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yesterday i was looking for new “storm chasers” episodes when i noticed the pirate bay promoting a film called “nasty old people“. at first i thought it would be another major movie release and i didn’t want to get caught in a wake of people being sued because they downloaded something illegally. i skimmed the summary on the pirate bay website until i noticed the creative commons tag and i thought “oh well, let’s give it a try”.

so, what is it about?

This is the story of Mette

Member of a neo-Nazi gang, her day job is to take care of four crazy old people that all are just waiting to die. Her life becomes a journey into a burlesque fairytale, where the rules of the game are created by Mette herself. Mette is indifferent about her way of life, until she one night assaults a man, kicking him senseless. Waking up the day after, she realizes that something is wrong, and in company with the her crazy oldies she longs for respect and love. She can tell that the old folks are marginalized by the modern society, but together they create a world and a voice of their own.

today i was watching the bluray of “australia” (which i didn’t like) which i stopped about midway and noticed that the download of nasty old people was finished. then i thought i should give it a try and watched the whole movie in one sitting, not even getting up for popcorn. something that really made me stick to my seat was the feeling of watching something real to unfold, bit by bit. the characters are extremely well drawn and about as scary or weird as my mom mentions every now and then (since she is in some kind of home help service herself). some of the transitions between events are shown as stop motion paper-cutout sequences which work very well combined with the lovely music in the background.

without spoiling the ending sequence i think it brought the movie to a nice close.

hanna, thanks a lot for sharing this movie with us!
i am sure to donate and  i am very much looking forward to seeing another movie from you again!

links:

http://nastyoldpeople.blogspot.com/

http://thepiratebay.org/user/TangramFilm/0/5

another movie review.

yeah, i’ve been watching a lot of movies lately. thanks to my mom, i was able to lend it for two days and here is the result (yeah, i’ve watched it twice).

hang on. i’ll write this review in german. i am not sure, if there is an english version of this movie available anyway.
if you are comfortable reading a german review, feel free to continue reading.

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as i am writing this entry, the credits for m. night shymalans latest movie “the happening” are rolling in the background.

how do i put this delicately…

you certainly know that feeling. you put something together, crafted something with your own hands. and it does the job it’s intended to do.
but it is fugly as hell. wires are hanging out, screws are mangled and it seems to fall apart any second.

that’s how i would describe “the happening”.

should i go into detail? i think it would be worthwhile. and i finally can give a review that doesn’t end with me praising the movie.

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every so often a movie comes along that manages to capture a mood or situation so perfectly that you cannot help but to sit back and witness the people involved and their story to unfold.

juno is one of those films.
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seriously.

yesterday i lay in bed and couldn’t sleep. for two hours i lay awake and was thinking. then an idea popped up in my mind.
after having seen so many cheesy movies about people hacking computers using 3d operating systems (“hackers”), nine displays that show just crap (“password swordfish”) or any other movie that aims to look like what it’s not, once i get the canon eos 5d mk ii my first project will be to shoot a short clip about the stuff i know: computers.
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