Hereās one more female-fronted band, Iām currently enjoying. Like these songs, like their sound, like her vocals (which do sound quite a bit like Bjƶrk).
š§ Myriad ā GAUPA
š§ Marked For Death ā Emma Ruth Rundle
š¬ Next Door
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What a morning! Twist after twist after twist.
Nicely filmed, great acting with fantastic dialogue.
My only nitpick is that I somehow found Danielās voice to sound somewhat hyper-clear/-real which made it sound a little unnatural.
But overall, this was great!
š May ā August 2021 ā Daniel Pietzschās Photo Journal
Finally, after a year, I made an entry to the photojournal again.
Our three weeks summer holiday, weekend camping trips, some bike riding and other activities in DĆ¼sseldorf.
š¬ His House
Grief can be a witch ā or a curse. Whatever itās called, you have toopen yourself up (quite literally) to get rid of it.
The story and topics are important and interesting ones. And overallthis is well made. But it didnāt really grab me for some reason. Maybebecause sometimes it felt to me that the delivering of the horrors wereoverdone ā especially the ending. The special effects were sometimesmore of a distraction.
But overall a good film, with quite a few good scenes. I would watchRemi Weekesā next one.
š¬ Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Production-wise, this is probably the best part of the Friday 13thseries. Camera work, lighting, sound, are all at least one level up fromthe usual production quality.
It starts very strong in my opinion. But then it goes into thissmall-American-town kind of vibe, which I donāt know, if it fits. Onitself this is a solid film, but in the series, this is the odd one out(so far ā havenāt seen āXā). The special effects Ć la āThe Thingā orāAlienā are totally my thing, and were probably the best thing about it.The characters were a bit too āPolice Academyā-ish, with The Duke beingborder-line annoying.
In conclusion: a solid movie, but I feel like this wouldāve been betteras a one-off rather than being part of the Jason-franchise.
š¬ Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
This is more like āJason takes the ferryā ā because Manhattan content isindeed a bit thin. Anyhow, I liked this for the most part. Certainly oneof the better ones in this series. This has quite a bit of humour. Ienjoyed the stunts. The cheesy soundtrack, NY clichĆ©s and a nice guitarscene are not to be discounted, either. Solid!
š¬ Glass Onion
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Iām probably wrong about this one. Because I found this to be so bad, I question my own judgement, given all those other overwhelmingly positive reviews about it. But having been through it, I now also question my own favourable review of its predecessor āKnives Outā.
To begin with, this is wayyy too long. It tries very hard being trendy. And funny. Well, I didnāt laugh. It was just silly. Most folksā acting got on my nerves. The story is pretty constructed. It wasnāt suspenseful. I didnāt like a lot about the filming and editing itself. The ending is just ridiculous. Iām sorry, but Itās been an eye roller for me. And again, Iām probably wrong. Maybe I just didnāt get it.
š¬ The Cleaners
Well, merry Christmas! This is such a downer!
I think this was very well made and I felt it was nuanced enough toshine a light on opposites sites of what can be a very complicatedtopic.
I can recommend this, if you want to be informed about this topic. Justdonāt expect to not feel depressed afterwards.
š¬ The Nightmare Before Christmas
Lovingly made. Good soundtrack. But not quite my cup of frogās breath.
š¬ Marriage Story
My kind of movie! A story that could well be true. Great dialogue,perfectly delivered (Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are just š),lots of attention to detail, interestingly filmed, great charactersthroughout, funny, heartbreaking. Remarkable front to back!
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Reply via Emailš¬ A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Loved the atmosphere of this film. And that itās filmed in black andwhite. So, visually, this was already nice. Pair this with an Iranianvampire girl protagonist, great humour and a top-notch soundtrack andyou have a very fun movie!
š¬ V for Vendetta
I probably didnāt fully appreciate Vās lyrical outpour, but I stillenjoyed it very much. Lotās of ā1984ā, conspiracy-theories themes and aninteresting master-apprentice kind of relationship. Nice one!
š§ Gnosis ā Russian Circles
Russian Circles is the instrumental post-metal band I keep coming back to.
That middle riff in āConduitā is just perfect!
Autumn
Even though Iām sometimes absolutely not looking forward to taking the dog for a walk, because, well, I have to and itās not a matter of choice (unless I train her to go to the toilette), I do enjoy the stroll through the forest. I enjoy it any time of the year as each has its nice bits. Autumn creates a morbid atmosphere sometimes. Trees drop their leaves to the ground, where they rot. Nothing really ever gets dry in this time. The fog in the morning feels mystical and the trees without their leaves can appear a bit spooky.
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ā¾ Some Really Nice Typefaces for 2023
I guess it is āfor 2023ā since we are close to the end of the year, but a lot of those typefaces are lovely in general. And I love the fact that one by Ulrike Rausch is listed here. ;)
Reply via Emailš¬ Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
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Jason must stink for miles by now. Itās a miracle heās still able to surprise-kill anyone at this point.
For me, same is true as with part 6: not the best, not the worst (I think?!). I somewhat liked the ending when Jasonās āfaceā is revealed and everything explodes. The supernatural hocus-pocus wasnāt that bad either.
Oh, yeah, and I found the very ending hilarious where the one firefighter shows the other where thereās more fire to extinguish ā as if that wasnāt obvious.
On to part eightā¦
š¬ Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
This episode certainly has humour! Jason seems to be surprised by hisown new-found super-strength. And that makes for some funny kills.
Itās mostly fun to watch (if youāre into that stuff). We certainlyalways have an enjoyable evening progressing through this series. Butultimately, it suffers from the same issues most other parts sufferfrom. Not the worst so far, but no the best either.
š¬ The Matrix Reloaded
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Ok, I have much to complain about with this one. This feels like 80% endless action scenes and 20% story. If youāre into those bullet-time, kung-fu, wire-flying, super-CGI, camera-flying scenes, that will be just your thing, I guess. But I found this eye-rollingly boring. This could have been a one-hour film. Itās not like I dislike all of it; there were certainly good scenes ā even partly said action scenes! But overall itās way too long and unsubstantial. Itās even like the story didnāt progress at all in this.
At least Trinity could simply ssh into a computer and disable the emergency power supply of that building with a simple terminal command. Much more realistic than those UIs in their real world.
And it had RATM in the ending credits.