What documentary do you like?

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Niu Bi on Jul 13, 2010 8:35am

I found Grizzly Man entertaining. It was produced and directed by the talented Werner Herzog. It's about a dude who thought he could live with bears peacefully and ended up being eaten by one...along with his girlfriend. The Grizzly Man was nuts, to be blunt, but Herzog seems to take a sympathetic bias towards him. A good documentary with some bizarre and humorous moments.

If you can manage to get the full DVD there's an interesting "Making Of" segment which shows how the soundtrack, which is great, was produced as well.

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herojuana

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: herojuana on Jul 13, 2010 11:36am

Yes, Grizzly Man is excellent.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTgxNzk0Mzk2.html

Bowling for Columbine

Part 1

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODI2MTEzNjA=.html

Part 2

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODI1OTQzNzY=.html

Man on a Wire

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTgwMjQxNjY4.html

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Niu Bi

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Niu Bi on Jul 13, 2010 11:40am

Man on a Wire - good stuff. The climax, when the guy finally walks the wire, is awesome (right around 75 mins into it).

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Aier2

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Jul 13, 2010 12:11pm

Wow thanks Hero I've been trying to find a torrent of Grizzly Man for ages.

Never thought to try youku.

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nanananayeah

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: nanananayeah on Jul 13, 2010 12:31pm

i'm sure there was a pretty long thread about this a little while ago with lots of recommendations, but i can't find it.

i liked..

Bigger, Faster, Stronger // steroids
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/n58O9DF7HAw/

Spellbound // spelling bees (can't find it on youku or tudou)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334405/

Rize // David LaChapelle doco about krumping
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTkwMTU5NjA=.html

Food Inc. // US food industry
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/GrUMB7XVNYM/

All of Man vs. Wild // British ex-RAF survival show
http://www.soku.com/search_video/q_man%20vs%20wild

Trust me, it's so danger.

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Herbz

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Herbz on Jul 13, 2010 1:20pm

Ooops, sorry Hero... just realised you posted it above.

BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

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nanananayeah

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: nanananayeah on Jul 13, 2010 2:02pm

oh forgot this one too, long way round, it's more of a travel show, but it didn't get much notice and it was great. ewan mcgregor and his best friend travel the circumference of the world on motorbikes. great segment in mongolia where they eat testicle soup.. ewan mcgregor seems like such a guy you'd want to have a beer with.
http://www.soku.com/search_video/q_long%20way%20round

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Aier2

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Jul 13, 2010 2:24pm

yeah thats a good one.
Recently watched the Long Way Down, they drive from
Scottland to CapeTown.

Not quite as interesting but still worth a watch.

Since then Charlie Boorman apparently has done a few more ones with just him.....I'll pass.

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blucat

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: blucat on Jul 13, 2010 2:30pm

nanananayeah wrote:

oh forgot this one too, long way round, it's more of a travel show, but it didn't get much notice and it was great. ewan mcgregor and his best friend travel the circumference of the world on motorbikes. great segment in mongolia where they eat testicle soup.. ewan mcgregor seems like such a guy you'd want to have a beer with.
http://www.soku.com/search_video/q_long%20way%20round

Sweet-I've been looking for that-couldn't find it on Youku.

The new series on National Geographic with all the recently colourized footage from WWII was excellent.
Not sure if you can find online yet.

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Aier2

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Jul 13, 2010 2:32pm

Any idea of the name?

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Herbz

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Herbz on Jul 13, 2010 2:32pm

Stephen Fry In America

The other episodes are out there somewhere.

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Herbz on Jul 13, 2010 3:04pm

blucat wrote:

The new series on National Geographic with all the recently colourized footage from WWII was excellent.
Not sure if you can find online yet.

WWII in HD

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTQ2OTQyMDY4.html

Good call Blucat... its very interesting so far.

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nut cracker

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: nut cracker on Jul 13, 2010 10:22pm

The Fog of War
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTYxMjU5NjY4.html

The Aristocrats
http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f3310212o1p0.html
(not great, but has it moments)

I bought the airline

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Herbz

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Herbz on Jul 14, 2010 1:22am

WWII in HD

I just watched 8 solid hours of WW2 combat footage and didn't see a single frame of anyone but Americans firing weapons nor other allied country's aircraft or vehicles.

weird........

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blucat

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: blucat on Jul 14, 2010 8:18am

That not the one that I am talking about then Herbs.

That History Channel is absolute garbage.

The one on NG is "WWII The Apocalypse"

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MrTang

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: MrTang on Jul 14, 2010 9:47am

Korean.War.in.Color[1950]DvDRip[Eng]Smelly-Cat.avi

PLA kicking Marines arse back to the 38th parallel.
Very informative.

Im a f-ing Idiot.

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Herbz

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Herbz on Jul 14, 2010 3:03pm

blucat wrote:

That not the one that I am talking about then Herbs.

That History Channel is absolute garbage.

The one on NG is "WWII The Apocalypse"

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ReneeWine

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: ReneeWine on Aug 29, 2010 8:38pm

180° South
I like it. Peaceful voice, beautiful scencery, and beautiful songs. I got totally relaxed when I was watching it.

Comfortable.

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: bokonist on Sep 1, 2010 5:21pm

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The Lizard King

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: The Lizard King on Sep 1, 2010 5:35pm

just re-watched this.
my grandma, (devout christian) was so mad with me when i saw it the first time, long time ago...
awesome documentary.
pretty old (1985) and if you ever got into any of those guys,
you might already have read or heard them say most of what they say here,
but it is still a classic and well worth a watch.

oh yeah? well, let me ask you this: shut up!
contemporary china = crouching tension, hidden anger.

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Aier2

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Sep 1, 2010 5:40pm

Home.

It's full of annoying, preachy commentary from Glenn Close about how we are ruining the earth yadayadayada but it has some of the most spectacular visuals I've ever seen.

If you have a HDTV and the ability to play blurays you need to check this out.
Or I'm sure you can probably find a 1080p torrent.

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Aier2

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Sep 1, 2010 6:05pm

Yeah just skipping through it again, damn.

Best.

Visuals.

Ever.

The commentary is just as condescending and up it's own ass as I remember.
Put it on mute and play some tunes while you watch it.

Would make great background visuals if you're having people over.

Check out these bad reviews:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014762/usercomments?filter=hate

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wave

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: wave on Sep 1, 2010 6:11pm

Have you got an online link Aier?

Sometimes the same is different, but mostly, it's the same.

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Aier2

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Sep 1, 2010 6:14pm

No, sorry man.

I'll have a look later, though you will be missing out half the point of watching this if you just stream some low res online version.

Half of the beauty is the scenery, the other half is the high resolution at which it's presented.

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Aier2

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Sep 1, 2010 6:22pm

Another thing worth mentioning is the hypocrisy of the theme.

Whole thing is sponsored by a large number of huge corporations such as PUMA and Gucci　(and they made damn sure you notice that within the first min or so.) which are surely large contributors to the pollution they are bitching about.

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Herbz

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Herbz on Sep 1, 2010 11:11pm

I just watched the 3 hour docu/drama "When Lions Roared" starring Michael Caine as Stalin.... weird!!!!

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: Aier2 on Sep 6, 2010 10:54am

"Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way: Heroin" (Part 1/3)
"Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way: Heroin" (Part 2/3)
"Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way: Heroin" (Part 3/3)

A little bit of melodrama but otherwise not bad.

China features prominently in this one.

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ReneeWine

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: ReneeWine on Sep 23, 2010 11:49am

Wow, It is very very beautiful. I watched it for half a hour just now. I am downloading it now. It is worth watching again and again. Really thank you, Aier2.

Here is the site to download torrent.(XunLei)

http://down.gougou.com/down?cid=486CA3361CCAF74E741356030A62F42643E47064

Aier2 wrote:

Home.

It's full of annoying, preachy commentary from Glenn Close about how we are ruining the earth yadayadayada but it has some of the most spectacular visuals I've ever seen.

If you have a HDTV and the ability to play blurays you need to check this out.
Or I'm sure you can probably find a 1080p torrent.

Comfortable.

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ReneeWine

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: ReneeWine on Sep 23, 2010 12:26pm

Here is the torrent of Home. Click it to download it.
http://down.gougou.com/zz?cid=486CA3361CCAF74E741356030A62F42643E47064&f...

Comfortable.

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Re: What documentary do you like?

Posted by: admin on Sep 23, 2010 3:19pm

Just watched the cove. Not excellent as a film but very compelling story ... And somehow I avoided finding out that the guy behind the whole "free the dolphins" thing is the same dude that first trained "Flipper".

Don't see this if you ever want to have the capability of enjoying a dolphin show again.

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