tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post1675144290593162982..comments2024-03-29T01:02:03.688-07:00Comments on Raybeard: Film: 'THE RAILWAY MAN'Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-73924900847445781992014-01-20T23:25:02.429-08:002014-01-20T23:25:02.429-08:00I think part of our differing views, Sol, is down ...I think part of our differing views, Sol, is down to that fabled 'generation gap'. The concept of the films interests me as little as playing the computer games which they resemble. I've no doubt that if I too had read the books I might have mustered more interest. But as it is I'm looking forward to the series being over with - and the films haven't interested me enough to even search out the books. So looks like in this respect I'm just an old fuddy-duddy.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-77990382812964254202014-01-20T09:51:20.186-08:002014-01-20T09:51:20.186-08:00Ray!!!! *squeal*, I loved Hunger Games Catching Fi...Ray!!!! *squeal*, I loved Hunger Games Catching Fire. I would give it 7. not as good as the first, but still good. I loved the books. so I couldn't hate it if I tried.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-45726879606443321462014-01-20T02:21:45.872-08:002014-01-20T02:21:45.872-08:00off to see catching fire later today. I hope I li...off to see catching fire later today. I hope I like itSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-16764346670425650912014-01-16T00:18:24.616-08:002014-01-16T00:18:24.616-08:00I'd strongly recommend you to NOT see this, So...I'd strongly recommend you to NOT see this, Sol. It would be bound to distress you, which I can well understand.<br />What you say about the Thai guide and the Australian couple is touching - and there is some of this emotion in the very final moments of the film, which I found a bit contrived. Though if I was one of those directly affected by these events my reaction would have been vastly different.<br />I'd imagine that this film might have been made in the very locations you visited which, if so, would be almost unbearable to see again. <br />It's not 'silly' of you one bit. I too choke up at seeing sites I have visited where unspeakable cruelties administered by humans on others took place. I cannot now watch newsreel films of concentration camps in Germany and would find it impossible to visit any of those places preserved as a memorial - though when younger I would almost certainly have done so.<br />So, maybe when this one comes on the telly and you have plenty of tissues beside you (and maybe a bottle of wine), you might give it a go.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-62855420066154382462014-01-15T09:47:06.183-08:002014-01-15T09:47:06.183-08:00oh Ra,. I am afraid this film would be too emotio...oh Ra,. I am afraid this film would be too emotional for me. <br /><br />When we were at the Hellfire pass in Thailand, I walked all the way down there. We were in a camp not far from there where the Japanese were based. I cried nearly all the way down, the Thai guide was also quite upset that the Australian couple who were with us was visiting where their uncle had died. He kept saying sorry.<br /><br /> God it makes me choke up it is so silly of me. The day before I had walked in the cemetery where they had exhumed the bodies to. *le sigh even now I have tears thinking about it* hardly any of them were over 25. <br /><br />Humans are evil to each other aren't they. going to make a cup of tea and pull myself together.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.com