Here comes
the sun. The Autumn actually. Nevermind. Finally I moved my mind and found few
minutes to write about that. Two days in New York. Must’ve been excited… ;)
Ok, so
firstly: I love to learn about differences between cultures. Europe’s America’s
mom, so you could think that there’s no huge differences beside this that
America’s very spoiled teenager. ;) Anyway – movie. Marion’s mom’s dead, she invited her dad and sister to visit
her and her partner in New York. She’s the photographer, her exhibition’s gonna
be open soon. Family’s coming. We all
love when our beloved parents or siblings visiting us (actually I’m the one who
visits them more often that they visit me, but it’s okay). But where crowds
are, there’re problems!
Movie’s
maintained in the key of really good sense of humor, sarcastic jokes and funny
dramas. Surprising final. Love that movie. J
Next time
it’ll be “To Rome with love” – similar climate.
BTW. I
think I have to see some shitty movie, than I’ll be able to write something
more interesting then I’ve written till now. Krysztally inspired me.
Visited my parents. Had fun. :) will write more soon. It was very similar meeting like in this movie...
Like wrote before - gonna write about it more soon. For now add only one funny picture from a trip:
Sis - don't be mad. We both look like idiots... (as always)
I moved. ;) I mean I went out, made a little trip up to the hill in my neighborhood. And found out that there's castle on a top of this! Just kidding, knew about it earlier. ;) it was very lovely day, unfortunately I got to the top to late, so I couldn't get in the castle but at least I could walk around and take some photos. :)
Here they are:
Entrance to the castle, pic taken by mysef ;)
I'm guessing that this is cannon or something like that (liked to play tower-defense games ;))
The hill is quite high and steep, it was quite hard to get there but it was worth it. :) And view from top... Amazing:
Another not movie review... I started cooking. Again. Yesterday I was making pancakes (or naleśniki), made a paneer cheese and today...
Today is the Day. I made Paneer Pakora!
hand made paneer pakora made by myself :)
It isn't as good as I've eaten in Indian place, I forgot that it's good to make some dips to this... Next time I'll make garlic dip and cranberry chutney. And more paneer. :)
Surprise - it's not movie revew this time! It's survival's review - how to make pierogies (not dumplings, Polish "routhenian/russian pierogies". :)
I just moved in to another apartment in antother city in another country... And I forgot to pack lots of usefull stuff. I wouldn't be myself if I packed... Anyway. I don't have any grinder, roller and pan. And I made pierogies. :D
Firstly I'd like to introduce how I've started. I went to the store by my feet which was 2 km one way and 2 km back (it was easier to going back - more of my way was down the hill ;)). I've bought ingredients, which needed to sacrifice one of my beauty nails... :( but it's not so bad, only gel busted from one. Anyway, when I got home I had to repair that, so I used my favourite nail stickers, so every nail looks like others. (recommend, love this stickers!!!)
pic of my nails and very important mug - I was cutting circles using this one :)
When my nails were already repaired I could start with making pierogies. For first I boiled potatoes, when they got cool I grinded them by fork and knife. I add curd (white cheese), salt, pepper and... Nutmeg! Yeah, I've found it! In Czech store! I'm so happy cause in Poland I couldn't find it anywhere, dunno why. So I add that all, mixed and stuffing was ready. Then I had to make dough (or how to call it - suggestions are welcome ;)). It's so easy to make it, cause recipe is so simple: only flour, water and oil. Proportions were measured by my eyes, so I don't know exactly. :) When it was ready, I started to make pierogies. :)
Yeah, my hand made pierogies ready to bury them in a fridge ;)
As I've written in an introduction I don't have roller, so I used hair spray bottle dressed in foil as a roller. As you can see it's good to have hair spray, I can recommend you Silhouette by Wella, any kind, 750ml. ;)
Mess I had to clean up after pierogies-making
And for a dessert I'm linking video of great, gifted artist Elisete (!), I've just found her somewhere on YouTube and I'm very impressed.
You won't believe that! Firstly - I am back, online, writing another review!!! Secondly - yesterday I was in the cinema. :D
I'll start with history and childhood again... As I wrote before I was born in Masuria which was great part of Eastern Prussia. That determinated my various interests... As child I believed that I can find a treasure which Germans left. When first time I've heard about Amber Chamber I was so excited! I studied every book about that, I've made lots of researches, I believed that I am the one who can find this... No worries, I haven't found it. Yet. ;)
Amber Chamber, pic from net
Anyway... Hans Kloss. He's like Polish James Bond. Even better. Action, tention, riddle, mystery... Loved this movie!!!
Hans Kloss (S. Mikulski) and Tomasz Kot - similar? ;)
One of my favourite Polish actors was Hermann Brunner in retrospections, I mean Piotr Adamczyk. I remember him from radio play "Les Miserables"by Victor Hugo, he gave his voice for Marius character... I'm unfocused again... As always.. Nevermind...
Amber Chamber. Mistery of Third Reich. No one knows what happened to this. Only Hans Kloss could solve this. And he did! :)
MŻT as Elsa
Costumes were good enough, I just didn't like old Elza's character. Marta Żmuda-Trzebiatowska was playing her young (17) and old (~50), but unfortunatelly... She didnt fit. As young she was looking too old, as old she was looking too young. :( I like MŻT, she's so beauty. But it wasn't good choice to make her teenager. ;)
MŻT in natural enviroment ;) pretty, isn't she? :)
There's nothing more I can write, so that would be the end. Enjoy Hans Kloss movie ;)
Carnage.
I've heard a lot about this one, before and after I went to the cinema. One of critics said or wrote that Polanski's "Carnage" is metaphore of catastrophe in Smolensk April 10, 2010. Actually, I think that if someone believes that Polanski and Yasmina Reza wanted to show death of Polish President in aviacatastrophe is... Okay, I'll be gentle: is wrong.
Anyway, "Carnage" isn't funny story, it's about problems with up bringing... Just kidding! You see people, laughing cause of them, but... Stop to think for a while.
When I was watching that I saw how redicules is adult life. People keep up appearances and they're getting lost in that. It's... Grotesque.
My favourite character is Alan. He seems to be quite normal, think soberly... But he's his cell phone slave. ;)
Anyway, just like I wfote before: slave of phone and keep up appearances. Actually there was a series called "Keep up apearances", it was very funny. One of my favourite series. :)
Briefly, I definetly recommend this one. You should see this. ;)
pic from http://www.filmweb.pl/film/R%C3%B3%C5%BCa-2011-564694
I was born in the Middle Of Nowhere, house of gamekeeper. Middle Of Nowhere is localized in a beautiful region called Masuria in North-East Part of Poland, about 20 kilometers from border with Russia. My heart belongs to this place and always will. Masuria. Actually it became part of Poland only after the Second World War. People who lives there now are mostly descendants of incomers from Everywhere. For example my grandpa came from somewhere around Vilnius, grandma came from Terra Lubliniensis, parent’s neighbours came from Volhynia, and… Yeah, not much, but a little of them stayed there. Some of autochthons decided to stay, or (like lady Greta, Krysztally, you know who I mean) couldn’t left Masuria because of malicious neighbours who sabotaged their departure.
Okay, it’s very interesting history, but I won’t write about that, cause my mission is to write about movies I have seen. (: Well, I am very proud of this introduction, cause it fits. It’s very close to movie I’m writing about. Film called “Róża” (“Rose”), Polish production. As I don’t like Polish movies cause (actually I have no idea why it is like that!) Polish movies are usually “original-not-remakes” of foolish American (mostly American) comedies. They are not funny, silly and makes me embarrassed. Anyway, “Róża”. Review. It was surprise for me, Polish original movie!!! About Polish-Masurian-Postwar problems. Created characters was so real. Theoretically it’s story of Róża, woman who lived by the lake, lost her husband on a war, tried to have ordinary life after this mess, which was war, resettlement strangers to her neighbourhood and… Soviet Army. Everyone I’ve ever talked to about German Soldiers and Soviet Soldiers says that Germans were generally nice, they fed kids and they were giving them candies. My grandma told me that she got milk candy first time in her life from German soldier. I don’t allege that all Germans were good or that they were better than Soviet Soldiers. It’s only opinion of people who lived those times, eye witnesses, that Germans were more… decent in contrast to Soviets. ;) Okay, I won’t write about that cause I don’t want to offense anyone. I’m just saying what I’ve heard from “tribal elders”. ;)
Anyway, REVIEW (get a grip, woman!). Róża was raped no one knows how many times. You can ask: How many women had the same? In Masuria after war… I would say that minority weren’t raped. Anyway, review… It’s movie for people who aren’t very sensitive. I am sensitive, I was crying, I was pissed off when showed another rape scene. I felt like I am standing somewhere next to these people and I had thoughts like “Enough!!! I’ll take pitchfork and I’ll kill you all, rapers!!!!”. I think this is something like Tadeusz could felt. He’s character was very strong but he was actually shiftless (meaning that there’s nothing he could do). He lost his wife, went away from home, met Róża and he fell in love with her. But it wasn’t love story like in every love story movies. It wasn’t sweet. It was bitter and painful. He was trying to be her guardian, protector, she was all he had… Now question: how many were like him? Many. But there were more idiots. Unfortunately.
pic from http://www.filmweb.pl/film/R%C3%B3%C5%BCa-2011-564694
I liked priest character (actor Edwad Linde-Lubaszenko, he actually had something like movie story in his real life cick here to learn more, but it's only in Polish or German). He had very difficult task. He was person everyone trusted, he was authority but he never used this against someone. He was wise old man, who wanted to unite all this people. It must have been very hard for him. As I wrote, he was old, it was new situation, everything was new for everyone. But he was the one who had to carry people’s problems, etc. And I think he had done that well…
It’s very moving movie. You have a lot of emotions but the worst is when you would like to do something… but you just can’t. And when you realize that all of these things showed in a movie had happened in real life… It stops to be “just a movie”.
Actually I haven’t say a word about actors, directors, etc. I don’t know what to say, it was so real… It’s a compliment.
It’s hard to say anything more for me…
And next will be something funny :)
*quote from Kayah&Bregović’s song, translated by me, so… ;)
First of all – I know that it’s adaptation of The Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. I haven’t read that so I won’t write like I had. ;) Just movie and my reflections.
Well… When I decided to go for this one to the cinema I didn’t know what I should expect. Many people said that it’s great one, that I should see this. Actually only one person (ha, she haven’t see THIS one) told me that it sucks, cause Swedish adaptation is much better cause it’s Swedish, blah, blah, blah... Of course, I haven’t believe that and I decided to check this out. ;) so, after long journey in cold (cause heating system in my car failed), when finally found parking space, armed in coke and popcorn (have no idea why popcorn – I don’t like popcorn, probably I became a conformist for a moment) I entered movie theatre.
First thing I noticed – Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails composed music! I loved that! In first few seconds I didn’t know that it’s music by him, but there’s no way to not recognize this. ;) Next…
Costumes and characterization. I am impressed. If I haven’t read about great metamorphosis of Rooney Mara and on every fashion site wouldn’t show her pics I wouldn’t recognize her. From sweet too hard core. Amazing. Actually I didn’t like her nipples piercing, cause I don’t like it at all. Argh… I have tits ache when I just think about that… Anyway, Daniel Craig. Sorry, for me he will always be Tuvia Bielski. But even Tuvia Bielski was cool as Mikael Blomkvist. He was a little blase, ashamed and… Have no idea how to call that, but I think he played his role just like it has to be played. As everyone I focused on Mara and Craig only. Actually guy who played Lisbeth’s curator was good too. He played so loathsome character and he was very convincing. He should get some prize for the most convincing in loathing or something like that. And Christian-Blomkvist’s-daughter. Briefly: she rules!
Story. It was very interesting story, holding in tension during whole movie. Unexpected final, actually… Everything what was happening was totally unexpected. I don’t know what to say. I loved this movie. Yeah, it is part where I have a problem with express what I feel and when I can be sure that my writing sucks. ;) Anyway, watching this movie you can quail, laugh (please, it’s thriller/criminal but character have good sense of humur) and cry because of moving moments. Yeah, moving but not shoddy.
Okay, I’ve written how wonderful this movie is, what is wrong with me?! There shoud be something I dislike other than napple piercing! ;) okay, and there is something. Scene where Blomkvist is close to unravel the mystery, went alone (!) at night (!!) to killer’s house (!!!). Things he’s done furthere are worse. Who the hell do such things? Haven’t he see any thriller movie?! But it’s only character, I forgave him, he had to play that. ;) Okay, I think I’ve written to much about plot, there’s nothing left to watch… I’m suck, know that. ;) I warned of that…
I’ve written too much, so… Review’s over. ;)
By the way, I have (probably) good idea. I decided to paste trailer of movie I’ll write about in next review. So say hello to “Róża”! (I hope that I can make it technically, I am no good not in writing only, in html too, maybe that’s because it’s connected with writing in some way).
"Róża" trailer
Cheers!!! P.S. Yeah, know, I could add some photos from movie, make a parallel of Craig as Tuvia and Mikael (on pics, of course) but I'm too lazy to make this. Seriously.
Well... I decided to write. But I believe that honesty is the most improtant thing in making relations with people so... Firstly I'd like to confess that I am no good in writting. Theoretically I am a humanist but it's just because I'm not type of scientist.
Secondly: English isn't my native lanuage so I'll make (from time to time, actually quite often) some funny mistakes, misspelings, etc. :)
Thirdly: everything I've ever wrote sucks. So, please, don't expect too much.
I decided to write some reviews because last times I've seen a lot of movies. First movie I'll describe is comedy, "Jack&Jill" - I've been in the cinema to see this one few days ago. First impression was good. You think, that it's funny comedy with Adam Sandler playing two characters. But when you think about it deeply you can see that it's not a comedy but it's drama. You laugh because ugly Jill, she is so clumsy and first of all UGLY. So what? Why ugly people are showed as clumsy, stupid and practically shiftless? Or inversely: why clumsy has to be ugly? Why beauty has succesful life, he's/she's smart and everyone loves him/her?
I think most of us has problem with judging others due to how they're look like. You can laugh at someone cause his ugliness, speech defect, etc., but you NEVER know, what he has in his heart.
It has to be review so after this long introduction I'm gonna finaly write it. ;)
In my opinion the most important scene in this movie was when Jill meets Al Pacino. Her stupid brother can't believe that Al could noticed her, cause in his (brother's) eyes she was only his stupid and ugly twin sis. Well, de gustibus non est disputandum. Pacino saw in Jill something more. And he wasn't the only one who saw sensitive, pure hearted girl in this ugly "package".
I believe that everyone should see that movie, you'll have a lot of laugh firstly but when you decided to think about what you have seen you can think about your life. ;)
Beside my psychological observations I can say that Adam Sandler was good as always, Katie Holmes was nice bonus, Al Pacino... I think Sandler's male character can learn a lot by him. He should remember words like those: "don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever."*
I think it's the end of my vein... ;)Now I feel like warrior of justice. :) Like I've written in the beginning - things I've written sucks...
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