Another Tragic Movie Containing Nazis, Joyful Camps, and the End of the World... Enjoy

Good evening everyone, I have come to fill you in on another movie containing happy, top of the world (Luxembourg, more or less) fairies (Nazis), Victims of Fun (Jews and Catholics) and a happy, great place of fun for all those seeking it (Concentration Camps).

Listen everyone, I'm trying to make this as happy as I can, but... what this review is really about is another WWII camp-based movie containing lot's of Nazis all in subtitles, it is called

Not sure about the rating, but I'd give it a PG-10ish type rating, due to some graphic seens.

Reverend Kremer is put away in a Nazi camp for a while and experiences all the horrors pysically and mentally. When Kremer believes he is next to be brutally killed, he discovers that he is released from the camp and is to stay in Luxembourg with his family. As he is on his way home, he has discovered that he is only on a nine day leave, and that he is to be the one used to convince the bishop of Luxembourg (or the area) to sign sort of an alliance with the Nazis, making the Vatican allied with the Nazis. His family also wants Reverend Kremer to leave Luxembourg and run away to rejoin where he was fighting against the Germans. Here, a man is torn between faith and fear in this epic movie:

The Ninth Day

The music... I cannot remember whether it was bad or good, probably just in between. The camera movements at first put a strain on my eyes, but in the end everything got perfect. The acting was good, and the plot (also based on a true story) was obviously a great one. I'd give this movie a 4 star, 3 1/2 maybe. Thanks and enjoy.

Damien (the review bearer)

I'm a Pianist! Wait No... Guitarist (more or less)

Hey its such a coincidence that Adrian Brody is being reviewed two times in a row! But seriously folks... he is...

The Pianist

Directed by Polanski and Starring Adrian Brody
Rated R for Violence and Brief Strong Language

The Pianist kicks off with Wladyslaw Szpilman (Brody) playing very peaceful music in Warsaw for the Polish Radio when they are bombed by the German Nazis yet again (Mind you this was at the start of World War II). He is cut off from playing his music and heads home to discover that all citizens must head across the river to the other side of the city. In the end the Nazis occupy Warsaw and force all Jews (Szpilman and family included) into a small city within the city, which was surrounded by brick walls. This small city for the Jews is nothing but hard cruelty, and Szpilman must make his way to live through the war and German occupation...

This movie is pretty graphic at some part and is also pretty long (2 hours 29 minutes). But the acting was at its best, the plot (basically the plot is a true story told on account of the real Szpilman) was sweet and the music (piano, otherwise) was awesome. The movie can get pretty disturbing at points, and it can cause people to cry, or to get angry at Nazis, and it can also create mixed feelings of weirdness (yes, weirdness). Overall this movie was outstanding and it deserves a 5 stars rating.

Damien

Minnesota "Sucks"?

This has got to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! And it's for real! He chose today, Friday the 13th, to announce his intentions.

'Vampyre' Candidate Backs Public Impaling

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - One gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota is giving a whole new meaning to the "dark side'' of politics. A man who calls himself a satanic priest plans to run for governor on a 13-point platform that includes the public impaling of terrorists at the state Capitol building.

Jonathon Sharkey, also known as "The Impaler'', plans to launch his gubernatorial campaign on - when else? - Friday the 13th. He'll make the announcement in Princeton.
"I'm going to be totally open and honest,'' said the 41-year-old leader of the "Vampyres, Witches and Pagans Party.''

"Unlike other candidates, I'm not going to hide my evil side,'' he said.
In Minnesota, anyone who pays the $300 filing fee can get on the gubernatorial ballot and it seems that every year a few eccentric candidates make the rounds.
Sharkey raises the bar. For one thing, he told the Star Tribune in an e-mail that he drinks blood from his victims (currently his wife, Julie's).

Including the execution by the impaling of terrorists, rapists, drug dealers and other criminals, Sharkey's platform includes emphasis on education, tax breaks for farmers and better benefits for veterans.

Sharkey said he worships Lucifer and, while he says he has nothing against Christians, he calls the "Christian God the Father'' his "mortal enemy.'' He thinks that "God the Father" was a poor parent for allowing his son to be crucified.

Sharkey said he was injured during a parachute jump with the Army in 1982 and receives veterans' disability benefits.

He has not yet registered as a gubernatorial candidate, but he has already filed as a candidate for the 2008 presidential election.

I don't know about you (although I'm pretty sure I know what you're thinking....) but I think THIS GUY IS ON CRACK! The scary thing is, there are people stupid enough to vote for this guy...thankfully I'll be at college in a different state by this time, although I'll still send in my absentee ballot to vote against him!

~Steph

News to me at least...

Ok, so we all know that people talk differently in different parts of the US (accents or whatever) but I just heard something, and I absolutely MUST find out if it's true! Now, what I have discovered be traveling around most of the US, is that people call things by different names. For example; a can of Pepsi. Anywhere East of Minnesota, it is called "Soda" as is the story from Iowa to Southern Missouri. South of that point, every fizzy beverage is called a "Coke." I'm not sure about y'all to the west, but when I was in Montana, they said "Soda" a lot. According to my sources, Minnesota pretty much the only state that says "Pop". The disclaimer is certain parts of eastern North Dakota (bordering MN, so it's basically the same thing.) Now, I was thinking to myself, "Self...no way can this be true!" So, please let me know if you guys say "pop" cuz that would bust this myth!
~Steph

King Kong

I was getting some not-so-subtle hints about an impending disaster if I didn't post sometime soon so I decided to take the safer route. ;-)

Rated: PG:13 for frightening adventure, violence and some disturbing images.
Starring: Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, Arien Brody as Jack Driscoll, Jack Black as Carl Denham, and Andy Serkis as King Kong
Directed by: Peter Jackson (who did another awesome job)

Ann Darrow, like many other actresses, finds herself without a job during the Great Depression. She is discovered by Carl Denham, a film director who is looking for a lead in his next film. Ann is reluctant to sign on with Carl until she learns that Jack Driscoll, a socially relevant playwright, is penning the script. Filming aboard the S.S.Venture which is supposedly heading for Singapore Carl is able to persuade the captain of the ship to aid them in his search for Skull Island. Once they arrive at their destination the rest of their journey is packed with so much action and violence including creepy natives, dinosaurs, giant insects, bats, and of course King Kong, that it's overwhelming.
I'd give it a 4 out of 5 (it was rather long at some parts.)

~Kat