Off to watch foreign movies
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325755)
Rockingham, Australia
July 20, 2022 7:23pm CST
We are going to Bunbury in the morning. We are having a mini-break, staying in a hotel within walking distance of a theatre where we’ll watch seven films in three days. We could watch the films individually in our own city but each film would involve driving in and back, probably at night, and trying to find parking each time. Although our way of seeing the films will cost a bit more, we’re treating it as a holiday.
The films are from Finland, New Zealand, Hungary, France, and Iran. The entertainment centre runs a Winter Festival and a Summer Festival. I’m not very good at writing reviews but I’m sure some will bring up some points that I’ll want to talk about here.
It is a shame that we squashing so many films into three days but that’s the way it’s going to be. We’ll have one morning free where we’ll catch up with Vince’s brother and his wife. They live there and we could have stayed with them but we will be out most of the time so thought it probably easier all round if we stayed where we could walk back and forth.
Do you ever watch ‘foreign’ films and do you usually enjoy them?
The photo is of the façade of the entertainment theatre.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
21 Jul 22
one of myfavorite movies of all-time is foreign. Its Life is Beautiful
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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21 Jul 22
@Beestring Bruce lee was my favorite. I even painted a portrait of him. Now my favorite would be Jet Li. - he is the closest l would compare to Bruce Lee - who l consider the best of all time.
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@Beestring (13318)
• Hong Kong
21 Jul 22
Have you heard of Bruce Lee and Jacky Chan?
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
21 Jul 22
Sometimes, I also like them sometimes
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jul 22
We've seen a couple of good Norwegian films and we always like NZ films too.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 Jul 22
I always wanted to go to a Film Festival, that seem like so much fun!
I have seen foreign films, I mostly have seen like Japanese films, but I have seen ther as well, and yet their names have vanished from my brain haha
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Jul 22
We have been enjoying them so much but there were a couple we really wanted to see so now we're staying an extra night so we can see three more! @Isnice @DesirousDreamer
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@Beestring (13318)
• Hong Kong
21 Jul 22
Have a nice time. Yes, I watch a lot of foreign films, from US, UK, Japan, Korea.
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@Isnice (16)
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21 Jul 22
@Beestring I see, my favorite movie is miracle in cell no 7
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
21 Jul 22
You would surely have an interesting time watching the various movies.
Of course, it would have been much better if you could have got to see all the movies in one Centre.
May be not an expert review but I would await personalized opinions on the different movies.
Would any of these movies be in the action-thriller genre?
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
23 Jul 22
@JudyEv
So were these real Life like? Romantic Movies, or something else?
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@ptrikha_2 (45467)
• India
24 Jul 22
@JudyEv
Well, I do await some kind of personal review(s) from your side!
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
21 Jul 22
All Hollywood films would be foreign to Indians. Right?
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Jul 22
@JudyEv Although many Indians speak and write English better than foreigners (lol)
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul 22
Yes, we have to read the captions. It does mean you sometimes miss a bit of the action.
@FourWalls (62120)
• United States
21 Jul 22
I don’t think I’ve seen a foreign film. How limited I am with culture!
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@wolfgirl569 (95136)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jul 22
I dont watch too many foreign ones. Have a good time
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
21 Jul 22
7 films in 3 days. This is so cool. What a great trip to take.
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@willmichaelson (122)
• Chengdu, China
21 Jul 22
I always watch foreign films. especially American films.
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul 22
There are a great many American films to watch that's for sure.
@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
21 Jul 22
The three films must be good ones. So good that you would spend 3 days out there. One of the films is from Iran. What is the film about? I like watching American films mostly but other foreign films are also interesting to me.
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul 22
We will watch ten films in total. Three on each of Thursday and Friday and two on each of Saturday and Sunday. The Iranian film we watch in just a few hours. It seems to be about a road trip.
@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul 22
Thanks. It has been a lot of fun and all the films have been pretty incredible. We have one to watch a bit later today then two more to watch tomorrow.
@LindaOHio (156056)
• United States
21 Jul 22
I hope you enjoy your films, your mini vacation and your visit with your BIL and SIL. I usually don't watch foreign films much.
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@PinkFloydFan (1072)
• United States
21 Jul 22
I love foreign films, and they're the only kinds of movies I've liked from the last 40 years.. I really love the movies made before my birth, from everywhere from the 1930-70s, especially from Italy, France, Japan, Eastern European, Egyptian.. I do love Finnish film in the 80s (Kaurismaki).
I can't wait to read your thoughts.. I've been struggling to find movies I can stick with in the past 4-5 years.
Some of my favorites would be:
-La Strada
-Umberto D
-Sult
-The Face of Another
-Woman In the Dunes
-Shadows in Paradise
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Jul 22
Apart from the film festivals, we don't really watch a lot of films although they have free films once a week in the clubhouse of our village.
