MikeSellers45 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 For my AP World History class, I have to watch to of the following movies. Have any of you seen any of these or can tell me some ones that are good? Things Fall Apart Genghis Khan War and Peace The Name of the Rose Les Miserables A Tale of Two Cities Vattel The Hunchback of Notre Dame Ivanhoe The Mission Mary Queen of Scots The Messenger Restoration Zulu Shaka Zulu 1492 Spartacus Henry V Gods Must Be Crazy Gallipoli Elizabeth Shakespeare in Love The Seven Samurai The Last Samurai El Cid Amadeus Immortal Beloved Vincent and Theo Breaker Morant King Arthur Vanity Fair Hotel Rwanda Raid on Entebbe Hero Ben Hur Fall of the Roman Empire 300 Spartans Attila The Vikings Thirteenth Warrior Lion in Winter The Agony and the Ecstasy Luther The Last Valley A Man for All Seasons Rob Roy The Girl with the Pearl Earring Kagemusha Waterloo Gandhi 55 Days in Peking The Sand Pebbles Viva Zapata A Farewell to Arms Nicholas and Alexandra Reds Dr. Zhivago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjcdaman Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I've watched 'em all. They all suck! :laugh: Actually, I don't think I've seen any of them. Ask your teacher if you can watch "Saving Private Ryan" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSellers45 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I can't watch "Saving Private Ryan", WWI is the earliest allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayH81 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 For my AP World History class, I have to watch to of the following movies. Have any of you seen any of these or can tell me some ones that are good? Things Fall Apart Genghis Khan - seen it. War and Peace - read it. good book. The Name of the Rose Les Miserables - seen it, not my favorite. A Tale of Two Cities - read it. Vattel The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Have seen it way too much. Ivanhoe The Mission Mary Queen of Scots - Seen it, it's better than a close nail clipping. The Messenger Restoration Zulu Shaka Zulu - seen it, nice historical. 1492 Spartacus Henry V - seen it, read it - depends on your outlook if you like it. Gods Must Be Crazy - hilarious, no food or drink in your mouth on this one. Gallipoli - seen it, you have to appreciate french history. Elizabeth Shakespeare in Love The Seven Samurai - seen it. a classic. The Last Samurai El Cid - seen it, but it will look old and tired. Amadeus - seen it, decent. Immortal Beloved Vincent and Theo Breaker Morant King Arthur - seen it, read it. beats a hangover. Vanity Fair Hotel Rwanda Raid on Entebbe Hero Ben Hur - How could you have not seen this? Fall of the Roman Empire - good history to know. 300 Spartans Attila - good history to know The Vikings Thirteenth Warrior Lion in Winter The Agony and the Ecstasy Luther The LastValley A Man for All Seasons Rob Roy The Girl with the Pearl Earring Kagemusha Waterloo Gandhi - not a big Ghandi fan, but it's better than having Bubba over for some beers. 55 Days in Peking The Sand Pebbles Viva Zapata - Hilarious, although not intended to be. A Farewell to Arms Nicholas and Alexandra Reds - kind of a must see. Dr. Zhivago I think my favorite on the list, simply for the music and scenery, although the plot is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I can't watch "Saving Private Ryan", WWI is the earliest allowed. Huh? Hotel Rwanda is about a 'war' that happened less than ten years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hotel Rwanda was a damned good movie, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums and skins Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 DEFINITELY watch "Hero" Beautiful film that can easily be disected... However, you are doing this for a history class, not a film or English class (the symbolism, metaphors and such are wonderfully done and easy to find), so I'm not sure how it'd be when breaking it down historically. I highly recommend it...then again, I'm a sucker for good film that comes from the asian studios (insert out-of-context "asian porn" joke here). Amadeus is alright, but at your age, it depends on your open mindedness on the subject matter, and whether or not you care about classical music. Interesting material, though. I'd avoid "Seven Samurai" aka "Shichinin no samurai", mostly because the film is over three hours long, and again, a black and white movie from a Japanese studio in the 50s probably isn't in your range of likeness. You might like 13th Warrior. It is also fairly recent...but I don't remember anything from it other than that (and that Antonio Banderas was in it). Definitely get your hands on Hero. I want to watch it again just because I read this thread. The Last Samurai would probably be tolerable, being as it is also a recent hollywood flick. I have not watched the entire thing yet, though. Ben Hur is a classic, but I haven't gotten around to viewing that one yet (its ranked only 120 of all time on IMDB ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSellers45 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 Well ,with Hotel Rwanda, it is allowed because the teacher needed some movies form Africa, so for some movies, it is post WWI only because there weren't enough movies for those regions. So far I am leanign towards Gods Must Be Crazy and Farewell To Arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 What kind of movie do you want to watch? Some of these, like The Seven Samurai are long (and in the case of Seven Samurai, foreign.) Some of them, like The Gods Must be Crazy, lean more towards the comedy side of the spectrum. Others, like Hotel Rwanda, are definitely not comedies. My recommendation is that you go to www.imdb.com and read up on the ones that sound interesting to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Gods Must be Crazy would be my pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums and skins Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Yea, Hero is subtitled too, but very fascinating IMO. Don't use the english dub if the DVD you find has it. It ruins the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rincewind Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 What kind of movie do you want to watch? Some of these, like The Seven Samurai are long (and in the case of Seven Samurai, foreign.) Some of them, like The Gods Must be Crazy, lean more towards the comedy side of the spectrum. Others, like Hotel Rwanda, are definitely not comedies.My recommendation is that you go to www.imdb.com and read up on the ones that sound interesting to you. I thought Hotel Rwanda was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinnedAussie Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 so for some movies, it is post WWI only because there weren't enough movies for those regions. But you have a choice of Gallipoli (WWI) and Breaker Morant (WWII). Re: Gallipoli. Is that the one with a young Mel Gibson? If so, this is an Australian perspective based on Aussie diggers, and how they survived (and how some didn't) the treacherous landing at Gallipoli Cove. Every year on April 25 (ANZAC Day), we remember this event with a nation wide public holiday, and towns and cities across the country have street marches honouring both those who survived, and those who paid the ultimate price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoGood28 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hero is visually stunning. Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi man. But there are some real good movies on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'd probably watch Hotel Rwanda and maybe The Last Samurai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSellers45 Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I picked Gods Must Be Crazy as one because I like comedies. I am not going to watch Hero because we watched part of it in class and I would have to have a very detailed report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 The Name of the Rose has a nice fur burger scene, good ol 80's untamed bush. Ivanhoe doesnt have any nudity in it, but Ive always liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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