So true! maybe it's not just German Films....
Anywho, between the depressing Rent Boys, the twisted La Pianist, the nihilist Fitzcarraldo and Maria Braun, I felt the need to cheer everyone up. Here are some uplifting things for everyone to watch, even if they have almost nothing to do with the course.
Extr@ auf Deutsch-This is the first part of the first episode of a great show the intermediate German II class has been watching, about an American visiting his pen pal in Berlin. It is pretty funny, but unfortunately, in German with German subtitles. However, it is pretty easy, and with the subtitles, if you have some german knowledge, you can do it! Sorry to anyone who doesn't speak german.
Keinohrhasen
a romantic-comedy (apparently Germans can do it without making you want to cry, go figure! haha) about a Paparazzi journalist who gets sentenced to community service working in a kindergarten, where he falls in love with the teacher. I might add, this has the funniest ending to a movie I've seen in a long time.
Amelie
a french film starring the woman from "The DaVinci Code", about a quirky woman and her life as a Parisian waitress.
Sorry, but I felt this had to be done. Everyone needs to laugh sometimes.
And now back to your regularly scheduled depressing German programming. ;-) haha
P.s. Feel free to add comments with other more positive things
Cody, you look at SATW comics too?? That makes me so happy!
ReplyDeleteThis was definitely needed, I just came out of the library from watching Haneke's film...I tried to text my friend to tell her just how upsetting and sick and depressing it was, but no words really could describe the horror so evident on my face when I was watching it.
Extr@ is definitely my favorite German show though--so ridiculous!
Amelie is one of my all-time favorite movies! It's so cute-- most definitely a must-see feel-good film.
ReplyDeleteI watched all of extr@ a couple weeks ago, and I really enjoyed being able to watch a show in German and actually understand it. I wish I could find more like that!
Cody, what were you thinking? We are German here. We don't care for this uplifting rubbish and happiness nonsense. If by some unlikely fluke you need a break from Haneke, I'm sure these German jokes will be more than enough to lighten your spirits.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KENZD6IjDYI