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Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany (2019)
James Holland
Disagree with previous reviewer criticising James Hollands involvement not even knowing who he is. Holland is highly knowledgeable and this was great to see the experts watching it and hear their genuine reactions. There is some amazing footage and lots of it is content which was not previously shown via military videographers. There is a real sense of the personal impact on everyday people who were both Jewish and non Jewish and how it affected them. It also gives clear insight into just how many everyday Germans were aware, particularly in the latter half of the war, the full extent of what their troops were doing to the Jewish population and the others they didn't like. Well worth watching 👍
Run Hide Fight (2020)
Dangerous Messaging
This movie sent out some very dangerous and harmful messages around the topic of bullying. Having the main character say to the shooter who had been bullied that the kids giggling at him having his pants pulled down were simply 'happy' and that he should basically 'get over yourself' sends out a really bad message about the real genuine damage caused by bullies which is not just physical. The toll of the mental and emotional bullying can stay with you your whole life affecting every aspect of your life and how you interact with people and in work
Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne (2019)
Such a shame and a waste
A complete waste of a classic piece of art which will go down in tv history as the best tv series ever with the worst final series. All thanks to a decision to let two guys destroy the writing of George R Martin. This final series was poor but the final episode a complete car crash. The biggest shame and waste I think is that even if they got millions of names on the petition to remake it, they still wouldn't.
Between the Canals (2011)
Watch this film
Well i've been a big contributor to the IMDb forum for a few years now and finally i get to comment on a film directed by my brother Mark.
I may be a little biased but Mark has done a great job here, it's very gritty and realistic - it makes the commercial 'gangster' films like the general and intermission seem real artificial because you can tell with those films that they are actors.
Mark used almost all non-actors who lived in those areas of the inner city we rarely see on the big screen. Mark's film entered the IFI cinema in Dublin two days ago and it will run for another 5 days.
It will then be decided if it moves to the multiplexes. Check it out, it's great.
Entre les murs (2008)
People are right to question his teaching methods
Being a teacher myself, I agree with a huge amount that you say in this, but in reference to the last point that you make saying: 'I have to laugh at other reviewers who "question his teaching methods." All we see is discussions of literature and student writing, what is questionable about that? The first "method" of good teaching is to be engaging and involve the student.' This is total rubbish. There were countless things questionable about his teaching methods:
1) He called girls 'skanks' - that's name calling and totally unacceptable, despite what anger he might feel. I've wanted to lose the rag lots of times but you don't let yourself cause that's part of being a professional.
2) As he was their teacher, he ought to have dealt with the disgraceful behaviour of the two girls in the teachers meeting.
3) He physically grabbed at students one a couple of occasions, which is simply not allowed.
4) He engaged children in arguments in full view of the whole class, thereby inflaming the situation, instigating arguments where they could have been avoided and losing face in the eyes of those looking on.
5) He should not have let those two girls stand there listening while he was speaking to the girl who had refused to read.
6) He should have called the girl back after she walked out saying 'I didn't mean it' because he totally lost the confrontation by letting her go.
7) Rather than talk down to her telling her to apologise using a specific sentence, he should have talked to her heart-to-heart and try to establish respect for one another. He needed to make the girl feel slightly embarrassed and genuinely sorry for having spoken to him that way, because in essence she is letting herself down by behaving like that.
8) He should not have gone out into the yard to confront the two girls and make it even worse.
9) He allowed the students to horse around consistently causing 'low-level interruption' - by allowing this, it inevitably led to worse behaviour.
10) He should not have engaged the students in conversation about his private life (when asked about his sexuality) because it's simply not relevant to their lessons, none of their business and it was really disrespectful of the student to bring it up in the first place.
I could go on and on, i think the teacher in the movie meant well but he caused (or made worse than they needed to be) most of the situations in the movie and he simply was not cut out to teach in that tough an environment, if at all, despite how good he was at teaching actual lessons.