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catziggy
05-09-2007, 09:06
LOL
Actually I love the documetary on SKY.
One of my current favourites is Holmes on Homes. Canadian builder goes into homes that have ben wrecked by cowboy builders and redoes them top spec. Joy to watch the craftsmen.
canadian program of course.
G-zap is my Library on Documentry films and all of his Recomandation was brilint
Hellbizzle
06-09-2007, 07:00
G-zap is my Library on Documentry films and all of his Recomandation was brilint
ya, good guys always win.
I've been watching a few documentaries by Richard Dawkins lately, I watched his Christmas Lectures from 1991 last, the Christmas Lectures are always good to watch.
I've seen a lot of footage and read books by this guy, he puts things simply.
If you are religious you may not appreciate his theories. Some info here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins
All that needs to be said is "THE BLUE PLANET"
i just finished viewing this huge (by its lentgh and quality) documentary on WW2. it gives you an intimate and moving insight on what this war was all about.
here are some links
http://www.pbs.org/thewar/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0996994/
f1rest@rter
17-04-2008, 08:04
whatever you watch about wars - the film makers can´t get a chance of being objective. it´s always a kind of polemic submessage in it due to the fact that every side sees itself as the victim.
i have been told many stories about the war from my grandfather and it must have been a horrible time and people suffering on every side. and when you hear these stories they give you a very intimate view of what´s happened and this i´d like to hear much much more than some kind of mainstream movie.
that's what this documentary is really about firestarter. how simple american recruits coped with the war and death surrounding them and how their relatives lived that situation back home. the people interviewed are now old and wise enough to talk about those experiences without any kind of hatred. the testimonies are more about their feelings, emotions and thoughts on what being on the front line was like.
i think this piece of work could to a certain extent apply to any other war no matter which side you are on. the subjects treated are just universal to any man, which to my mind makes this documentary a masterpiece.
a few films which i found to be quite different (and very gritty) from what the usual war movies are about: guns blazing, glamorized deaths and the hollywood star having his heroic moment.
Cross of Iron by Sam Peckinpah
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/
The Big Red One by Samuel Fuller
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080437/
f1rest@rter
18-04-2008, 05:55
niii m8 you write english that perfect - you can´t be from france lol. :)
and as for the movie. i just saw the credits on the imdb with tom hanks as first actor and thought it was another "saving private ryan".
well but if you say it´s that good i´ll give it a try.
hehe i guessed tom hanks might have been the problem here. if you can get hold of it, let us know your thoughts about the film.
my mother is british so it helps quite a lot. but sadly i am not totally fluent and i also have the worst kind of french accent...
thanks to you hornet, i have been watching a few videos on richard dawkins lately. while i was browsing the web to find more from him i came across this site
http://www.ted.com/index.php in which he appeared as a guest lecturer.
has to be my number two favorite website after timeless of course :razz:
Yeah its interesting stuff, its nice to see different opinions on this kind
of thing. ;)
Ray Mears documentaries... all great stuff.
Make nettle tea, eat doc leaves and flower petals, great ;)
Great site niii.
I have seen a lot of Richard dawkins documentaries and the site has many great speakers.
"Great site niii.
I have seen a lot of Richard dawkins documentaries and the site has many great speakers."
yep it is pretty good. i am glad you also think so
"Ray Mears documentaries... all great stuff.
Make nettle tea, eat doc leaves and flower petals, great"
ray mears rules, it has been some time i haven't seen any of his programs though.
i remember an episode in which he was canoeing down a canadian river and kept being bitten by midges. the poor guy's face was all red and you could see him depressed by the whole situation.
check out the GOOD videos :
http://www.good.is/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9PKO5WyPpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hEBcVQKLTs&feature=channel_page
APOLLOFRENZY
12-05-2009, 08:13
Both very good love the wood echo e one the second reminds me of Liverpool "Shameless" having a party and such! rofl
Survivorman and Bear Grylls also good, I also stated watching Hunting SAS Chris Ryan
but it didn't feel like he was being hunted as such, another show for tv i guess.
sababoi99
12-05-2009, 17:48
i dont like bear grylls hes a fake.
the worst documentrys are the ones about apocalypse and nostradomus what a bunch of nut heads lol.. the world will end only if we have a nuclear war and from what i hear.....one may be close
this is from an irish group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyW4zrgSJ50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4brLUejfQg&feature=related