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To start with - my expectations for this film there pretty low. What else could one await from a film like this? First, it`s a sequel. Second, I never ever bothered to watch the original film. Third, Bridget Jones - isn`t that this for-ladies-only film where you can see the world just like any woman sees it? Sorta "Sex and the City" style? To continue: I don`t know whether this is similar to "Sex and the City". Why? Because I`ve never watched a single episode of the series. To continue even further: the film wasn`t thad bad. Ok, it was a comedy that very rarely made me laugh. But - do I often laugh while watching a comedy? Not so often for sure. And that goes for good comedies as well. Bridget Jones`s relationship with Mark Darcy falls apart because of her thinking that she`s cheating upon her. So she has nothing better to do than to fall back into the hands of Hugh Grant (what`s the name of his character? wasn`t it Hugh Grant?). But Hugh Grant still is an asshole. And Mark Darcy isn`t one. That`s basically it. Of course, this is a romantic comedy. Of course, most of the jokes aren`t particulary good. But, since this was the next film I watched after "Meet the Fockers" I can compare these two films. In terms of actors the F word film was better. In term s of plot - I`m with Bridget.

Jacky Zucker (full name Jacob Zuckermann) is a Jewish fellow living in modern Germany who`s life hasn`t been particulary successful after Eastern Germany ceased to be (he was a sports journalist back in the days of the GDR but has become some sort of a sluthouse owner nowadays). Jacky has a very bad relationship with his wife, his daughter doesn`t speak to him and he doesn`t seem to have too many friends. He also has a lot of debts and his only chance to stay over water is to win a billiard tournament that`s gonna be held in Berlin the very next week. Yet everything changes when a telegram arrives that his mother has died and that he and his religious brother Solomon will get a heritate only if they make up and spend a week together as a good Jewish family. The problem is that Jacky doesn`t feel Jewish at all, and his wife isn`t Jewish even by blood not only by heart. But what doesn`t one do for money? So the whole thing gets kinda silly but it`s perfectly good for a person like me - a one that knows enough about Jewish traditions, about Germands, and for a person that doesn`t have anything against a good laugh. And a good laugh you will get from this film without a doubt.

"The Magic Christian" ir ļoti savdabīga sešdesmito gadu beigu angļu komēdija, kurā centrālie ievērības cienīgie momenti ir:

"Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" tiek uzskatīta par vienu no 20. gadsimta priekšpēdējās desmitgades labākajām itāļu filmām, ne velti tā 1989. gadā saņēma Zelta globusu, Oskaru un BAFTA balvu kā labākā filma svešvalodā.

I`d been intending to see this film for quite a long time yet due to different circumstances it never happened until today. Why did I want to see it? Because I was told that it was really good. Or maybe I don`t remember correctly and I was just told to watch it without having mentioned how good or bad this film was. Basically this film is a fiction version of the same thing "Inside Deep Throat" tells about. It`s about the porn industry in 1970s-1980s. Ok, it`s not really about the industry but about several people involved in it. There`s Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) - a guy with a big dick and little brain. There`s Rollergirl - a porn actress than never takes her roller skates off. And by saying never I mean never. Then there`s Jack Horner - a middle aged dirty movie director (quite similar to Gerard Damiano IMHO) who happens to be played by Burt Reynolds. Then there are other characters including a crazy for country music black man, a homosexual fatso named Scotty, a dude who`s wife has sex with everyone in front of everyone etc., etc. Still the story never really got me into this film, it may be crafted very professionaly, giving an insight in the industry, visually interesting, yet it still didn`t convince me that this was a great movie. To be completely honest, the best thing in this film to me was the closing titles to the sound of "A living thing" by ELO. Yeah, the ending itself was kinda sissy but that`s no Ingmar Bergman we`re talking about after all.

Ja nemaldos, Nazareth vēl mūsdienās kaut kur pastāv un ir pat vismaz vienreiz uzstājušies Latvijā, taču patiesībā man tas ir gluži vienaldzīgi, jo es neticu, ka 2007. gada Nazareth varētu būt kaut uz pusi tik labi kā 1977. gada Nazareth, bet pat tolaik viņi nebūtu bijuši mana mīļākā grupa pasaulē.

"Annihilator" no vidusskolas gadiem man palikuši atmiņā ar savu nosaukumu un albūma tituldziesmu, kura visvairāk izklausas pēc kādas Motorhead kompozīcijas - tas pats pamatīgais temps, tas pats vienkāršais un neambiciozais ritms, tā pati Lemija balss (lai arī šis dziedātājs, protams, nav Lemijs), lai arī tagad, ja tā padomā, tad, iespējams, te ir arī šis tas no "Judas Priest". Taču ir skaidrs, ka Annihilator nav ne vienas, ne otras augstāk pieminētās grupas klons - iedomāties dzelžos tērpto Robu Halfordu dziedot easy listening balādi "Hell is a war" (stulbs nosaukums, ne?) es vismaz nevaru, pat Metallica kaut ko tādu nespēlētu, tas jau drīzāk ir "Extreme" vai "Crowded House" repertuāra skaņdarbs. Nemaz nerunāsim par 45 sekundes īso instrumentālo "Bliss", kas ir tik viegls kā spalviņa. "Second to none" savukārt ir vēl viena Judas Priest stila kompozīcija, kurā Anihilatori sevi apliecina kā veiklu pirkstu īpašniekus, to turpinot arī ne tik ļoti veiksmīgajā "Annihilator" (kas jau sāk vilkt uz "Manowar" pašparodiskumu). Vispār rodas sajūta, ka Annihilator ir divas grupas - viena spēlē dusmīgo "21", bet otra - balādisko "In the Blood". Es zinu, ka arī Black Sabbath spēlēja balādes, bet tās bija metāla balādes, nevis tādas dziesmas, kuras pat "Creed" atzītu par pārāk popsīgām. Nē, Creed varbūt tās tomēr izpildītu, bet Creed tomēr ir mēsls. Vispār Annihilatora balādes ir patiešām nožēlojamas un ja "King of the Kill" būtu mini albūms ar tikai roķīgajiem trekiem, tādiem kā "Speed", tad tas būtu lielisks EP, bet kā albūms ar kādām 5 bezjēdzīgām balādēm tas mani īpaši nepārliecina.

A man with amnesia awakes in a hospital where untraditional methods to help people to remember are being used. He finds out that the hospital is really in his mind and so are the perversions. Although I consider myself a fan of modern literature this piece here is a bit too pornographic to me. To summarise everything in one sentence - Mr. Fowles is trying to show your humble servant that writing a novel is the same as having sex (or something like that). There are some quite interesting dialogues between Miles and Eratho but between all the crap it still doesn`t make a good point. I`d never think that a man who wrote `The Collector` could create something like that. It`s not even disgusting - it`s just plainly bad and pretends to be a porn book at some stages, without being really sarcastic.

At last something great! Amazing! It feels like heaven. The story of the Nose. The man who knew everything about aromas but nothing about anything else and was a one of a kind criminal. I don`t want to tell you the plot, because it would make no sense doing so. Also I would like to mention that it was the first book I read in German in the last few years, but even despite the problems with the language which very disturbing at first, I certainly felt what a great master of words Sueskind is. An absolute must for every fan of modern literature, although there`s nothing crazy about the book that you could discuss among `the cool people`. It just strikes you like a thunderbolt and there`s nothing more to it.

Wouldn`t you know - it took me quite a lot of time to prepare to watch the most succesful part of the "Three Colours" trilogy. What was the reason for that? I enjoyed the first two ones, thus having no reason not to watch the third one. Nevermind the reasons, this film is totally great. It kinda sums up the previous parts tying everything together. Valentine is lonely for her beloved is in another country and he doesn`t treat her the way he should. Her life is changed when she hits a dog while driving a car. The dog turns out able to live and she returns it to its owner - a strange old man who spends his days listening on the radio to other people`s private conversations. Valentine tells him (btw., he`s played by Jean-Louis Trintignant) to stop doing that, for the people are good, and he obeys him. In the film it turns out that Valentine and le Juge (the old man, a former judge) live in parallel worlds - she`s his lover whom he never had from the days of his youth. And there`s Auguste - the judge of the modern age, who is the new le Juge - the man Valentine has to meet. Of course, it`s clear from the beginning that one day she and he should meet, but it`s not shock and unexpected twists we away from this movie. A great movie, without doubt - the highest peak in dialogue, acting and images Kieslowsky ever achieved.