Sunday 27 March 2011

JEZ JERZY

Watchable. Marvellous satire on celebrities (a hedgehog becomes a star because he farts on youtube), politicians, PR, criminal underworld, skinheads, catholics. Good animation and well-matched music. Sharp humour, eg. "Jak cos pojdzie nie tak, to leb upierdole przy samej dupie!" ("If anything goes wrong, I'll fuck off your head right at your ass!" or the promising politician: "that what did I promise? did you record it?!" Only some scenes felt lengthy.

Friday 18 March 2011

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER

Watchable. Nothing new whatsoever but easy to watch and entertaining. Takes your mind off things.

Tuesday 15 March 2011

SALA SAMOBOJCOW (SUICIDE ROOM)

Watchable. Whatever the trailer might suggest the film's not as much about cyberbullying as it is about communication failures on several levels. What "Babel" claimed to tackle "Sala samobojcow" really does. Jakub Gierszal as Dominik did one hell of acting and there are some funny lines, e.g. "Ilu psychiatrow potrzeba do wkrecenia zarowki? Jeden, ale zajmie to duzo czasu, bedzie duzo kosztowac i zarowka musi tego bardzo chciec." ("How many shrinks are needed to change a lightbulb? Just one but it will take plenty of time, plenty of money and the bulb has to really want it.") but altogether the movie fails to get its message across. Communication failure?

Saturday 12 March 2011

SKYLINE and I AM NUMBER FOUR

Watchable. Both are class B movies with perfectly standard visual effects and predictable plots more enjoyable for kids than a grown-up. "I Am Number Four" was made by the guy responsible for "Transformers" - I should have listened.