Necromancy!
Wow I didn't remember how much I actually like writing. I like the idea of other people reading this and it motivates me to write more, even though I know that the only time people are here is when I put a link on facebook or something. I did contemplate moving the blog to a new site and give it a new name and adress and well I did.
But as it turns out I never liked the way it turned out enough to start making regular posts or anything, acctually I never made a single post there.
The name of this blog "ortmastaren" is bad too and not to mention the ".se" that's a swedish domain name.
I wanted to let people from all over the world read this and that is why I changed to english (quite recently)
The design also needs a makeover, it has been the same way for like three-four years and I never mustered the
strenght of mind to do something about it.
Besides doing everything that I mentioned above I also thought about mixing some other stuff in there.
Maybe have a movie rewiev friday or something and then write trivial stuff on the other days and be a bit more personal. Because the main reason people follow blogs is because they are interested in som weirdo who is writing, well I am not an intresting person, I'm not a celebrity or a 16-year old girl who buys clothes with her dads credit-card and puts the picture on the internet.
What I belive I can do is be genuine and write about stuff that matters to me or that I find interesting.
And some day maybe the renewed better blog will be up, if I can pull my thumbs out of my ass (as the saying goes)....
But as it turns out I never liked the way it turned out enough to start making regular posts or anything, acctually I never made a single post there.
The name of this blog "ortmastaren" is bad too and not to mention the ".se" that's a swedish domain name.
I wanted to let people from all over the world read this and that is why I changed to english (quite recently)
The design also needs a makeover, it has been the same way for like three-four years and I never mustered the
strenght of mind to do something about it.
Besides doing everything that I mentioned above I also thought about mixing some other stuff in there.
Maybe have a movie rewiev friday or something and then write trivial stuff on the other days and be a bit more personal. Because the main reason people follow blogs is because they are interested in som weirdo who is writing, well I am not an intresting person, I'm not a celebrity or a 16-year old girl who buys clothes with her dads credit-card and puts the picture on the internet.
What I belive I can do is be genuine and write about stuff that matters to me or that I find interesting.
And some day maybe the renewed better blog will be up, if I can pull my thumbs out of my ass (as the saying goes)....
Behold the ressurecction!
Yeah I haven't written here in almost 6 months but the annual "best movies from this year" list is too fun to pass out on, and to be frank I am a bit hung over and feel like writing and listening to cool music.
In general 2011 was the year of shitty movies and this list won't be easy to make. I could easily without any effort name 50 movies from this year that I hated but sometimes even the most decaying turd contains a diamond or two. So here goes:
10. Limitless
Yes depressingly this movie made it into my top 10 list.
This isn't all bad though, it is quite fast paced and interesting.
Some moral dilemmas and
strange possibilites present themselves when a new super drug that
enhances the mind of a person comes into
the hands of a nobody.
Atleast worth watching. 6 out of 10.
9. Just go with it.
I already made a full review of this movie but to summerize it here this is an ok
Adam Sandler comedy. It has its ups and downs but never really got boring.
Also 6,5 out of 10. Worth watching too...
8. Contagion
I actually saw this in the cinema, In a small auditorium with a few other people while the
others blasted with crap like captain america and twilight.
It wasn't quite as good as I had hoped but is still the most accurate and frightening vision of
how a pandemic would spread and could kill millions of people.
The fact that appealed the most about the movie to me was the fact that just because you are a famous actor doesn't mean you are immortal or die at the last 10 minutes of the movie, against the otherwise so too often reminding hollywood norm.
Still at the 6,5 out of 10 movies here...
7. The help
About an aspiring author that wants to bring light on the situation of african american maids during the fifties.
Wasn't as good as it could have been but still a diffrent and emotional drama with a few memerable moments.
6,5 out of 10. Almost tipping over to 7 but not quite.
6. The Rite
A new exorcism movie. There are always a few new ones of them and so was it this year too.
Although these normally end up like crappy and dissapointing rip-offs of the grandfarher of all theses movies
"The exorcist" from 1973 "The Rite" manages to bring new life to the genre and got me hooked.
Anthony Hopkins is also probably the only one that could have managed to play this role and the whole movie probably wouldn't have been so great if it wasn't for him.
Dark, renewed and well executed. 7 out of 10
5. Source Code.
Actually a good action movie (finally) that threads new grounds but keeps it's dignity and newer goes over the top ála The Expandables. Also despite beeing a sci-fi like movie it keeps it's ties to reality and our present society.
Well done.
7,5 put of 10
4. Puncture
Puncture is something as unusual as a non censorshiped Hollywood american-critizeing movie.
A small lawyer firm takes on a huge case in which american hospitals refuse buying safety needles who would prevent many thousand deaths in hospital accidents each year.
Based on a true story and in the leading role we have Chris Evans who actually does a really good job as the drug addicted and self destructive but still brilliant lawyer Mike Weiss.
7,5 out of 10.
So now for the top 3 of this year;
3. Warrior.
Started of really well with brilliant acting by for example Nick Nolte and a very intresting storyline.
Got a bit dissapointed at the last hour of the film which could have been sooo much smarter executed.
Still one of the best movies from this year and a must watch for atleast every guy :P
8 out of 10.
2. Rise of the planet of the apes
This movie was in my oppinion very underrated and deserved more praise than it got.
Extremely well done animations and realisticly looking apes.
A storyline that in my oppinion didn't lack good logical explanations, which I really though would destroy the movie before actually watching it.
8,5 out of 10
1. the devil's double
This is by far the best job I have seen from an actor this year and possibly in my whole life.
Dominic Cooper plays Uday Hussain, the mad and crazy son of Saddam Hussain and a military man named Latif Yahia who is forced to become a body double to Uday. It wasn't before checking imbd afterwards that I realised that they were played by the same guy, brilliant.
The plot is also intriguing and very intresting. The most underrated movie this year and also the best.
9 out of 10.
Yeah so as I said 2011 wasn't really a good movie year for me. Almost everything that went up at the theatres made me want to puke. "I am number four" was this years worst movie and probably the worst movie I have seen in my entire life.
Blockbusters like Captain America, Green Lantern, Scream 4, Final Destination 5 and so on (I could continue all day) made me wonder if people really have that terrible taste in movies or if movies these days are just becoming worse and worse but people continue watching anyways.
I will probably never understand.
In general 2011 was the year of shitty movies and this list won't be easy to make. I could easily without any effort name 50 movies from this year that I hated but sometimes even the most decaying turd contains a diamond or two. So here goes:
10. Limitless
Yes depressingly this movie made it into my top 10 list.
This isn't all bad though, it is quite fast paced and interesting.
Some moral dilemmas and
strange possibilites present themselves when a new super drug that
enhances the mind of a person comes into
the hands of a nobody.
Atleast worth watching. 6 out of 10.
9. Just go with it.
I already made a full review of this movie but to summerize it here this is an ok
Adam Sandler comedy. It has its ups and downs but never really got boring.
Also 6,5 out of 10. Worth watching too...
8. Contagion
I actually saw this in the cinema, In a small auditorium with a few other people while the
others blasted with crap like captain america and twilight.
It wasn't quite as good as I had hoped but is still the most accurate and frightening vision of
how a pandemic would spread and could kill millions of people.
The fact that appealed the most about the movie to me was the fact that just because you are a famous actor doesn't mean you are immortal or die at the last 10 minutes of the movie, against the otherwise so too often reminding hollywood norm.
Still at the 6,5 out of 10 movies here...
7. The help
About an aspiring author that wants to bring light on the situation of african american maids during the fifties.
Wasn't as good as it could have been but still a diffrent and emotional drama with a few memerable moments.
6,5 out of 10. Almost tipping over to 7 but not quite.
6. The Rite
A new exorcism movie. There are always a few new ones of them and so was it this year too.
Although these normally end up like crappy and dissapointing rip-offs of the grandfarher of all theses movies
"The exorcist" from 1973 "The Rite" manages to bring new life to the genre and got me hooked.
Anthony Hopkins is also probably the only one that could have managed to play this role and the whole movie probably wouldn't have been so great if it wasn't for him.
Dark, renewed and well executed. 7 out of 10
5. Source Code.
Actually a good action movie (finally) that threads new grounds but keeps it's dignity and newer goes over the top ála The Expandables. Also despite beeing a sci-fi like movie it keeps it's ties to reality and our present society.
Well done.
7,5 put of 10
4. Puncture
Puncture is something as unusual as a non censorshiped Hollywood american-critizeing movie.
A small lawyer firm takes on a huge case in which american hospitals refuse buying safety needles who would prevent many thousand deaths in hospital accidents each year.
Based on a true story and in the leading role we have Chris Evans who actually does a really good job as the drug addicted and self destructive but still brilliant lawyer Mike Weiss.
7,5 out of 10.
So now for the top 3 of this year;
3. Warrior.
Started of really well with brilliant acting by for example Nick Nolte and a very intresting storyline.
Got a bit dissapointed at the last hour of the film which could have been sooo much smarter executed.
Still one of the best movies from this year and a must watch for atleast every guy :P
8 out of 10.
2. Rise of the planet of the apes
This movie was in my oppinion very underrated and deserved more praise than it got.
Extremely well done animations and realisticly looking apes.
A storyline that in my oppinion didn't lack good logical explanations, which I really though would destroy the movie before actually watching it.
8,5 out of 10
1. the devil's double
This is by far the best job I have seen from an actor this year and possibly in my whole life.
Dominic Cooper plays Uday Hussain, the mad and crazy son of Saddam Hussain and a military man named Latif Yahia who is forced to become a body double to Uday. It wasn't before checking imbd afterwards that I realised that they were played by the same guy, brilliant.
The plot is also intriguing and very intresting. The most underrated movie this year and also the best.
9 out of 10.
Yeah so as I said 2011 wasn't really a good movie year for me. Almost everything that went up at the theatres made me want to puke. "I am number four" was this years worst movie and probably the worst movie I have seen in my entire life.
Blockbusters like Captain America, Green Lantern, Scream 4, Final Destination 5 and so on (I could continue all day) made me wonder if people really have that terrible taste in movies or if movies these days are just becoming worse and worse but people continue watching anyways.
I will probably never understand.
