The Hall of Fire

It is not yet sure, if the famous windows and the organ can be saved. There are serious worries that the water used to stop the fire, has damaged the vault of the building. On a personal note, this church meant a lot to me because I visited it on the rare occasions, when I could meet my birth mother...

I've seen The Grand Budapest Hotel some weeks ago and enjoyed it from the first to the last moment.

Last weekend I saw The Help. I haven't yet read the book. It was a good movie, although I thought the characters were either a bit too good or too bad.

My daughter and I agreed that we could have easily done without Tauriel. The story would have worked without her turning up imo. Not sure about Thranduil. I think I need another viewing to make up my mind about him. The pub-scene in Bree was very similar to the one in FOTR. I am glad that the rest o...

For me, posting on a messageboard is definitely conversation - not publication at all. For me it is both. While I am not able to take back my words in a face to face conversation, I can give my posts on a message-board some thought, edit them and even delete them, if I change my mind. Therefore som...

Lali, I'll surely pray for your friend and you too.

Hal, try not to worry about the future. It might turn out better than you think. Nonetheless I'll include you in my prayers.

But I'm not sure that I feel like the trees and the turkey and the ornaments *are* Christmas, ... I think of the traditions of the holiday somewhat separately from the religious reason for the holiday. This is exactly how I feel. Certain rituals belong to certain religious holidays. Coloured eggs a...

I am also Catholic and I've never been happy about him as Pope for the same reasons as Alatar. This office is a heavy burden and his resignation came only a few days after a huge scandal concerning German hospitals run by the RCC. I suspect that after dealing with the sexual abuse scandal for most o...

I've just come home from the cinema. I'm in two minds about the film. For starters, I had no chance to see it in English and the dubbing is never the same. I will do that as soon as I can. The 3D techniques made some nice effects on the atmosphere and landscape. Also I think the special 3D effects w...

Ten years ago I refused to watch FOTR or TTT. I had read the books years ago and had enjoyed them. But the media hysteria put me off the movies. My children went to the pictures and in the gap between TTT and ROtK they watched the FOTR DVD at home. I had some spare time and jumped in right in the mi...

Avatar was fine - as good as it can get for me. I don't think I'll have a real choice anyway. There is probably only one cinema when I want to see the original version (not dubbed) and they might or might not show it in 3D.

Erunáme wrote:It was all very cool, just not thrilled with the 3D. :/ I've not liked any film I've seen in 3D and always preferred the normal version. So I'm hoping the normal version will be available in theatres as well.

So it's not only me. I've avoided 3D versions whenever I could.

Martin Freeman just won a BAFTA award and in his speech he said that Benedict Cumberbach has been cast for The Hobbit.

http://news.scotsman.com/pa-entertainme ... 6772602.jp

It shows how much human and especially female life is really worth, when push comes to shove. Neither side hesitates to sacrifice lives, but they both claim to strive for high aims and it's all for the "greater good".

"Unwürdig" is a good expression for what has happened. But only a handful of people would agree. In the German media there was no hint of this notion. Of course, the US troops were shot at, Yovargas. Bin Laden's guards probably felt that they were ambushed and defended themselves. This mig...

No, you are not, Nin. I don't feel happy about it and I would have prefered a trial at any rate.

I'm kinda creeped out by stories of celebration in the streets, though. That's just wrong . When you put down a rabid dog, you don't celebrate- you regret the necessity and, in this case, wonder why it took so long. That's exactly how I feel about it. There is not really a reason to celebrate imho....

I missed the whole production excitement, as I stopped ignoring the movies with the release of ROTK. So, I'm looking forward to this part of the journey almost more than to the movie(s).

What a treat on a Sunday morning! I've just finished another reading of The Hobbit and this video made me squee.

I think the music added a lot to the emotions, at least for me.

Thank you, Griffon, I was wondering too.

The German press is cautiously optimistic. They say that this might be a start to a change. The Pope cannot suddenly make a U-turn and he seems to have rendered the other Catholic dignitaries quite speechless. Today the spokesman of the Vatikan, Lombardi, has tried to clarify some of the statements ...