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Redbad - (2018 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6155374/
http://www.redbadthemovie.com/intro

Tells the story surrounding the mythology and history of Redbad, King of the Frisians.

It tries, but it’s just not very good. It’s full of heavy-handed moralizing.



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The Deluge - (1974 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072021/

A military man of small renown and great skill is swept up into a conflict that engulfs his nation in war, driving a wedge between himself, his people and his love.

A movie the likes of which I’ve never seen and doubt I ever will again.



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Children Who Chase Lost Voices - (2011 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839494/
(archive of Japanese website)

A traumatized girl turns to hording in a secret hideout, but when she eats spoiled food she lapses into a hallucinatory coma.

Within this popcorn movie is a very adult theme.

  • aka 星を追う子ども

    • Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo
    • “Children Who Chase Stars”
  • aka Journey to Agartha



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Real Venezuela has never been tried.
Real Venezuela has never been tried.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363510/
http://www.vitagraphfilms.com/films.htm

In Venezuela, when a democratically-elected socialist starts ruining the fourth largest oil industry in the world, using socialism, effort is made to initiate a regime change.

It begins as a pro-communist propaganda piece on how socialism didn’t do nothin’ wrong and real communism has never been tried. It gets good later on, as there are legitimate concerns actually being shown.

Feel free to look at this and compare it to current (2017-2018) reactions to United States president Donald Trump, because it will make your head explode.

You can thank events featured around this time, and the fucktardedness that followed, for plunging 90% of the population into poverty.. and I’m not exaggerating. This is the wealth-generation of socialism.



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Mute - (2018 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464763/
http://www.liberty-films.com/project/mute/

In a futuristic Germany, a mute guy has relationship troubles.

An interesting world, but generally terrible writing.

  • German is unnecessarily sprinkled throughout this movie.
  • Intended as a spiritual successor to Moon – (2009 movie), though I don’t see how.



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Andromedia - (1998 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303658/

A girl is digitized, becoming a valuable commodity for people seeking power and immortality.

This might be interesting for fans of science fiction history, but it’s dumb in too many places for me to enjoy it.

If you end up watching this, here are my edited Andromedia subtitles.



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Adobe Photoshop PDF

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2387513/
was libertadorfilm.com

Inspired by the French Revolution, a rebellion is launched against Spaniards in South America.

This movie leverages the “yeah freedom!” but spins the old yarn that all of the rich are bad and oppressors and the poor are good and oppressed. Entertaining, though propagandistic. It is particularly interesting to think of the underlying themes of the events portrayed in this movie, and how Socialism has plunged Venezuela into a dark age. I don’t know that I would bother recommending this; it’s alright.

  • aka Libertador
  • Although this is in Spanish, a tiny amount is English, and a tinier amount is in French.




2018-02-08

  • 3:00 — Wouldn’t he be in a stronghold, or some well-defended place?
  • 5:15 —

  • Madrid, The kingdom of Spain – 28 years earlier
    FIXME – early version
  • 6:15 — CaracasVenezuela province
    FIXME
  • 9:30 — Province of Venezuela – Kingdom of Spain
  • 11:00 — Guava
  • 13:15 — Rousseau
  • 13:30 — Catholic Church
  • 13:45 — Against nations, something akin to Anarchy or possibly just Communism.
  • 15:00 — Paris
  • 15:15 — Sugar Cane
  • 19:30 — Oh my.
  • 20:45 — I thought Spanish women rode side-saddle at that time.
  • 24:00 — I’m sure a pregnancy would seriously weaken her.
  • 27:30 — South America
  • 29:15 — Champs-Elysees

    • Also, presumably they have been in France, likely Paris since that was mentioned earlier.
  • 29:45 — Napoleon
  • 31:30 —

  • 31:45 — So he’s basically, what, pre-Marxist?
  • 32:15 — Dillitante
  • 33:00 — Thomas Jefferson
  • 35:15 — George Washington
  • 35:45 — TODO – Creole people in South America
  • 36:45 — Valencia, Province of Venezuela – The Kingdom of Spain
  • 37:10 — Wilhelm scream
  • 52:15 — I’ll make you free, to be my slaves.
  • 59:30 — He’s had more time to talk..
  • 1:09:15 — Kingston, Jamaica

    • September 6th, 1815
  • 1:10:00 — “Privelage”

    • It’s an amusing irony that this immediately references freedom of thought and expression.
  • 1:10:15 — “Equality”. This sort of phrase needs to be clarified these days.
  • 1:13:15 — The Andes
  • 1:13:30 — Hanibal crossing the Alps
  • 1:14:45 — Dublin
  • 1:16:45 — Why would you bring a pregnant woman?
  • 1:19:15 — Cortez – burning boats
  • 1:26:00 — Wilhelm scream
  • 1:32:45 — A little nod to the problem of economic sovereignty.
  • 1:35:45 — It took all this time to actually get back to “the present”.
  • 1:46:30 — Port of Barranquilla – December 1st, 1830
    TODO
  • 1:50:30 — “Fire”. HuH?
  • 1:50:30 —

    Simon Bolivar never arrived in Venezuela.
    His death was announced 16 days later.
    The official cause of death was tuberculosis.

Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence - (2004 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347246/
http://www.production-ig.com/contents/works_sp/01_/index.html

coming later

  • Original title: Innocence
  • Trailer



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Oldboy - (2003 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/

A man is kidnapped and held for reasons he’s never told, only to be let out to be confused alongside this movie’s viewers.

I want to like this, I really do, but it makes no damned sense.



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High and Low - (1963 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057565/

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

Not bad, but not a keeper.

  • Original title: Tengoku to jigoku
  • Trailer



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