War, What Is It Good For?

War! What is it good for? 

'War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!' --- Edwin Starr

I'd like to ask a question and answer it, with a 'slight' sarcasm, to support the above quote.  

Question. 

What is war?

Answer: 

War is a conflict situation, where nations or opposing parties carry on a 'force of arms', to resolve a bitter situation.   A situation which can be resolved through true and open discussion, without harming citizens.  

It is very sad that our leaders still resort to such violence as war to end disputes.  

Sincerely, 

Ben

The Good

The Good

For those who might not have recognized the man in the picture; this is Clint Eastwood, from the unforgettable movie 'The good, The Bad, and The Ugly'.

 

One of my favorite movies and a 'good' character, that I cheered for.

If you have not watched this movie yet, please make time to do so.

Sincerely, 

Ugly Not ,Eli Wallach

Ugly Not, Eli Wallach

Rest in Peace

The big man, from my favorite movie 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' passed away on June 24th, 2014. 

Sincerely,

The Free Fall

The Free Fall

The markets today had one of its worth days.  The loss was over 2%.  

The main reason for the bad day was the worldwide debt, particularly Greece's debt.  Also, the markets are waiting for the decision of this country, wether Greece will stay or leave the European Union.  We all need to wait the outcome.  

Check out the numbers below:

          The red 

Sincerely, 

Ben here

Gian, the Villain

Gian, the Villain 

The movies of 'A Fistful of Dollars' and 'A Few Dollars More' had something very important in common.  

 

Both films show the brilliant acting from 'Gian Maria Volonte'.   He was the villain in both movies directed by Sergio Leone.   Brilliant performance by this Italian actor, who died from a heart attack in the year 1994 at the city of Florina, located in northern Greece.  He was filming the movie 'Ulysses Gaze' when he passed away.  

Mr Volonte wanted to be buried in the small island of Sardinia. His resting place is at 'Isola Della Maddelena' on the previously mentioned island.  

I watched the movie of 'A Few Dollars More' again today and I very much enjoyed this movie, especially the performance of the late Mr Volonte.   RIP, the best villain in any movie.   

Sincerely 

Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again

The Beautiful Tuco

The Beautiful Tuco

Eli Wallach, who played "the Ugly" character of the brilliant movie of 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' has passed away quietly on June 24, 2014.   

         Excellent actor - Tuco 

Rest In Peace.

Mr Wallach was an American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s.

      the cemetery scene

Mr Wallach initially studied method acting under 'Sanford Meisner', and later became a founding member of the Actors Studio.  

I first watched him in the spaghetti western mentioned about and always thought he was brilliant in this role.  'Tuco', one could argue, stole almost every single scene in the movie.  Now , we will not argue this, not the time, as the entire production with all the cast and members, came together to make the 'best' film in 'world' theatre, in my opinion.  

        Another scene from the cemetery 

Today, I wanted to bring to attention, this 'Beautiful' man passed away on June 24, 2014; and I am ashamed to admit I heard about this yesterday, on August 29, 2014. 

My humble homage to this man.  

RIP. 

Thank you for visiting,

Ben here 

Highlander Quote

Highlander Quite

          Picture taken from the 📺 screen

Thank you,

Ben

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Niyeti Guzel Olanin

Niyeti Guzel Olanin

'Niyeti guzel olanin, akibeti hayir olur' --- Atasozu (Anonim)

          Narrow roads of old Bodrum

I would like to explain what the above Quote means.  I will first write what it means in Turkish, as it does have a deep meaning. 

Afterwards, I will translate it to English. 

First of all, I need to explain what 'Atasozu' means.  The 'Atasozu' is used for 'sayings' 'quotes' 'proverbs' that have come from centuries past, and the author is an unknown person from society.  

Now, the Turkish meaning of the quote is written below:

Bir insan, bir sey yapmak isterse, ve yapacagi seyi onceden dusunup yapmak istemekte ise.  Ve bu yapacagi bir sey, kendisi, ailesine, mahallesine 'hayirli' ise, o zaman, sonuc olarak, bu isin sonu iyi olur.   Evet, sonuc olarak, herkez icin faydali olur.  Aksi taktirde, kotu niyeti olup, ise baslarsa, sonuc cok zararli olur, herkez icin.  

Kisacasi bu Atasozunun anlami budur.  

Bence cok anlamli bir soz idir.  

And now, the English translation. 

Before beginning a task, event or duty, make sure to understand that, the event needs to be beneficial to ones self, family and neighbourhood.  Because, if beneficial to ones self, it will be a 'positive' outcome for everyone.  However, if we have 'evil' or 'bad' intend from the beginning, the results will be detrimental to everyone. 

Basically, do the right thing from the beginning, and the result will be positive for everyone. 

Kind of a 'dark' topic today, however thought to share.  

          Arkada Bodrum Kalesi

Thank you again, for visiting and reading, 

Ben

Public Domain

Public Domain

Hello Everyone, 

I hope you will enjoy this blog.  Please feel free to comment, it is good to have some feedback.  

All images, unless otherwise noted, were taken from the Internet and are assumed to be in the Public Domain.  If there is a problem with copyrighted material, the break of the copyright is unintentional and noncommercial and the material will be removed upon request.

Thank you, 

Ben man is still here 

Our Wallpaper of April 2014

Our Wallpaper of April 2014

For those who might not have recognized the man in the picture; this is Clint Eastwood, from the unforgettable movie 'The good, The Bad, and The Ugly'.

the good

One of my favorite movies and the 'good' character, that I cheered for.

If you have not watched this movie yet, please make time to do so.

Sincerely,

Ben

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The Brilliant Sergio Leone

The Brilliant Sergio Leone

The 'Briliant' man, who created his own movie-making brand of epic films, with rich characters, plus who went on to create a hand full of films in the 1960's, so very exceptional, that the films earned their own generic moniker;

'Spaghetti Westerns'

         Brilliant man directing the legend

The films listed below were initially deemed as nihilistic and violent; 

A Fistful of Dollars 

For a Few Dollars More

and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 

However, they galvanized the genre of 'Spaghetti Westerns', turning Mr Leone into an international directorial star, and earning the films religious following by viewers from every corner of our universe. 

Films by Mr Leone

        Beautiful picture 

1959, The Last Days of Pompeii (Mario Bonnard is the credited director; Sergio Leone served as assistant director and reportedly, however took over completion of the film when Mr Bonnard became severely ill during production)

1961, The Colossus of Rhodes (Mr Leone's first film)

1964, A Fistful of Dollars (1st part of the Dollars Trilogy)

1965, For a Few Dollars More (2nd part of the Dollars Trilogy)

1966, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Final part of the Dollars Trilogy)

      Another graet picture

1968, Once Upon a Time in the West

1971, Duck, You Sucker!

1973, My Name is Nobody (Producer, uncredited co-director)

1975, A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (Uncredited producer, co-director)

1984, Once Upon a Time in America

My sincere respect goes out to this man. 

Thank you for visiting,

Ben 

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly II

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly II

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film directed by Mr Sergio Leone; and co-produced between companies in Italy, Spain and West Germany.  

The movie stars:

Clint Eastwood, 

Lee Van Cleef, and 

Eli Wallach 

in the title roles. 

I posted the pictures of the scenes that introduce the characters of my favourite movie in another blog; I have attached it below, please review it, if you have not already.  

http://www.goodread10.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-good-bad-and-ugly.html

Today, I have taken pictures from the movie, showing the characters position, at the end of the movie.  

Here it is below:

          il cattivo, (Italian)

          cirkin, (Turkish)

          il brutto, 

          kotu,

          il buono, 

          iyi, 

Have you watched this movie? 

If you have not, why? I ask.  

Thank you. 

War and Peace

War and Peace

“War is no solution to peace”  

Ben Oak

Peace everyone, 

Ben

Creation of Money

Creation of Money

"The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled" - John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist

Thank you for visiting, 

Ben