10/04/2007

Den Brysomme Mannen(2006)

Director: Jens Lien
As you may know, Norway is the most developed country in the world (regarding to HDI; Human Development Index). This film craftily reveal our future to us. Our future would be that of Norway; since we are all paddling to achieve the best and offer the least. The life that was shown, was maybe an exaggeration, yet comparing today's concerns to those of our ancestors it is not far-from-reality resulting.

Watching this film free from all of our pre-assumptions, we can find both of our face; the one that is laughing at the brilliant scene of Andreas dumping her girlfriend, and the one that is searching through magazines hours and hours to choose some stupid chair.

The idea of the hole with the hope of lightness, was another magnificent idea of the film. The slight glory; yet the only one, and the effort that was put to reach it, makes us feel closer to Andreas.

Although I was attracted mostly to the idea and production of the film, Trond Fausa Aurvaag played pretty well, and the atmosphere of the filmwas quite matchable.

1/22/2007

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006)

Is it a fantasy movie? I don’t think so, 3 or 4 fairy ugly creatures (not like nightmare before Christmas loveable ugly though dirty ugly!) with an uncertain role in the film! Is it really comparable to Charlie and chocolate factory? What exactly is the relationship between Ofelia and movie theme? A stupid story of reading a book … finding a key… a sword… a drop of blood and then going back to heaven? Then why should we know a lot about Capitan, why should we know that Capitan fix his own watch, wax his shoes himself, Even do his own surgery? Who is Mercedes in the movie anyway?

Is it a fantasy thriller movie? First, its not thriller, it’s bloody-disgusting. Does he thinks he is so brave or so avant-garde to show cutting off a leg, distorting a face with a bottle, sewing someone’s own mouth? Second, if so, why at the end of the film Capitan saw Ofelia talks to herself instead of a real creature? Should we think of it as a philosophical point (a very weak one though!)? We can’t say this film can actually bring two completely different genres together.

Wanted to bring fairy tale in real cruel world with use of a little girl imagination? When exactly should we understand this fabulous fantastic new awesome idea? At the very beginning of the film when Ofelia thought she saw a fairy creature OR when her mother get healed after she put something under her bed OR when she goes through walls OR when Capitan saw her talks to herself?

Boring? Yes! Evils and Angels, Goodies overcome. We hate Capitan, and nice-brave Mercedes gets our revenge from him! Ofelia? Was the story around her?!

Capitan’s son’s only role in film was that “his fairy tale” movie needs a blood of an innocent to complete the nonsense.