invincible ( german : unbesiegbar ) is a 2001 drama film written and directed by werner herzog .

the film stars tim roth , jouko ahola , anna gourari , and max raabe .

the film tells the story of a jewish strongman in germany .

while basing his story on the real-life figure zishe breitbart ( aka siegmund breitbart ) herzog uses the bare facts of breitbart 's life to weave fact and fiction ( e.g. , the story is set in 1932 berlin , a full seven years after breitbart 's death in 1925 ) to create an allegory of human strength , knowing oneself with honesty and pride in one 's heritage .

the film features original score composed by german film composer hans zimmer , co-written with fellow composer klaus badelt .

along with films like the pledge ( also co-written with zimmer ) this marks one of the first projects of badelt into the feature film industry , and one of several collaborations with herzog as well .

invincible ( 2001 drama film )

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invincible
( 2001 ) | a drama film written and directed by werner herzog . the film stars tim roth , jouko ahola , anna gourari , and max raabe | t… | pinteres…
invincible approaches history as myth , striving not to document reality , but to penetrate its tragic essence .
the large chinese character used in the film ' s logo does not mean
invincible
at all ; it actually just means
water
.
and yes , i know what you ' re thinking .
bloody hell , i know he loves herzog , but giving invincible - invincible ! - four and a half stars ? really ?
yes , really .
ostensibly about polish jewish blacksmith turned variety act strongman siegmund breitbart ( jouko ahola ) whose swift rise and fall predated the dangerous march of hitler and the national socialists by only a matter of weeks , invincible is a film about the mania of hatred , dissatisfaction and blame that heralds any genocide . invincible was released in cinemas in 2001 and garnered good reviews but slipped from screens all too quickly and remains little seen , and yet what invincible can tell us about the direction of both germany in the early 1930s and herzog’s career in general is fascinating .
though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog ' s works , invincible shows he ' s back in form , with an astoundingly rich film .
buried deep in werner herzog’s rich and varied curriculum vitae , winking at the millennium celebrations behind it and trailing his remarkable lone air crash survivor documentary wings of hope , his unhinged turn in harmony korine’s julian donkey boy and periods directing opera in genoa and houston lies the neglected and significant biographical drama invincible .
this article is about the 2010 boxing film . for the 1952 boxing film , see the fighter ( 1952 film ) . for other uses , see fighter ( disambiguation ) .
the most blatant vestiges of seventies herzog ( which is the best herzog . . ) were last on film in invincible . his penchant for expressing subtextual black comedy that has tragic consequences has not been so pronounced this century .
in limited release , the mandy moore drama dedication got off to a moderate start collecting $ 23 , 832 from only four venues for an average of $ 5 , 958 on its opening weekend for the weinstein co .
the film received seven academy award nominations , including best picture , winning two . [ 40 ] the film was nominated for six golden globe awards : best picture ( drama ) , best actor ( drama ) for wahlberg , best supporting actress for leo and adams , best supporting actor for bale , and a nomination for best director for russell . [ 41 ] the film received three chicago film critics award nominations : best supporting actor for bale , and best supporting actress nominations for adams and leo . bale won a satellite award , the critics ' choice award , the golden globe for best supporting actor , and the national board of review award for best supporting actor . leo won the golden globe for best supporting actress .
as with fitzcarraldo before it , herzog was determined to bring the opera to bear on this tale of mysticism and eccentricity . by its very nature breitbart’s sorry tale lends itself to wagnerian analogy and yet at its heart there is something more intricate and intriguing about this disarming film . with it’s pared down sensibility , raw acting and skewed morality the film invincible can most easily be compared to is louis malle’s queasy tale of collaboration and oppression in wartime france – lacombe lucien . yet malle’s film , as good as it is , is about the seduction of power , invincible is about the survival of power’s universal essence .
three national releases dumped into the late - august abyss debuted outside of the top ten with weak results . yari film group ' s well - reviewed boxing drama resurrecting the champ starring samuel l . jackson and josh hartnett opened with $ 1 . 7m from 1 , 605 theaters for a poor $ 1 , 034 average . universal ' s latino crime drama illegal tender bowed to $ 1 . 4m from 512 sites for a mild $ 2 , 785 average . the most miserable results came from the jon voight film september dawn which grossed $ 901 , 857 from 857 playdates for an embarrassing $ 1 , 052 per - theater average for slowhand releasing .
aesthetically invincible ’s most noticeable influence however is the pre - world war ii yiddish cinema , the best known of which – michael waszynski’s the dybbuk and joseph green’s yiddle with a fiddle tread that fine line between melodrama and empathy with a rootsy base charm that asks little of the audience but patience and understanding . visually simple and sonically charged by composer hans zimmer , invincible is an all too modern paean to these wonderful films . the rise of the nazis and the subsequent holocaust put an end to this cinematic tradition much as it did to the careers of breitbart and hanussen and all those involved in occult cabaret but invincible survives .
this exceeded all our expectations ,
says dan fellman , warner bros . ' head of domestic distribution , who claims that scheduling the adult - oriented literary drama between blockbusters like
iron man 3
and
star trek into darkness
helped it stand out .
is built upon this . the only film of his to get any respect from critics is
film , after all . what makes this example notable is that its amazon rating is at
2011 - melbourne international film festival - it ' s him . . . terry lim !
yes , there were occasional successes . the adult - targeting touchstone division delivered a handful of blockbusters , including signs ( 2002 ) , sweet home alabama ( 2002 ) , and the national treasure franchise ( which debuted in 2004 ) . meanwhile , the studio’s disney - branded flicks showed some hints of life , particularly minor sports - themed pictures such as miracle ( 2004 ) and invincible ( 2006 ) and women - driven fare such as the princess diaries ( 2001 ) and freaky friday ( 2003 ) . but the costly failures outweighed those surprise hits .
every film roger ebert has given a four - star rating . this is an ongoing project .
, the film was released in the united states on july 3 , 2002 . it is a
like aguirre , the wrath of god , the enigma of kaspar hauser , fitzcarraldo and even rescue dawn , invincible is about that place where madness , talent and the human spirit leads us all when everything is going to hell around us .
watching
invincible
was a singular experience for me , because it reminded me of the fundamental power that the cinema had for us when we were children . the film exercises the power that fable has for the believing . herzog has gotten outside the constraints and conventions of ordinary narrative , and addresses us where our credulity keeps its secrets .
erikoinen kokemus . välillä tuntui siltä kuin katsoisi herzogin sijasta timo koivusalo - elokuvaa . kesäteatterimaisen kökköyden vastapainoksi invincible tarjoaa myös todella vaikuttavia hetkiä , mitkä lopulta voittivat puolelleen . tim roth vakuutti ja jouko ahola oli - toisin kuin voisi ehkä luulla - mainio .
the movie has the power of a great silent film , unafraid of grand gestures and moral absolutes .
this film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are . see what’s now showing
( where the film has a more reasonable 5 . 9 score ) denounced this as a case of
the fighter is a 2010 american biographical sports drama film directed by david o . russell , and starring mark wahlberg ( who also co - produced ) , christian bale , amy adams and melissa leo . the film centers on the lives of professional boxer micky ward ( wahlberg ) and his older half - brother dicky eklund ( bale ) . adams plays micky ' s girlfriend charlene fleming and leo portrays micky and dicky ' s mother , alice eklund - ward . the film was inspired by the 1995 documentary that features the eklund - ward family , titled high on crack street : lost lives in lowell . [ 6 ]
the film depicts shea neary with an irish accent when in fact shea neary is from liverpool , england .
the top ten films grossed $ 84m which was up 10 % from last year when invincible opened in first place with $ 17m ; and up 8 % from 2005 when the 40 - year - old virgin remained in the top spot with $ 16 . 3m .
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an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
let me in got rave reviews from film critics , but did so - so at the box office . some people believe that the low turnout was due to people who refused to go see it out of sheer bitter spite ( or on simple principle ) because it ' s an american remake of a foreign film . but what really killed let me in was distributor relativity media ( who acquired the film from starz due to buying the overture distribution outlet from them ) giving the film the invisible advertising treatment . there were few trailers or tv spots released and the film wasn ' t even listed on relativity ' s website . not helping the film was that the company chose to open it the same day as the social network ( a film relativity co - financed with sony ) .
on metacritic , the film achieved a rating of 65 out of 100 , which indicates
generally favorable reviews
.
, as the film was already tagged as a flop by the time the weekend rolled around ) . julia roberts opened
to $ 23 million ( proving she is still a movie star in the right project ) , but the film didn ' t deliver and the film ended up with $ 70 million . as far as new stars , amanda seyfried powered
this is typical herzog : he makes a touching film about jews in germany and the rise of the nazi party , without overloading the film with pity or melodrama . and he still manages to get in his lingering
nature shots
.
one for the money . a whopping 2 % on rotten tomatoes and bombed at the box office , but fans of the book series the film was based on generally enjoyed it and the film did considerably better once it reached home media .
invincible ,
which completely flew under everyone ' s radar way back in 2001 , is a fascinating film . . . a colorfully painted tale of individual triumph in the face of adversity . based on fact , the film is a very straightforward effort , but is not completely void of herzog ' s off - kilter style and sensibilities . it feels very dreamlike , and has a certain elegance and whimsy . adding to this quality is a cast of relatively inexperienced actors ( tim roth and a few others being the exceptions ) . the hulking jouko ahola for example , the hero of the narrative , has a very limited acting range and ability but delivers a very likable , touching , and admirable performance in spite of himself . but no doubt it is herzog who deserves credit most . each scene is filled with the passion and love he obviously had for this material , and luckily his emotions bleed through . this is a powerful story told in a very unique and level - headed fashion . see this gem . another really interesting film from herzog .
and that doesn’t even count the drama the independently run miramax ( acquired by disney in 1993 , at the beginning of the indie boom ) and its founders the weinsteins had thrown the company’s way via a dispute over the 2004 release of michael moore’s fahrenheit 9 / 11 . that fight led to a painful divorce that barely worked out for either party in the long run .
the fighter will now strike a blow on december 10
. the film stage . retrieved june 24 , 2010 .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
short entitled
chicken scratch
was shown prior to the film , which later aired as part of the series ' fourth season . the film made its network debut on cartoon network on may 23 , 2003 and on march 5 , 2004 on toonami .
internationally , the film is proving even more invincible . the $ 200 million marvel title has now earned $ 664 . 1 million overseas , led by massive business in asia .
iron man 3′s
top two international markets are currently china ( $ 95 . 3 million ) and korea ( $ 54 . 1 million ) , and it has become the highest grossing film of all time in both indonesia and malaysia . worldwide ,
iron man 3
has grossed a truly jaw - dropping $ 949 million , guaranteeing it will surpass $ 1 billion sometime this week .
transformers age of extinction continued the tradition , also making over $ 1 billion worldwide ( and actually becoming the highest - grossing film of its year , the second time a bay film accomplished this feat after armageddon ) despite opening to near - universally negative reviews .
i can honestly say that i haven ' t dived that deep into herzog ' s filmography , but despite of this i would put my chin out and say that invincible is very easy to recognize as one of his movies . and even though the plot itself is pretty straightforward , there is a lot to read in between…
this is a really powerful film that chronicles the excess and hypocrisy of nazi germany . tim roth gives an intense performance as well .
critics were mixed towards were the millers , some outright hating the film , but it was a financial success and scored better with audiences .
with the contrasting performances of its two leads , an unconventional and surprising story , and overall mythical quality gives this herzog film its wondrous appeal .
was a borderline arthouse horror film that warner released wide ) . we can whine all we want about tom cruise ' s fading starpower , but
in the film , ward is knocked down in round six of the neary fight . in reality , ward was not knocked down in that fight .
was a stunning surprise , in that was a wonderful piece of old - school entertainment , and standing out as a character - driven drama in a sea of fantasy spectacles . the film was powered by nostalgia of the 1984 original , the kid - appeal of jaden smith , and the thrill of seeing jackie chan portraying a variation on mr . miyagi . but the marketing was unique in that sony sold the fact that it was a film of quality ( imagine that : ' come see this movie . . . because it ' s good ! ' ) . cue $ 56 million opening weekend , $ 176 million domestic and $ 334 million worldwide . it is the year ' s highest - grossing film that wasn ' t aided by imax or 3d ticket - price bumps . nice work , but we really don ' t need to risk the goodwill by making another one ( although , to be fair ,
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
the film of the book of daisy miller received a rare 100 % rating on rotten tomatoes from 6 critics , but a measly 23 % from audiences .
religious films are often given mixed or negative reviews by critics , but popular with the audiences that watch them . for example , the passion of the christ was rated 49 % on rotten tomatoes , but is the highest - grossing religious film and the highest grossing non - english language film of all time .
was probably the worst film of the summer and a heartbreaking artistic failure from the once promising m . night shyamalan ( i still believe the man who made
the fighter received largely positive reviews , with critics praising the performances of wahlberg , bale , adams and leo . bale was seemingly praised more for his performance than his fellow costars , with comments about his weight , accent and mannerisms . review aggregation website rotten tomatoes gives the film a rating of 90 % based on reviews from 239 critics , with an average rating of 7 . 8 / 10 . the site ' s critical consensus reads ,
led by a trio of captivating performances from mark wahlberg , christian bale , and amy adams , the fighter is a solidly entertaining , albeit predictable , entry in the boxing drama genre .
[ 36 ] metacritic gives the film an average score of 79 out of 100 , based on 41 critics , indicating
generally favorable reviews
. [ 37 ]
there have been at least two points in history where critical dissonance got to such a point that it led to a paradigm shift within film criticism in general .
lovece , frank .
winning combination : mark wahlberg and david o . russell champion ' the fighter '
, film journal international , december 3 , 2010
batman v superman dawn of justice is incredibly polarizing . the vast majority of critics panned the film , with one memorable headline calling it
a crime against comic book fans .
audiences well , it ' s actually hard to tell . many sites were review - bombed with perfect scores about a day before the film came out , but the voices and user reviews since then haven ' t been anywhere near as vitriolic as the critics , finding it a flawed but entertaining film .
in second place , baz luhrmann ' s roaring ' 20s drama took in $ 51 . 1 million — the third best opening weekend ever for a film that didn ' t hit no . 1 . ( in 2004 ,
the day after tomorrow
debuted with $ 68 . 7 million but trailed
shrek 2 .
in 2009 ,
sherlock holmes
started with $ 62 . 3 million but couldn ' t overtake
avatar .
) the glossy f . scott fitzgerald adaptation , which stars leonardo dicaprio , carey mulligan , tobey maguire and joel edgerton , broke out at the box office despite middling reviews and a
b
cinemascore grade .
invincible tells the true story of zishe breibart , a jewish blacksmith from eastern poland who travels to berlin in the 1930s to join a nightclub cabaret . he is billed as the world ' s strongest man - a claim that is not well received by the rising nazi party . using his role as the modern day sampson to defend his own people , zishe embarks on an inevitable path to tragedy .
live free or die hard was hailed as a return to form for the series , as well as a true sequel to the first , by critics . however , despite all the moviegoers and series fans who enjoyed it , it quickly turned into the series ' most divisive movie thanks to accusations of boring invincible hero , complaints about justin long , and its series - unusual pg - 13 rating .
but
gatsby ' s
debut also marks a career high point for australian director baz luhrmann . before this weekend , the polarizing filmmaker ' s best opening weekend belonged to his sweeping romance
australia ,
which bowed to $ 14 . 8 million in 2008 .
the great gatsby
easily clobbered that figure , and it will quickly become his highest grossing film ever , surpassing
moulin rouge ,
which danced its way to $ 57 million total in 2001 . of course ,
gatsby
was undoubtedly luhrmann ' s most expensive project , too . the film , which was shot in 3 - d , cost about $ 105 million to produce ( and reportedly would have cost about $ 190 million without australian rebates ) , though audiences weren ' t overly excited about the 3 - d effects . only 33 percent of ticket sales were for 3 - d showtimes .
christmas eve , a forgettable 2015 film starring patrick stewart , has a rare 0 % on rotten tomatoes , but audiences gave it a barely - fresh 61 % .
i got astonished to see my own patience for watching this film till the end i . e . for one and half hour . . . maybe because i rented it . however , the only thing that is worth is billy zane ' s famous geek - like appearence that is present here in full fledge . actually it ' s better not to have any comment on the other ' actors ' . the screenplay is horrible ; the visual effects , childish ; the action sequences , intolerable and the story , laughable . there were some nice colorful images to attract other geeks among the viewers . and direction ? given production , even i can direct such a movie . truly invincible . . . in the measure of how bad can a film be .
the film has ward ' s career record as 30–7 with 20 kos as he fights neary . in reality , his record at that time was 34–9 with 25 kos .
rising one spot to second place was matt damon ' s latest assassin flick the bourne ultimatum which slipped only 37 % to $ 12 . 5m . it was the third best fourth - weekend gross of any summer film this year after the threequel smashes shrek the third ( $ 15 . 3m ) and spider - man 3 ( $ 14 . 3m ) . with $ 185 . 3m in the bank for universal , bourne has now outgrossed every james bond film domestically ( in nominal dollar terms ) , both previous bourne films , and two of the three mission : impossible pics . ultimatum is still on track to hit the $ 200m mark by the end of labor day weekend and will give a serious challenge to this decade ' s top action films that are not driven by special effects - rush hour 2 ( $ 226 . 2m in 2001 ) and mission : impossible 2 ( $ 215 . 4m in 2000 ) .
scenescape . the inspired script is both sinfully cynical and aw - shucks sweet
. he also called it
one of the few american creations that is both gleeful pop culture and exquisite high art .
however , the film received minimal controversy for some of its violence , which many felt was too extreme for a family - oriented film ,
to promote the film , wahlberg appeared on the cover of sports illustrated and men ' s fitness , and bale on esquire , [ 17 ] in november 2010 . an advanced charity premiere took place in lowell , massachusetts , the setting of the fighter , on december 9 , a day before the film ' s scheduled national release . [ 35 ]
the story of hanussen and breitbart has long since fascinated those obsessed with the occultist ley lines that cut through time and culture . indeed in 2001 mike mignola’s brilliant hellboy graphic novel series was finally getting the recognition it deserved thanks to a sustained assault of soft back reprints , and breitbart and hanussen’s influence haunt hellboy like a stinking green undead mist . squint and it is easy to see breitbart resurrected as a demonic investigator for the bureau of paranormal research and defence , hanussen’s influence is there in both the nazi occultists hellboy frequently fights and even in the passing kindness of hellboy’s surrogate father professor bruttenholm .
drama / zishe breitbart ( jouko ahola ) es el hijo de un herrero de polonia que causa sensación en el berlín de la weimar como forzudo de tiempos mitológicos . su empleador , hanussen ( tim roth ) , sueña con establecer un todopoderoso
ministerio de lo oculto
en el gobierno de hitler . reparto : tim roth , jouko ahola , anna gourari , max raabe , jacob wein , udo kier , herbert golder , klaus stiglmeier , ieva aleksandrova , rudolph herzog , les bubb , tina bordhin , alexander duda , klaus haindl , hark bohm
critics looooove the horror film it follows . audiences are much more mixed , though generally positive . ( a 65 % on rotten tomatoes isn ' t bad , after all . )
at around the midpoint of this film , anna ( marta farra ) , the put - upon mistress of the sinister clairvoyant hanussen ( tim roth ) observes a tank of jellyfish , and says ,
look at these beasts . for me , they have the purest of souls . i have never seen anything more beautiful , or more delicate . i want to play music to match these fish . it ' s deep inside me .
herzog is going for something similar with this film - something pure and earnest and direct . roger ebert , the most ardent defender of this little - loved film , wrote :
the movie has the power of a great silent film , unafraid of grand gestures and moral absolutes .
in a tight race among new releases , the family film mr . bean ' s holiday edged out the action film war for fourth place . universal ' s g - rated comedy opened to $ 9 . 9m from 1 , 714 theaters for a solid $ 5 , 770 average . the rowan atkinson starrer has already grossed a stellar $ 189m internationally . debuting a hair behind with $ 9 . 8m was the r - rated crime drama war which averaged a mediocre $ 4 , 313 from 2 , 277 locations . starring jet li and jason statham , the lionsgate release opened close to the numbers of the last films from the two actors . last september , li ' s fearless bowed to $ 10 . 6m and a $ 5 , 857 average while statham ' s crank launched with $ 10 . 5m over three days and a $ 4 , 158 average . putting the two together did little to broaden the audience , however .
david lynch is very popular among film critics and intellectuals for making innovative cinema that at least tries to do something different . other moviegoers literally hate his pictures for being bizarre and arty .
. . . the naivete of his performance has a humbling effect on a film that , while entirely too long and short on sizzling imagery , is meant to be taken simply as folkloric .
the biggest surprise of summer 2010 is how few surprises there really were . most of the expected smash hits were smash hits , the expected under - performers underperformed , and the bigger films without studio support tanked . the more mainstream art - house cinema made money , while more challenging studio fare struggled . it surely wasn ' t the best summer in recent years ( that would probably be 2002 or 2008 ) , but it wasn ' t the worst either ( 2001 gets my vote ) . it was a summer just like any other summer , so let ' s dive right in . you might want to take a bathroom break first . . .
how the grinch stole christmas is a very divisive film , especially in terms of this trope . it received a 53 % on rotten tomatoes and a 46 % on metacritic , but spent four weeks as the # 1 film in the us , and was the highest - grossing movie of 2000 domestically , with $ 260 million . the film was nominated for three academy awards , winning for best makeup ( which , if you ' ve seen the behind - the - scenes footage , is very well - deserved ) , and was nominated for two razzies , but won neither .
invincible
is based , herzog says , on the true story of breitbart , whose great strength contradicted the nazi myth of aryan superiority . i can imagine a dozen ways in which this story could be told badly , but herzog has fashioned it into a film of uncommon fascination , in which we often have no idea at all what could possibly happen next . there are countless movies about preludes to the holocaust , but i can ' t think of one this innocent , direct and unblinking . in the face of gathering evil , zishe trusts in human nature , is proud of his heritage , and believes strength and goodness ( which he confuses ) will triumph .
die hard with a vengeance was somewhat divisive to critics ( though its reputation has improved since then ) , but was still the highest - grossing film of 1995 and well - received by fans .
darren aronofsky ' s film mother got fairly positive reviews from critics with a 68 % rating on rotten tomatoes , but in manner similar to killing them softly , audiences gave it an f cinemascore .
out cold was panned by reviewers giving it an 8 % on rotten tomatoes . but the film immediately gained a small cult following , as it has an 85 % user rating on that site .
the 2009 canadian sci - fi / horror film splice was a critical hit because it was different from most horror films . audiences , meanwhile , got turned off by it for the same reason .
the film depicts ward taking a severe beating in the mungin fight . in reality , the fight went the full ten rounds and mungin won by very narrow decision : 96–93 , 95–94 , 95–94 .
kiss kiss bang bang was a critically acclaimed flop at the box office , but most people who did see it really enjoyed it . the film was later named
most overlooked movie of the year .
the film was released in select north american theaters on december 17 , 2010 and in the united kingdom on february 4 , 2011 . [ 7 ] it was nominated for seven academy awards , including best picture and best director , winning the awards for best supporting actor ( bale ) and best supporting actress ( leo ) . it was the first film to win both awards since hannah and her sisters in 1986 .
werner herzog ' s
invincible
tells the astonishing story of a jewish strongman in nazi germany , a man who in his simple goodness believes he can be the
new samson
and protect his people . he is a blacksmith in poland in 1932 when discovered by a talent scout , and soon becomes the headliner in the palace of the occult , in berlin , which is run by the sinister hanussen ( tim roth ) , a man who dreams of becoming minister of the occult in a nazi government .
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what fox does have is february’s deadpool , a breakout shocker that became the ninth - highest - grossing superhero film of all time , thereby proving there is still massive potential in the marvel mutant titles the studio controls .
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critics are mixed on into the woods but overall are leaning more on the positive side . audiences , on the other hand , are even more mixed on the film , with a 53 % audience rating on rotten tomatoes .
only if not adjusting for inflation , then the title still belonged to thunderball , being one of the ten highest - grossing films of all time internationally . it took nearly 50 years for another bond film to surpass it .
this is the first feature in 10 years from herzog , one of the great visionaries among directors . he strains to break the bonds of film structure in order to surprise us in unexpected ways . his best films unashamedly yearn to lift us into the mythical and the mystical .
our civilization is starving for new images ,
he once told me , and in
invincible
there is an image of a bleak , rocky seashore where the sharp stones are littered with thousands or millions of bright red crabs , all mindlessly scrabbling away on their crabby missions . i think this scene may represent the emerging nazi hordes , but of course there can be no literal translation . perhaps herzog wants to illustrate the implacable darwinian struggle from which man can rise with good heart and purpose .
marvel’s captain america : civil war is the second - highest - grossing film of 2016 so far . it’s one of the four disney - owned movies that dominate this year’s top five films at the box office . marvel / disney
the legendary
mouse house
( a moniker affectionately bestowed upon it by industry trade paper variety ) didn’t release one film in 2000 that cracked the top 10 in terms of the year - end box office . in fact , disney’s highest - grossing film that year landed at number 11 ; it was dinosaur , a now - forgotten cg animated tale that was considered a severe financial disappointment . to say times have changed since then is something of an understatement .
the strongman in
invincible
is lovable , and so deeply moving , precisely because he is not a cog in a plot , has no plan , is involved in no machinations , but is simply proud of his parents , proud to be a jew , in love with the girl , and convinced that god has made him strong for a reason . he may be wrong in his optimism , but his greatest strength is that he will never understand that . the roth character is equally single - minded , but without hope or purpose - - a conniver and manipulator .
is still in there , buried beneath the hubris ) . but the film ' s $ 70 million five - day opening weekend proves that the nickelodeon cartoon from which it is based has an uber - strong following , and the film has so far grossed $ 253 million worldwide ( it too just started rolling out internationally ) on a $ 150 million budget . so paramount may see fit to give us book two : earth , but this time with shyamalan likely just producing .
in the 1950s , an adolescent werner herzog was transfixed by a film performance of the young klaus kinski . years later , they would share an apartment where , in an unabated , forty - eight - hour . . . see full summary »
the 2002 remake of solaris received generally positive reviews from critics ( 66 % on rotten tomatoes ) , but audiences hated it . it received an f grade from audiences polled by cinemascore , the first film to ever get this ' honor ' .
gunday has a 100 % rating on rotten tomatoes ( based on five votes ) , but a 1 . 9 rating on im db . it was actually once # 1 on the bottom 100 , though it has since dropped down to # 23 . much of this comes down to an extremely vocal periphery hatedom , though  bangladeshi audiences absolutely despised the film for the artistic license it took with the bangladesh liberation war , and drove the film ' s imdb score into the gutter in response .
[ friendly note : i ' ll be referring to events in the life of erik jan hanussen , the character played by tim roth in this movie , during this review , including some details which are played as surprises in the film . i know there are many schools of thought over whether references to public - domain facts can be considered spoilers for a film that ' s based on true events , so rather than put a spoiler warning up i ' m putting this up . your call ]
the film has ward on a losing streak coming into the 1988 mike mungin fight . in reality , ward was 18–1 and on a four - fight winning streak when he fought mungin . ward ' s four - fight losing streak actually took place in 1990–91 .
cant stop the music is definitely not a film we ' d recommend , and in fact the critics trashed it , but it at least has a huge cult following if the blurb on the back of anchor bay entertainment ' s cassette is anything to go by .
happened again with the third film , transformers : dark of the moon . despite bad reviews from critics ( though its considered somewhat better than revenge of the fallen ) , and even a mixed consensus from audiences , it still ended up making over a billion dollars worldwide .
mere days after the release of annie , the sharp contrast between negative reviews and overall - positive reception from the public was already glaring . four days after its release , there was a 30 % difference between the critic and audience numbers for the film on rotten tomatoes .
the boss baby originally received scathing reviews , but the critical rating climbed to a 49 on rt . audiences were much more enthusiastic about the film , when it opened at number one and bumped off the live - action version of beauty and the beast to no . 2 .
the carry on film series divided audiences and critics by the time the 1970s rolled around . although , after popular regular sid james left , as well as the series screenwriter , the critics and audience both began to argue over which movies were the worst ' post - 1974 .
justice league 2017 has a 40 % critic score , but a 75 % audience score on rotten tomatoes . however , the box office has under - performed and there is a great demand for zack snyder ' s original cut of the film without joss whedon ' s reshoots .
the first home alone film got mixed reviews and the second was utterly panned , but both were box - office successes , have become beloved christmas fixtures and kevin ' s scream face has become almost as much of a pop - culture icon as the munch painting that inspired it .
it may be hard to believe , but there was a time when many professional critics didn ' t take sergio leone ' s spaghetti westerns , every stanley kubrick film , and psycho seriously even though they were popular from the start . they have thankfully all been vindicated by history .
german director , werner herzog , has a knack for characters that struggle . they often find themselves moving up river with no prayer for survival or pitted against seemingly impossible odds . herzog has no secrets and is open to his audience about all plans , at one stage or another . invincible is no different , except that it’s plot shows a unique struggle of two characters that are dealing with their identity . this is almost a fantasy tale but time has proven that fact is stranger than fiction . the set pieces and choreography are like something borrowed out of cabaret but with a with a gentle giant calming the plot storms around him . struggle is not spared to just the villain or the hero , …
man , that whole chunk of film with tim roth is great . everything else , though ? very flawed and awkward . except the soundtrack and cinematography . some terribly monotonous acting and unearned over - sentimentality . they had udo kier ! why didn ' t they use him properly ? !
october baby received horrible reviews , sitting third on the a . v . club ' s list of the worst movies of 2012 and earning a mere 22 % on rotten tomatoes . conservative christian audiences ate it up , however , and the film looks set to become a cult classic .
haywire was well - received by critics ( 80 % on rotten tomatoes ) , who are usually familiar with steven soderbergh ' s films , but hated by audiences ( a d on cinemascore ) who expected a more hollywood - style action film ( the film was even promoted as being like the director ' s ocean ' s eleven ) . the same thing happened with the director ' s contagion , which has an 84 % on rotten tomatoes but a c on cinemascore ( but at least was profitable with over $ 135 million worldwide , unlike haywire , which barely recouped its budget ) .
grumpier old men , the sequel to grumpy old men , was given largely negative reviews from critics ( it ' s rated 18 % rotten on rotten tomatoes ) for being a tired rehash of the first film . fan responses are much kinder ( 6 . 6 out of 10 on imdb ) .
downplayed with rings . the film was panned by critics ( it has a measly 5 % on rotten tomatoes ) , but it has been met with a mixed response from audiences ( it has a 44 % audience rating on the same site ) , and even this appears to be getting worse .
in the film , during ward ' s fight with alfonso sanchez , which took place on april 4 , 1997 , ward ' s entrance song is
the warrior ' s code
by dropkick murphys . however , that song was not released until 2005 on their album of the same name .
critics hated planes , equating it to a shameless ripoff of cars ( despite being a spinoff , which means it ' s canonically part of the cars franchise ) meant to sell more toys . this didn ' t stop the film from making back its budget more than four times over and getting a sequel .
cloud atlas received polarizing but mostly positive reviews ( roger ebert gave it four out of four stars and called it one of the most ambitious films ever made ) and was nominated for a number of awards . audiences , however , roundly ignored the film , and it ended up becoming a box office bomb .
mark wahlberg as micky ward : wahlberg elected to star in the film due to his friendship with ward , with whom he shares an inner - city working class massachusetts upbringing [ 8 ] in a family with eight siblings . wahlberg also was a huge fan of ward ' s , calling him a
local sports hero .
[ 9 ] the actor was also attracted to the film ' s central theme , an ordinary person in
an against - all - odds story ,
which he previously explored in invincible . [ 10 ] to mimic ward ' s habits and mannerisms , wahlberg had him
on set , watching me every single day .
[ 11 ] during pre - production , the ward brothers temporarily moved into wahlberg ' s home . [ 12 ] to add to the film ' s realism , wahlberg refused a stunt double and took real punches during the fight scenes , [ 10 ] which resulted in him nearly getting his nose broken a couple of times . [ 9 ] wahlberg underwent a strict bodybuilding exercise regimen , dedicating over four years of training to obtain a muscular physique to convincingly play ward .
the last six movies i did i was also secretly preparing for the fighter at the same time ,
the actor continued ,
so i would leave three hours early for work and go to the gym and spend three hours there . i would bring the trainers with me on every movie that i did .
[ 13 ] his uncertainty over the film ' s development was overruled by his persistence to get the film made .
there were certainly times where i would wake up at 4 : 30 in the morning , you know , my trainer would ring the bell , and , ' oh god , ' i ' m like , ' i better get this movie made . ' you know , ' kill somebody if i don ' t get this movie made . '
[ 9 ] wahlberg hired freddie roach as his boxing trainer , helping the actor model ward ' s specific fighting style . [ 10 ] the last two years of wahlberg ' s training resulted in the construction of a
dream gym
in his house for daily use , with a personal boxing ring . [ 14 ] he received additional boxing preparation from manny pacquiao . [ 15 ]
the melbourne international film festival ( miff ) is an iconic melbourne event . it commenced in 1952 , and is one of the oldest in the world as well as being one of australia’s major film festivals . miff has a shorts award with cash prizes ( academy awards , bafta and aacta awards accredited ) and an audience award for feature films and documentaries . alongside the festival , miff hosts an industry program consisting of 37 south – a finance market , the premiere fund - which invests in new australian content and accelerator - a dedicated development program for new directors . in 2016 miff screened 348 films and hosted 198 festival guests .
within the sequel trilogy , the last jedi was acclaimed by critics ( clocking at 90 % on rotten tomatoes ) , but fans are more divided ( 46 % ) . notably , the things that critics loved about the film , namely the massive internal deconstruction that it gave to many key components of the star wars mythology , were the very same things that many longtime star wars fans hated about it . the discrepancy was so great that rotten tomatoes was forced to do an investigation to prove that the low audience score wasn ' t the result of bots , as the film also carried an a cinemascore and a 7 . 6 on im db . the divide can be seen in the film ' s box office : it had the second highest opening weekend ever , followed by the highest ever gross drop from the first weekend to the second ( however , it is still one of the highest grossing films of all time in the us ) .
a handful of indie films ( under the skin , the guest , and night moves , to name a few ) have attracted critical praise yet are often met with lukewarm to negative responses from audiences . reasons for the divide vary from film to film , but the general idea from moviegoers in most cases is that it wasn ' t as great as critics made it out to be . chances are , if a certified fresh - rotten tomatoes - awarded indie movie only has a two - and - a - half - to three - star rating ( out of five ) on amazon , then this trope is in full effect .
some abrupt plot moves and some amateurish dialogue cannot sink what is a truly great story . two basically non - actors run what is a visually stunning little film perfectly contrasted with a mesmerising tim roth as a self - hating hypnotist . and those jellyfish ! frequently magical , sometimes weak , but very worth a watch .
michael bay ' s directorial effort
pain & gain
wound up in third place in its third weekend with $ 5 million , marking a slim 33 percent drop . the paramount film , which stars mark wahlberg and dwayne johnson , has now earned $ 41 . 6 million against a slim $ 26 million budget .
as shown by the page image , the works of tyler perry get consistently negative reviews from critics , but fan response ( more specifically the actual target demographic ) is positive . as with michael bay and the rock , i can do bad all by myself is the only film of his to get a critically favorable reception .
sports illustrated dubbed the film the best sports film of the decade and
one of the best since martin scorsese backlit robert de niro ' s jake lamotta in raging bull .
. [ 38 ] richard corliss of time magazine named christian bale ' s performance one of the top 10 movie performances of 2010 , saying
in a little festival of tart , savory performances , notably from melissa leo as the boys ' mother and amy adams as micky ' s girlfriend , bale shines the brightest , because he knows that no character , however depraved his status , is only a monster . he finds beauty in the beast
. [ 39 ]
this for me was honestly the worst herzog film i ' ve seen . granted there was the traditional appeals to werner of a strange outsider who winds up doing something great and there were some nice nature shots but the story was lob - sided . the acting was terrible and simply the flow was so choppy . not a fan .


planet of the apemen was a dramatised documentary on the struggles of homo sapiens with homo erectus in the first episode , and homo neanderthalensis in the second episode , broadcast on bbc one on 23 and 30 june 2011 respectively .

planet of the apemen

bbc planet of the apemen . battle for earth 2 . neanderthal - video dailymotion
john preston reviews planet of the apemen , a bbc one documentary about the triumph of homo sapiens over homo erectus .
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planet of the apemen : battle for earth this two - part documentary explains how we , as homo sapiens , populated the earth only because we were successful in overwhelming two more advanced species : homo erectus and homo neanderthalensis , known today as neanderthals . in the not - too - distant past , humans shared this planet with other species of hominid . this series tells how , against all the odds , homo sapiens survived .
planet of the apemen : battle for earth is a tv mini - series starring rayna campbell , jimmy akingbola , and angela wynter . two part mini - series follows the journeys of two different groups of modern humans as they encounter other human species . the first group encounters homo erectus and is forced to cross the . . . see full summary »
having ricked my back last week , i’ve been scuttling about ever since in a simian crouch that reduces my two young children to squeals of helpless laughter . the only good thing about it is that it’s made me better qualified to review planet of the apemen ( thurs , bbc one ) about the triumph of homo sapiens over homo erectus than i could ever have imagined .
homo erectus . in the not - too - distant past , humans shared this planet with other species of hominid . this series tells how , against all the odds , homo sapiens survived .
the story of english is a pbs documentary series detailing the development of the english language . the series consists of nine episodes and . . .
there are some obvious pitfalls to making a docu - drama set 74 , 000 years ago and one of the most obvious is language . in planet of the apemen , homo erectus spoke in the kind of slurry grunts that will be familiar to anyone who has ever hung about at the end of a real ale festival , while homo sapiens confined himself to page one of the berlitz teach - yourself - english - while - sharpening - your - spear handbook – “water ! ” “don’t drink it ! ”
the story of how homo sapiens once shared the earth with other species of hominid , and how , against all the odds , we survived .
the only release of this dvd as of 2017 is english or german your choice . plays perfectly on usa players regardless of what the ads say . tells the seldom treated story of the extinction of homo erectus at the hands of homo sapiens in asia about 75 , 000 years ago . live action and interviews . ca 45 minutes . moderately interesting account of how the two species looked and how they may have interacted .
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
a abraham lincoln : saint or sinner ? absolute zero african cats after life : the strange science of decay aftermath of a crisis the age . . .
is a two - part bbc documentary series about human evolution . the series tells the story of how homo sapiens once shared the earth with other species of hominid , and how , against all the odds , we survived . the first episode deals with the struggles of homo sapiens with homo erectus , and the second episode depicts homo sapiens ' s encounter with homo neanderthalensis .
two part mini - series follows the journeys of two different groups of modern humans as they encounter other human species . the first group encounters homo erectus and is forced to cross the thar desert to reach the sea . the second group encounters neanderthals in europe .
the part that was amusing to me was the fact the tribal leader’s daughter was pushing feministic ideas… . . during those days , the authority of the leader was unquestioned by female and by male alike . and also , if i am not mistaking , the concept of daughter , son and so on was not established , the leader mated with pretty much whoever he wanted .
there is a theory that one of the barriers modern hss faced in getting out of africa prior to 90ka or so ago , was the more robust nearderthal types they were encroaching upon .
this is probably the closest comment to the truth in here . and , the earth would have been better if the neanderthals lived and also evolved longer .
i ' ve heard of them .
homo letserectus apyramidicus
. a monster species of man . could pick up a ten ton slab of rock as if it were a bale of straw . good thing they went extinct .
most of the programme was taken up with an unusually atmospheric chase sequence in which a group of homo erectus pursued a group of homo sapiens , eventually putting the lead sapiens out of action by the simple yet effective ploy of eating him . armchair anthropologists may have noted that in this account homo sapiens appeared to have a finely developed sense of sentimentality – dead papa’s fetish necklace was tearfully passed on to his son with the words , “it’s yours now” – but i can’t say it bothered me that much .
in the ice - ravaged wilds of europe , circa 25 , 000 bc , a . . .
i don ' t understand how no one not even the scientists and archeologists dont even come around the ? possibility of homosapiens anihilating the neanderthal population simply because they had a challenger for food , territory and war its kind of in our genes no ? i am sure that there was more than just the neanderthals that have felt our rath as we left africa in the thousands searching for new territories . the archeologist statement about changing climate killing of the neanderthals is rubbish ! the neanderthals were there for 50 . 000 years before us , so what a bit of cold weather would kill them of ? i think homosapiens suffers form a great case of amnesia , it was the first genocide of its kind , we killed every single one of them and then we just forgot about it . we ? did mix with them too that is where the white man originates from so does g w bush lol , the man that left africa was dark skinned , the neanderthals are lets say our great great great grandpap .
if you look at the
who built the pyramids
video it pretty much confirms what the bible says about it . in genesis chapter 6 it states that the sons of god saw that the earth women were
fair and took wives of them . so that started a mixing of the dna ' s human and alien from there . it says their children became men of
renown
and even became giants in the land and built cities . maybe that ' s how they built egypt ' s pyramids ? it makes better sense to me anyway .
proves beyond a shadow of a doubt , the medicis of florence were neanderthals and that homo sapiens are the only surviving , hominids because they are homicidal sob ' s - now that they have murdered all the other apes , they are cannibalizing themselves to extinction .
fun doc but the tribe they show is wayyyy more modern in their thinking than the humans at the time would have been . the tribe in this documentary was more modern in its thinking ( even though it was supposed to be 30k years ago ) than the tribal cultures of today .
white skin comes from living in the dark like in a cave as compared to constantly being out in the sun for 100 , 000 years as a race . then you need leather or black velvet in the case of the desirable female . both are rather nice . i think all types of skin should get mixed up .
if you are interested in the subject and you don ' t have cognitive disabilities like the production team of this documentary , i suggest you take a look at bbc ' s walking with cavemen series , first peoples and the ape that took over the world .
why do scientific documentarians feel the need to insert these lame dramatizations ? i think the people who would watch a documentary like this would be alright with the narration and the academic ' s commentary .
this documentary is a pos and a waste of time . as discussed by other people it voices a very outdated anthrophological view of the other human species and its plainly bad . also it is in the horrible form of movie - like documentary which is used for a load of non - sense . acting is cringeworthy , plot is idiotic , overly pc , costumes are designed conveniently not to upset anyone . you also don ' t really hear the experts , as they hired like two guys whom they talk to in these two episodes and the rest of the budget went to filming this c class film .
by the way , it ' s an ignorant and manipulative to accuse humans of unrighteous acts and to use english improperly for your own agenda , and people don ' t
prey
only animals do that . people only
hunt
. also females will never walk out to a hunting party of men alone while predators prowel the range to eat her up . face reality you are all spreading your own propaganda . and , kain and able went out of egypt and one tribe went south to africa where the heat made his skin dark and the other brother went north to the cold where he grew hair and in the darkness his skin became white . this is how it went . find the bones you want and write the story correctly . we did not originate at one end of the globe . we started in the ripe gardens in the center . face it .
it ' s the english version we speak in the us and it ' s not like a brit .
that ' s the natural truth . you won ' t have those rebels around talking this way . this is serious modern propaganda to the point of becoming noxiating . again spell checker doesn ' t know english words very well . we are all so tired of these spell checkers which have not evolved to our present level of communication . it ' s not that hard to import the entire websters .
right and the aztecs weren ' t all killed . probably the spaniards seriously mated with some of those females . so those genetics will also turn up from time to time in modern mankind .
this presentation was vetted by paleoanthropoligists , surely , and the scenarios of neighboring clans co - operating , trading , sharing meat & using marriage as a vehicle of ensuring intra - clan bonds and healthy gene circulation rings true .
well , i reckon the announcer might have answered her own question whe she asked that question at the begining of this doco . its maybe because we instinctivly saw it as a battle with anyone slightly different , wheras the other species were perhaps less competitive and combative ?
these tough customers dominated the levant , europe and central asia , until such time that the taller , lighter branch ( modern homo sapiens , our ancestors ) finally emerged . the newer folk got its bearings after facing droughts , and various environmental and thus cognitive challenges and thus technological , cultural & strategic repertoire cranking , faced the likely dire necessity of finding new territory & ultimately walked out of africa a world beater .
- the liberated female who wanted to hunt . . . total joke , this did not exist nor would it have been tolerated 30k years ago . - the total lack of any superstitous beliefs or rituals was also a joke . . . every hunter - gathering tribe of today exibits these traits .
maybe a bit of both . many american pre - columbian nations first lost the wars with european nations and then were absorbed and are now extinct .
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mr . kanamori , a teacher of a 4th grade class , teaches his . . .
channel 5 have blocked it in the uk , make a note channel 5 i will never buy one of your dvd ' s or watch your channel .
that all makes sense , ha ha ha . but what about the fact their noses are flatter and have no bone in the nose ? white people have a pollock nose like a ski jump and the blacks have flat and squishy noses unless they already had inter - racial breeding in their family tree before . asians have different color skin because its cold up in the snow of china and hot down in the south pacific . same thing as the other continents . it ' s so obvious .
so our breed are all racist . we chased the neanderthals to the rock of gibralter and we did not allow them to live beside us in another nation . so we are the bad ones ( if we all came from africa ) as this says . i don ' t believe in this propaganda .
soon this era will come to an end . the free ride is over . there will be no mcdonalds and rebellious people without the ability to backup their words . talent and strength will once again dominate the world and not those who wish to oppress others for idiology . each race and sex will know it ' s place because the cream always rises . and , it will probably be all the good people mixed races together who will dominate the earth , and not the violent ones .
this episode is set 35 , 000 years ago and depicts homo sapiens ' s encounter with homo neanderthalensis . as the ice caps retreated , the neanderthal stronghold in europe weakened , providing a window of opportunity to which modern humans owe their existence .
i cried when the girl married that jerk and left the white guy go away alone . it was social pressure and not love . but probably he would have taken her with him and stole her from the tribe .
striped bikers of the steppes
. . . . wow , all i can say is the surviving neanderthal must have been the terminators ancestor , he fell over a cliff , got gutted by a spear , got poked through a lung by another , and yet wanders off over the horizon like
shane
in the finale . . . yeah , a bit more
dramatic license
here . . . jeez louise , i thought we americans produced some lame stuff
this episode is set 35 , 000 years ago and depicts homo sapiens ' s encounter with homo neanderthalensis . as the ice caps retreated , the neanderthal stronghold in europe weakened , providing a window of opportunity to which modern humans owe their existence . as almost exclusively carnivorous , both male and female neanderthals hunted . evidence of a huge number of injuries , like those seen in today ' s rodeo riders , suggest that hunting involved dangerously close contact with large prey animals .
neanderthal . this episode is set 35 , 000 years ago and depicts homo sapiens ' s encounter with homo neanderthalensis . as the ice caps retreated , the neanderthal stronghold in europe weakened , providing a window of opportunity to which modern humans owe their existence .
indeed , the only jarring note in an otherwise excellent programme came when we learned that following the demise of homo erectus “social networking in surviving humans increased” . my god , so they were at it even then , and across the millennia their voices come to us once more : “you facebook ? ” “no , me twitter . ”
seriously ? ! ? why do you have to troll so hard ! ? ! your entire last post was one big troll message . . . if you didn ' t notice . . . every post on this comment board ( except yours ) is concerning science or ones scientific claims . your recent posts are ignorantly undermining the purpose of my previous statements . the stupidity you ' ve written draws attention from the educational points i was trying to make , subsequently , you are literally impairing the spread of accurate information . please ! do not bother replying staind , as to not waste any more of our time with your senseless slander .
yes we have the same problem in usa . many of your channels and those in asia and europe and china are blocked here so us citizens can ' t see those things also .
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since egypt is in africa , you ' re kind of contradicting yourself . you say we didn ' t come from the same people in africa , but that we did come from the same group in egypt , which is in africa . . . this doesn ' t make sense to me . you ' re pretty much saying the theory of homo sapien evolution is right except that they were actually already homo sapiens , and an argument is what caused the divergence , and that neanderthals never existed because neither did homo erectus . our evolution from homo erectus is not propaganda , how about researching instead of watching some dramatization and calling it propaganda . if the theory is wrong , provide facts instead of just calling bullshit , because you really just don ' t know . people like you are certain they know everything and deny anything that requires critical thinking .
its actually a popular misconception that skin color has to do with exposure to solar radiation . that ' s not to say it isn ' t a factor ; it is , but its one of a multitude of factors that determine melanin levels in the skin . for instance , there are dark skinned aborigines living in tasmania ( they ' ve been isolated there for longer than many white skinned people of europe ) . there are also examples of light skinned peoples living in tropical , non - shaded areas who ' ve also lived there long enough to develop dark skin if it had been the sole factor determining skin color .
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it was fun to watch but i don ' t think it was likely very accurate at all . why do they assume the hunter - gather types of 30k years ago had more
evolved
sensabilities when it came to certain concepts than the today ' s hunter - gathering cultures ? if you want to know how these people lived , go look deep in the jungles of africa and south america and you ' ll see tribes that still live like the tribes of 30lk years ago . i would advise you to take a gift . however , as they ' re likely to kill you at first sight . you ' re not likely to have a
liberated
lesbian to stick up for you like the one they showed in this
ancient
tribe .
you silly troll get a life , try to intelligently assault me like a real man , instead of picking at what i say to undermine my point . you have staind ( name pun burn ) this comment board with your lack of wit .
this was all propaganda . they can ' t know if one had more intelligence than the other one . they wrote this to make some type of racist statement for americans to watch . they are pushing this theory that we all came from some bones in africa . it ' s crap . we came from a garden near to egypt and 2 brothers split after a dispute . one went south and the other went north . of course they were not alone they had mates and animals and an entourage . then the africans got blacker . the white people got hairy for winter .
female in this film is cross bread with some caucasian we called that
high yellow
and probably it was a frenchman in louisiana . and , learn how to spell caucasian . it ' s missing the ms dictionary and why is that ? we are not going to become the minority either because we are tired of being told not to fraternize and make propositions for sex . that ' s part of life and normal .
i do trust all the concepts you have offered on your post . they ' re very convincing and can certainly work . still , the posts are very brief for starters . may you please prolong them a bit from subsequent time ? thanks for the post .
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definitely , a smart young man or older man about age 30 in his prime developed the spear thrower and this movie is propaganda because there is no woman who will do this and there is no desire in an ancient woman to make a weapon . rebellious woman is a phenomenon of the modern era . this idea of a spear thrower is an idea which would be worked out in the creative mind even by looking up into a tree . and , he throws a ball and he could also think to extend his arm . if you ask me the
lever
is common sense and nothing clever at all . some of us think clearly and don ' t need physics courses to realize how a lever works . it comes naturally to us .
this episode is set 75 , 000 years ago in india , following a catastrophic super - volcanic eruption which forced a showdown between our ancestors and a completely different species of human , homo erectus , who up until that point had reigned supreme . homo erectus was a successful , long - lived species that migrated out of africa . possibly the first humans to live in hunter - gatherer societies , they also used rafts to travel the oceans .
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my understanding was the pair - bonding was established much earlier , and the clan leaders ruled by skill & persuasion . these people were culturally rather more sophisticated than we might think .
she was either stupid or she was trying to make the other apes to smell her piss because they all came running to her scent . what woman pisses up on top of a rock ? they usually hide under a bush .
technically , a half million years wandering more northern climes would tend to support such a statement . . . the mellanin advantage in the equatorial region becomes a major disadvantage as you move towards the poles . . . shorter days , much lower sun pressure results in much lower rates of vitamin d metabolization . . . but , such a theory assumes a common gene controlling such metabolic functions , just to be
fair
what evidence is there for white pigment . . i didn ' t hear any supporting evidence for that kind of classic anthropromorphisizing . . .
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this female wondering around without permission from her father would not be so lucky to find a cliff and the lion would eat her and her gene pool is over . and , the girl wouldn ' t be pretty . the beautiful women are mating and they are smart enough to listen to the good men . this movie is disgusting propaganda and a big disappointment because time is wasted on this garbage and not on trying to explain bone history and evolution in the movie part .
seriously ? ? the best you can come up with is lame comment on my screen name and you insult my wit ? i noticed on one of your other comments that your hobby is policing the forums here . i guess that makes you a self proclaimed moderator too , huh ? i think it is hysterical that you are so proud of coming up with an extremely obvious pun on my name that you even congratulate yourself in your own comment . some peoples idiocy knows no bounds . have a nice day , loser .
you are an extremely ignorant individual , lamarckism is false . your saying white skin is a
darwinian
adaptation to the environment
. do you even know what mutation is , or what causes it ? documentary suggestions : 1 . what darwin never knew , 2 . anything about genes . . . . . . don ' t try to fake smart , it makes you seem really stupid . there is genetic proof of interbreeding in the two species , also there were many contributors to neanderthal
extinction
and this documentary discredits none of them . quit tryin to poop on the stage . . . . . .
i really enjoyed this doc . i felt like i was watching a movie . there was plenty of action and drama to keep my interest . i learned the difference between homo sapiens , homo erectus and neanderthals . i was taught many moons ago , that neanderthals were hairy , short , and could not speak . my only complaint about this doc was the character named
biana
, (
bannana
is more like it ! ) . i found her very annoying and was rooting for the neanderthals and the cat that were chasing her . but that ' s just me .
lol . . . . . wait until you see the next part . its even worse in that regard .
im not normally one to aggresively promote my opinions , i love to debate with others , its a fantastic way to learn . but for the minute im going to put all of that to the side and say the following . . . . . joni , you are a complete idot who has no clue what so ever . . . your a troll and nothing you say has any validity . every person who has read your words , i guarantee thinks your a pelican . . . bye joni .
cannibalism . if there had been more then you could say they were cannibals , but that isn ' t the case .
it ' s very possible a strong male could survive such injuries and go on to live a longer life . the holes grow shut unless a major artery gets cut or infection results . many people survived battles prior to gun powder which poisons the blood .
as gimmicky as it is , as long as you take the facts and listen to them , its pretty accurate and interesting .
the only thing that can make me feel good with this awful cold is a joke or two . . . been searching in the different doc forums . your
homo letserectus apyramidicus
. got me to laugh between two nose blowing . thank you ! az
neanderthal was an egalitarian society , nomadic by necessity , which likely contributed to its demise ( or absorption ) . everyone went in the hunt , adult ( pregnant or not ) , elderly , young ; not necessarily the most effective strategy for stocking ones genes . our ancestors , cousin to neanderthal , settled , gathered possessions , left the frail , young and pregnant in villages , to hunt . apparently a , genetically speaking , wiser strategy . did this strategy inevitably lead us to this current state of hording ? ! had neanderthal survived would we ( absorbed ) have been a minimalist society ?
humans are animals . also human evolution is much more nuanced than we started in egypt , moved to the fertile crescent , then invaded everything .
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mating with neanderthals helped us get stronger . it made our immune system better and thats how we have coped with viruses to this day , . it ' s believed that they were like us in many ways and also capable of speech .
yeah now i ' m watching it . it ' s not bad . i just felt i had to call out the name when i saw it . : )
this episode is set 75 , 000 years ago in india , following a catastrophic super - volcanic eruption which forced a showdown between our ancestors and a completely different species of human , homo erectus , who up until that point had reigned supreme .
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you have to love it when someone claims they are a
self proclaimed expert
in anything . using that ridiculous logic , i am a self proclaimed god . fall down and worship me . if you have to resort to the self proclaimed line then you are the only one who thinks you are an expert . if you were a true expert other people would proclaim that you were , not you . what a joke .
awesome doc ! it is funny that they talk in english lol . makes me feel lucky to be homosapien : ) the title is really funny too , i almost didn ' t look at it based on its name , but when i saw what it really was about i was super interested !
this guy is funny , he is that stereotype , narrow - minded , religious , bigot . seems to hate women so much i think he is probably gay . why do you ignorant @ $ $ holes have to come on to a science documentary ' s comment board and fill it full of blind faith you learned from a book , get your dumb - @ $ $ some fafsa and maybe go learn something for yourself , you know ? , acquire the skills to fully comprehend something natural and tangible , actually try to define life and matter for yourself not just take some word for it . if you want to spout your uneducated religious babble this website has boards for that , but please do not corrupt these eager learners with your ignorant doubt .
you are being silly , do your research before you try and correct me , anyone who does their research will know im right and you are a fool . i am a self proclaimed expert in genetics and genetic mutation . you obviously do not know how evolution works , you are ignorant in the same sense as nutzack , lamarckism is hilariously outdated ! ( your theory ' s have been proven wrong ) and your statements are lamarckist .
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homo erectus , we learned , was not like us – but he wasn’t that unlike us either , having rotten teeth , a weak chin and little aptitude for forward planning . while we don’t know much about erectus’s wardrobe , we can be grateful that here at least he came attired in a neat little leather modesty curtain resembling an early attempt at a catflap .
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nothing is more fascinating to us than , well , us . where did . . .
it was good not just all data there were underlying stories which made it interesting .
we mated with them and , in time simply folded them into our species until they disappeared .
there have been aborigines in australia for over 40 , 000 years . getting to australia 40 , 000 years ago required fairly advanced navigation and boat technology . . . especially considering it was 40 , 000 years ago .
what i stated previously was not a theory , it is scientific fact , and i was merely correcting his ignorant hypothetical claims so that people do not read his scientific slander and become miss - informed .
i tried to watch this but channel 5 have blocked it in scotland can anyone tell me how i can get round this censorship crap totally disappointed was looking forward to it too . / / . . \ -
humans were ' anatomically modern ' perhaps 100ka before they left africa . there were presumably cognitive / cultural factors elaborating and environmental limitations at work to account for that time gap .
while it makes for good television to think we fought and defeated our contemporaries like neanderthal , most recent evidence is that we simply absorbed their much smaller numbers into our population . we out bred neanderthal man more than we outfought him .
it was won without honor and decency . for this reason i know we are doomed by our own nature , unless we change and learn from scientists and theologians how to become better humans .
p . s . i cant police these forums forever , it saddens me that uneducated people ( brian rose ) make ridiculous claims with no basis in fact ( particularly on skin color ) and try to pass it as science . please read mine and harry zachary ' s one - sided argument in this comment board , but don ' t take my word for it , you can research my claims , because they are based in current , up - to - date science !
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more than honey is a 2012 swiss documentary film directed by markus imhoof about honeybee colonies in california , switzerland , china and aus . . .
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