Month: December 2017

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Mrs. Doubtfire – 1993

Watching Mrs. Doubtfire for the first time in ages and it is still as beautiful as the very first time I saw it. For every age I have when I’ve seen the film I see it in different ways. That is why this film truly is a family film. Robin Williams – besides being extremely funny –  has an amazing ability to show his love for his children, the lenght that he will go through to be with his children, the love that he still have for his wife. He is showing the undying love that a parent feels for his/her children.

His look when he looses his children i court, he looks as if someone tears out his heart, the pain that shines in his eyes, his voice is a rainy day sometimes with the hope of a ray of light.

I see that I only speak of Robin Williams, but he really is the main character in this film, he carries the film all the way trough with his feelings on the outside. His feelings are hidden in plain sight for everybody to see. Robin Williams is the film, eventhough I’ve always liked Sally Field, in this one…. Robin Williams brings home the award.

 

 

 

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The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

About 8 years ago I read The Alchemist for the first time and its a book I keep coming back to. Every now and then I read it again and I continue to feel uplisted, optimistic, positive, glad, calm, relaxed, and hopeful.

I enjoy the way Paulo Coelho writes, it’s not pompus, not using words where you need a dictionnarie to understand it’s meaning, he writes in an easy and accessible language, easy to read and still he manages to put meaningful messages into the sentences. He is short and precise in his writing but still he embraces you with his words. It feels as if you walk right next to Santiago and follow him on his journey.

Actually if I’m abroad, I usually want to bring home a souvenir and if I can’t find anything in particular that I want I normally buy a copy of The Alchemist. So far I have it in Danish, German, Italien, and French, the English copy I gave to a friend because the book teaches you so much about your self.

And when you want something all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it. It doesn’t mean that you can sit and wait for things to happen, you have to believe in your dreams, you have to open your heart and do your best to dare to look for your dream and enjoy the journey, enjoy your life and see the love. Go for it! Life is like an icecream, eat it before it melts!

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X-Men – Days of future past by Bryan Singer

Before you read any further the might be some spoilers ahead, so stop reading if you haven’t watched the film yet and plan to.

X-Men has always been favourite films of mine, I completely fell in love with the Marvel, Super hero universe when I watched the first X-Men back in 2000 – also directed by Bryan Singer. Super powers, Wolverines blades, Magneto, Xavier etc. The cast is amazing and I enjoy Jennifer Lawrences performance as Mystique, she really manages to show the emotionel conflict that Raven/Mystique has when confronted by Xavier and Magneto, manages to show her determination when she has made a decision.

However this time travel adventure or what else to call it where Wolverine at the end of the film wakes up to a perfect world where Xaviers school is buzzing with students and Xavier knows that Wolverine saved the world from mutant desctruction eventhough he was not supposed to remenber anything from the alternative future.  Maybe it’s just me getting older while the Marvel superhero film aim for a younger audience.

I start to find them rather boring, the kind of film that can be shown in the telly and you can do the dishes, watch the film, fold you laundry and still keep track of the film.

I would really like to say something good about this film, but apart from the great actors the film is not one that goes over in history. Sorry :-/