House, M.D.

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House Season 6

The comeback of one of the most fabulous series among the US/UK TV Series.

This Monday, 21st Sep 2009 Fox has held a priemier of the new Sixth season of House.

As some may remember season 5 has ended with House going into a facility to fight his drug addiction and exceptionally screwed up mental state.

That exactly where the first two back to back episodes meet us. While House is trying to gain his freedom back, he somehow connects with the other people in the mental hospital, falls a lady and makes at least two friends.

These first few episodes are not really about how House usually is:
- There is no mystery.
- There is almost no other personalities.

One can think that this is a solo act by Hugh Laurie. I like to think of the first two episodes as almost a stand alone movie – the length is appropriate and although there is some connection to the series, it really stands on its own.

Dr Wilson was the only other character known from before. And he had about 3 sentences and even less time to say them.

I quite enjoy House’s character and he is the main reason for watching the series. Also I quite like the series. So I was really looking forward to this new beginning.

I am really happy to see the series continue! The preview for the next episodes looks really promising. Hopefully Mr Laurie will not hog all air time though.

This is a really nice beginning of hopefully a brilliant season!

Inglourious Basterds

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Another «masterpiece» by Quentin Tarantino.

After watching this quite controversial movie I thought of if it was bad or worse. BUT there are some interesting thoughts in that long list of quite non-intelligent jokes that is used a script here.

This movie mixes cruelty and bloodshed from quite strange, sometimes black humor. But then again if one looks at it from the perspective of the survivors of the World War II and what they would like to do with the Nazi leaders … it somewhat makes sense as very black humor entertainment.

Most of the time people talk very seriously about wars, especially those that have affected so many and that is understandable. Yet this is the first time I have seen someone laugh at something as fundamental as WW II while still giving the viewer a glimpse of how inhuman the whole affair was.

Of course under this perspective understanding the movie literally would be silly. I doubt some one was scalping German soldiers or killing Hitler that early in the war. BUT with the war itself, concentration camps and the rest of the events from WW II, this is not a bad visualization of how all those things look to a modern man.

District 9

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One of the best movies I have seen this year. It is filmed like a documentary telling a Sci-Fi story of aliens coming to Earth.

The pseudo-documentary filming method is exceptionally strong. It makes one believe what they see. A mother ship appeared above Johannesburg in South Africa and … nothing. The movie does not reveal what really happened and why the alien ship came to Earth. But humans had to come on board.

They found bug-like creatures onboard. They were disorganised and appeared existing rather than living with a certain goal. Without intelligence, without leadership.

For twenty years the aliens have lived along side humans. And then … a story breaks out, which reveals the real monsters on this planet – humans.

Of course the «prawns» as humans would call them could kill or destroy. But even while possessing very powerful weaponry they would not try and conquer the Earth. All they kill for is food.

Whereas humans… they are hunting for money and power. And although we keep our nice appearances up they movie clearly shows how fragile those are. There are the gangsters, the governments and the soldiers. Each wants something from the aliens: strength, technology or a thrill of a hunt.

Whereas the aliens seem to be very passive. Their numbers are growing, but humans still can’t hack their technology. The vast majority of the prawns behave like simple animals with hints of intelligence.

District 9 is a MUST to watch!