and their pains and stresses become so much clearer.
This was the one I first saw on TV, the one that had me locked in from scene 1....the one I fell deeply and madly in love with. Its only ever been aired twice by the BBC and is a rare as rocking horse dung. Well..... guess what I found:
- Das Boot BBC Uncut version Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3
In its original German and French with subtitles.... hit the CC button on the player.
I recommend you grab this as soon as possible as the BBC are notorious for hunting stuff down online and getting it taken down. Subs can be found online (no pun intended) or if someone asks I can post a how to tutorial on how to grab the movie and subs files.
Now, Im off to scream ALAAAAAAAAAAAARM!, chuck a bucket of water in my face, and get on with making love to my eyes with this masterpiece.
ALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARM!!!!!!
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
wow....what a trip. The Original Uncut version of Das Boot is sooooooo much better.
Anyway..... one of my guilty pleasures as a kid was a love of the TV shows by The Monkees Yes I know they were a 60s version of Bros.... but at least their music didnt suck ass.
I can see why the makers would cut the full version down as even the Directors Cut runs at over 3hrs, but it looses so much when over 1hr of background and characterization scenes were cut out, and I think the narration also adds to the film. With the full version you really do get engaged with the characters, and its easier to understand them. The cuts of the controversial stuff also detract.... the tanker scene is much more horrific with the Brit guys screaming for help than in the shorter cuts where you just see them jump into the burning water, and the aftermath scene is much more effective when you see in the full version that the Captain hates doing what he is ordered to do...leaving them to die. It also makes the horrific ending much more poignant.
will keep my eye out mate.....
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
Gotta say I'm looking forward to this 'Das Boot'. Never seen it but it's not something I can whack on at this time of the night on a weekday after a few beers. Saturday afternoon I will be enjoying (I'm certain) the whole shebang.
Something to look forward to that.
Cheers SM.
Rather than trying to watch a movie of such immense hourage at this time I am happily keeping half an eye on Ghostbusters II. Says it all really....
Its a pleasure mate.... its one of the most intense and powerful war films Ive ever seen. Afterwards look it up on Wikipedia and see how it was filmed....even the way the director filmed it is incredible.
Dont forget - if you are watching it online you need to select the CC button on the bottom of the YouTube player to get the subtitles on.
Anyway....some more links for fans of martial arts flicks from China
- The Blade - Dororo (Japanese samurai fantasy film) - Akakage (Japanese ninja flick) - Battle of Wits - Detective Dee and the Phantom Flame - Storm Warriors - Battle Royale (the film Hunger Games ripped off)
and the goldmine that is
http://www.youtube.com/user/IIllIIllIIIllIIllIIl/videos - contains a selection of martial arts flicks like all the Once Upon A Time In China films by Jet Li, a selection of Japanese flicks, and some Chinese martial arts fantasy wuxia series episodes ALL with subtitles in English.
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
pharvey wrote:^ You are a gem SM I remember the uncut version from when I was a kid. We actually read the book in school as part of an English Lit class.
To find software or webpages that will download the Closed Captions subtitles as well as the movie file just google "Download CC subtitles from YouTube"
I use some software that does it, (its a small program called Google2SRT) although there are now a couple of web pages where you just put the link in a box and the site sends you an SRT subtitle file it downloads and converts for you.
"Science flew men to the moon. Religion flew men into buildings."
pharvey wrote:^ You are a gem SM I remember the uncut version from when I was a kid. We actually read the book in school as part of an English Lit class.
English Lit? Das Boot? What school was that?
It was Welsh mate - we always get a little confused over languages.....
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
- The Good, The Bad and The Weird - Korean martial arts take on the spaghetti western genre.
- Gabi - Korean historical drama about the end of the Joseon monarchy
- Dances With Wolves
- The Banquet aka The Legend Of The Black Scorpion - stunningly beautiful Chinese wuxia martial arts version of Hamlet. No subs with this one so you have to download it and find some subs. Well worth it I assure you.
- Creep - chiller horror set on the London Underground
- The Tournament - great assassin deathmatch as streaming net entertainment for big bucks gamblers thriller flick.
- Fright Night - the 2011 remake with Colin Farrel
- Treasure Island - the 3hr epic remake with Eddy Izzard as a great Long John.
If you are taking requests there was a old movie I remember, Saint Jack.
Starred Ben Gazzara as a US army soldier running brothels. I remember it as an interesting movie, and he is one of my favorite actors, but can't find it anywhere.
Thanks
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
I remember the uncut version from when I was a kid. We actually read the book in school as part of an English Lit class.
Not got any episodes of "Why Don't You" have you....? 
