The Last King of Scotland
"Peedeejais Skotijas karalis" bija viena no oskariem nomineetajaam filmaam, kuru es nebuut nebiju iipashi entuziastisks noskatiities. Iespeejams, taadeelj, ka es zinaaju, ka taa nemaz nav filma par peedeejo Skotijas karali. Ja taa buutu shaada filma, tur noteikti nepiedaliitos Forest Vaitekers (neesmu rasists, bet peedeejais Skotijas karalis diez vai bija melnaadains). Toties Dzheimss Makavojs tur vareetu piedaliities, jo vinsh arii ir vieniigais iistais skots shajaa filmaa. Patiesiibaa lielaa meeraa shii filma ir pavisam savaadaaka filma par Aafriku, nekaa es biju gaidiijis (jaa - peedeejais Skotijas karalis bija Ugandas diktators Idi Amins, kas bija liels visa skotiskaa cieniitaajs). Nikolass Gerigans ir jauns skotu aarsts, kas griezhot globusu izlemj, ka vinja prakses vieta buus Uganda, kur vinjam sanaak diezgan negaidiiti, pateicoties savam skotiskumam, sadraudzeeties ar aareeji ljoti jauko un draudziigo diktatoru, par kura personiigo aarstu Nikolass aatri kljuust. Tikai ar laiku vinsh saprot, ka Aminaa sadziivo divi cilveeki - vinja jautrais, jokus miiloshais draugs, un brutaals, paranojas paarnjemts sadists, kas gatavs nogalinaat simtiem tuukstoshu savas valsts iedziivotaaju, lai tikai vareetu saglabaat savu varu, bet Nikolass ir tikai vinja mazais baltais meerkakjiitis, par kuru visi var pasmieties un kuru neviens taa iisti par pilnu nenjem. Klaat pie citaam likstaam no Nikolasa staavoklii paliek viena no prezidenta sievaam, kas nebuut nav laba situaacija, un vienaa briidii Nikolass ir tik izmisis, ka vinsh piekriit anglju piedaavaajumam noindeet prezidentu, bet tiek aatri vien atmaskots un gandriiz nogalinaats (shiis filmas vienaa no nedaudzajaam nezheeliigi asinjainajaam sceenaam - patiesiibaa filma ne tuvu nebija tik brutaala kaa daudzas citas aizvadiitaa gada filmas, bet shii konkreetaa aina ar Nikolasu, kas tika pakaarts aiz diem miesaa iedurtiem aakjiem, nebija iisti jauka. Beigaas vinjam tomeer izdodas no Ugandas aizbeegt un paveestiit pasaulei, cik jauks cilveeks ir Ibi Amins savaa patiesajaa izpausmee. Attieciibaa uz Vaitekeru jaatziist, ka vinsh patieshaam lieliski atveido sho daljeeji biograafisko un patieshaam ljoti neviendabiigo cilveeku taa, ka vienu briidi tu kaa skatiitaajs vinju uzskati par ljoti simpaatisku, bet citu briidi - par totaalu briesmoni. Filma laba, nav ko zheeloties. Un es droshi vien buutu par to arii ieprieksh bijis optimistiskaak noskanjots, ja buutu piefikseejis, ka taa nav tikusi kaldinaata Holivudaa.
Little Miss Sunshine
Nupat es neko vairs nesaprotu - kā tas nākas, ka esmu aizmirsis "Mis Saulesstariņu" vispār aprakstīt šitajā faktoīdā. Secinājums prasās viens - man vajadzētu rūpīgāk sekot tam, ko ierakstu un vai ieraksti parādās. Varētu vismaz slinkajā režīmā uzreiz pēc kaut kā "nobaudīšanas" izveidot tam saitā sagatavi, lai vēlāk nebūtu jābrīnās, kāpēc šis vai tas ieraksts šeit nav atrodams.
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Although it ain`t the first album by D.B. it`s usually considered as his first, for before it David Jones wasn`t particulary known even in UK. But everything changed with the title track of this album (he at least became a one hit wonder for some years). "Space Oddity", the weird ode about Major Tom, a guy in space, is without a doubt the best track on this album and the only one you can`t live without. Lyrically it`s nice but one thing is wrong with this record - there aren`t too many beautiful memories on this disc - after having listened to it some three-four times over the period of 30 hours I have only managed to remember "God knows I`m good" and "Memory of a festival". The longest track on the album is "Cygnet Commitee", it goes for 9,5 minutes, by the way I don`t know what Cygnet is. Containing several parts almost as a prog-rock piece it starts off quite impressively but towards the end there`s quite an unlistenable coda. There are several Bowie albums that I would prefer to this one for sure.
Iris Murdoch - Bruno`s Dream
Tagad es zinu droši, kāpēc par spīti neapšaubāmi gandrīz izcilajām viņas kā rakstnieces dotībām Airisa Mērdoka tā arī nav kļuvusi par vienu no maniem top 3 - top 5 literātiem. Vaina ir gluži prozaiska - viņas darbos ir pārāk daudz ziepenes elementu.
Julian Barnes - Love etc.
Atšķīrība no "Pasaules vēstures 10 1/2 nodaļās", kuru lasot par Bārnsu nezināju neko un līdz ar to no viņa neko negaidīju, no "Mīlestības utt." es šo to gaidīju gan. Un šo to sagaidīju, lai gan varbūt ne gluži to, ko biju gaidījis.
The Blues Brothers
After some thirty minutes I was already fast asleep, and I had no clue why this is considered to be a good movie. The plot was nowhere close to interesting, characters - uninspired, etc, etc. But then suddenly everything changed. No, I don`t mean to tell you that I found any interest in the storyline. It was the music, performances by celebrities of R&B that made the difference. And the Blues Brothers band also rocked quite hard. Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, John Lee Hooker - now that`s what I call musical entertainment. Once again it`s the soundtrack that saves the day.
50 First Dates
Can you imagine what it would be like if "Memento" had been a cheesy comedy? Here you have it, and it`s entitled "50 first dates". Henry Roth is a guy who lives in Hawaii and works as a marine biologist. But what he does best is making love to tourists from the continental States. Suddenly his life changes when due to unexplainable reasons he falls in love with a girl named Lucy. Everything would be great, if Lucy hadn`t suffered a serious accident some time ago that made her lose her long term memory because of which she never remembers what happened the day before and thinks that it always is her fathers birthday. Henry uses different tricks to make her remember him, and in deed she does, but only by seing him in her dreams, in the wakening on the contrary she`s incurable. Her father and her on steroids feeding wet dreaming brother at first try to keep Henry away from her, but later they become pals with him. And Henry starts every day by showing a movie explaining everything to Lucy, as the years go by. That`s what I like about the film - it`s the ending. And Adam Sandler isn`t that bad as well, as you could guess he could be. But it still is just a silly comedy.
Le Libertin
I first read the play and then watched the film. Probably if I had chosen the other way around I`d appreciate the film more. We still get the same situation where Ms. Trebouche makes a portrait of the philosopher Dennis Diderot (naked), but some of the other stuff is a bit different from the play. First, there`s a bishop who comes to find an underground typography where Diderot`s "Encyclopaedia" is printed. And Trebouche is a weapon in his hands. The film is certainly much nastier than the play. There`s the wife of the baron in whos house Diderot lives, she`s a fat perverted food and sex crazy woman that spends much time with her castrated slave from the East who gives her massage and his never resting flag. Then there`s the wife of some gay dude. This wife of his in the beginning gets oral pleasure from Diderot and after that switches to receiving it from her cousine (female, of course). Hell, it`s somewhat similar to a porn movie, although not really. For example, I don`t think that a naked man chasing his wife in the park and talking philosophical nonsense would fit very well in a porn movie. Still it`s a letdown from the book, but you can`t expect a film to go exactly as a book.
William Somerset Maugham - The Razor`s Edge
Larry Darrell is has become a bit weird after he came back from WW1, he doesn`t want to live the American dream like most people do but he wants to find himself. Because of that his fiancee Isabel can`t become his wife - her mother and her uncle would never allow her to become a wife for a man that`s just no good. So she marries a banker, yet when the bankers things go downwards it turns out that Larry ain`t doing quite as bad as most people think he would. After a spiritual journey through China Larry has found the inner peace he was looking for.
Knockin` on Heavens Door
"Klauveejot pie debesu durviim" nebuut neietilpa manaa skataamo filmu klaastaa, bet nokljuva tur nejaushiibas peec. Shai nejaushiibai bija divi komponenti: 1) VLC pleieris kaut kaada iemesla deelj nenjem pretii subtitrus, kaa rezultaataa man zudusi iespeeja noskatiities vairaakas no liidzi panjemtajaam filmaam; 2) shodien ierakstiiju darbaa diskaa divas filmas, bet kaut kaada iemesla deelj multisesijas otro sesiju lasiiklis maajaas atteicaas atpaziit; 3) hmm, soliiju laikam divas daljas, bet lai nu paliek - pirms dazhaam dienaam shamo filmu dzirdeeju, ka bija nolejuplaadeejis muusu sisadmins, bet taa kaa es par sho filmu biju dzirdeejis vairaakas labas atsauksmes, noleemu noskatiities. Protams, jaatziimee, ka krieviski dubleeta filma noteikti nav optimaalais veids, kaa to skatiities, bet patiesiibaa shoreiz vismaz krieviem iipashi piesieties nevaru - kvalitaate tulkojumam bija pilniigi atbilstosha un Ahmedu ierunaajushais tips izklausiijaas peec muusu itaalju shveiciesha Borisa Salomoni (kursh varbuut kaadreiz googlee uzies sho lapu, mekleejot peec sava vaarda, bet nekad nesapratiis, kas te ir rakstiits).
