Midsummer movies: Nousukausi, Willard, Gothika, Napoleon Dynamite
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We spent a quiet midsummer (typical Finnish midsummer festivities are nothing but quiet) at home, watching movies. The results were interesting:
Nousukausi was great fun. The movie had a twist more interesting than we had expected. It was fun, too, but with such great actors what else can you expect. One does notice, though, that Finland has quite a few actors: Kari-Pekka Toivonen, for example, seems to appear in every movie recently.
Willard sounded good, but unfortunately flopped. It was dead boring, really. An idea of a sad little man who befriends the rats living in his basement was interesting, but it just didn't work. Instead of 90-minute movie, it would've made a decent 45-minute tv movie. The plot was quite obvious, too. This was the remake, I wonder if the original is any better...
Gothika was much better than we expected. It's a horror movie, and it scared us. Sure, it was a bit cheap as the worst horrors were simple surprise scares, but still, it was decent. The plot resembled Swiss cheese, though - it was a structure so weak that an intense stare would make it fall. The name sucks, too: Gothika tells you nothing about the movie, it has absolutely no significance. I would've named it Not Alone, I guess.
Napoleon Dynamite was Johanna's discovery. It's a bizarre little high school -movie, about an oddball outcast. It kind of reminded me of Ghost World. It was drop dead funny: the surreal gallery of characters, the bizarre dialog... the plot wasn't anything particularly interesting, but it is the amazing characters that drive this movie. It was a heart-warming movie and goes highly recommended for the fans of odd comedy.
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