10 films, part 8
Frequency (Gregory Hoblit, 2000). A man finds his dad’s old radio, and manages to contact his father from 30 years before. Nice time-travel movie with fun paradoxes and time manipulation. [8/10]
St. John’s Wort (original title: Otogiriso) (Ten Shimoyama, 2001). A girl inherits an old house and together with some friends decide to base a computer game on it. The parts that remind you of how video games work are interesting, but as a whole the movie’s crap. [3/10]
Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960). A man tries to capture fear on film by filming women as he murders them. Psychological thriller that manages to be creepy. [8/10]
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005). Anakin Skywalker runs around and tries to do good, but turns into Darth Vader. I really like the first three films, but the next three were really disappointing. This one is at least better than the first and second, and actually manages to hold my interest. [5/10]
Good Bye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003). A woman falls into coma just as the Berlin wall falls, and when she wakes up her son tries to conceal the truth to avoid a shock. Fun movie, with good music. [8/10]
Flicka och hyacinter (English title: Girl with Hyacinths) (Hasse Ekman, 1950). When a young woman commits suicide and testaments all her belongings to the neighbors, one of them swears to find out why she did it. A nice mystery story, with interesting characters from different walks of life that the woman associated with before death. [8/10]
The Blob (Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., 1958). When a meteor lands in a small town, a formless blob of goo appears and attacks people. This is a classic sci-fi that is still fun to watch. I was impressed by the special effects, and the theme music. [7/10]
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (Craig R. Baxley, 2003). The prequel of Rose Red that tells the story of the first owner of the haunted house. Not a specially good movie by any means, and not something to spend time or money on. [5/10]
2046 (Kar Wai Wong, 2004). An author writes about a time or place called 2046, which is of great significance to him. Beautifully filmed, with portraits of less-than-perfect people. [7/10]
Insomnia (Erik Skjoldbjærg, 1997). A cop is sent to investigate a murder, but is haunted by nightmares of bad things he has done. This is the original version, later remade in America, with the fantastic Stellan Skarsgård in the main role. His character is, if possible, even less good than his American alter-ego which makes the line between law enforcer and criminal even more blurred. [8/10]
Reading your entries is a good way of being reminded of movies we've seen a while back. Flicka och hyacinter is probably my favorite of this bunch. Insomnia and Frequency were pretty cool as well, while St. John's Wort really was crap - and we were going to bring it to M&M, remember? So glad we didn't.
I usually bunch Sven and Fredrik together when it comes to people I recommend things to, and “Flicka och hyacinter” is one of the things I think would suit their sensibilities. If I would recommend it to them it means I think it's really good myself.
And yeah, I don't think we could've done better than watch “Cinderella Man” on that big screen with the surround sound - that would've been so wasted on St. John's.