German Pedanticism

[CCthebat]

I love the movie Mostly Martha, and I like that scene from the movie. :)

[Galileus070]

Martina is so Natural! Her lack of poses (or glamour?) makes her so damn beautiful, sexy... and credible. Bella Martina. .

[daledeloy]

I honestly enjoyed this original version more than No Reservations. The fact they had Abigail Breslin in it ruined it (she's too overused). I liked the idea that the little girl was more in the story in Bella Martha (her trying to find her father). Martina was a more developed than Zeta-Jones.

[LETTIS79]

germans are so sexy...

[eddings33]

"German pedanticism"?- Was für ein Blödsinn! Seltsamerweise sind alle außländischen Besucher mit wer weiß was für lächerlichen Klischees und Vorstellungen in ihren Köpfen nach ihrem ersten Deutschlandaufenthalt ziemlich ernüchtert.

[KaiserBecks]

@eddings33 Geh mal fuer eine Weile ins Ausland (damit meine ich keinen Urlaub). Dann wird dir auffallen, dass an den Klischees mehr dran ist, als man eigentlich denkt.

[darick04]

what what in the butt butt

[butterbluemchen90]

"anyway, this scene perfectly typifies the sort of pedanticism for which the Germans are known..."

i am not a pedanthic and i am german

[conspiracytheorist77]

There was a book I had read that described the requirement of all employees of a particular German restaurant to take a course on the "theory of serving". That made me think of this film. It is not intended as a slur. To be thorough and comprehensive in matters both intellectual and practical is a good thing.

Sometimes it may be taken to extremes; in this case, it is comical.

[TheOnlyMelody]

oh I love this film - Martina Gedeck is amazing :)

Thanks for sharing

[sleepyjl]

Fantastic scene, thanks. One question, though--what is pendanticism? Is it a term you coined? Or do you mean pedanticism?

[conspiracytheorist77]

Heh, you're right, I misspelled the word, I never noticed that (not very pedantic of me, huh?)...well, I just corrected it, thank you. :)

[daledeloy]

One of my favourite German films and this is one of my favourite scenes from that film. I do hope this new American version of "Bella/Mostly Martha" will be as good.