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Meneldor
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Jul 24 2014, 1:18am

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Amazing Grace [In reply to] Can't Post

2006. William Wilberforce's struggle to end the slave trade in the British Empire. I found it far more compelling and emotional than I expected of a movie about political machinations. And there's lots of Benedict Cumberbatch in period clothes, for those of you who are into that kind of thing.


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dernwyn
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Jul 24 2014, 2:06am

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I love that movie. [In reply to] Can't Post

I think it was my first time seeing BC in anything, and I remember thinking how unusual he looked, but he was very good there - they all were! Love Michael Gambon and Toby Jones.

My only quibble: the tune to which they sing Amazing Grace was not the one used at that time. It did not acquire the tune we all sing it to until 1835, when American William Walker set it to the tune called "New Britain" in his song book "The Southern Harmony".

But if they'd used another tune, everyone watching would have been saying "Hunh?..." Laugh


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Kilidoescartwheels
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Jul 24 2014, 2:18am

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OOPS - I mean Johnsons! [In reply to] Can't Post

Almighty JOHNSONS - typed my post right before I got off work, had a brain fart I guess!Shocked


Magpie
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Jul 24 2014, 2:20am

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I bet if T-Bone Burnett had done the music... [In reply to] Can't Post

it would have been period correct. :-)

Aren't we used to hearing Christmas hymns to different melodies? The English versions always seem like a different tune than the US versions.

Maybe it's easier for me to wrap my brain around because folk songs often have varying melodies.

This site says the earliest published tune associated with Amazing Grace was Hephzibah.
http://www.markrhoads.com/...ePages/Hephzibah.htm


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Jul 24 2014, 2:37am

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Jul 24 2014, 2:43am

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only after reading it online // [In reply to] Can't Post

 


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Jul 24 2014, 2:45am

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Heh - I detect an Anders fan. :D / [In reply to] Can't Post

 

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Jul 24 2014, 4:58am

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I'm really loving Endeavour [In reply to] Can't Post

I did see a 3.1 episode listed on IMDB but it's listed for 2016. Hopefully that means it didn't end but it looks like we're in for a Sherlockian wait. (Lynley just kind of ended and that drove me nuts.)

I like Shaun Evans and his portrayal of the younger Morse. I've watched a couple seasons (series) of Inspector Morse now and you can see the seeds of the older Morse in the younger, but not as an anvil moment. It's interesting to see some of his mannerisms in their younger, more untried forms. Morse the older is freer with his mannerisms but the Morse the younger hasn't loosened up yet. I'm guessing he hasn't drank enough to really stop caring yet. I'd love to have been in on the writing sessions when this was originally put together. Going back over Morse with a fine tooth comb looking for the roots of his character must have been fun for the writers.

I didn't realize that part of the theme music for the original Morse series and then the new series sometimes contains clues in Morse Code. The original theme spells out M-O-R-S-E in Morse Code in the background. There are times when the composer puts the name of the killer or a red herring into Morse Code into the background incidental music of the episode. Now that is the kind of detail I love in a series!



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dernwyn
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Jul 24 2014, 10:24am

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Heh! [In reply to] Can't Post

Thank you for finding that tune. I do like that you can listen to Amazing Grace sung with it.

And very interesting, how it just does not have the same impact as the familiar version!


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Kilidoescartwheels
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Jul 24 2014, 8:53pm

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Well... [In reply to] Can't Post

He IS an Heir of Durin, after all - and the main reason I watched the show in the first placeWink


sherlock
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Jul 25 2014, 4:19pm

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I felt about the same way [In reply to] Can't Post

after watching it at home on DVD. Some of the stuff that bothered me on the big screen didn't bother me so much on the smaller one. I would have liked more Bilbo and even think they should have showed us what Gollum was up to. I definitely would have preferred less fighting, chasing, kick ass elves and that dragon.


Meneldor
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Jul 26 2014, 5:06am

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Northwest Territory [In reply to] Can't Post

1959. Adventure with a ragtag band in colonial India. It's a good movie, but doesn't compare to Lives of a Bengal Lancer, or Gunga Din. OTOH, it has Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall makes everything better.


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Rembrethil
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Jul 26 2014, 4:10pm

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I liked it too. [In reply to] Can't Post

When BC came to the role of Sherlock, I had to go back and catch him as Pitt.

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IdrilLalaith
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Jul 26 2014, 7:48pm

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Bingeing [In reply to] Can't Post

I watched like 6 episodes of Attack on Titan last night. So. Good. It's such an intense show that it's kind of hard to watch. But then it's so fascinating that it's hard not to watch.

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Meneldor
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Jul 27 2014, 3:39am

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Sharpe's Rifles [In reply to] Can't Post

1993. Sean Bean leads British soldiers against Napoleon's army in Spain and Portugal. It was obviously filmed on a tight budget, but they did a lot with what they had. The electric guitar score is obnoxious; IMO filmmakers need to either go all out with the anachronisms like A Knight's Tale, or stay true to the period.


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IdrilLalaith
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Jul 27 2014, 6:20am

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I've heard good things about that [In reply to] Can't Post

I had actually forgotten about the Sharpe series. That was one of Sean Bean's first important roles, right? I'll have to give it a try.

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