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Foyle's War (2002)
The best TV show I have seen in a long long time ... I hope they continue
Absolutely, hands down the best show on Television. The cast, the stories, the settings, the plots are phenomenal. I just finished watching the third episode. Michael Kitchen and Honeysuckle Weeks played their parts touchingly. It was a very sad and touching story and showed a view of England during WW II that few of us can relate to of that time period and era. It was the time of my parents and they had made their contribution to that monumental effort. This show aptly reminds us what was at stake and how we cannot afford to fall back into a similar situation now or even in the future. This is a show that should continue just to have a future generation aware of the great sacrifices made in the 1940's to make the world a better place for all people and all generation. I had on uncle who served in British frigate guarding the convoys crossing the Atlantic as a radar operator. My father a Civil Engineer worked in expanding their airfields in Dumdum Calcutta and later built roads for British Indian Army in Eastern part of then India, now Bangladesh. The efforts were part of defeating the Japanese Army in Burma now Myanmar.
Midsomer Murders (1997)
This is in appreciation of the New Generation of Midsomer Murders without John Nettles & Company ...
I miss John Nettles and his co-stars who made this a great detective series. However, the new generation has picked up where Nettles left off. It's a great detective series that we are able to watch through Netflix in USA. The new generation has greater mix of ethnic groups, probably a reasonable profile of current UK. The countryside is very unique, narrow lanes and very lush green summer landscape. I would like to see some winter scenes. Winter may have fewer daylight hours but it would allow overseas viewers a glimpse, especially those of us who reside in the warm winters of Texas. I am sure it gets harder to come with new plots. However, if one watches the daily news - there are plenty of stories. Immigrants trying to find a better life through some harrowing and dangerous journey.
Eat Pray Love (2010)
I love this movie ... it is a story an emotional story that resonates ...
Julia Roberts was brilliant. It touched me and the pain and sorrow that I could relate to. And it is not your typical Hollywood movie with action, chase or a boy meets girl or a girl meets boy, etc. The movie is intellectual and the occasional dialog lines are awesome quotes and you won't hear it in any other movies. And then takes you to three distinct cultures and people - each gives you a window to what effects you and what does not. If you like a movie to touch you soul this the movie to see and see it again - it is always fresh. I am just glad that this movie was made and my tributes to every one who was part of making this film. Eat , Pray, Love – I will remember to do that make it part of my Karma.
And I am adding the following lines on September of 2013:
A great movie and Julia Roberts was fantastic in her role. Flawless and seamless changes in venue. And wonderful character acting all supporting actors. Moments to remember – her divorce and her ex when he walks out of the lawyers meeting. Julia Roberts her soliloquy on Thanksgiving in Italy. Her advice to the young Indian girl. Her com-padre in the Ashram with his story. This is a very touching love story.
Ritzar bez bronya (1966)
I saw this movie when I was a young boy ...
After the first time I saw it I dragged my parents and my older brother to see it again with me. They are all gone now and I am in my 50's and remembered the title, "KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR." It is a great movie, especially for a young audience with parents. The movie was a part of Bulgarian Film Festival, and the story revolved around this two kids playing around in the city. The only thing, I remember was that I enjoyed it a lot and always remembered the movie's title. After searching for it for many years I finally located the movie in a Bulgarian Cinema archive in Sofia.
Now, I am searching the net to see if I can get a DVD and watch it again. To say the least, it is a great movie for everyone.
Diarios de motocicleta (2004)
Great men are driven by compassion ...
As a young teen, I had read cover-to-cover Che's recipe for "Guerrilla Warfare." The book delved into the most effective techniques of Cuban Revolutionary war.
One that struck me most was his use of "compassion" as an effective tool. He theorized that it was best to let the defeated soldiers of the dictatorship be freed. First, he said it was difficult to take and maintain prisoners as a guerrilla outfit. Second, by freeing them they develop a curiosity about the revolution and which in most cases lead to sympathy and support. Because for most conscripts being a soldier is a job out of need. Third, once the word goes around that surrendering soldiers are released, they are less inclined to resist once attacked by guerrilla forces.
The concept of guerrilla warfare is not foreign to Americans. It was how the nation was liberated from Britain. However, in the period of cold war - the country found itself in the wrong side of many revolutionary wars in the impoverished and colonized nations. During this period, the C.I.A had branded every act of liberation as part of a global effort of Stalinist expansion, during a time of extreme paranoia that swamped the United States.
Unlike, English colonies - most other European Colonial powers were extremely brutal. And extreme repression led to extreme resistance. Without any means of addressing their grievances, resistances typically landed on the laps of underground revolutionaries. On the other hand, no English colonies except for the United States ever succumbed to a revolution.
The Motor Cycle diaries reveal the evolution of a great man of compassion. Compassion is the god of our soul. And it reverberates as we watch the transformation of a young man as he confronts the realities of brutal racism and colonization in the Latin countries of America.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, despite CIA propaganda stories was a great man of compassion. I enjoyed this movie enormously, and would encourage others to watch it before passing judgment.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
We can be destroyed but not defeated ...
Bridge in the River Kwai contrasts two different sets of values - One that of an officer in the British Army and the other an officer in the Japanese Army. British Army that believes and adheres to the Geneva Convention, while their opponents, the Japanese Army repudiates the same convention and prefers a more medieval Samurai tradition.
In the face of defeat we are presented with two choices. Fold and surrender, or rise and face adversity with courage and dignity.
It is also a time to pause and look at our current involvement in a conflict where we (USA) had taken the path of repudiation of Geneva Convention. In so doing, many would regard our actions as have lowered us as a nation.
Bridge in the River Kwai is a reminder that a generation sacrificed much to provide a future with values that we are supposed to uphold. Sacrificing our values is the ultimate defeat. Colonel Nicholson embodies that spirit that you can be destroyed but not defeated.
Aparajito (1956)
I saw it in a theatre in Houston
We saw the movie in a theatre in Houston. It was a sizeable crowd. And when the movie ended, there was a long silence as folks gathered themselves from an emotional experience they probably had never experienced. As we slowly walked out and went to the underground parking garage, we noticed several couples were still contemplating the movie as they sat silently in their cars.
Aparajito or the Unvanquished, promotes the human spirit. We will all pass away, but it is how we live and struggle is what counts. As the recent Storms in our part of the world had shown great losses to the lives of many, yet we must continue with our struggle on a path of goodness and decency against insurmountable odds at times.
Aparajito will forever engrave in your hearts the choices we face in our lives and what is important and what is fluff? See the movie and let us hear from you.
Again it is movie making at its peak.