DVDs

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:44 am

Dude there's this part where Antonio Banwhatthefuck (playing an arab or something) sits around a campfire with all these Nordic vikings, of whose language he has never heard one word of before.

At this point he is alone and the story has to move forward with everyone communicating in english (as if they all speak the same language now, even thouugh neither speak english). Anyway he sits around the campfire for a few hours intently listening. Suddenly he puts words together, then he hears them talking shit about him. All of a sudden he stands up and gives them what for in theit native tongue.

They're like "how'd you know our tongue?"
And he hops up and in a piece of overacting that would make William Shatner in his heydey blush he says
"I LISTened!"

I don't think I can descibe it properly, watch this, and if you're still interested in the movie, you're a philistine.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=09nGEHTsqqI&mode=related&search=
start around 1:45, he masters their language in less than 2 minutes!

Remember the old Shogun miniseries? It took Richard Chamberlain like a week to learn basic Japanese, and by then the viewers had learned it with him. You either do shit like that properly or it just looks bad when you try to explain it away in a 2 minute exposition.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:45 am

With proper editing, Antonio Banderas can learn anything.... amazing.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:51 am

I liked the 13th Warrior back when I watched it, that scene is indeed retarded, but I think the film is not supposed to be taken seriously, anyway, you palestine.

DaC-Sniper · Post by **DaC-Sniper** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:45 am

Aonaran wrote:What's in the collection?

do i look like your google nigga, it`s basically almost all movies that guy made, i.e. Ghost Dog and other shit. I liked Ghost Dog, so i tought, i dig this style.

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also i might get some Stromberg DVDs (german)

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:37 pm

Thor Kaufman wrote:I liked the 13th Warrior back when I watched it, that scene is indeed retarded, but I think the film is not supposed to be taken seriously, anyway, you palestine.

Yeah it's a one time only, mediocre, throw away movie. The exact reason I don't buy DVDs anymore unless it's something I know I'll watch more than a few times.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:40 pm

13th warrior is good, I actually thought the language speaking scene was quite original or at least gave the movie added quality. They could have had everyone speaking English from the get go but they decided to deal with unrealism with some realism to bring it back even though its not that realistic(make sense?). It wasn't realistic but I don't think it would have been as enjoyable if it took Antonio the whole movie of working with the vikings to learn a few words.

Lo goes my father...

I loved that part.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:56 pm

im quite sure that him learning their language was a process that took many days and weeks. he was picking it up throughout the entire trip to the north from central asia, he didnt magically pick their language up in two hours

i didnt think it was that hard to understand

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:15 pm

If you guys think it's so great, I'd be happy to sell it to you.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:10 pm

That scene is supposed to be a time lapse of several days/weeks (or so it would seem) where Banderas learns their language. And besides, it's just McTiernan's way of having everyone speak in a common language without the need for subtitles, as he did in The Hunt for Red October.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:03 am

Our last official count was 346. We've added a substantial number since then so I'd estimate 430 or so. I go for garage sales and thrift stores so I can get like 10 for a dollar.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:55 am

ExtremeDrinker wrote:Our last official count was 346. We've added a substantial number since then so I'd estimate 430 or so. I go for garage sales and thrift stores so I can get like 10 for a dollar.

Shut up asshole, we were talking about Antonio Banderas!

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:25 am

The 13th Warrior is based on a Michael Crichton book called "Eaters of the Dead" - in the book, he only understands very little of the language, and his main translator is one of the Nordic people. It's actually one of my favorite movies and books - plus the book is pretty short. It's written as if it's like a college term paper or something. It's kinda neat.
It's probably the only movie I could really stand antonion banderas - I hate his acting, especially in Desperado and Once Upon A Time in Mexico, almost as much as I hate Keanu Reeves acting.

BTW - With all this Nordic discussion, I'm really surprised TNP isn't in on it

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:08 am

ExtremeDrinker wrote:Our last official count was 346. We've added a substantial number since then so I'd estimate 430 or so. I go for garage sales and thrift stores so I can get like 10 for a dollar.

You have to hide some of the porn as your little rhino grows up. By the way, that secret stash would be one cool birthday present when he turns 15. :paternal advice:

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:16 pm

Just realized I posted the "where's TNP" comment about 2 hours before I found out he was banned.

jawleSS · Post by **jawleSS** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:47 pm

"Alexander The Great", "Braveheart", "Forest of Gods", "Bruce Almighty", "The Gathering Storm", "Full Metal Jacket", "Final Fantasy VII: AC" and my favorite "Green Street Hooligans".

This is all I have ...

Khael · Post by **Khael** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:20 pm

Errr... I have about 40. 41, I think. My three favorites are probably... Fightclub, Trainspotting and The Big Lebowski.

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:12 pm

TBL has a huge cult following. Ever been to one of thsoe costume parties for it?

LoneGunman · Post by **LoneGunman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:23 pm

cazsim83 wrote:a friend of a friend that I met while drunk (which only made it better and stranger) has all original artwork in his house. Nude princess peach, goombas all colored different - mostly Nintendo characters, but it was pretty freaky.

So how does this relate to how many DVD's you got?

The retardiness on your behalf is astounding!

Khael · Post by **Khael** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:32 pm

cazsim83 wrote:TBL has a huge cult following. Ever been to one of thsoe costume parties for it?

Nah, unfortunally not. Sounds like it could be fun, though.

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:37 am

LoneGunman wrote:
cazsim83 wrote:a friend of a friend that I met while drunk (which only made it better and stranger) has all original artwork in his house. Nude princess peach, goombas all colored different - mostly Nintendo characters, but it was pretty freaky.
So how does this relate to how many DVD's you got?

The retardiness on your behalf is astounding!

Megatron wrote this:
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i have around 200 or so but then i stopped just buying stuff as i was running out of room and money. my friend has around 1000 or so and his walls are filled with records, thats a fun haus.

"his walls are filled w/ records" - this guy's walls were filled with original artwork - it happened to be weird nintendo shit. Fuck you - learn to read.

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