>> ^kymbos:

I watched this film again recently, having absolutely loved it the first time, and found myself enjoying it less than I expected. Mainly because of the excessive use of the 'person is dead / no they're not not they're really just pretending' trick, which I thought was a bit cheap. It happens at least twice at key points in the film (the woman in the bar fight scene, and then the German war hero in the cinema scene).
Don't get me wrong - Tarantino is a God, and the suspense he creates in scenes is brilliant, and the Jew Hunter was pure awesome - but there were a few bits that I found a bit cheap on second viewing. I don't think it hangs together as a film as well as Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs.
So there.


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This bugged me but what really annoyed me is this: what did the Basterds actually achieve? The only difference they made to the big ending is that they helped the main baddie! Landa (Christoph Waltz, in a superb performance) to survived, and got a nice life in the U.S. because of them screwing up the assassination attempt, at the cost of some plastic surgery. They were counter productive!

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he's back here filming right now, too. colleague of mine is in the film and waltzed into work the other day and just casually threw out an "oh.. yeah.. had lunch with orlando bloom today."

BASTARD.

he hasn't managed to meet Fry yet though... which is good, because i will FUCKING KILL HIM when he does.

Of course they're raising tuitions. I mean, just look at this, you have homeless kids outdoing kids from perfectly respectable, rich families in High School! You can't just let them waltz into universities with all their damn skills and brains. Think of the (rich) children!

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Interesting You know, your visit could well have coincided with the time frame I was talking about listening to "And the band played..." in music class. I'm not entirely sure why the band played Waltzing Matilda (but that link might have some clues). In 1918 the real Australian anthem was "God save the King", our current one wasn't chosen until 1974, but I think Matilda has always been popular. The link to Gallipoli is interesting too. After the war, Mustafa Kemal, who had been commander of the Turkish forces on the day of the invasion wrote a tribute to the Australian troops quoted at the Australian war memorial's web site, http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/ataturk.asp

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well."

P.S. I got side tracked and forgot that I meant to send you a link to "I was only 19", another sad Australian ballad about returned soldiers.
In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
I've known it was sort of the un-official national anthem for Australia since I was little (I was there when I was 9yrs old), so I guess I've always heard it in an Australian voice.
I also had a music box as a child that had Waltzing Matilda as it's song.

How well known it is to others, I don't know. I always seem to be the one that collects odd little facts.

Lol, nice accent, btw.

Cheerio!

I've known it was sort of the un-official national anthem for Australia since I was little (I was there when I was 9yrs old), so I guess I've always heard it in an Australian voice.
I also had a music box as a child that had Waltzing Matilda as it's song.

How well known it is to others, I don't know. I always seem to be the one that collects odd little facts.

Lol, nice accent, btw.

Cheerio!

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
(clears throat, puts on posh British accent) Oh, how embarrasing! I've been caught commiting an Australianism!

How well known is that ballad in your parts? I remember listening to it in primary school music class, many moons ago :, so it hadn't really crossed my mind that it might've had much exposure outside Australia... and yet here's an Irish cover and you seem more familiar with another version.
In reply to this comment by AdrianBlack:
I have always loved story songs/ballads. That was fun to hear in an Irish accent!

Thank you, btw! Tis what I do. *grins*

sunnies....cute.

I have always loved story songs/ballads. That was fun to hear in an Irish accent!

Thank you, btw! Tis what I do. *grins*

sunnies....cute.

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An Irish folk group, with an Australian song
http://videosift.com/video/Clancy-Brothers-Waltzing-Matilda

Your avatar really fits in with the raiding and pillaging theme... sword, motorbike, sunnies :

An Irish folk group, with an Australian song
http://videosift.com/video/Clancy-Brothers-Waltzing-Matilda

Your avatar really fits in with the raiding and pillaging theme... sword, motorbike, sunnies

You might like this one, it's the Clancy Brothers (i.e. the Irish band), with an Australian song... the poster is a probie who hasn't marked it downunder, livemusic, or celtic (so even if you don't upvote, you could at least do that)

http://videosift.com/video/Clancy-Brothers-Waltzing-Matilda

The song is called "And the Band Played 'Waltzing Matilda'"

if you have some time, hang out in the sift lounge.

theres some people in there that can spare a *doublepromote

dude I even told you ya cant post your own videos, and you are not the first one thats waltz by and thought he was cleaver.

You're right on. Thanks a lot for helping nail down the problem. Should be working again now. If not, let me know. Thanks!

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It ain't just me. It seems to have started 3 days ago...

http://videosift.com/video/Guys-I-think-something-is-wrong-with-the-faucet?loadcomm=1#comment-1229997

http://videosift.com/video/12-yrd-Girl-Discovers-Almost-All-U-S-Presidents-Related?loadcomm=1#comment-1229824

http://videosift.com/video/Log-Drivers-Waltz-2?loadcomm=1#comment-1229384