"And I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne..."

[tree_and_leaf]

Last night I watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in German, which is a curious experience. The dubbing is fairly well done, but there are a few changes of emphasis - the most obvious being the scene where Indy and his dad have been captured in the Austrian castle, Ilsa kisses him, with the words 'That's how we say goodbye in Austria', and the SS bloke says 'And this is how we say goodbye in Germany', and hits him. In the German, he says something like 'This is how the SS says goodbye.'

It's such a splendid film, though - and the rather free way it handles mediaeval history and literature (not to mention geography!) is not inappropriate, given the myriad sources from which the various versions of the Grail legend coalesced. (Although I admit I am biased in favour of a film in which mediaevalism is represented by Sean Connery!) Theologically, it's a lot better than one might expect.

Am going to see the new film on Wednesday night; have very low expectations, but after two hours of an academic planning meeting, I'm sure it can't fail to be an improvement on that

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[gramarye1971]

*snickers* Well, that's one way to adapt subtitles to the viewing audience.

I was out with some friends this weekend, and we went to a Lego store in this really posh mall nearby. They were selling Lego kits that were tie-ins to the new movie -- but they also had this adorable kit that my roommate immediately bought. Lego!Sean Connery is now my new best friend.

[tree_and_leaf]

That's completely and utterly adorable and I want one!