Kazhes pierakstu burtnīca

Nevaru īsti saprast, vai pagājušoreiz, kad lasīju šo Sartra romānu, biju ticis līdz galam vai nebiju. Droši vien biju, lai gan drošs par to nebūtu.

Patiesībā šī grāmata nav gluži par smiekliem, par aizmirstību gan. Viss sākas ar gluži ikdienišķu epizodi - kad Čehoslovākija iekāpa komunisma upē (vai peļķē), tās vadītājs teica runu no tribīnes, bet bija auksts un kāds partijas biedrs šim aizdeva savu cepuri. Tapa klasiska propogandas fotogrāfija ar šo tribīni. Vēlāk biedrs tika apsūdzēts noziegumos un pakārts, bet no fotogrāfijas izdzēsts, pāri palika tikai viņa cepure līdera galvā.

The Rutles were the prefab four. They came from Liverpool and recorded some of the best rock`n`roll songs the Beatles never happened to write. And a documentary about this band was made. And who made this documentary? It was Eric Idle of Monty Python. And he was also one of the Rutles - a guy who strangely resembled Paul McCartney. This film should be watched if you`re a specialist of the Beatles, if you`re not - it`s still funny but you won`t get most of the gags. From the beginning until the very end the history of the Rutles is a hilarious piece of comedy. There`s the stage of their career when they are in Hamburg - far from home and far from talented. They atract their future manager because of their pants - how tight they are, and not because of their music. There`s a rumour that one of the members of the band has died, because on the cover of their albums he wears no pants, etc., etc. Yoko Ono in this film a simple German girl whos father had invented World War II. And you can actually see a few celebrities in this film - Mick Jagger, Paul Simon and even George Harrison of the Beatles who plays a reported interviewing Michael Palin - a further guy from the Pythons.

Ever been Legally Blonde? Some of us may have been, while the others not. The leading star of this film certainly has - for she`s the one who played the lead in the film about the girl with not-so-dark hair. Reese Witherspoon is her name. The story - somewhat similar to Thackeray`s novel but with a few changes, the most important among which is the fact that Becky Sharpe is a romantic person. That`s a thing I don`t like, ok, she`s not over-the-top romantic but still she was this i-know-what-i-want character in the book but here she`s just not that strong. The rest of the heroes is probably similar to what I had imagined, maybe Amelia isn`t as silly as she was in the book but that`s only because nobody would believe nowadays that such a loser person can be possible. Of course, this isn`t much more than just a costume film. You watch it, you probably even enjoy some parts of it, and in two days you don`t remember what the actors looked like and you don`t even remember the ending. Ok, I`m a bit overreacting here, but you probably get what I`m try to say here. It`s average - no more, no less.

I`m not sure why I had never listened to this record in its entirety before but that`s a solid fact. While listening to obscure and occasionally completely unknown bands I somehow missed the most popular record of the previous year. Probably it`s for the best for I can judge it now more clearly than at the time when "Take me out" was constantly played on the radio. Still I don`t have much to say - FF did have a really fresh sound on this album, the provided some bombastic tracks which meant fun, fun, fun and the opening "Jacqueline" sounds like Leonard Cohen for the first minute. Yes, and "This fire" is my favourites song on the album.

Pēc ilgāka laika, kad neko tādu teicis neesmu, teikšu sekojošo - uztrāpījos uz vienu riktīgu pērli. Jā, es zinu, ka tas ir tikai vēl viens angļu seriāls, kuru atkal jau veidojuši Rikijs Džervejs un Stīvens Mērčants, kuri abi šeit arī ievērojamu laiku redzami uz ekrāniem (it īpaši Džerveiss, protams). Taču - atšķirībā no the Office - šis seriāls ir tik smieklīgs šī vārda tradicionālajā izpratnē, ka nenosmieties.

Brīdinājums! Šis raksts nav paredzēts mērķauditorijai vecumā zem 18 gadiem!

Since iceage there have talks around whether computer graphics have reached/will ever reach the level of reality that you won`t be able to tell the difference between a film done by living actors and a film created entirely in a computers lab. Being a born sceptic I usually spend a lot of time trying to convince every living soul that computer animation sucks and that no polygons will ever be as pretty as the rear of JLo (although I wouldn`t be surprised if her butt was surgically improved after all) but since I`m trying to be a different kind of myself this time I`ll critisize "Polar Express" for completely different reasons. After all, you don`t dislike Salvador Dali for his pictures not looking real enough but you dislike him for being an asshole. PE could have been a brilliant cartoon had it been circa 25 minutes long, but as a normal length feature film it just doesn`t have the story to back the visual setting up with. A little boy without a name doesn`t know whether to continue believing in Santa Clause or is it time to accept the truth that there is no Easter rabbit. As he is full of doubt he gets an opportunity to go on a train to North Pole to see Santa. So he does. And he finds enough belief for his whole life. End of story. Tom Hanks speaks most of the voices behind the characters and, if I got it right, he also does the motions of most of them (which explains which children move quite creepily in this film).

Kaut kā nebiju piefiksējis, ka "Kukaiņu dzīve" bija Peļevina pirmais romāns. Tas kaut kā neiederās manā koncepcijā, ka viņa daiļrades krīze un stagnācija (lai arī ļoti nosacītas) sākās kaut kur ap 2000.gadu (kad savā īpašumā ieguvu šo grāmatu, līdz ar to pieskaitīju to "vēlīnajam" Peļevinam).

"Trusīši un žņaudzējčūskas" bija viens no pirmajiem ne-bērniem domātajiem literārajiem darbiem, ar kuriem mani iepazīstināja mani vecāki. Mājās tas bija pieejams kaut kādā samizdata stila formātā - ja pareizi atceros, tā bija kaut kāda ļoti aizdomīgas kvalitātes kopija, kuras lapas nebija sastiķētas kopā. Varbūt, ka tā bija kopija no kaut kāda literatūras almanaha, kādi padomju laikos bija ļoti izplatīti, bet šajā situācijā tas nav svarīgi. Tāpat nav svarīgi tas, ka pārvērstu par teātra iestudējumu tajos pašos sen-senajos laikos to skatījos neatkarīgajā teātrī "Kabata" (ja atmiņa neviļ, žņaudzējčūskas tur bija zeķbiksēs tērptas sievieties).