The Lives of Others

Here's a movie in German for a change. It's actually a pretty good one. It was fascinating to watch the character development of Wiesler (he's the guy in the headphones), who starts the movie seeming to be a mindless socialist who does his job well and without conscience, and sees the world only in black and white, but through a series of decisions proves himself to be a truly good man with a heart for altruistically choosing right over wrong.

I think you should watch this movie, only maybe not when you need to iron your clothes, because (unless you know German and you don't have to read the subtitles), you may find yourself ironing wrinkles into your clothes rather than out of them.

I couldn't help but, once again, notice the differences between some of the spoken lines and the English subtitles (even though it seems, when it comes to French, I can't tell the difference between deuxième and dixième). My favorite was when the subtitle read, "We'd be shooting ourselves in the foot," but I distinctly heard the actor use the word hintfleisch. I guess Germans tend to shoot themselves in the butt rather than the foot.