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78. Batman the Movie
This can't seriously be something people enjoy, can it? I mean, maybe when I was little...
79. Persepolis
This is quite good - although if, like me, you've read the comics already, there really isn't anything new.
80. Darkside Blues
Don't get me wrong, the whole gothic cyberpunk is a fine idea and it's quite pretty, but the story never really takes off, you know?
81. Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters)
Very sad and very - well. It's good. Sad, but good.
82. BloodRayne
So that's what happens when you rip off most of the plot from Blade and turn it into a crappy fantasy movie. I could have lived a long and happy life without knowing that.
83. Quantum of Solace
Well, it had its moments, but I liked Casino Royale better - and no, not just because of Mads, even if he did make a more lively villain than anyone appearing here...
84. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
It's good to know I'm not the only person who doesn't get the American rating system.
85. The Moth
It's funny - first time you hear Jack Davenport's character speak, he has this thick dialect - and I can't figure out if he stops having it or if I just adjusted enough to ignore it during the movie. Ah well. JD's character actually reminds me a little of those heroines who have to spend the entire story defending their virtue before being rewarded at the end with marriage to someone above their station...
86. Mød mig på Cassiopeia (Meet Me on Cassiopeia)
Proof that Danish movies used to be more than just socialrealistic drama. They could, for instance, be a sweet romantic comedy fantasy musical about a muse who is sent to Earth to help a composer suffering from writer's block and while she does that, she also has the time for a romance with a pilot, much to her father Zeus' displeasure. And it's sweet.
87. Gedo senki (Tales from Earthsea)
Disappointing and messy.
88. For frihed og ret (For freedom and justice)
A movie about the struggle preceding Denmark becoming a democracy back in 1848, made about a century later. Unfortunately, it's pretty dated. The main characters are unquestionably right and no time is spent considering that other people might have had legitimate worries. There is a lot of focus on the Schleswig-Holstein issue, which would probably be pretty accurate for the time, but I suspect that has more to do with the fact that the Occupation was still only a few years ago than with historical accuracy. It's annoying that the main characters spend an awful lot of time talking about how all men should influence, whether they be rich or poor, educated or not, but apparently women are only good for admiring men or being unable to take care of themselves. Besides, for a movie that's all about freedom from oppressive government, it's pretty hypocritical not to make a mention of the fact that even the most unfree man in Denmark was still better off than the slaves who would still have remained slaves for quite a few years if the government had had its way... Right, enough. Besides, despite fine actors it's a bad movie.
Right, well, I doubt I'll have time to watch any more movies this year, so that would be the end of the list. 88 movies. Hmm. Right, now I have to decide whether to do this again next year.
This can't seriously be something people enjoy, can it? I mean, maybe when I was little...
79. Persepolis
This is quite good - although if, like me, you've read the comics already, there really isn't anything new.
80. Darkside Blues
Don't get me wrong, the whole gothic cyberpunk is a fine idea and it's quite pretty, but the story never really takes off, you know?
81. Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters)
Very sad and very - well. It's good. Sad, but good.
82. BloodRayne
So that's what happens when you rip off most of the plot from Blade and turn it into a crappy fantasy movie. I could have lived a long and happy life without knowing that.
83. Quantum of Solace
Well, it had its moments, but I liked Casino Royale better - and no, not just because of Mads, even if he did make a more lively villain than anyone appearing here...
84. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
It's good to know I'm not the only person who doesn't get the American rating system.
85. The Moth
It's funny - first time you hear Jack Davenport's character speak, he has this thick dialect - and I can't figure out if he stops having it or if I just adjusted enough to ignore it during the movie. Ah well. JD's character actually reminds me a little of those heroines who have to spend the entire story defending their virtue before being rewarded at the end with marriage to someone above their station...
86. Mød mig på Cassiopeia (Meet Me on Cassiopeia)
Proof that Danish movies used to be more than just socialrealistic drama. They could, for instance, be a sweet romantic comedy fantasy musical about a muse who is sent to Earth to help a composer suffering from writer's block and while she does that, she also has the time for a romance with a pilot, much to her father Zeus' displeasure. And it's sweet.
87. Gedo senki (Tales from Earthsea)
Disappointing and messy.
88. For frihed og ret (For freedom and justice)
A movie about the struggle preceding Denmark becoming a democracy back in 1848, made about a century later. Unfortunately, it's pretty dated. The main characters are unquestionably right and no time is spent considering that other people might have had legitimate worries. There is a lot of focus on the Schleswig-Holstein issue, which would probably be pretty accurate for the time, but I suspect that has more to do with the fact that the Occupation was still only a few years ago than with historical accuracy. It's annoying that the main characters spend an awful lot of time talking about how all men should influence, whether they be rich or poor, educated or not, but apparently women are only good for admiring men or being unable to take care of themselves. Besides, for a movie that's all about freedom from oppressive government, it's pretty hypocritical not to make a mention of the fact that even the most unfree man in Denmark was still better off than the slaves who would still have remained slaves for quite a few years if the government had had its way... Right, enough. Besides, despite fine actors it's a bad movie.
Right, well, I doubt I'll have time to watch any more movies this year, so that would be the end of the list. 88 movies. Hmm. Right, now I have to decide whether to do this again next year.
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No? But, but - how can they not?
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What I do know is that the local library has a long list of materials not available for interlibrary loans.
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That said, the Danish libraries doesn't have as many movies as they would like. They are expensive, get worn down quickly - and there is a truly strange system of copyright rules, which means that some movies are available for ill, some are only available for lending at the home library and some are only for viewing at the library. Not that there seems to be any rhyme or reason involved...
The weakest spot in the Danish libraries, though, is music. New music. Specifically, anything less than three months old. Our old minister of culture made a law that prohibits the lending of said music - succumbing to pressure from a record industry worried about copying. Of course, the man is a moron, so....
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For example, Gotham City had Mayor Linseed. The mayor of New York City back then was Mayor Lindsay (pronounced "lin-zee"). But nobody remembers that now. Well, I do. yikes...!