King Aella and the wolves
There are very few adults in the big bad business world who don't swear by the Don Corleone maxim, "Keep your friends close but your enemies closer." Whatever your game is or what side of the fence you're on, dealing with people who understand how things really work is usually a very smooth experience. Unfortunately, there are those who don't get Don Corleone and instead are into a kind of iron-cannon, thick-walled, defend-the-English-castle mentality. They basically strategize the way Frank Thring's King Aella did in Richard Fleischer's The Vikings, and they regard well-meaning interpreters of the Hollywood film business the way that King Aella saw Kirk Douglas's Einar and Ernest Borgnine's Ragnar. You're watching The Godfather, Part II and you're thinking Michael Corleone may lose his soul, but at least he gets it. You're watching The Vikings and you can't wait to see King Aella thrown into the wolf pit.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 7, 2006 at 2:39 PM
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Mark
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Oh, then i guess Sun-tzu must have stolen that quote from Don Corleone for Art of War.
Posted by Mark
at November 7, 2006 3:22 PM
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Cadavra
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It also depends on your enemies' deodorant.
Posted by Cadavra
at November 7, 2006 4:05 PM
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jeffmcm
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Is this purely a philosophical posting or is there some outside meaning that I don't get?
Posted by jeffmcm
at November 7, 2006 6:07 PM
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le corbeau
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You're the people's one true god, Judah Ben-Welles.
Posted by le corbeau
at November 7, 2006 6:26 PM
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Thrudvangar
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The 13th Warrior is such a better movie. The Vikings is so dated. Douglas always plays the same character. Is this The Vikings or Spartacus or... And I can hardly wait for Pathfinder in January. Even Beowulf and Grendel and The Viking Sagas are better films. I'll pass on Beowulf 2000 though. I did learn something from Kirk. I never realized that Vikings danced on their oars, and that they sounded like pirates. Aaar Odin!
Posted by Thrudvangar
at November 8, 2006 3:42 AM
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CambridgeCat
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I thought Michael Corleone sitting alone in that room remembering his family all being together WAS the wolf pit.
Posted by CambridgeCat
at November 8, 2006 7:25 AM
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Jean
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I agree with Mark above; but more people have seen the Godfather & thus the quote is attributed most famously to the film.
Just like in "Kill Bill" - people remember "old Klingon proverbs" more than classic literature.
Posted by Jean
at November 8, 2006 10:15 AM
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outsider
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Posted by outsider
at November 22, 2006 8:05 AM
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kimi98
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Posted by kimi98
at February 27, 2007 3:25 AM