I recommend this movie

lunetta
 August 11, 2007 at 08:30 AM posted in General Discussion

Yesterday I got a Chinese movie from the library just to see how much I would actually be able to understand after 6 weeks here on ChinesePod. The movie was 20 30 40 and I did watch it with subtitles but I'm still surprised at how much I did understand. It's always great when you can tell that the 'good girl' in the subtitles is a translation of 乖 which I learned from the lesson My Dog! I think this is an good movie to watch because it's using a modern day setting and the language used is more or less normal everyday speech. In the extra material they call it a romantic comedy but don't let that frighten you if you're a guy. That's just to convince a western (American) audience to go see it but it's not a Hollywood romantic comedy. If anything it reminds me more of modern Italian cinema like Pane e tulipani or Le fate ignorati. 

 

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lunetta
 August 18, 2007 at 09:49 AM

Leviathan, I'm happy to hear you liked it. :-)

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leviathan
 August 16, 2007 at 01:36 PM

It's such a funny film.

Lili whacks her tennis guy, cause she can't keep up with his “Exercise regime" lol

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azerdocmom
 August 16, 2007 at 12:50 AM

I looked for this on Amazon, but apparently it's not produced in a format that works in DVD players in the US : (

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leviathan
 August 14, 2007 at 05:15 PM

Yes thats the one, Thanks so much :-)

They have Video and mp3 Search

mp3.baidu.com

video.baidu.com

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shiwenjie
 August 14, 2007 at 03:15 PM

Are you thinking of www.baidu.com ?

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leviathan
 August 14, 2007 at 10:34 AM

People on IM always give me this link, Sex and the City Clips

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/

There is a great search engine, I've Forgotten the name.

Begins With B???? And it's logo is a dog Paw ?

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wei1xiao4
 August 12, 2007 at 08:53 PM

About a year ago I read the book "Foreign Babes in Beijing" by Rachel DeWoskin and really enjoyed it. Does anyone know how to get a hold of the Chinese soap opera that the book is about? I think it would be fun to watch having read the book.

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leviathan
 August 11, 2007 at 09:28 AM

Yay Thanks Lunneta,

I am going to order it from amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/20-30-40-Sylvia-Chang/dp/B0007LYDH8/ref=sr_1_1/203-7933157-2393515?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1186825423&sr=8-1

i watched the one armed swordsman last night,

understood tons of the language in it. ：-)