Kazhes pierakstu burtnīca

Otrajā Ripping Yarns sezonā bija tikai 3 sērijas, līdz ar to noskatīšanās process divkārši saīsinājās. (aprakstu, kas ir šis seriāls, skatīt pie pirmās sezonas apraksta, es takšu nesākšu te atkārtoties, es takšu nesākšu te atkārtoties, es takšu nesākšu te atkārtoties).

The book contains three dramatic works by the famous German writer Herman Broch (ok, I`m not so sure that he was that famous indeed but his name seems familiar to me - and that`s something). Note: after consulting Wikipedia (I`ve been mentioning this source of information quite often lately but only because it`s very informative and not because They would pay me for it, although I`d feel happy if they would) I know that Broch comes from a Jewish family and that he`s considered an Austrian writer. He`s mostly known for his novel "The Death of Virgil" which I`ll probably read later to be more educated than I am now. Yet I can`t say that after reading some of his plays I`ve become particulary interested in Broch`s writing. Out of the three plays published in the book I got from my library - "Die Entsuehnung", "Aus der Luft gegriffen oder Die Geschaefte des Baron Laborde" and "Es bleibt alles by Alten" I found only one that really worked for me. The first play - a tragical piece about a factory is - is too sad, boring and has too many characters for me to really get it on paper (rating 4.0). The second is a comedy and it`s fine - I always like to read something about con-artists and villains (8.0). The last play is also a comedy and it`s nothing really - nor good, nor bad, passable and not more (5.5). Maybe it wasn`t the best start of learning to know Hermann Broch.

Šis ir tas Black Sabbath albūms, kas sākas ar Sweet Leaf ievadošo leģendāro lūpoto klepošanu. Šis ir, kā tiek apgalvots, vissmagākais Black Sabbath albūms. Šis ir albūms, kurā ir atrodamas vairākas patiesi epohālas BS dziesmas, bez kurām nebūtu bijusi Metallica, bez kurām nebūtu bijuši Slayer, nebūtu bijuši Pantera un pat ne Children of Bodom (nezinu gan, kāpēc pieminēju pēdējos).

Šo filmu lejuplādēju tāpēc, ka tā pēc IMDB datiem ir viens no populārākajiem pagājušogad mirušā lieliskā Filipa Nuarē kino darbiem. No filmas angliskā nosaukuma ("Rotten Cops") desmit sekundes pēc filmas sākuma sapratu, ka šo filmu esmu jau redzējis...

Only a madman would desire to watch a thing like this. Everybody (or at least a few elitist people on the web) knows that Elvis` best period in terms of music was the 1950s and after that he had a major decline turning from the worlds leading rock`n`roller into a Frank Sinatra with shaking hips and knees who didn`t have Sinatras voice. And 1977 was also the year when the king died (or was abducted by space aliens). By that time he was not particulary old, a bit fat, and he sung stupid songs. In terms of songs this concert isn`t actually as bad as I suspected - it has both "I want to be your teddy bear" and "Jailhouse Rock" - two from his finest numbers, but the actual performance of these songs isn`t very impressive. And neither is it interesting to see and hear him perform some stupid mellow songs that he can`t sing at all and to those he even can`t shake his overweight body. It`s a really pityful experience watching him, knowing that just a month later Elvis would have been gone. But this isn`t a good way to say farewell. At least after watching a performance like this you`d most likely never think that that guy was named the King.

The year of 2005 began with a repeated watch of "Road Trip". 2004 started with Amenabar`s "Abre Los Ojos". What will be the tendency for 2006? Will it open with a silly teen comedy or as a serious alternative movie? By choosing "Thumbsucker" on a section of films categorized as comedies it seemed that the "Road Trip" agenda would be the chosen for this year. Yet in reality this film wasn`t particulary comic at all. If you are one of those people that consider a guy of 17 still sucking on his thumb a funny thing per se then the only thing I can offer you is a pie in the face. Justin doesn`t do particulary well at school, he`s far from convincive and he sucks his thumb - you can probably say that he`s the equivalent to "Napoleon Dynamite", better looking though. His mother is obsessed with some TV star, while his father hasn`t still come over the fact that he couldn`t enjoy a career of a professional footballer because of an injury. Still things aren`t going that bad for Justin - in Rebecca he`s found a good looking and a smart girl friend. If he only knew some ways of keeping a relationship going... Instead he`s first hypnotized by his dentist (who happens to be Keanu Reeves) to stop sucking his thumb and put on medication so he could focus his thoughts better. Drugs help and Justin suddenly has perfect discussion skills and he goes to compete as an orator on different occasions yet he also turns innerly into a very dislikeable person. When he stops taking pills he teams up with Rebecca again who has switched from Justin to weed and they smoke together as she overgoes some "teenage experiments" with him - learns how to do and what to do. When he finds out that they don`t have a relationship but merely an experiment he isn`t exactly full of joy. The film is certainly strange and the only movie similar to it I`ve seen so far was "Napoleon Dynamite" which I mentioned here already, but in comparison to "N.D." Thumbsucker is better cut and it doesn`t seem pointless.

Clawfinger nekad nav varējuši kļūt par maniem personīgajiem mīluļiem un nekas neliecina, ka tuvākajā laikā viņi varētu to paveikt. Žēl. Jo idejiski šī anti-rasistiskā un panciski noskaņotā grupa man ir simpātiska.

Atzīšos pavisam godīgi - šī britu grupa man ir tikpat pazīstama kā jebkura cita britu grupa, par kuru neko nezinu. Atzīšos vēl godīgāk - manos plānos neietilpst iegūt kādu detalizētaku informāciju par šo grupu.

Recenziju rakstīju Delfiem, to arī šeit zemāk iepostēšu. Atsevišķi no recenzijas varētu piebilst, ka šī filma man "idejā" patīk vairāk nekā praksē, jo īpaši interesanti to skatīties nav, lai arī es atzīstu, ka Švankmajers ir patiešām visnotaļ ģeniāls kino mākslinieks (ar uzsvaru uz mākslinieks).

Atzīšos - Ziņģim bija taisnība, kad viņš mani uzskatīja par So 80`s fanātiķi - vismaz citu attaisnojumu faktam, ka es kādreiz biju radikāls šī albūma (vai vismaz vairāku tā dziesmu) cienītājs, es atrast nevaru. Kas ir 80-to gadu Slade? Droši vien precīzākais raksturojums būtu: (Duran Duran + Def Leppard)/2.