Women actresses that have their mouth open all the time or strut their lips in an idiotic way have been annoying me for a while. Yesterday, I went to see the lastest James Bond film. I must admit that I was very skeptical as the only reason I have gone to see James movies
in the past was to watch Pierce Brosnan's spectualar performance as James Bond (read as "to drool over").



It was a big shock realizing that the new James Bond, Daniel Craig was doing the typical strutting model lips. Silly model lips on a man?!?! He looked like Zoolander! Now, I loved the Zoolander movie but there he was making fun of the models... he wasn't trying to be the world's most charming movie character, James Bond.

The world must be going under!

I wish I was a penguin! We human are supposed to diet and train until we are stick figures before finding a mate. Penguins on the other hand fatten themselves up as much as possible before trying to snatch their mate...

Sounds cool? Well, there are some major drawbacks to being a penguin. some of which you can learn about if you watch March of the Penguins.

The movie was cute and had some nice scenes and sad scenes that almost got tears in my eyes. It also had lots of scenes which made you laugh. The best part was that it made me a bit more appreciative of how easy my life is. Recommended on a Monday night!

Is having your mouth open the new sexy? Well there must be some reason why I watched 3 hours of a half open mouth. To be more specific I just watched 3 hours of Naomi Watts in King Kong with her mouth open. Pretty girl but after two hours or so I just wanted to scream.

Now, guys please tell me if this is sexy or not? If it is I will definitely start walking around with my mouth half open all the time:-).



King Kong was all right but nothing more than that. There were some really good scenes but the movie was generally too long. I am also allergic to movies where lots of people die just to save one other person (and when the person shows no guilt over it). Maybe it is my Nordic mentality that is seeping into everything. You know the taking care of yourself, never asking for help, carrying your own bags, and don't forget... save your own fucking life mentality!

Since Eirik was discussing movie freaks in his last blog entry, I will dedicate this blog to my last movie experience, which might change my eating habits forever.

To first comment on Eirik's blog. I don't consider myself a movie freak. I don't watch a lot of movies and I usually prefer fewer but more carefully selected movies. There are also too many famous movies that I have never seen to be able to term myself as a movie freak.

What bothers me a bit about Eirik's movie freak blog entry is that I think "movie freak" is not the appropriate name. I think you can be a truly sophisticated movie freak. Hence you shouldn't be called a freak but rather a movie enthusiastic. Somebody that enjoys a wide range of movies, enjoys the script, acting, directing, use of light and music, etc. Somebody that is willing to experiment with different types of movies and not just every Hollywood movie that comes along... (those might deserve the name freak:-)).

I tend to like movies that are a bit smart or get you thinking. But lets be clear here, I hate movies that are trying too hard to be smart. They usually end up coming across as stupid. Eg. The Matrix Reloaded. Then it is better to not try at all. So, I guess subtle smart is what I am looking for.

I also appreciate some unique experience while watching the movies. Like Indian Bollywood movie night, or my latest movie adventure which involved eating at McDonald and then watching Super Size Me. Simplistic enough but gave some extra effect to the movie.

Super Size Me is a documentary by Morgan Spurlock which undertook an experiment of eating only at McDonald for 30 day, 3 times a day, and only super sizing his meal when offered to do so. His goal was to check out how dangerous fast food is. The results were frightening!

The documentary was very good, filled with fact, and funny. Much better than the Michael Moore documentaries that tend to be trying too hard. I am definitely turning my thumb in an upright position for this movie. See it!

It was frightening to see that the US city I lived in for three and half year, Tulsa, is the 11th fattest city in the US. I must admit that I myself ate a lot of fast food while living there and gained quite few pounds. What the movie is portraying is true. Americans eat a lot of fast food (easy, cheap), and never walk anywhere. There are fast food restaurants everywhere, and the portions are gigantic.

While sitting and watching the movie, the normal McDonald McStomachAche and McBloating started kicking in. That was around the time when they started showing the medical evidence that the guy was about to destroy his body. Must admit that I felt a bit uneasy, and I am not sure if I will ever eat there again...

It is summer and there seems to be love in the air. Well, at least in the movie theatres. I have seen two movies lately which are really just chick flicks in disguise. Much nicer that way because pure chick flicks sometimes tend to be too much of the good thing.

First I saw Shrek 2 which is nothing less than brilliant. I am rating it as Excellent. It is a hilarious movie with wonderful characters. The storyline is a beautiful love story mixed with comedy. I really like the message the movie is trying to give. That looks don't matter if people really love each other. It is a nice story that gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling (and tears in your eyes because you laugh so much).

The second movie I saw was Spider-Man 2. That movie isn't nearly as good as Shrek 2 but it was really good Entertainment. It had nice effects and a cute story line. The characters however lacked depth and characteristics if you compare it to Shrek 2.

Both the movie and the love story were nice. Two people struggling against love because they believe they cannot be together. Yes, being with Spider-Man wouldn't be easy. Lots of waiting with dinner but for goodness sake just get a microwave:-). Ok, so it is not that simple but I don't see the point of struggling that much against obvious love.

Spider-Man's reason for not allowing himself the relationship with Mary Jane is that she would always be in danger. This was what annoyed me the most about the movie... she seemed to be in danger anyway!!!

The interesting thing about these movies is that they are both sequels. Most sequels are failures but both these movies are unique in the way that they are at least as good as the first movie. The Spider-Man 2 was in my opinion much better than the first.

Conclusion: You must see Shrek 2. If you have some time to waste then Spider-Man 2 is not a bad way to waste it.

Today I saw The Day After Tomorrow. I am rating it as pure Entertainment. Nothing wrong with seeing the movie (once that is:-)). There are some cool effect that are worth watching, and a mediocore storyline. Basically a typical Hollywood weather movie, with the American president, the Statue of Liberty, and American flags all over the place:-).

The movie however touched a subject few of us have been discussing lately. Burning of books! Not too long ago we heard about a scheduled book burning which was supposed to be a cultural event. I remember being really offended by it and it seemed like I wasn't the only one. I was brought up to respect books and treat them well. I love to read books, discuss books, own books.... I guess you could say that I have a mild book fetish:-D I tend to want to own more books than I am able to read. And I see nothing cultural about burning them.

Not all books are equal in my mind. Some books are a lot more sacred than other (I am sure some of you remember my Bible blog entry, that got few people upset;-)). Some books should respected because they are masterpieces, others because they have cultural value (eg. the Bible), and other because they are simply entertaining. All books should be honored with some level of respect. Simply because someone put a lot of work into writing them (well maybe not all them, but most).

In the movie they end up burning books to survive the freezing cold brought on by iceage. The funny part was when one of the character had the exact same reaction as some of us, shouting out: "You cannot burn books". This is however the only instance that justifies book burning in my opinion. I guess books wont do you much good if you are dead.

I have to admit that I do remember instances where I have hated books enough to wanna burn them. Remember a certain love and hate relationship with my Algorithm book. Oh good I hated that damn piece of torture machine... but I still had to admit that it was a book that contained a lot of information... just not well explained information. I did the unspeakable with that book, I used a highlighter to mark useful pieces of information!!!. I never write in books, so I guess that was the best I could do to dishonour the damn piece of sh#&%.... (excuse my language:-D).

I still own my Algorithm book and I wont ever burn it. Well, except if iceage suddenly starts... then I can promise you that it will be the first book I throw onto the fire:-).

I had the opportunity to see Kill Bill 1 and 2 last Saturday with John, Eirik, Daniel, and André. That was bit special. Sitting in the movie theatre for two movies in a row, that is. I had seen Kill Bill 1 a while back and remembered it as being an above average movie, but for some reason I had never been overly thrilled about it. Would have rated it as Interesting back then. Seeing it for the second time was a revelation. It was so much better the second time! Now I am rating it as Excellent.

I have to admit that I am even tempted to rate it as a Masterpiece. There is however one scene in the movie which ruins some of its glory. I am talking about the battle scene where Beatrix Kiddo AKA Black Mamba (Uma Thurman) wears her cool yellow suit and chops down O-Ren's (Lucy Liu) Crazy 88 army. That scene was just silly and dumb. There are a lot of unreal things in the movie (like having a Samurai sword on the airplane), but this was the only time where it became to much. Every other scene in the movie fooled you into thinking it could possible happen in real life.... But no one person would be able to get away alive from such a crowd of crazy guys with sharp Samurai swords. I want my movies to be in the same believable "tone". Either all believable, or just completly unbelievable. I basically don't like jumping between believable-levels The rest of the movie was however brilliant. The use of colors, dialogs, music, cartoon, etc. It all blended into a nice mixture which I really appreciated ( except for that one scene).

Watching that scene, however, made me realize that I am becoming immune to blood and gore. I think I have seen to many killing movies lately. The Passions of the Christ, The Last Samurai, and now Kill Bill. I could watch that scene without covering my eyes. I think this is a bad trend that movies are competing about being the most disgusting, with the most blood, and with the highest number of amputated body parts. Will we all be immune and start thinking this is normal? I am old and wise enough to know that I shouldn't do anything like that to people in the streets, but are kids gonna be able to distringuish right from wrong? I think I am finally convinced that brutal computer games and movies can have negative impact on kids. Before I was always a bit skeptical that they could really influence them but after seeing movies have an influence on my brutality tolerance level I am a bit worried. I am soon gonna be craving for more blood, gore, and pain:-) .

Anyway, back to the movie. The second Kill Bill movie was not as fantastic as the first one. Think I maybe need to see it again to appreciate it:-) Will be interesting to see if I rate it in the same way then. I am only going to rate it as Interesting for now. There was something missing in that movie. The first movie had a lot of extraordinary scenes which gave the movie as special feel. The Japanese cartoon and the white Japanese garden scene, for example. The second movie had no such scene. Think the two movies were out of balance with the second one being much "flatter" than the first one. The only thing really sticking out in the second movie were Pai Mei's eyebrows:-).

I saw Passion of The Christ yesterday. Hmmmmm.... I still cannot decide if that was a really good movie or just absolutely horrible. The fact that they spoke Aramaic in the movie fooled me a little bit. It gave it a non-Hollywood feel which is good. The main actor was really good and deserves praise for his performance. The torture scenes were... well I don't have any words. They were simply anyone's worst nightmare. The most scary part about those scenes was the enjoyment gloats on the faces of the people torturing Jesus. It gave me chills and reminded me about all the evil in the world. The contrast between the evil of the people torturing Jesus and the pure mother-son love between Jesus and Maria gave a good depth to the movie. The movie definately got me thinking, but did it make me admit my sins?

There were some major drawbacks to the movie. It had a lot of bad actors in smaller roles. They also seemed to have just thrown Monica Bellucci in there just to make sure there at least one pretty face. The torture scenes were also too long and were really close to ruining the entire movie. Sometimes less is better.

All in all I have to rate this movie as Interesting.

And no, to everyones disappointment, the movie did not get to me enough for me to admit to all my sins. Those are still safe with me for a while:-)

Seems like I have been going to the movie theatre a lot lately. Saw The Last Samurai Saturday. That movie was surprisingly good. I was kind of expecting it to hmmmm... suck, but I ended up being pleasantly surprised. I am rating it as Excellent. It wasn't perfect by any means. It had some super hollywood-like factors about it, and a lot of mistakes that made it unrealistic. Just to name an example: What are the chances that some crazy Samurai living up on a mountain speaks almost perfect English?!?! They should at least have made him speak "Engrish" :-). The movie, however, was good enough to make up for its smaller flaws. I didn't look at the clock once during the entire movie even though it was pretty long. It worries me that movies keep getting longer and longer every year. They will eventually have to introduce breaks half way through, or install toilets in all the seats. For some strange reason I would prefer the first option:-)

Anyway, I am just rambling now. What I liked about this movie was that it made you think about things. I admired the Samurais for their discipline and determination. Wanting to do everything perfectly is something I wish I could be more enthusiastic about. I have to admit though that their devotion raised some questions in my head. Like what is the difference between "Honor" and "Stupidity". Don't want to spoil the movie for anyone, but I have to say that when the Samurais believed that they were just defending their honor, I felt they were just being plain stupid. Going into a situation where you know you are gonna be butchered makes no sense to me. Guess I wouldn't be a good Samurai since in a situation like this I would simply do the best possible Forrest Gump-runaway and try to save my own ass. Maybe I am just a coward, but I have always had a problem understanding war. I just want world peace and all of that:-)

Finally a second blog entry. I hope that makes the people that nagged me about more blogging happy;-) I have been extremely busy this week. I can barely remember what my apartment looks like, since I have been crawling in late and basically hitting my bed instantly. I see it in the mornings but then I am too drowsy to notice. It is good to be busy, but I am still hoping next week will be a little more calm.

This week has consisted of a lot of work and also a lot of fun. I am working on a very secret project:-) that has been occuping most of my time. I have however found time to do some fun stuff too. Movie Monday, floorball Wednesday (was unusually boring this week), out with friends on Thursday, and even for a short while on Friday. I gave up pretty early yesterday. I think I am getting old.... :-(

One of the reason it took me so long to write the next blog entry was that I was gonna write about the movie I saw on Monday. Mystic River. When I was writing about it I realized that I had my own special movie rating system in my head that I had to write down so that I could rate movies I see in the future. So "My Movie Rating System" was born. On this highly sophisticated movie rating scale (hmmm, cough, cough..), I rate Mystic River as Interesting It was a good movie, bit long, but still entertaining. It managed to creep me out a little, and made me think about how sick people can be. Yes it is only a movie, but if you look at the news you will see that there are even sicker people out there in the real world.

I tend to have my own "terms" for few things and this movie rating system is one of them. Before anyone starts to think I am a total nutcase:-), I would like to point out that my rating system wasn't this formal in my head. I did some improvements and added structure to it while I was writing it down.

Well it is time to clean my apartment... I am actually at home and fully awake which means that I not only see my apartment but also how dirty it is:-(