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Sharp and short (rated 5 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:37:28 GMT

by Tjitske Jansen

Good thing about poetry. It’s sharp and short. If it’s done well obviously, cause it can also be long and tedious. But Koerikoeloem is one of the good ones.

One of the many nice quotes:
“Er was mijn vader die als kind een keer met zijn trommel achter de fanfare aanliep. Hij marcheerde en trommelde vol overgave mee. Opeens zag hij zichzelf lopen, zag dat mensen hem zagen, schaamde zich, en bleef in schaamte staan terwijl de fanfare verder liep”.

Consumed "Sunshine Cleaning [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:23:33 GMT

Sunshine Cleaning [Theatrical Release]

WORTH IT!

Shocking (rated 5 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:28:38 GMT

Taxi To the Dark Side

At some state Mr. Schmidt is summing up acts of cruelty like ongoing interrogation for 20 hours, people being bolted to the floor, sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation, sexual assault, men being forced to wear women’s lingery, to dance in front of male interrogators and being forced to perform dag tricks… If a western country does these sorts of things or is willing to close their eyes when another western country does these things, than what right to we have to claim moral superiority?

Consumed "Taxi To the Dark Side"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:28:38 GMT

Taxi To the Dark Side

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Religulous"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:36:32 GMT

Religulous

by Larry Charles

Interesting but somewhat out there (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:32:13 GMT

Supersize Me

by Morgan Spurlock

What I liked about this documentary is that it shows the effects continuously bad eating has on you. Not just on the outside, but also in you cholesterol, liver functions etc.

What I did not like is that it oversimplifies the problem of obesity by pointing the blame at fast food. Which, yes, is one of he causes. But theres more to fat than that. The second thing I had trouble with is drawing a conclusion from 1 month of only eating McDOnalds. I’m not American, so maybe our realities differ somewhat, but still I’m sure no American only survives on McDonalds. So, after a month of only eating McD: what has he proven exactly?

I though the idea of suing a company like McD is silly, because you decide what you eat. One argument I did find compelling though: McDonalds focuses very strongly on kids. I never much considered that, but found that an interesting point.

Consumed "Supersize Me"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:32:13 GMT

Supersize Me

by Morgan Spurlock

WORTH IT!

Very judgemental

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:25:42 GMT

Religulous

by Larry Charles

Now first off, let me say I’m an atheist. The thing with atheist though as that we have quite a bad name for claiming we are mightier than thou cause we’re smarter since we don’t believe in fairytale and bibles.

After seeing religious I kinda got what those annoyed religious people were on about. Bill states religion is bad because it judges the people who don’t believe. But at the same time, this seems to be what he is preaching. I found this somewhat hypocritical.

Still, at times it is quite funny, if you ignore the attacky bits. Also found it interesting that there were a lot of Dutch people tossed in the mix. Sadly it was mostly Geert Wilders type people or people stoned out of their brain.

Consumed "Videocracy"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:47:50 GMT

Videocracy

by Erik Gandini

WORTH IT!

Berlusconi TV

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:47:49 GMT

Videocracy

by Erik Gandini

Saw this at IDFA. Documentary which makes you laugh but the realization that what’s going on is actually really sad.

Mwaah... (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:37:12 GMT

The Fighting Temptations (Full Screen Edition)

by Jonathan Lynn

It had Beyonce singing in it, which is good, but that is about the only thing this movie has going for it. The story is a bit too thin and incoherent. Nevertheless, if you wanna spend a night on the couch with a feel good / think little type movie, you’ll be ok with this one.

Consumed "The Fighting Temptations (Full Screen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:37:12 GMT

The Fighting Temptations (Full Screen Edition)

by Jonathan Lynn

Consumed "De Helaasheid der Dingen"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:32:37 GMT

De Helaasheid der Dingen

by Félix VAN GROENINGEN

WORTH IT!

Jane Austen with some added zombies (rated 2 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:11:37 GMT

pride and prejudice and zombies

by seth grahame-smith and jane austen

Basically, this book is exactly what its title says: Pride and Prejudice… and zombies. I love the cover, I love the idea itself, but a whole book of it is just too much. I had hoped the (re)writer would have gotten creative with the plot somewhere, but the plot in no place really differs from the Jane Austen novel. There’s just some zombies dragged in and for some reason to fight zombies you have to be a master in the oriental arts. The lame jokes about balls made me cringe.

I don’t regret buying the book, but only because it looks cool in my bookcase and is a good conversation starter.

Consumed "Bride and Prejudice"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:55:07 GMT

Bride and Prejudice

WORTH IT!

Very bollywood (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:55:07 GMT

Bride and Prejudice

It’s tacky, it’s very bollywood and very watchable. This isn’t a movie that’s gonna rock your world, but it’s cute and colorful. I wouldn’t have gone to the cinema for it, bvut watching it at home on a sleepy sunday evening worked out fine.

Consumed "Dear Zachary:A Letter to a Son About His Father"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:46:51 GMT

Dear Zachary:A Letter to a Son About His Father

by Kurt Kuenne

WORTH IT!

Shocking

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:44:28 GMT

Dear Zachary:A Letter to a Son About His Father

by Kurt Kuenne

I was zapping along and came to the Belgian channel Canvas where this documentary was on. I got sucked in right away and stayed up 2 hours beyond my bedtime to watch it.

This documentary leaves you haunted and a little freaked. It starts off with the death of Andrew Bagby (in his late twenties I believe) who was shot 5 times. There are very clear indications that the ex-girlfriend (who he just broke up with the day before) is the killer. She gets arrested, then released, then a trial starts, throughout which it turns out she’s pregnant. And it gets even more bizarre. It’s a story that’s really too insane to be real, but unfortunately it is real.

It’ll make you shake your head at the legal system, at the insanity of people, and mostly it will leave you stunned by the bravery of others (Andrews parents) who deal with the entire situation with unmeasurable strength and dignity.

Movies about nazi zombies... (rated 2 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:48:29 GMT

Outpost

...should be tacky and over the top, in my humble opinion. This one was too serious. If it had been tacky and over the top it would have been good, now it was adequate.

Consumed "Outpost"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:48:29 GMT

Outpost

Funny (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Annemaart) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:46:48 GMT

Looking for Erik

by Ken Loach

This is a nice movie. It’s not fantastic, but there’s a revenge scene at the end which is historical. Possibly, guys will like it even better because it’s about soccer and guys for some reason really like seeing other guys kicking a ball around.