German is easy compared to Greek, but also the pace of the class is so slow that really there's very little to learn at a time. Greek is a pain somewhere painful. I probably only keep at it out of sheer obstinacy, and the vague hope that one day I may get to read Empedocles. Never mind that I am, in fact, rather bad at it. But if I were to throw the towel in now, then I wouldn't know where my towel is, you know? (However, for at least next year I will be in the market for a new towel.)
I've seen Kingdom of Heaven and Casanova, and part of Alexander. The first two were pretty good - ignore the "historical" aspects of the first and it's actually rather good. Casanova was better than I expected: "good-hearted" comes to mind, and I really enjoyed it. In a fluffy, frilly kind of way. Melanie and I saw the first half hour or so of Alexander together with Prof. Rogers' Alexander the Great class, so you can imagine a roomful of snickering people.
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Date: 2006-12-12 04:26 pm (UTC)I've seen Kingdom of Heaven and Casanova, and part of Alexander. The first two were pretty good - ignore the "historical" aspects of the first and it's actually rather good. Casanova was better than I expected: "good-hearted" comes to mind, and I really enjoyed it. In a fluffy, frilly kind of way. Melanie and I saw the first half hour or so of Alexander together with Prof. Rogers' Alexander the Great class, so you can imagine a roomful of snickering people.
Has anybody else read history_spork?