A Very Long Engagement

[Marla_Singer]

When does this movie come out in America? I like movies about WWI because there are very few that cover this time period. Looks very interesting.

November 26, 2004.
However, there are strong chances it will be released on that day only in NYC and LA. I still think it could be broadcasted elsewhere in North America later since It's been produced by the Warner.

What about the non-arrogant Americans who do not support Bush?

Those who did not support Bush are in my mind don't worry.

Actually, as the movie is not American, there are very strong chance most of the Americans who will see it don't support Bush ! That movie is still to be seen and promoted anyway.

 

[BorgeoisBuffoon]

OK, but Americans are often behaving the same way - i heard many times things like "you europeans hate us" or "you are weak fools who cannot defend yourselves and therefore are you envious".

I think many Europeans simply believed, that Bush is so clearly bad, that Americans will surely vote for Kerry. Now, they are confused, surprised and disappointed...

Indeed. I have probably appeared much to arrogant and nationalistic myself in my own beliefs. I shall apologize.

And I'm dissapointed as well, trust me.

That said, as Marla said, I will probably see the movie. Like I say, historical movies are always an interesting batch to see.

 

[storealex]

It's very true when you say that we need movies about WWI. For some reason they're all about WWII, it's tiresome... More Petain in the good way, less saving private guy from Hollywood.

 

[Marla_Singer]

It's very true when you say that we need movies about WWI. For some reason they're all about WWII, it's tiresome... More Petain in the good way, less saving private guy from Hollywood.

I don't know exactly what do you mean by "Petain in the good way". Could you explain this better before I answered ?


Anyway, WW1 was a stupid war where all sides were excessively arrogant, and we pay a very expensive price for such an arrogance. French rulers of that time were sure that France was a major power and that it could do everything it wanted because of this. Those who have paid the price of that arrogance were poor common guys... not those rulers.

What a slaughter was that war. Certainly nothing to be proud of.

 

[storealex]

What I meant was:

In WWI, Petain was a good general who saved Paris.
In WWII, he was still stuck in the WWI mindset, and didn't do any good.

 

[Marla_Singer]

What I meant was:

In WWI, Petain was a good general who saved Paris.
In WWII, he was still stuck in the WWI mindset, and didn't do any good.

Petain had always been a Nationalist freak.

The World War 1 is very badly seen in that movie. It's certainly not about promoting French struggle or any sort of things. It's not the bad Germans against the good French people. It's simply about the crazyness in which nationalism has lead all of us, us being Europeans.

 

[storealex]

Sure, I didn't say otherwise. Many were nationalists back then... I just want people to remember him as more than the guy who surendered to the Nazis. Afterall, without him, things would have looked grim in WWI.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Audrey Tautou is great! I loved her in Amelie and Dirty Pretty Things, so I might have to look into this movie.

Is it subtitled in English, or dubbed over? I hate it when it is dubbed over. I would rather read it off the bottom of the screen than hear the fake voice-overs.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Audrey Tautou is great! I loved her in Amelie and Dirty Pretty Things, so I might have to look into this movie.

Is it subtitled in English, or dubbed over? I hate it when it is dubbed over. I would rather read it off the bottom of the screen than hear the fake voice-overs.

I guess both version would exist. I can't answer better to that question I'm sorry.

 

[De Lorimier]

Audrey Tautou is great! I loved her in Amelie and Dirty Pretty Things, so I might have to look into this movie.

Is it subtitled in English, or dubbed over? I hate it when it is dubbed over. I would rather read it off the bottom of the screen than hear the fake voice-overs.

What do you mean read it? Aren't you bilingual like everyone in this great bilingual country?

 

[Marla_Singer]

What do you mean read it? Aren't you bilingual like everyone in this great bilingual country?

Has Amelie been out in Quebec ?

When I say "Amelie", I'm talking about "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain" of course.

 

[De Lorimier]

It was out in 2001 and became the all-time top grossing film from France in Québec beating Astérix.

It's now a classic and video stores always have more than one simple copy of the film.

I love the flick and especially the part where her mother is killed by a tourist from Québec jumping from Notre-Dame.

 

[samildanach]

As World War I draws to an end, a young woman's greatest fight is about to begin. Mathilde receives word that her fiancé Manech is one of five soldiers who have been court-martialed to death because of self-mutilation. Instead of executing them, the French officer decides to push them out of the trench into no-man's land... and almost certain death. But if Manech were dead, Mathilde would know. Summoning the courage, will and strength that only the heart can inspire, she embarks on an extraordinary journey to discover the fate of her lover. What follows is an investigation into the absurdity of war, the beauty of hope and the tenacity of the human heart.

That movie is truely great. I've seen it this week end and it tells a lot about how Nationalist arrogance can lead a whole country into self-destruction. I advise everyone who will be able to see that movie to actually see it.

Sounds like a steaming pile of crud. Its sods law though, even if I avoid being dragged to watch it at the movies it will no doubt feature on every flight I take for the next six months.