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Karamuk (2003)
A warm fuzzy feeling!
This is a feel-good movie that really deserves some attention! Strong acting by young Julia Mahnecke as a 17year old girl, searching for her father. No Hollywood smile story, but rather a non-commercial, believable, simple story with a warm thread through it all. Thankful to Gothenburg film festival 2002 for showing it, I look forward to an opportunity to see it again.
xXx (2002)
If only...
... there were an actor worth the name in the title-role, this might have been a quite good action movie. As it is, the movie falls flat as soon as xXx (Vin Diesel) opens his mouth. Apart from this, the story and special effects are good, actually even pointing your mind towards Bond, though not as gentlemanlike an approach. If you are a fan of special effects and can see past V.D:s lack of acting talents, (hard but it can be done), you will probably enjoy this movie. If you need quality acting for your pleasure, then go see something else!
La turbulence des fluides (2002)
Wow!
This movie was announced in the Gothenburg film festival catalog as "a philosophical thriller", something that caught my eye as being quite a mix...
This is a movie that surprises and gives more than you expect. Mysterious, sexy, unpredictable. I suspect though that this type of movie doesn't appeal to everyone, one has to be open for the mysterious part of it, and let go of control, not trying to set up in your mind what you think the movie ought to be. Instead, keep an open mind. This mind-turning movie is quite an experience!
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Pleasantly surprising...
...this movie does live up to the Terminator feeling! I went to the cinema with a foreboding feeling that this might be one of those movies only made to squeeze the last drops of gold out of a winning concept. I was very glad to learn that this was not the case. After getting used to Nick Stahl (sweet-faced actor that I personally only remember in "softer" roles) in the part of future freedomfighter John Connor, the movie took off and I only sat back and enjoyed. Ok, yes, the classic lines now feel more like a joke among T-lovers and induced the audience to laughter more than to a feeling of something cool, but the winning concept goes on winning! Classic Terminator action of good quality mixed with good humor and some new turns, like the female terminator T-X (Kristanna Loken) and the time set to the last day of humankind as we know it...or is it??? The end raises a question in my mind: Will there be a number 4? If so I hope that it will be made with the same integrity of quality as this one, then it will be something to look forward to.
Flambards (1979)
Ahhh, what a blend!
I first saw this visiting my grandmother. One episode and then I was hooked! This is a wonderful mixture of horses, old English countryside life, people one cares for and a down to earth atmosphere. In the middle of the series the setting changes to an early 20th century airfield where the exciting history of flying is in its beginning. Everything takes a turn with the start of world war I... The people feel real and the story is strong and one that could very well have happened.
I well remember the day I saw in the paper that there was a rerun of these series, only one hour away... I tumbled down the stairs down to the convenience store, stacking up on empty videotapes and telling my boyfriend that the video now was booked for the next 13 mondays...
Just a wonderful feeling!