It’s the second storm warning forecasted this week. Nothing really impressive though. Just some powerful wind blowing all over the town. So much so that they flew the new A380 to Iceland to test it in the most extreme conditions they could find. I can’t say that I spent a long time outside but I’ve heard that last Sunday morning some people could barely walk on the street, threatened to be blown away like dead leaves. The real Icelandic winter has arrived: cold, darkness and grayness. We all cope the best we can. I’ve read an article in a French newspaper about what is the best country to live in. 
The poll resulted at the top: Norway, Iceland, Australia, Ireland and Sweden. Of course that result made me think about the reasons Iceland is second. Well, I have a lot to be honest but one of them was that Icelanders who place higher value on materialism are also more likely to be happy. In other words, Icelanders are more or less all very far from being poor that could make sense. According to different studies, Icelanders are the happiest people in the world. But in another article Dr. Ragna B. Gardarsdóttir as a PhD project at the University of Sussex dismisses those conclusions, citing the reason for Icelanders’ well-being as being able to afford anti-depressants. Ahahah :)
With such an awfull weather, you can imagine that people stay at home. Hanging out in a half-empty bar usually completly packed on a friday night just push you right back at your place. Hence, I’ve been ‘geeking’ few nights like everybody. I’m saving you the evenings I’ve spent trying installing Tiger on my Ibook with a USB key :p. The storm outside gave me the time to go to the cinema and watch DVDs as well. Some were utterly bad and some others frigging awesome. Starting with the crap, I’ll put probably Borat as a good first. I’ll join the rest of everyone in being vaguely disappointed. I liked the trailers and the old Ali G shows staring Borat character so I gave it a try and went to Kringlan’s cinema. But the whole movie didn’t make sense at all. Ones would say it shines a satirical light on American society. I would answer: “Vu, Déjà vu et encore Déjà vu !!”. Not worth a peanut ! Period. The next in the list is probably Me and you and everyone we know. I don’t really know what to say about that one. Me and you and everyone we know is an observation of how people struggle to connect with one another in an isolating and contemporary world. I’d say it’s probably too far on images, double sense or other ‘double entendre’ to be really enjoyable. 
I mean if you want to see a movie on a sunday afternoon (sundays sucks so much), avoid this one it will make you go mad. You just can’t understand a bloody thing and the movie itself is boring to death. Either your have studied cinema or is that just me the dumb, but in the two cases it’s not really dynamic nor captivating. Dolls by Takeshi Kitano, however, is a highly stylized art film all about true love and the meaning of life. I know that’s sounds cheesy but I can assure you it’s worth watching. Using a style that’s based on the traditional Bunruku doll theatre, Kitano tells three different stories that intersect with each other. One story concerns a young man who succumbs to a marriage just to please his folks, while the woman he loves goes crazy with grief. Another tale involves a retired Yakuza who abandoned his lover many years earlier only to encounter her again. The third story involves a pop singer who meets a rather unusual fan. It’s a total blast ! Period. Finally: L4yer cake. A british movie that I would put in the same folder than Lock stock and two smoking barrels or Snatch. It’s fresh, funny and unpredictable. The film isn’t content to follow in Lock, Stock’s, opting instead for a more cinematic approach. That’s not to say there aren’t Cockney gunmen running around shouting obscenities at every opportunity, but they are kept to a minimum. At least I don’t think you need subtitles to understand what those brits says, not as the previous lock’s where you could have been easily lost :p
