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Finnish Big Brother is on
Finnish Big Brother started today - we've been waiting for years now. I find it quite odd that Finland is the only country to show foreign Big Brother series, we've seen three seasons of the British show. Now we finally have the Finnish version and I have to say, it's not shabby.
The house is pretty sweet, it looks a lot like the British house (but there's a sauna). The participants are ok, too, and I'm sure there'll be lots of interesting characters as the show goes on.
We're actually thinking about getting the 24/7 digital Big Brother channel. Johanna's parents have already agreed to loan us their digibox. It'll be fun, to tune in whenever you want. That's pretty scary, too, but we are ready to admit it: we're hopelessly addicted! I even created a Big Brother category on the Finnish side of the blog...
29.08.2005 klo 22:10
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Married for a year
We've been married for a year now. It's been a good year, one of the very best in my life. Things are so bright and as it seems, can only get better.
I'm really glad we got married... I'm sure we would've had a fine year even if we didn't, but it's made things even better.
Happy anniversary, Johanna, you've made my life just so much better!
28.08.2005 klo 17:53
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Boogeyman, Steve Zissou, Kinsey
Our local video rental store had, for a change, a wide selection of interesting movies. We ended up making two trips to the store during the weekend.
We started with Boogeyman. Expectations were about middle-level, but even that was too high. It was utterly bad, really.
A lot of it was the stupidity of the story, another big part the ineptitude of the lead actor. He just wasn't up for the task, and the script didn't support him at all. Not recommended.
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was, in the other hand, a most excellent movie. It was full of brilliant comedy, absolutely brilliant.
It was fun in every sense, lots of witty verbal comedy and clever visual jokes. It was all very refreshing. There's a long thread in IMDB on the best lines of the movie, as there were so many good ones.
I'm tempted to buy the movie, that's quite untypical. It was just so cleverly funny. The cast is great - Bill Murray is superb, as is Cate Blanchett, as is Willem Dafoe (he's very calm, collected and German) and so on. Wes Anderson is looking pretty good, after this and The Royal Tenenbaums.
Kinsey was an interesting portrait of an important and controversial man. Kinsey's studies on human sexuality certainly opened many closed doors.
The movie was quite good. The whole controversy around Kinsey's studies was less of an issue than I expected. I think that's good - I'm not sure if I would be interested to see all that mess. It was made clear enough that Kinsey's research wasn't all that welcome.
Anyway, if you don't know the man and his works, I suggest you watch the movie.
We tried to watch a movie of another influential man, but stopped in the middle. Helter Skelter, which isn't about The Beatles but Charles Manson, was surprisingly boring considering the subject matter.
28.08.2005 klo 17:23
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Birth
I like Nicole Kidman; she's proven to be a very good actress in many occasions. Birth is one: she does a good job, and has a rather pretty short haircut, too. The movie is very beautiful mixture of subtle background music and long, slow shots. It's great cinema, but a boring movie.
The plot is somewhat interesting and the final turn is quite strong, but in the end it lacks something... I found the movie beautiful and even touching, but wouldn't see it again, it just wasn't that interesting.
9.08.2005 klo 14:06
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Land of the Dead
We enjoyed the Dawn of the Dead (the remake from last year, not the original) a lot, but Land of the Dead was even better.
It had everything you'd wish for: lots of action, no blatant stupidities in the plot (no heroic rescuing of lost dogs or anything like that), interesting characters, some accurate social commentary and very neat living dead.
As action films come, Land of the Dead is highly recommended.
7.08.2005 klo 10:02
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