Monthly Archives: May 2007

Leo Festingers studie av en religiøs sekt

By terje | Published: May 30, 2007
Les den her. Morsom.
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Seeing Red: A Case in the Study of Joss Whedon, Sadistic Genious

By terje | Published: May 30, 2007
This has got to be one of the best worst minutes of television I have ever seen. Observe, if you will, these four moments: 1. Bliss, as Buffy and Xander make up and embrace. 2. Dread, as Warren appears, toting a gun. 3. Grief, and/or anguish, as a stray bullet from Warren’s gun penetrates Tara’s chest, and her [...]
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The Terminator

By terje | Published: May 28, 2007
“The Terminator” is a strong movie on practically all counts, but I have to dock it a few points because of the 80s atmosphere. Imagine what this one could have been with some heavy industrial metal instead of that constant synth whining. 7.5/10. Still a good movie, though. Reminded me somewhat of “Blade Runner” and “Alien”.
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Dungeons & Dragons

By terje | Published: May 28, 2007
You know, if you remove some 70% of the title of “Dungeons and Dragons“, you’re left with a fitting description of its contents: Dung. 1.5/10.
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Ghost Dog — The Way of the Samurai

By terje | Published: May 28, 2007
“Ghost Dog” is, now that I’ve reduced my estimations of “Full Metal Jacket” and “The Merchant of Venice”, the best movie I’ve seen since I watched “Trainspotting” a month and a half ago. Ghost Dog is a hitman working for the Italian mafia, and he’s a perfect professional. And also kinda quirky, as he follows the [...]
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Ronin

By terje | Published: May 28, 2007
“Ronin” is Japanese, it seems, and refers to a samurai who has lost his master without doing the honourable thing, and now roams the countryside, looking for work or redemption. Here, in this movie, the “ronin” are agents, remnants of the cold war, who are hired by renegade IRA terrorists to do a job. They [...]
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Miller’s Crossing

By terje | Published: May 28, 2007
I originally bought “Miller’s Crossing” because it was on the same DVD as “Road to Perdition”, a movie I’d wanted to see for quite some time. That I got a movie I hadn’t even heard of before in the bargain, was just a bonus. So, when I casually skimmed my movie shelves for something to [...]
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This is Spinal Tap

By terje | Published: May 28, 2007
Sigh. It’s been a fairly busy week, movie-wise, and so now I’m five or six reviews behind again. Man, this sucks… Anyway, I watched “This is Spinal Tap” last Thursday or Friday. This is probably the most famous mockumentary ever, tracking the attempted comeback tour of a hard rock band called Spinal Tap. They had a [...]
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

By terje | Published: May 23, 2007
In an interview with Joss Whedon done by one of the Marvel guys, I saw him brag about “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” as one of the best ones made in 2005. And whaddayaknow — I think I might agree. If you wanna know what the result would look like if The Master were to make a [...]
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The Merchant of Venice

By terje | Published: May 23, 2007
The backside of almost having filled these six months’ quota in only five months? I’m really beginning to tiring of writing film reviews, especially as I don’t seem to get any better at it. Anyway. We watched “The Merchant of Venice” last… Sunday, I believe it was, an 2004 adaption of William Shakespeare’s classic play. I’ve [...]
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