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Why do people still make new films after William Shakespeare`s plays? Maybe because they`re really good. Maybe not. I don`t know. I`m not a fan of good ol` William`s work. For instance I haven`t even read the play on the jew of Venice. This film has Al Pacino in the role of Sheilok, the jew. Who were the other actors I don`t remember. Some people claim this film to be antisemitic. I claim those people are out of their minds. Ok, they may go and crucify good ol` William Shakespeare, but it won`t change a lot. The film was done quite professionally, without having too much of political correctness and the wit of Shakespeare was still there. Probably I could have enjoyed it more were I a huge fan of classical literature. Yet since I`m not I can say that despite being a good costume film it wasn`t much more than that - a good cast + a good script don`t make a great movie. You need some magic in order to feel the touch of god in a piece of cinematography.

Šķiet, ka filmai "Dzīve ir skaista" pieder absolūtais rekords sagatavošanās laika ziņā no brīža, kad filmu ieguvu savā rīcībā, līdz brīdim, kad to noskatījos (iespējams gan, ka manā plauktā ir pāris filmas, kas šādā statusā dzīvo pat vēl daudz ilgāk, bet tās es tik ļoti neizjūtu - viena lieta ir filma kompaktdiskā un pavisam cita - datorā). Kā var noskaidrot pēc faila izveidošanas vecuma, šo filmu ieguvu pirms gandrīz precīzi divarpus gadiem un ne reizi vien biju tuvu tam, lai to noskatītos.

Kad šo albūmu tikko biju ieguvis savā īpašumā, tas man nez kāpēc sagādāja pamatīgu vilšanos, lai arī es absolūti vairs nezinu, ko tolaik gaidīju no šīs grupas un pat no kurienes es zināju par tās eksistenci.

Now I can finally call myself an expert in the field of Willie Wonka. I`ve seen both films, I`ve read the book, and finally I`ve read a comparison of the three of Wikipedia. So how do they compare?

Es zināju, ka tas brīdis pienāks un ka tas man nesagādās daudz prieka. Ir pienākusi diena, kad manās ausīs ir ieskanējies "Cradle of Filth", lai gan es vēl neplānoju pārvākties dzīvot uz servertelpu vai vēl jo vairāk Ieteikt kādam šo grupu klausīties. Bet man pašam to darīt nākas, jo MP3 disks ar numuru 6 satur šīs grupas mini albūmu "V Empire".

Kā var atklāt interneta plašumos, Sergejs Minajevs ir kļuvis par šīs sezonas krievu literatūras grāvēju un viņa debijas romāns "Духless" (lasīt - bezgarīgais) ir atzīts par kaut ko gandrīz vai iepriekš nepieredzētu.

I don`t think that it`s gonna be a surprise to anyone if I told that the film is made after the novel by Ray Bradbury. I liked the book but the film was a huge dissapointment - people who appear to be living in the sixties but act as if they were not, terrible (at least what I think) acting and lots of changes in the plot don`t make a great film for me. No, no, no that`s no way to treat a classic.

Stanley Kubrick directed "The Killing" as one of his first major films. In my humble opinion this isn`t the grandmasters best moment, although it isn`t particulary bad as well. For example, this film inspired "the Reservoir Dogs" by Quentin Tarantino, and that says a lot. A group of people decide to rob the money from horse racing, and for that they use local workers, a professional sniper, a fight instigator, and lots of other stuff. Everything so to say goes great until the moment, when the money is in the hands of the robbers, for trying to get it all for themselves they fail. Most of them die except for one man and his girl who take the money to an airport trying to leave the country but this last plan also fails because the suitcase opens and all the money blows in the wind. So it goes, Kurt Vonnegut would say. For a crime/action film this is a nice entertaining piece, for Stanley Kubrick - it`s nothing particulary special.

If you wonder why did I watch this film - here comes the answer. There`s this song "1985" by an obscure band named "Bowling for Soup". And what is this song about? The year of 1985, of course. And some films are mentioned. One of them is "The Breakfast Club". So I watch it. Five highschool students spend an entire Saturday at school because of a detention they got. They all come from different backgrounds each representing a certain social group. There`s a rich man`s daughter who`s a prom queen, there`s a sportsman, a math whiz + nerd, a goth chick and a wastebasket. The latter two are the most interesting ones, but the rest is also ok. Since they aren`t allowed to leave their seats (what they still occasionally do). They quarrel, they fight, they disagree, they form groups which fall apart momentarilly. They speak of things they find to be important, they are neither good or bad, but just are. The ending though spoils the impression of the film - two couples are formed, everyone is happy, you know the sugarry crap Hollywood endings that occur in 95% of the films from the gigantic soap factory. But if you watch the first four fifths of this film you`re bound to enjoy it.

Less (that`s a name) is a young man/boy living in the GDR of 1980s. After a brief encounter with his cousine Radost he goes to Eastern Berlin to live with his uncle Wanja (who`s full name is Werner, so he ain`t no Russkie). Anyhow it`s a bit of a change for a young man from a tiny town somewhere in the country. He gets to meet an anarchist philosopher, a crappy and boring poet and a punk named Beck. He also has relationships with two girls - one of them a nice girl named Irene and another - a cool chick named Dani. The most remarkable thing about the book is the fact that choruses of famous punk rock songs of the era sometimes appear in the text. So are people that like "The Exploited" or some other half-obscure punk bands among the characters. I presume this book could be best described as hip. Yet not being a particulary hip person myself I found it to be kinda dumb and not particulary interesting. Therefore goodbye and thanks for all the fish!