Sunday, June 17, 2007
War Crimes Suspect Busted in Budva
Serbian General Arrested on War Crimes Charges
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21922561-2703,00.html
See also here:
BBC story on arrest of Serbian general wanted for war crimes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6761059.stm
The article mentions that this brings the number of wanted men down to four, I don't know if they mean 'important' wanted men or all, probably just 'important' wanted men.
Kultur Korner:
Over the weekend, I rented three movies, 'Borat', 'Casino Royale' and 'Nativity Story'.
The music didn't come off loud enough in 'Borat' this was so when I watched at a friend's place, and also at home, it is of course as advertised very vulgar, and it is easy to see why the people Borat fooled later sued. Personally I enjoyed the movie, my favorite part was the EXTREMELY sweet Jewish owners of a bed and breakfast, and the fear Borat and his road mate displayed in 'escaping'. The couple were so obviously cultured and so obviously nice, sweet and dear people, people I would enjoy knowing, not the kind of people one ought to fear.
I liked the frat boys on tour next best, but that bit didn't make me like frat boys any better than I do, which isn't much, sorry to any loyal readers who might be frat boys.
I personally know a LOT of people like the people in the rodeo part of it, and the bar scene part of the film. A major life challenge is to try and wise up these people who are much nicer than they seemed in the film.
'Casino Royale' was good if you like gambling, gory killings, African Hell-holes, and lots of shooting. The sequences filmed in Montenegro weren't bad either. I liked the arrest. I could not figure out who was being arrested. I wished I had the sequence, because I immediately thought 'I hope they are busting Karadzic or maybe Mladic'
I have learned not to expect too much of movies about Jesus, and 'Nativity Story' was typical. Lots of mean, nasty Romans, lots of houses that DO NOT look like houses probably looked in Nazareth or Bethlehem in Biblical times, lots of crude looking costumes that again are meant to convey some concept of 'long ago' without portraying how beautifully people made their clothes in reality. I mean unfinished seams, no embroidery i.t.d. e.t.c. 7rla. People in this region of Israel/Palestine tended to only have one or two complete outfits and it took about a year to make them, especially non-work attire, feast day outfits. Women, especially married women covered their hair, and Joseph was described in the Bible as an older man, not ancient, but older. The man in this who portrayed Joseph was, aside from his poorly researched attire, a delight to behold, really beautiful eyes and hair, same goes for the young lady who portrayed the Virgin Mary. Again, bad wardrobe and a beautiful actress.
The Romans had cheesy movie roman gear, I realize the real stuff is costly but they might have done better with it. The architecture of the houses and the Temple was laughable. Nice job with the red heifer though, or was it a red bull? Hard to tell since it was decorated. Sacrificial animals were decorated then, I'm not sure how much the Jews did that, but certainly other peoples decorated their sacrificial animals.
The usual really poor research and lame attempts to make the customs of a time so long ago seem 'relevant' to modern people and yet to convey that it was long ago is a common mistake, and doesn't help make the movie better. The 'observatory' of Three Wise Men was a good example of the same mistake of trying to convey this long ago quality. A little basic research would have gone a long way to make this movie better.
And a Side of Snarque from elsewhere
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Funnies/story?id=3286412&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21922561-2703,00.html
See also here:
BBC story on arrest of Serbian general wanted for war crimes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6761059.stm
The article mentions that this brings the number of wanted men down to four, I don't know if they mean 'important' wanted men or all, probably just 'important' wanted men.
Kultur Korner:
Over the weekend, I rented three movies, 'Borat', 'Casino Royale' and 'Nativity Story'.
The music didn't come off loud enough in 'Borat' this was so when I watched at a friend's place, and also at home, it is of course as advertised very vulgar, and it is easy to see why the people Borat fooled later sued. Personally I enjoyed the movie, my favorite part was the EXTREMELY sweet Jewish owners of a bed and breakfast, and the fear Borat and his road mate displayed in 'escaping'. The couple were so obviously cultured and so obviously nice, sweet and dear people, people I would enjoy knowing, not the kind of people one ought to fear.
I liked the frat boys on tour next best, but that bit didn't make me like frat boys any better than I do, which isn't much, sorry to any loyal readers who might be frat boys.
I personally know a LOT of people like the people in the rodeo part of it, and the bar scene part of the film. A major life challenge is to try and wise up these people who are much nicer than they seemed in the film.
'Casino Royale' was good if you like gambling, gory killings, African Hell-holes, and lots of shooting. The sequences filmed in Montenegro weren't bad either. I liked the arrest. I could not figure out who was being arrested. I wished I had the sequence, because I immediately thought 'I hope they are busting Karadzic or maybe Mladic'
I have learned not to expect too much of movies about Jesus, and 'Nativity Story' was typical. Lots of mean, nasty Romans, lots of houses that DO NOT look like houses probably looked in Nazareth or Bethlehem in Biblical times, lots of crude looking costumes that again are meant to convey some concept of 'long ago' without portraying how beautifully people made their clothes in reality. I mean unfinished seams, no embroidery i.t.d. e.t.c. 7rla. People in this region of Israel/Palestine tended to only have one or two complete outfits and it took about a year to make them, especially non-work attire, feast day outfits. Women, especially married women covered their hair, and Joseph was described in the Bible as an older man, not ancient, but older. The man in this who portrayed Joseph was, aside from his poorly researched attire, a delight to behold, really beautiful eyes and hair, same goes for the young lady who portrayed the Virgin Mary. Again, bad wardrobe and a beautiful actress.
The Romans had cheesy movie roman gear, I realize the real stuff is costly but they might have done better with it. The architecture of the houses and the Temple was laughable. Nice job with the red heifer though, or was it a red bull? Hard to tell since it was decorated. Sacrificial animals were decorated then, I'm not sure how much the Jews did that, but certainly other peoples decorated their sacrificial animals.
The usual really poor research and lame attempts to make the customs of a time so long ago seem 'relevant' to modern people and yet to convey that it was long ago is a common mistake, and doesn't help make the movie better. The 'observatory' of Three Wise Men was a good example of the same mistake of trying to convey this long ago quality. A little basic research would have gone a long way to make this movie better.
And a Side of Snarque from elsewhere
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Funnies/story?id=3286412&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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With Gen. Djordjevic on his way to face justice, now there are indeed only four fugitives at large who are still wanted by the ICTY: Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, Goran Hadzic and Stojan Zupljanin.
There are, of course, many others perps still at large who are wanted in connection with war crimes cases by the local judicial authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
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There are, of course, many others perps still at large who are wanted in connection with war crimes cases by the local judicial authorities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
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