Movies we watch

The New World

is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated film directed by Terrence Malick. It is a historical adventure set during the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement and inspired by the historical figures Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell) and Pocahontas (Q'Orianka Kilcher).

Malick's film selectively blends recorded history with popular lore. It broadly follows the known life of Pocahontas, from her youth in the Powhatan village, to a period spent with the English settlers in Jamestown, her marriage to John Rolfe, her journey to London and early death from pneumonia. However, Malick diverges from available evidence in favor of the literary tradition that Pocahontas fell in love with John Smith.

I was very impressed with Q'Orianka Kilcher. She was 14, and playing guitar on the streets of Santa Monica, California (a part of LA), when she was chosen for the female lead in this movie...

She was the main attraction for me in the movie. This girl played the part of innocence beautifully. I was enjoying watching her.


This movie is a historical drama, but I feel like the history aspect is merely a backdrop for the Terrence Malick play. In his production, the flowing waters and the forest canopy are the actors, and the gentle reflections of troubled minds are the words.

Recently Q'Orianka Kilcher won the 2006 Alma Award for Outstanding Actress in a Film for The New World.

During the holidays i watched really MANY movies... At last i saw Memoirs of a Geisha...heard a lot of it so decided to make my own opinion..really not a bad one i think.. the story itself is very touching and moreover i do love happy ends and the costumes (this things always attract me!) are really amazing..beautiful fairy tale



Then i watched a recent great hit in Russia, Ostrov (An Island), by Pavel Lungin. I should say it is one of such movies which are too rare nowadays ...its a masterpiece! Maybe its too Russian but anyone who ever thought of their soul, faith and life will understand it...dont know what else to say

Dear Smetanka,
Thanks for writing about the movies...
I'm glad u liked Memoirs of a Geisha, I love this movie very much...

And what is Ostrov about??? Want to know more about it...

Owlet wrote:

Dear Smetanka,
Thanks for writing about the movies...
I'm glad u liked Memoirs of a Geisha, I love this movie very much...

And what is Ostrov about??? Want to know more about it...

Well...actually the movie idea is very simple and good..a person who had frightfully sinned but repetance clarified his soul...and God forgave him...well unfortunatelly i fail to describe it in English!!...

Oh no problem...we can talk about it in Russian...
I just wanted to know when it all was happening in a movie and who were the heros...

@ Owlet: Thanks a lot for the great introduction into this movie and especially about the heroine . It's seems to be a really interesting movie .

One of my favourite movies from 2006 was also Memoirs of the Geisha. I love several phrases of the movie (I even bought the DVD and have watched it 10 times so far, I think (not much for a movie freak, as I am - have seen DDLJ probably about 20 times?? *hihi*).

My phrases are (dunno the 100% right one): Your sister is like wood. You are like water. It is able to assimilate and it finds a way even if it is enclosed.

Then I love the moment when you see the train crossing the picture and the old lady (narrater - Sayuri) is telling: "This story should have never been told...". It's really touching .

And then I also like the scene when Sayuri / Chio is giving the tissue of her loved one to the wind. Great one!

I also love the scene in the bathroom where Mameha is explaining Chio how to attract a man only with showing your wrist...

Of course I also love the very end
. I think I nearly cried...

Baby owl wrote:

One of my favourite movies from 2006 was also Memoirs of the Geisha. I love several phrases of the movie (I even bought the DVD and have watched it 10 times so far, I think (not much for a movie freak, as I am - have seen DDLJ probably about 20 times?? *hihi*)

YES, Baby, I've also bought the DVD, but didn't have time to watch it so many times......but LOVE having it...
I just LOVE this actress... And I LOVE BEAUTIFULLY made movies...and this is for fure one of them...

Baby owl wrote:

My phrases are (dunno the 100% right one): Your sister is like wood. You are like water. It is able to assimilate and it finds a way even if it is enclosed.

Yes, I liked it too...

Baby owl wrote:

Then I love the moment when you see the train crossing the picture and the old lady (narrater - Sayuri) is telling: "This story should have never been told...". It's really touching .

Yes, it WAS... I gave my hubby the book to read...and he LOVED it...

Baby owl wrote:

And then I also like the scene when Sayuri / Chio is giving the tissue of her loved one to the wind. Great one!

Yes, VERY beautiful too...

Baby owl wrote:

I also love the scene in the bathroom where Mameha is explaining Chio how to attract a man only with showing your wrist......

...yes, this one is very good too...
And their first meeting when she was still a child??? Wasn't ut beautiful??? Just LOVE this movie...

Owlet wrote:

Oh no problem...we can talk about it in Russian...
I just wanted to know when it all was happening in a movie and who were the heros...

ok the sory takes place during the World War II...the fascists captured a Russian coal barge and two men on it - a skipper and a sailor...the sailor beggs the fascists not kill him so they told him that if he killed his friend they would let him live....so he shot at the skipper...then the fascists blow up the barge and leave..the sailor was saved by the monks from the nearby island (Valaam) and there he would spend the rest of his life..alone with his dreadfull sin...but this is not the end..it's better to see the rest...

Baby owl wrote:

@ Owlet: Thanks a lot for the great introduction into this movie and especially about the heroine . It's seems to be a really interesting movie .

I also love the scene in the bathroom where Mameha is explaining Chio how to attract a man only with showing your wrist...

I liked the moment when they were stopping males in the street with a single glance i laughed a lot.....

Hi smetanka,

oh yes, I really love this one as well . And she's looking so beautiful in this very moment (very good make up and so ).

Owlet, do you also have some special features on your dvd? On mine, there are three: The boot camp, the music of the movie (I love this one ) and of course one about the geisha style...

Greetings from rainy berlin
baby owl

smetanka wrote:

I liked the moment when they were stopping males in the street with a single glance i laughed a lot...

Yes, it was COOL!!!

Smetanka, thanks a LOT for telling me about the movie......sounds very interesting... ...and I like that they show Valaam there... ...beautiful place... ...don't know though if I find this movie here... ...but we shall see...

Baby owl wrote:

Owlet, do you also have some special features on your dvd? On mine, there are three: The boot camp, the music of the movie (I love this one ) and of course one about the geisha style...
Greetings from rainy berlin

No, Baby, unfortunately I don't have it, I've bought it in Russia...
But good to know what u have there...though I wish I had it too...

So it's raining in Berlin...
We have an unusually cold weather here...

Owlet wrote:

So it's raining in Berlin...
We have an unusually cold weather here...

Here it's raining too...this winter is just crazy....

I saw an action movie by the lead actress of Geisha, Ziyi Zhang...its called House of Flying Daggers. Its totally focussed on her..her performance...martial arts...skills...kind of tailor made for her. The movie is shot in very beautiful locations and very nice costumes too.

I also watched Eragon. It released a month back I guess...it is the story of dragon riders and dragons. This story was written by a teenager Christopher Paolini.

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I loved English Patient movie.

I cried a lot.... no, A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTT

MG_ wrote:

I loved English Patient

Yes, it is a very nice movie...did you watch 'The Constant Gardener'? It is also an interesting movie.

no, never heard of that movie....

Oh, I loved it too, very interesting one...

oh how I loved Jab we met movie with Kareena and Shahid Kapoor.
my friend came from Jaipur and brought me 2 movies.

Jab we met jast great nice humour and sikh culture showed

Kareena noisy as always but managable

i dnt understand why so many people like OM SHANTI OM
IMHO - terrible movie........... nothing interesting

Really lovely movie I watch now - Bandidas, with Penelope Cruise and Salma Hayek

MG_ wrote:

Really lovely movie I watch now - Bandidas, with Penelope Cruise and Salma Hayek

I have this movie at home bought some time ago but till now havent seen it yet

oh, its so nice! especially kiss lessons from Salma

I watched Red Shoe's diary.

David Duhovny and his co star play really good.