Dank der Häufung solch spaßiger Meldungen ist dieser Blog “zur Sicherheit” (bitte einen Typen vorstellen, der die »Gänsefüßchen« mit beiden Händen in der Luft macht) jetzt komplett bildfrei, bis auf eine selbstgemachte-Screenshot-Ausnahme und meinen Kram.

Toll.

Dank meinem Vater lese ich grad das wunderbare Buch »Eine Schachtel Streichhölzer« von Nicholson Baker. Weil ich beim letzten Lübeck-Besuch nicht nur meinen Mp3-Player sondern auch Lektüre für die Zugfahrt vergessen hatte, war er so frei mir etwas auszuhelfen.

Eine der Stellen, die mich beim Lesen im Zug laut Auflachen ließen war folgende:

»Nachdem wir die meisten Abfälle verbrannt hatten, rief ich einen Holzhändler an und bestellte ein Klafter. Ein Klafter ist eine Maßeinheit, die ›eine stattliche Menge‹ bedeutet.«

Sehr schön.

Inspiring, breathtaking, beautiful.

Another wonderful film already, I’m so happy. Like everyone else it was quiet surprising for me to watch such a film coming from Studio 4°C in 2001 because it’s a classical fairytale with the look of an 80’s anime. Very beautiful though (and I think they used some 3D-effects what was kinda fun to see in such a classical looking anime and they were really good because inconspicuous made). But that was Studio 4°C is all about in the end: being versatile.

Anyway, this is a totally amazing medieval fantasy story that could perfectly be one of the good, early Studio Ghibli-movies, with a sweet yet independant, young female main character, beautiful music an interesting story and actually some philosophical background.

Of course there seems to be no (subtitled) DVD around like for most of the great Studio 4°C movies.

A nice, funny thing, here. You, sick, sick internet. Sweet.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. I’ve been longing for just one good film for so long now and here it is. I’ve been watching Gilliam’s »Brothers Grimm« recently which was one of the »not too bad« movies that I’ve watched so many of in the last time and I expected that »Tideland« would be better but I didn’t expect it to be THIS better. So this is a movie about a young girl with a fantastic imagination, who happened to be born into an American white-trash hill-billy surrounding. You start wondering if it isn’t little odd that this young girl is preparing the shots for her father’s »little vacations« but this is one of the least odd things about to happen. Everyone’s a freak, some are nice and some are not.

This is an elaborated, fantastic, sick, wonderful hell of a film. Watch it.

Wheeeee! The Costumes! The Set! The Illusions!

Man, this rocks.

»The Host« is much better than »Renaissance« or »Death Note« (which pretty much sucked either way) or anything else I’ve watched recently. And it is of course in no way compareable to any stupid American monster-movie like the US-remake of »Godzilla« for example. I really liked that it was a drama more than a monster movie most of the time and in the parts where it was a monster movie it was just wonderful archaic one, the heroes not fighting the monster with an army and tanks but with bows, mollotows and spears.

The CGI was pretty good (except for the fire-effect), or rather – considering that it had that much screen time – it was pretty awesome. One of the very few CGI characters that really felt real (nice to compare it with Ryuk from the »Death Note«-movie which is perfectly the other extreme: the lame animation was the last straw that broke the movie’s back).

And again: I totally adore they way of South Korean movie soundtracks just like »Sympathy for Lady Vengeance« for example »The Host« has a solid yet beautiful orchestrated, melancholy soundtrack with lots of solemn string arrangements.

Now for the bad news, Universal has bought the rights for a remake. Just like every other fan of Asian cinema I so much hate them for »stealing« the good ideas and making lots of money with it instead if supporting the original by pushing it in the US with a big theatrical release. »Shall we dansu?« is such a wonderful, warmhearted Japanese movie and expcept for some freaks like me no one knows it but a lots of stupid people know the crappy remake Richard Gere with Jennifer Lopez (I had the pleasure of being forced to kinda watch it during a flight. Gross.).

Who’s in betting that they will change the ending concerning someone NOT dying in the end?

Anyway, a really good watch, I liked the characters, the story, the CGI, the music even the ending! And that did not happen to me very often in the last year.

EDIT: I don’t believe it: »The Host« is getting a German theatrical release on March, 15th. On the other hand, they announced Jet Li’s »Fearless« and Terry Gilliam’s »Tideland« for 2006 and as far as I know we are still waiting for both of them.

Okay, I got the first Audrey album »Visible Forms« for christmas and it turned our to be one of the best albums of the year. Though I am very happy that it’s a wonderful digipack (except for the typagraphy which kind of ruins it by being not as »handmade« as the beautiful graphics) there are no lyrics included. And I seem to be unable to find them on the net. I tried to make a transcription of the track »Vague« becauce it’s my favourite for now but I don’t seem to be to good in doing this kind of stuff. I know that probably no one will ever read this but if someone has the lyrics or corrections on this, please be so kind and leave a comment.

»It’s in the dark,
Be quiet,
Be quiet.

We(?) will recognice you in the dark.
Be quiet,
Be quiet.

It’s in the dark,
Face(s)/Facade(?),

Freezing to death.
Be quiet,
Be quiet.

Bending arms(?), twisting them together.
That’s you…(ah?), …feeling inside out(?)/feed it inside up(?).
Catch me if you can.
Truth …last … sure and stay
In the palm of my hand.

Have you heard Oskar?
He looks on the walls,
He talks like a harp,
He’s open air(?).
We’re freezing to death.

It’s in the dark,
Be quiet,
Be quiet.

Have you heard Oskar?
He walks(?) on the walls,
He talks like a harp,
He’s open air(?).
We’re freezing to death.

It’s in the dark,
be quiet,
be quiet.

Have you heard Oskar?
He walks (?) on the walls,
He talks like a harp,

Be quiet.«

This sure is cool. Like pushing the visual style of »Sin City« to the limit.

I don’t know if I like it 100% but the story is surprisingly good (I really liked the ending, what is something that did not happen to me with many movies recently). And they made human body-movement not look totally stupid in a CGI movie! Can you believe that? Step aside Enki Bilal with your dumb, G-Police/Playstation One-like CGI-characters that f***ed up »Immortel« completly (a movie that is a very interesting darker version of Luc Besson’s »Fifth Element« stylewise beside of that on my opinion, but he totally ruined it with the CGI…).

I haven’t seen »A Scanner Darkly« yet (and I probably never will because I so much dislike Keanu Reeves, but if I have the chance to see it I might try to ignore him) but I think this team has done the better job. Still the shadows, especially in the characters’ faces look a little unrealistic from time to time.

And again neither this nor »Scanner Darkly« will hit the big screen around here which would be the way they ought to be watched. It’s depressing.

Whee, auf YouTube gibt’s einen Trailer zum zweiten Teil der Realverfilnung von »Death Note«.

Und ich hab noch nichtmal den ersten Teil gesehen. Argh.

Den gibt’s zwar auch bei YouTube aber wer will sich das wohl geben? Dann doch wohl eher die BBC-Dokumentation »Japanorama«.

EDIT: Ich habe den ersten Teil inzwischen gesehen. Enttäuschend. Die 90er-Jahre-CGI bei Ryuk war irgendwie nur einer von vielen Minuspunkten für diesen komplett zu vernachlässigenden Film. Kann sein, daß es halt nicht so spannend ist, wenn man die Handlung schon kennt. Aber irgendwie war auch Licht/Kamera etc. eher TV-Produktion als großes Kino.