July 17 – Leaving Sweden

On the boat to ScotlandIt starts today. We are going to Scotland! We got up just after 5 o’clock so we would have time to get ready before getting in the car to travel to Gothenburg and the boat. During the journey Patrik got the chance to play with Lennarth’s newly purchased computer toy. A GPS-receiver for the AutoRoute programme, it lets one use the computer as a GPS. It worked so and so as it lost contact with the satellite. To make sure the computers battery could be recharged Lennarth had bought a transformer so the battery could be charged through the cigarette lighter contact. At 10o’clock we drove on the boat, then we wandered around looking for our cabin which was a little difficult to find. When we found our cabin we went and took an early lunch and then it was down to the Tax-free shop. Patrik met a few Scots in front of the Whisky section and started up a conversation. They thought the Whisky was expensive in the tax-free shop, which after a little calculation showed that they weren’t completely right, they calculated Swedish crowns to £1 = 10 Sek. When we had been in the tax-free enough times we went to the pub. Lennarth and Terese took a cola, Patrik took a Guinness and Gun tried a San Fransisco and an Irish coffee. Lennart sang along with the singsong. When we got tired of listening to the old music we went down to our cabins and retired for the night.

Everything He loves Is About To Be Used Against Him

Product Image: Firewall
My rating: 3 out of 5

Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an executive responsible for the security of the computer system of a small bank. He is very connected to his family, composed of the architect Beth (Virginia Madsen), a teenager daughter and a young son. When the gang leaded by the criminal Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) invades his house, they force Jack to transfer a hundred million dollars to a bank account in Cayman Islands as ransom for his family. When Bill does not release his family, Jack tries to save them by his own.

Förr klassade jag Harrison Ford som en av mina absoluta favoritskådisar. Man han har tappat mycket på senare år. Paul Bettany är också en skådespelare som jag tycker verkligen är på väg uppåt (Han är riktigt bra i A Knights Tale, Dogville och The Da Vinci Code). Då borde väl detta vara en superb film, eller? Neah, den är ganska medioker. Den börjar bra och är riktigt underhållande, fram tills då Harrison tydligen får något spel. Då faller tyvärr filmen. Hade dom ordnat en bättre avslutning så hade denna kanske lyckats krypa upp mot en 4:a, men nu landar det på en 3:a.

[tags]film, recensioner, firewall[/tags]

The fourth and final chapter of the trilogy

Product Image: Scary Movie 4
My rating: 2 out of 5

Anna Faris and Regina Hall are back as the lovable, dim-witted Cindy Campbell and her self-serving, sex-crazed pal Brenda respectively. They are joined this time around by Craig Bierko as the cute, but utterly clueless, Tom Ryan. Together, they battle to save the world from a ruthless alien invasion. Cindy Campbell moves in next to Tom Ryan because she’s taking care of an old lady. She finds out the house is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest in the village to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien “Tr-iPods” are invading the world and Cindy has to uncover the secret in order to stop them

*gäääsp* Vilket sömnpiller. Det som är roligt i filmen har man redan sett, i trailern! Denna filmen visar verklien på att uppföljare oftast blir sämre ju fler de blir.

[tags]film, recensioner, scary movie[/tags]

The Legend of Frankie Wilde – the Deaf DJ

Product Image: It's All Gone Pete Tong
My rating: 3 out of 5

Its All Gone Pete Tong is a comedy following the tragic life of legendary Frankie Wilde. The story takes us through Frankie’s life from one of the best DJ’s alive, through subsequent battle with a hearing disorder, culminating in his mysterious disappearance from the scene. A genius in his own right, he clawed his way to the top of the DJ ranks, now living the opulent life of a superstar, he resides in his trophy villa in Ibiza with his trophy wife. This is when tragedy hits. Born with a hearing disorder he is rapidly going deaf with only one functioning ear to complete the new Ibiza season. How is he doing behind the decks? Horrible. How is he doing in the studio where he produces his remixes? Frankie dives into a low period, struggling with deafness in utter depression. After a year of locking himself away he emerges on the other side with a fresh attitude towards his affliction. He accepts his deafness and learns to function without sound. Will Frankie make it back to the DJ booth? Will his new single be any good? Will he get back his opulent old life or does he even want it back? When you can’t hear, things look very different.

Tragekomisk film kring den åkomma som många DJ:s får, hörselproblem. Bara i denna filmen går det så långt att han faktiskt blir döv. Många roliga scener som lättar upp denna film som egentligen är ganska tragisk. Kring hur en människa verkligen kan hamna på botten. Men ha tar sig därifrån. Roligt att den är filmad som en dokumentär i vissa delar och att de intervjuar kända DJ:s king Frank Wildes liv. Självklart härlig musik i filmen. Den är inte riktigt lika bra som Groove.

[tags]film, recensioner, it´s all gone pete tong, groove[/tags]

The lucky ones die first

Product Image: The Hills Have Eyes
My rating: 3 out of 5

In the desert of New Mexico, the U.S. Government conducted atomic tests during the 1950s. A small group of people refused to leave their homes despite the urging of the government, and were caught in the nuclear explosions. Their descendants – a horrible, hideous band of mutated sub-humans – has survived to the present day. Just over a half-century later, an all-American family looking for a shortcut to California for a holiday is directed down a back road that is quite literally a dead end. When their vehicle’s tires blow, what seems like an unfortunate accident becomes a horrifying nightmare – it was actually a trap! One at a time, these horrible sub-humans emerge from their hiding places to torture & kill the family. However, some of them – and their pets – strike back at their tormentors, and only one group will survive…

Jag hade för mig att jag sett “orginalet“, alltså filmen som denna är en remake av och det hade jag. Tycker orginalet är snäppet bättre. Men det verkar som det just nu är en marknad för filmer som handlar om turister som försvinner när de turistar. Filmen bygger upp en bra stämning, det tar en bra stund innan något verkligen händer och då händer det verkligen grejer. Den har precis den mängd av gore som jag tycker gör filmen mera verklig, den spårar inte ur på den avdelningen som Hostel gör. Man sitter på nålar genom större delen av filmen och man vet inte riktigt vad som ska ske härnäst.

[tags]film, recensioner, wes craven, the hills have eyes[/tags]

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Spidey 3 Trailer

SpiderMan 3 Då har den äntligen kommit för allmän beskådning. Ingen fultrailer här inte. Trailern till Spider-Man 3 finns på Apples Trailersida i HD. 🙂
Verkar av det lilla man får se av trailern att Sam Raimi har lyckats igen. Jag längtar redan. Bara avsnittet när symbioten smyger sig på Spindelmannen ger mig rysningar. Nu gäller det bara att man håller förhoppningarna nere, så man inte bli besviken när den kommer upp på bio.

[ Spider-Man 3 Trailern ]

[tags]film, Spider-Man, trailer[/tags]

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Royal Mile Whiskies

Nu har även jag hittat en plats i Edingburgh som jag tycker verkar intressant att besöka. Visst vill jag se The Roayl Mile. Men tydligen ligger The Royal Mile Whiskies i närheten 😉

Jag har lagt till den över platser att besöka 🙂

Jag fick tipset via en tråd på DVDForum som handlar om att besöka skottland.

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He Never Thaw It Coming

Product Image: Ice Age: The Meltdown
My rating: 3 out of 5

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit Ice Age. This time around the Ice Age is over and is starting to melt, which will destroy their valley. So they must unite and warn everyone about the situation.

Ännu en uppföljare som inte når upp till samma kvalitet som den första filmen. Den första är helt underbar och håller genom hela filmen. Denna guppar lite upp och ner. Men det är för den delen inte en dålig film. Den är mycket sevärd. Jag älskar Sid och Skrat. Även de nya pungråttorna är underbart roliga.

[tags]film, recensioner, ice age[/tags]

A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!

Product Image: The Man Who Knew Too Much
My rating: 3 out of 5

Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife Jo and their son Hank are on a touring holiday of Africa when they meet the mysterious Louis Bernard on a bus. The next day Bernard is murdered in the local marketplace, but before he dies he manages to reveal details of an assassination about to take place in London. Fearing that their plot will be revealed, the assassins kidnap Hank in order to keep the McKenna’s silent. Ben and Jo go to London and take matters into their own hands.

Man kan inget annat än att bi imponerad av Hitchcock som redan på 50-talet skapar filmer som sträcker sig runt 120min-sträcket, vilket i detta fallet kanske är lite mycket. Denna filmen är lite mera som man är van vid. Men den är lite seg i allmänhet. Den börjar lugnt och accelererar sedan i spänning. Man märker verkligen att Hitchcock är duktig på att bygga upp en spännande scen och också en film.
Jag tycker inte riktigt att denna filmen kommer upp i samma Hitchcock-spänning som de övriga av hans spännande filmer jag nu sett. Men det är ändå en mycket sevärd film med bra skådespelartalanger.

[tags]film, recensioner, The Man Who Knew Too Much, alfred hitchcock[/tags]