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Oficiāli "Images and Words" skaitās Dream Theater labākais albūms, taču man te gribētos īsti nepiekrist. Protams, manai nepiekrišanai pamatā varētu būt pārmērīgā gan DT, gan citu metāla grupu klausīšanās, ko esmu piekopis pēdējos mēnešos, tomēr tikai uz to vien es vainu nenoveltu.

"Guano Apes" debija Vācijā un tās reģiona zemēs sacēla diezgan pamatīgu furoru un līdz ar to šīs grupas reputācija mūsu reģionā allaž ir bijusi diezgan laba. Kā nekā pat es uz viņu koncertu Rīgā esmu bijis.

Of course, I had seen this film before. But why can`t I tell what I think about it now? I`m not weird enough to add this to the date when I first saw the film - it was quite a long time ago and I`ve wouldn`t remember it that good, had I written only based on the first watching. So, Amelie is a waitress in a cafe in Paris but her life changes one day when she finds a "treasure box" a boy hid in her suite some fourty years ago. And she decides to find the owner of childrens stuff she has found. And from that day everything goes in another way than it did before. The film is directed by the same Mr. Jeunet that created "The city of lost children" and "Delicatessen". "Amelie" also has a weird world in it but it`s not dark and dreary anymore - it`s just weird, every person has his little funny hobbies which don`t do other people no harm. The message of the film is a positive one, and it`s not sad and funny, it`s just funny without being primitive at all. Probably one of the best films I`ve ever seen. And it gave Audrey Tautou international fame - which she certainly deserved. It was nominated for five Oscars but didn`t receive a single one - and I don`t even wonder why.

I`ve never quite understand what lies behind my choice of films. It seems quite unreasonable to consider it a strategy, a much better description for it will probably be the word "random". For example, although "Blood of a poet" is considered a classic I am absolutely convinced that it`s almost impossible to enjoy a silent film nowadays. But no, I still decided to watch this film. As if I cared about how influential Jean Cocteau is. No, I don`t. Anyhow this film is somewhat crazy, of course, just like most films of surrealism are. The only similar film to it which I`ve seen so far is "The Andalusian dog". Blood of a poet is considered to be a perfect description of the way an artists mind works. Which is just another proof that I stand absolutely no chance of ever becoming a true artist. To me it was just visually interesting (especially considering the year the film was made and how little special effects were available at the time) but in terms of content empty film. The film starts off with a man drawing a face on paper when suddenly the mouth on the face becomes alive, as the "poet" wants to close the mouth with his hand the mouth moves on to his palm. The last place where the mouth stays its location is on a sculpture which also comes alive. Then the poet smashes the sculpture. Apart from that you`ll see buildings collapsing, a woman being connected to wall and lots of other senseless stuff.

Sākot skatīties "The Office", es pieļāvu vienu būtisku kļūdu. Es biju pārliecināts, ka šis seriāls ir kaut kas līdzīgs kā "The IT Crowd" un gaidīju, ka joki man birs virsū kā čiekuri un man atliks tikai sargāt galvu no lielākajiem no tiem.

Es laikam tomēr esmu bijis Metallicas cienītājs - kā izskatās manā kolekcijā ir diezgan daudz šīs grupas albūmu un vēl joprojām daudzas šī albūma dziesmas pēc skaņas man izklausās zināmas.

Special author note: I`ve changed my mind and now I`m ready to accept this as a really fine record. I`m not sure why I gave it such a very low rating in the first place and I`m too lazy to re-read what I`ve written here, so take my word - "One way ticket" is a real fine record after all. Still, since it probably depicts some of the feelings for the record I had something like 50 days ago, I won`t delete everything written below. Why would I? "Girlfriend" still has a ZZ-Top riff though.

"Hot Fuzz" savā ziņā var uzskatīt par filmas "Shaun of the Dead" turpināju - tas pats režisors, tie paši aktieri (Saimons Pegs un Niks Frosts), tas pats žanrs - parodija. Parodējamais žanrs gan ir mazliet cits - šoreiz varoņi nokļūst nevis zombiju šausmenē, bet policistu action filmā.

Cik dīvaini tas lai arī nebūtu, bet "The Doors" nekādi nespēj manā sirdī ieņemt tik lielu vietu, kā no šīs grupas varētu gaidīt. Kāpēc tā?

Ali G is the coolest dude around. He has a ding dong bigger than king-kongs, he rides a car where one one side there`s a sticker "Ali G" and on the other one "Me bitch". He`s the leader of the westside gang of his suburb. And he`s a complete loser. You must know who Ali G is - that`s a funny English guy who makes fun of rappers, gang members etc. Some of his jokes are totally primitive and pervert, just like in any teen comedy, there`s a scene when his dog lick Ali in the private parts, there`s a scene where a blind man touches him in his private parts - hell, there`s gazillions of dick jokes in this film, and they are not funny. But the gang jokes are in deed. I like the scene where a cop comes by and tells to the westcoasters to sit on a bank in the park, and one of Ali`s pals explains to him in the "nigga" language that there`s no way they`re gonna obey him, but when the cop warns that he could call their parents, they all sit down immediately. About the plot - Ali G becomes the member of the British parliament and does his best to be silly, and by doing that he saves the premier ministers butt from beign kicked. Hey, I thought of a strange parallel once again - this film was inspired by "Mr Smith goes to Washington", only in the latter nobody sucked Smith`s genitals but that was probably that way because such scenes were cut out.