About three weeks ago, I watched a 1960's black-and-white Soviet documentary on Fascism, Hitler and Nazi Germany called
Ordinary Fascism. I watched it in its original language, which meant none of the original words and texts used to make the film were changed or misinterpreted. Honestly, it's fascinating that it holds the whole "Nazis and Fascism were evil" kind of crap we've heard for over the past 70 years, but this has it's own touch of Soviet ideologies placed into it. At the same time, it's a film that harshly criticizes absolute rule of any kind, but focuses most on Hitler's regime more than any other. However, you don't need to put much thought that it could also be seen as an attack on the authoritarian regime of Stalin, thus meaning that such a movie as this could have not been possible during Stalin's lifetime after the war.
About two weeks ago, I checked out
The A-Team. I must say that it wasn't the most intelligent film I've ever watched, and it included the archetypal characters that Liam Neeson and Mr. T usually portray, but it surely did its job of being serious and having that military-esque feeling, while being goofy and comedic at a lot of points.
I watched
District 9 for a second time, and loved it again.
And Christopher Johnson is unquestionably awesome.
Also, last night I watched
A Clockwork Orange... Man, that was a messed up film, definitely not suitable for kids
. It's get everything you don't want your kids (if you have any) to pick up, including that funky manner of speech and accent. But it was at least mildly entertaining, and holding a very true message about human nature.
And tonight, I finally watched
V for Vendetta. It's been ages since it's been released and I thought it a sin that I hadn't watched it yet. And man, I loved this one too. I mean, Natalie Portman was smoking hot throughout most of the movie
and I loved the whole concept. It gives us a glance of what kind of world we live in.
