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Pahat pojat (2003)
One of the best films in this year
Although I am a Finn, I've never liked much of any Finnish films. That is why I didn't have high expectations about this one. To my surprise, this movie wasn't only good, it was actually really great.
This movie is a true story about four brothers known as "Eura's Daltons" who don't use alcohol, don't smoke nor curse. Still they have made over hundred robberies. These brothers have a sadistic and schizophrenic father "Joppe pappa" who isn't exactly the best father figure there is.
This movie manages to be fun and yet tragic at the same time. The movie manages to be interesting the whole running time and there aren't any boring moments. All the actors do their job very well and I especially liked the performance of Vesa-Matti Loiri as "Joppe pappa".
It might be difficult to see this movie in foreign countries like in the USA but if you have a chance to see this movie then I recommend you to see it. Hopefully the movie will premiere in other countries as well, at least in Sweden and Norway.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
A good movie but not brilliant
If you want to like this movie then forget the book. There are few really stupid changes to the original story and I don`t really understand why they were there. If you haven`t read the book or can`t remember it very well then you might actually like this.
The only well made CG character was Gollum. Of course he also looked as a CG person but his face movements were great. The ents and wolf riders were just bad.
Battle for helms deep was ok but not THAT great. Jackson uses too much shaking cameras and that is why its hard to follow the action. Still it was much much better than the fight in Moria in the FOTR.
Also, I don`t know why, but I really hated Legolas`s shield skating, god how I hated those 10 seconds. What was Jackson thinking???? This LOTR isn`t a freakin matrix type action movie.
Music was ok but what was the ending music about?? sounded like björk, I hate björk even more than shield skating.
Few bad moments can`t though ruin the whole movie. This was a good movie but not the best movie of the century. And it is an impossible job to make the movie as good as the book. This movie could have been better but it could have been much worse.
I gave it 8/10..I`d have given it 8+ if that was possible.
Resident Evil (2002)
Better than I expected
When I went to see this movie, I really supposed that I am going to see something really really bad. It is very well known to all, that these game movies just aren`t any good.
But to my big surprise, this movie weren`t that bad. It was actually quite okey. Although it isn`t really a masterpiece it is highly enterteining. The storyline(?) moves solidly forward and there aren`t any boring moments. And there is always this "oh sh** we are gonna die" feeling when watching this movie. There are two hot babes and lots of zombies, what could be more fun? I also LOVED the ending, it`s just great.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Not a very good movie
First of all, I really really wanted to like this movie. I had read all three books before the movie. Movie is spoiled with too many effects which look like computer effects. I might be the only person on this planet who likes more the cartoon version than this one. The reason is simple. Orcs, Balrog, cave troll and especially dark riders look REALLY stupid in this version. They all look like they came from a video game. Dark riders don`t, because they are real actors but I hated the moment when Aragorn attacks the riders with a torch and they run screaming away. Dark riders are supposed to be scary, they shouldn`t look like old women.
There is also many things left outside which were in the book and this can be easily understood because even now the movie is too long and too boring.
This is still a decent try. I couldn`t have done better movie about this subject but then again, I wouldn`t have ever even tried.
Dip huet seung hung (1989)
overrated
The killer definetly is a better movie than most of Woo`s Hollywood productions. Still, I didn`t find this movie a true classic.
There are few really stupid moments in this movie, (like the one where is the boat race, it really isn`t possible to lose sight of a boat or the waves which the boat creates when racing in the sea), which spoil the sharpest edge of the movie. Another detail which disturbed me, was the subtitles. Sometimes there is a long sentence which just flashes on the screen so you really don`t have enough time to read it. When this happens occassionally it becomes annoying. The action is pretty good, altough it is lame when compared to hard boiled.
Don`t get me wrong, this definetly isn`t a bad movie I just expected more from it and I even paid 50e to buy this DVD which includes the normal version and 30minutes longer version. I have only seen the longer version because the normal only has french subtitles/dubbing.