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Andrew Largeman returns to the place of his birth for the his mother`s funeral. In the small town everybody thinks that he`s a Hollywood actor, but in fact he`s just a waiter at some Vietnamese restaurant. When visiting a doctor he encounters Sam (Natalie Portman) - a weird and quite funny girl. A romance starts between them that`s bound to change Andrew`s life which has been a bit of problematic ever since he injured his mother when still being little. In some ways the film is similar to "Eternal Sunshine" with the difference that this one doesn`t have erasing memories and cool morphing. It`s somewhat romantic, and it`s somewhat funny, but I still wouldn`t call that a romantic comedy, because it`s more than that. Music in the film is awesome. So are some of the dialogues, and the characters as well. Was there something I didn`t like? Probably on that Ian Holm (Biblo Baggins) didn`t have furry feet and never mentioned the Ring. But that`s not really a complaint.

If there`s one thing which I don`t understand conserning Steven Spielberg then it is why he is considered to be a great director. If you hear the name "Steven Spielberg" in connection with any film project you automatically start drooling expecting something miraculous. Well I have to admit I don`t! Ok, he may not be a bad director but most of his stuff is typical Hollywood blockbusters not intending to be something like high art. "The Schindler`s List"? I haven`t seen it and don`t intend to, I know enough about the Holocaust already. "Sawing private Ryan"? Had it been "Sewing private Ryan" I`d probably be interested. But war movies bore me. Indiana Jones? Yeah, sure this is the most elaborate kind of filmmaking ever, Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman can`t offer anything to match the glory of Indy.

Šī bija tā pati filma, kuru iesākām skatīties pagājušo sestdien pie Bū, bet kuru no manis neatkarīgu iemeslu dēļ man nācās "piebeigt" vienatnē.

Ar šo albūmu Green Day nu jau pilnīgi atvadījās no sava vecā panku imidža un kļuva par tipiski/netipisku poproka grupu. Salīdzinoši ar "Dookie", kas man pirmajā klausīšanās reizē pie sirds īpaši negāja (jo tolaik par pankiem biju apmēram tādās pat domās kā šobrīd par nacionālboļševikiem), tad par "Warning" neko tamldzīgu teikt nevarētu (lai gan, protams, šo albūmu arī izdzirdēju manāmi vēlāk). Jau pirmā albūma dziesma - "Warning" ir pavisam draudzīga akustiska popdziesma, kurai bija diezgan smieklīgs videoklips. Tomēr arī panciskajās dziesmās Green Day ir sākuši jau izklausīties mazliet pieaugušāki un daudzveidīgāki kā iepriekš, piemēram, "Blood, Sex and Booze" neizklausās pēc trīsdesmit iepriekšējām šīs grupas dziesmām, jo atklājas, ka patiesībā Green Day nav nekādi raupjie puiši, bet ka viņiem ir tīri labas spējas atrast vienkāršas un tomēr klausāmas melodijas. Turklāt arī dziesmu tematika sākusi kļūt interesantāka, manuprāt, ļoti jauka dziesma ir "Church on Sunday", kuru es varu iztēloties kā saundtreku vasaras dienai un kurā Bilijs Džo solās meitenei ar viņu kopā iet svētdien uz baznīcu, ja viņa ar viņu vakarā ies dejot. "Fashion Victim" varētu raksturot kā Green Day versiju par Kinks "She`s bought a hat like princess Marina`s", lai gan, protams, ne melodija, ne teksts līdz Reja Deivisa līmenim šeit nepavelk. Mana mīļākā dziesma šajā albūmā tomēr ir cita - tā ir kabarē stila veidotā "Misery", kuras teksta daļa man savukārt rada asociācijas ar "Take a walk on the wild side" iz Lū Rīda repertuāra. "Hold On" mutes ermoņikas atsauc prātā kaut kādu no "Bītlu" dziesmām, lai gan patiesībā visas šīs dziesmas visvairāk izklausās pēc soļošanas melodijām. Tu saulainā vasaras dienā ej pa ceļu un tavās ausīs skan šis Green Day albūms - ļoti jauka idille. Jā, akustiskās gičas šeit skan vai katrā dziesmā un, manuprāt, tas ir tīri forši, jo savā vecajā stilā nekur tālāk "Green Day" vairs aiziet nevarēja, bet ar "Warning" viņi beidzot ir pacēlušies vismaz pāris pakāpienus augstāk. Labs ir arī albūma nobeigums. Vispirms ar "Minority" Green Day apliecina, ka arī kā poprokeri viņi joprojām vienlaicīgi ir arī panki un ka viņi nevēlas saplūst ar pūli (atkal viena soļojamā dziesma), bet "Macy Day Parade" - kas, manuprāt, jau tuvojas grupas sekojošajam albūmam "American Idiot". Zināmu neizpratni rada "Waiting", kas ir ar citu tekstu apveltīta klasiskā sešdesmito gadu dziesma "Downtown", kāda tam ir doma, man skaidrs nav, bet vispār jāatzīst, ka man ļoti labi iet pie sirds Bilija Džo balss un Tre Kūla bungas. Protams, Green Day nav pasaules labākā grupa un, protams, viņi ir vairāk parodija par pankiem nekā īsti panki, bet toties viņi ir labi songwriters.

Canada once already appologised to the USA for Bryan Adams - it`s a fact everyone who has watched Southpark knows. But it didn`t stop me from listening to one of his supposedly better records. The disc starts off with a typical mid-eighties song "One Night Affair" which sounds like a minor song from a Dire Straits album (musically not vocally) and like a different take on "Run To You", which can also be found on this album. The album is mostly famous for having 6 hit singles on it, "Run To You" and "Summer of `69" being the most famous ones. By the way did you know that the latter is about oral sex and not about the year of "Abbey Road" after all? It`s not too surprising, considering that Bryan was 9 in 69. And he most likely didn`t do 69 in 69. Other tracks are basically just supporting songs for the highlights, and they don`t support them too good. "It`s only love", a duet with Tina Turner, is one of them. How could this fellow become such a legend if all his songs sound the same, if they`re generic and formulaic? "Heaven" is a song which he later reshaped a bit and made "Please forgive me", it also sounds a lot like "Heaven is a place on earth" (a slowed down version of that song as a matter of fact), or no... that song by Bonnie Tyler. Heck, who cares? It`s Bryan Adams after all, and not some strange Frank Zappa. Music for your school discoteque is the best purpose for music like this.

Par šo filmu pirms pāris nedēļām vecāki man jautāja - ko tā īsti nozīmē. Tagad, kad esmu to noskatījies, varu atbildēt - nav ne mazākās nojautas.

Atkal jau (tas jau sāk šķist mazliet aizdomīgi manas seksuālās orientācijas sakarā) varu veltīt šo ieraksta apskatu Mānim, kas uzskata, ka es pamatā klausos mēslus. Ja Mānis man būtu pateicis, ka "Creed" ir mēsls nevis 2007.gadā, bet, teiksim, 2000.gadā, tad es... nē, es nebūtu Mānim iesitis pa seju, jo nekad neesmu izcēlies ar pārmērīgu atlētismu vai agresivitāti vai drosmi. Bet sašutis gan es noteikti būtu. Kā gan "Creed" var būt mēsls? Viņi taču ir anti-Limp Bizkit, bet Limp Bizkit ir mēsls.

This is a rare thing when at the beginning of a review I`m not sure whether the rating for the film is gonna be good or bad. You see, Napoleon Dynamite is a weird film. It`s a comedy for teenies and partly about teenies, of course, but it`s not what you`d usually expect from a film like this. For example - there`s like a hundred situations in this film when you`re sure a stupid thing is gonna happen - for example that someone will receive a blow in the face, but then - it doesn`t happen. And another thing - for at least the first half of the movie it`s totally pointless. It just goes nowhere. Probably it`s because everyone in this film is a jerk (dork, freak) of some kind. Napoleon himself is just a weird looking and stupid acting flegmatic dude, his brother Kip (who`s 32 by the way) sits all day long in the chat on the web, Pedro is a weird mexican fellow with close to no emotions, and Deb - the girl, she`s like totally shy and flegmatic as well. It`s not too easy to describe the scene, for pretty much nothing happens most of the time - just like in real life. Well, probably, the film is good at doing what it tries to do. Probably not. I`m not really so sure.

This film is considered a masterpiece in goth film-making, and it`s no wonder since Tim Burton himself is the father of all goths. "Edward Scissorhands", "Corpse Bride", "Sleepy Hollow" and other films prove his perfect sense for the dark arts and dark fairytales. Therefore I expected "Beetle Juice" to be a weird kind of comedy. Yet it proved to be quite a conventional film. That`s if you don`t count the underworld, ghosts reading a book called "A Handbook for the recently deceased" and other typical goth stuff. In terms of story the film was interesting enough but I somehow think there was something done wrong about it - a great idea turned out to be quite a boring film. I don`t really know what I didn`t like about it but in the context of Burton`s better works "Beetle Juice" doesn`t shine at all. The "Betelgeuse" character itself wasn`t particulary great if you ask me. And you should ask me for it`s me who`s talking and it`s you who`s listening. I did like the goth chick though. Goths rule! I would have invited her for my birthday party if I had a chance to do that. It was Winona Ryder playing Lydia, the goth chick. Did I mention the story? I suppose not. Alec Baldwin and Gene Wilder are a perfectly normal couple that somehow dies in a car accident and returns to its house in form of ghosts. They would presumably have lived happily ever after if they hadn`t a family of yuppies moved into their house and tried to change everything around it. So the couple asks the excentric Betelgeuse for help to get rid of the living. I suppose they shouldn`t have done that.

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