Life's too short to live at normal speed. In between watching closed-captioned films in fast forward and speed-reading War and Peace (it's about Russia), I found these videos that summarize The Sopranos, Battlestar Galactica, all of Hollywood, the last ten years of history, space travel, Western philosophy, music, dance, inspirational speeches, and more, all in a matter of minutes.
The History of Music in 5 Minutes
A string quartet takes us from "Greensleeves" to the "ET" theme. Why this isn't already a ten-million-view video, I don't know. Make it so!100 Years of Visual Effects in 5 Minutes
Whoa, I remember King Kong looking a lot better when I saw it. Peter Jackson's stuff does not age well.The Big Lebowski: The F-ing Short Version (All The F-words in 2 Minutes)
NSFW. Very NSFW.The End of the 2008 Presidential Race in 2:42
Part of Slate's Power Recap series.Battlestar Galactica in 8 Minutes
One of the cleverest recaps, given the witticisms from the narrator.The Sopranos in 9 Minutes
A homemade recap as hilarious as anything by the pros.Church History in 4 Minutes
Oh boy, this one's a 'We Didn't Start the Fire' cover! And actually kinda educational!History of Western Philosophy in 3 Minutes
Hard to hear, but very cutely animated.History of First-Person Shooters in 3 Minutes
They pre-cranked the speakers on this loud but fun montage of carnage.The History of Space Travel in 2 Minutes
Food Fight: History of Modern Warfare in 5 Minutes
Oh the humanity! Oh the tasty leftovers!The Decade in 7 Minutes
Oh come on, speed it up Newsweek! I coulda read the whole Entertainment Weekly recap by now!40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes
So...I feel like we can win this thing, right?- photo:// Purplemattfish/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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11.16.09
By Sue Knight
"Brave Heart" is one of thee most moving Films' ever. The "music" is "literally to die for" & William Wallace did die sensationally at the end. Mel Gibson does a great speach which is a "play on words" from Shakespeare's Henry 5. What other movie shows' us soldiers' "mooning"?
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