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Queenpins (2021)
I quite enjoyed this!
I love heist movies- and with two girls, what not to like. Of cause I had to watch it, having not heard or seen anything about the movie. Just because of that.
I found it quite entertaining, light and good hearted. And though it didn't rock my world it made me happy and entertained for sure.
It wasn't so realistic ( why wouldn't they be more careful)(or did that just prove that they were not hardcore criminals, hm maybe) an and I know you're not supposed to steal, obviously, but I felt my self rooting for them!
A very agreeable lighthearted movie.
I also wish we had coupons in Denmark- looks addicting!
The Lost City (2022)
No spark!
There was something a bit off in so many ways- the romance didn't work, it simply wasn't believable, there was absolutely no spark between Sandra and her co worker, she was somehow to dried up and not her usually sparkling (film )self- and he just wasn't charming or lovable enough. He was beautiful but not really interesting, not really funny, just a bit sad. And she was just so lifeless.. like a sad old maiden. The only scene that worked was they slept in the hammock! The action scenes also lacked something.. the scene where the two men carried/ pushed Sandra in the chair could have been funny, it just seemed awkward.. her legs sticking out in not a funny or a flattering way, it almost felt like she was an old lady, it felt wrong.
The only character who worked was Brad Pitts-he was everything he was supposed to be: mysterious, cool, smart, intelligent, complex- he was interesting.
I waited a long time to see this movie as I couldn't get anyone in the cinema with me. Finally I got to see it, it was a rather disappointing experience. I don't recall ever having seen Sandra Bullock in a movie I didn't enjoy. The directors somehow didn't manage to let her shine as we know she can.
Isanghan byeonhosa Woo Young-woo (2022)
Autism misunderstood
I think it was a well made series- but it seemed like no one (the authors and producers or directors) had done enough research on autism. It ruined my experience because it was very hard not to get annoyed and insulted on behalf of the misunderstood autistic. First thing I noticed is:
It's not a typical trade that autistic people moves and walks in a funny way! It looks cute when the heroine makes her funny little dance like walk, arms fluttering about. And her cute little face with her eyes moving about like a sweet little cartoon. Yes, autistic people often doesn't like to have direct eye contact - but they don't make funny little expressions all the time! On the contrary, very often they are expressionless. Very stiff and awkward moving about. They don't do funny little dances and moves. They often stay very still!
Second :The heroine is really cute and sweet like a child and so innocent that it almost feels like the hero's interest in her is a bit unhealthy. I am not saying autistic people doesn't have romantic feelings, but maybe they could have toned down the sweet innocence.
The two issues bugged me so much and it was hard to distract from.
I used to work with autistic people and I have a very soft spot for them. I have never seen them moving so much and fluttering their arms, eyes and heads around. On the contrary they can often be so selfconcious or feeling awkward they were stiff as a tree. And they don't seems like a small child, sexless and asexual beings.
It reminded me of The Good Doctor in the way the autistic is portrayed. Some things are right on the spot- other things are just stupid. I hate the way The Good Doctor talkes like an inconsistent robot! And I hate the way this one dances her little funny walk. NO NO NO! Give the autistic their pride and dignity back! Don't turn them into cute pixels!
Barbie (2023)
Barbie can be anything!
This movie wasn't just a plastic fantastic teenage movie, or rather it wasn't at all plastic but rather fantastic, and was actually deep and with a ton of messages and pointers about being a daughter, a mother, a Woman, a human being . I laughed at times, was blown away at times because it really mastered the sparkle and magic of the universe of Barbie, but I was also touched to tears at time- and I left the cinema with a feeling of having seen something important. A thing I actually hadn't expected. This is not just a movie about Barbies, but a movie about starting life with dreams, expectations, innocence, naïveté and how those things just doesn't always match reality- it's about making choices of who we want to be/ not wanting to be. Barbie can be anything (poor Ken is just Ken- a really relatable feeling being a woman living in a man's world)- do we want to be the product or do we want to make an impact of the product?
Wether you are a daughter or a mother, young or old, watch this movie.
My daughter said that when she left the cinema she understood something about her mother she hadn't really fully realized before: her mother has also once been a girl moving into womanhood like her self. She had somehow been too busy rebelling that she never thought about that.
The Interest of Love (2022)
Useless drama
I just wanted to shoot the two main characters! The woman has maybe four facial
Expressions: mostly blank stares, a small smile, crying and ok well maybe only three expressions - we only saw the same one for episode after episode. She was like a strange but very beautiful robot with no humanity to her. I never REALLY got her problem... a lot of blank starring with big beautiful eyes.. a stone face with blank eyes, even In the middle of drama- I felt like rewinding her!
The main male character has only two expressions: crying and guilt. He looks like he wants to run away all the time. Ok maybe that wasn't fair, maybe he had a little smile too. Very oppressed smile, but sometimes it almost was there.
I never understood the attraction- and why they had other partners, they didn't want, sweet nice ones on top of that. I never understood the drama.
Series should been named 'Why'. She just kept doing things that made no sense. Why would she move in with the security guy, if she was in love with bank guy. No first: why would she ever fall in in love with that suffering and totally depressing bank guy. Why did he hesitate, why was she so mad, why did she pretend to cheat on him, why did she ghost him? Why why why?
I could go on. Don't watch it- or do and explain me what this was about!
Maiko-san chi no makanai-san (2023)
Quiet joyful peaceful and beautiful
What can I say. I loved this. Every moment of it. And I realized this as the serie unfolded: why do we have or make or even accept all the drama in our lives, why? We don't need it, it doesn't make us happy or more true to ourselves. Why all the bitching, fighting, all the selfishness and self absorption and all the room our endless egos need.
Why not live in peace and search for harmony with joy, understanding, patience and respect. Why not laugh more. Eat better. Cook better. Maybe we'll thrive better too.
I loved this serie that actually didn't have much of a story, no dramas, but lots of insight in a lifestyle so different from what I at least are accustomed to. I loved it. Really. Two young giggling teenagers and the rest of the crew made me realize we do need love, understanding, patience and it doesn't have to be the wild kind of love, but the affectionate one works too. Maybe even better. And we need joy in our heats. And we are not dum if we laugh or giggle a lot. We need that spark of joy:)
From Scratch (2022)
Beautiful sadness
This series wasn't what I expected at all, I expected a silly corny love, some half boring story of a couple I imagined would make it in the end, her being a big artist and him running. Fancy restaurant. It wasn't that kind of move. It shows us how beautiful love can be, even at the hardest time. It left me in tears. And a smile. Love. And a feeling Sunlight on my face even though my heart is black.
Beautifully made, the ambiance of this series is pulling you in. The pictures are stunning. I love there doesn't always have to be too many words explaining everything. The expressions on a face sometimes is enough.
Watch it- and cry. But also smile.
Bap Jal Sajuneun Yeppeun Nuna (2018)
So boring!
Seldom have I watched such a boring series. It just seemed like a lot of drama over nothing. And what drove me the most crazy was all the long scenes of laughing, throwing them selves in each others arms, running in the Forrest or in the snow- or rain. They were so long and didn't do anything for the plot at all. And there was one or two in every episode. Every time the song ". Its hard to be a woman" came on, it was time to turn the sound off and take a nap.
I love the female actor who plays main character, but the plot was weak and long stretched. I didn't feel any of it- yes the first episodes and that last two. The rest in between just seemed like just filling out time.
The Farewell (2019)
Watch it!
A really enjoyable movie about a young woman and her Asian family with a very funny backwards ( to a non Asian) sense of showing love and affection and her journey back to her roots. Tragic comic but so lovable. Loved every moment of it!
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Very everything!
Spoiler alerts- don't read this before watching the movie!
This movie had everything but boredom. It started out a bit confusing and a bit breathless and I wondered if it would ever slow down, so we got a chance to understand what was going on- but as the movie moves on, you realize everything is happening for a reason and it's all just a part of a rhythm of layers open layers. And they all have a meaning. It was a roller coaster: you felt the crazyness, the despair and the sense of having given up and the dissatisfaction and lack of respect for the husband and basically everyone else, even for herself, the deep frustration and at one point ( as a woman) you wonder: is this what we women do... we drives us selves into insanity?
The movie has some absurd very funny scenes mixed in with - or rather part of the insanity- and just as you were blown away by the fast moving action, you laugh and just as you laughed, you felt like crying and so it went on.
As the movie moves on, we see how everything actually makes no sense, but still it does. The most accurate movie about being a daughter and being a mother, having been a daughter yourself, but didn't learn anyways. How many mistakes we make, being mothers. How hurt daughters get from their mothers mistakes. How it loops back to mothers being hurt, not understanding the daughters hurt is born from us.
The story between the main character and her husband is so sad, how she blames him for practical her whole sad and wasted life, of all the lost opportunities. How he sees no other way to get in dialogue with her but to try to shake her up by filing for a divorce, as she won't see him or talk with him ( about serious matters) if things aren't put on the line.
But at the end it all adds up to: we can only save the world from chaos if we stop fighting hard with hard and show kindness and love. Kindness and love conquers all. And chaos is to be expected, take it as a blessing and an obligation and opportunity to learn and grow.
I " just" expected some fast action and a nice sci-fi movie , but I was utterly moved and I laughed and I cried deep down inside, this was a crazy achievement by this film crew. Wow!