Kazhes pierakstu burtnīca

Interesanti paskatīties, kā mainās mana gaume. Kamēr "Faith no More" iepriekš man šķita nekam nederīga grupa, "Helloween" es kādreiz uzskatīju par tīri interesantu metāla blici un tikai ar laiku sapratu, ka šamējie ļoti nedaudz atšķiras no "Scorpions". Ievērojot to, ka "Pink Bubbles go Ape" pat oficiāli ir viens no šīs grupas sliktākajiem albūmiem, nav īpaša pamata brīnīties, ka šis ieraksts nav diez ko labs. Dziesmas šeit nav īpaši bagātinātas ar jebkādiem rifiem un tas ir vienkārši popmetāls bez sevišķas odziņas. Dziesmas vienveidīgas un pastulbas. Izklausās pēc (droši vien) ļoti lietu deģenrāciju piedzīvojušiem "Accept" ar zināmu šlāgerisma pieskaņu. Patiesībā tie ir patiešām vienkārši vācieši, kas šlāgerus pārvērtuši par mataino metālu un mēģina pasniegt kā īsto mantu. Iepriekš man lielas simpātijas bija pret dziesmu "Heavy Metal Hamsters", bet tikai tās nosaukuma dēļ, tagad varu tikai teikt, ka šī dziesma ir tāda pati kā pārējās šajā ierakstā - ātra, bet atmiņā nepaliekoša (nē, ok, tieši šajā dziesmā ir tīri labs draivs, bet tāpat - nepietiekams). Es negribu teikt, ka šī mūzika būtu izteikti slikta, tās galvenais mīnuss ir vienkārši pārmērīgs bālums.

The Latvian translators did a great job as they do it usually, by deciding that the perfect translation for the title of this film would be “European cocktail: 2”. This film features Audrey Tautou and a lot of other actors I don’t know anything about. I find it a good choice of the filmmakers to have native actors for every role – if someone is playing to be Russian he is Russian in real life, and not just some Hungarian with a silly accent. The story itself isn’t too bright – there’s this Xavier fellow who wants to be a serious writer but right now he’s a scriptwriter for a silly TV series. He isn’t too happy in his private life, which is no wonder for a person who lives in his Lesbian friend’s apartment and who’s still looking for the ideal girl, although he’s almost thirty already and should past the idealistic period. He starts a relationship with one of his friends’ sister but they have their ups and downs. The overall style of the film reminds me as if it came from Europe. And it does, of course. In case you want to know why Russian dolls, I’ll try to explain the metaphor. It goes like that: every girl you meet is one girl closer to your real one. Yet since the whole thing is organized similarly to traditional Russian dolls where one doll is put inside of another you can’t get to the last one without meeting the others. That’s the most important thing about the film actually.

Esmu ticis pie jaunām austiņām un piemērotāku brīdi tam izvēlēties laikam gan nebija pat iespējams. Kas gan var būt piemērotāks brīdis jaunām austiņām, ja ne metāls? Un kas man stāv priekšā tuvākajās dienās? "Metallica", "Ministry", "Motorhead" - trīs lielie M (vai Ministry gadījumā - ne tik lielie, tur laikam vajadzēja ievietot "Megadeth").

Pēc "Goijas spoku" noskatīšanās, atcerējos, ka manā faktoīdā tā arī nav izmitinājusies viena no klasiskākajām Formana filmām - "Nācija pret Lariju Filntu". Tā kā Liene arī laikam šo filmu redzējusi nebija, ņēmu un to lejuplādēju. Sanāca pat viens tīri jauks kuriozs filmas skatīšanās procesā. Mēs bijām tikuši līdz ainai ar vairākām kailām sievietēm ņemamies baseinā, kad negaidīti ieradās Ziņģis un bija nedaudz pārsteigts, ieraugot, ko mēs skatāmies, nācās šim likt vilties, ka tā nebija zviedru porno filma, bet gan klasisks Holivudas kino gabals.

I certainly had seen this film before, but that was way back when I was a young boy so why can`t I rate it now when years of experience have changed me like Elvis changed when he grew fat. This film, by the way, has nothing to do with Elvis but he just somehow came to my mind. Basically this is the 1st part of a film called "Eurotrip" - although it has no common actors with that film, but the idea is basically the same. The main character does something to a girl he shouldn`t have done - accidentally sends her a video of him screwing another chick. So he goes to get the video before she gets it. Some of his pal join him - so there`s the road trip. Their journey is full of gross stupidities along with some quite interesting humour. But to me this film would have been absolute bullshit if not for the performance by the infamous Tom Green - who amazingly is the most attractive character. He totally rocks in this film, quite unlike his own film "Freddy Got Fingered" which already was on this factoid. Anyhow this is no cinematic delicatess, but who would have expected that anyway? Not me, Sir. I want just some tits and an old weirdo with an erect boner. For I am a perverted pig, my dear Sir.

Yesterday all the troubles of Guy Ritchie were so far away, now they look as they are here to stay. Do you know what his troubles are? If I have to answer in one word I’ll just say – Madonna. If I have to answer in more than one word I won’t be able to give you an answer for I don’t remember her full name and the Internet is out of order right now. Anyhow, you probably got the point already. By the way, I don’t really mean that his latest films suck because he has married a formerly attractive pop star. No, the problem is much deeper. I guess Guy Ritchie has somehow come to the conclusion that he is a serious filmmaker and that most people consider him to be shallow but he isn’t shallow at all. With “Revolver” he tries to establish a link between an action film/comedy and a serious film. Jake Green (played by Jason Stetham, you probably remember him from “Transporter” – in case you’re younger than ten that is). The worst thing about the film is that it is uninteresting, never before was I so close to falling asleep while watching a Guy Ritchie film. Oh, no, he was the master of hooking the spectator to the screen but nowadays I can’t see any difference between him and most directors. The plot is twisted, that’s for sure but the twist makes very little sense to me, actually being too pretentious for such a primitive film.

Gadās, ka tu skaties filmu, jau iepriekš zinot, ka tā būs pēdējais mēsls, bet gribas tomēr uzzināt, cik slikta tieši tā būs. "Ļoti episks kino" ir viens no vistipiskākajiem šādiem gadījumiem. Kā nekā šeit tiek piedāvāta vesela buķete aizdomīgu feaktoru. Pirmkārt, to ir režisējuši divi no sešiem "Šausmenīšu" scenāristiem. Scenārists un režisors taču nav viens un tas pats? Turklāt pēdējās "Šausmenītes" (pareizāk - visas izņemot pirmo) bija absolūti mēsli. Treškārt, šajā filmā piedalās punduris (pat "Time Bandits", kas it kā ir laba filma man nepatika, bet šajā gadījumā no pundura līdzdalībam nepavisam neko labu negaidīju). Var pieminēt, ka šeit piedalās arī Stiffler`s mom atveidotāja no "Amerikāņu pīrāgu" sērijas, kā arī tips, kas vislabāk zināms kā Kumārs no filmas par Haroldu un Kumāru. Vienvārdsakot - supertalantu plejāde.

Nu tas beidzot ir noticis - es noskatījos šo Almadovara filmu, kuru no Sīča paņēmu vēl janvāra beigās. Laikam gan es to tā arī nebūtu izdarījis, ja vien Liene nebūtu aizbraukusi uz Ēģipti, tā kā viņa neizrādīja ne mazāko vēlēšanos ar šo filmu iepazīties tuvāk.

This was the first time I went into the territory where Roald Dahl doesn’t write scary stories on taxidermists and butchers but switches to children instead. After having watched the film less than 24 hours ago I probably am no qualified enough to compare what Dahl wrote to what Tim Burton did. In terms of character development there’s a significant difference between the film and the book. While Dahl’s Willie Wonka is just an eccentric fellow Burton makes him a creepy man with a twisted mind. But that doesn’t necessary mean that one of the two Wonkas is better than the other. The ending is also different, and it has a lot to do with Wonkas character – here he simply invites Charlie and his whole family over to the factory so they would live with him and doesn’t do any nonsense. I got to admit that the film ending was better (apart from the meeting the father scene). Although I can imagine why Roald Dahl has become a classic in the genre of books for children, I can’t really see myself a fan of his. Why not? This fairytale has a storyline much to linear and an ending much too trivial for my taste. Ok, the whole factory was designed in Dahl’s mind perfectly, so was Charlie’s family, and the archetypical characters were really good. So I don’t know why I’m so critical about it. Probably the best choice would be just finishing the review and run away like a sissy.

Šo jauno Robina Viljamsa filmu es jau kādu laiciņu biju psiholoģiski gatavs skatīties, bet kaut kā sanāca, ka manos un Lienes kino baudīšanas plānos tai prioritāte bija nostādīta visnotaļ zemu, kas noveda pie tā, ka tā nedēļām ilgi bija skatāmo filmu sarakstā, bet par noskatīto filmu tā arī nekļuva. Nule šī situācija beidzot ir labota un varu mazliet padalīties savos iespaidos par šo filmu.