Green Zone

Super cool movie from the maker of last two Bourne movies (The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum), Paul Greengrass. This time, Matt Damon is playing the role of a warrant officer, Roy Miller. The movie is inspired from the non-fiction 2006 book “Imperial Life in the Emerald City” by a journalist. The story deals around the invasion of Iraq, because Bush & co with US intelligence had so-called proof of that Saddam Hussein was holding Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). So during the attack, Roy Miller is responsible to find these WMD, but where can he find them when they doesn’t exist? Roy starts investigating what actually is going on and unexpected things starts happening…

The movie has a very political message, and as mostly people know, Americans went to the war primarily because of oil and gas reserves. Despite the fact you know the background; the movie is highly suspenseful and entertaining. Its ending during the last 3-5 minuts of the movie was somehow clicheful, but otherwise it’s recommended entertainment. The execution style is pretty much like the last two Bourne-movies with handheld cameras to give a realistic approach. In addition, some of the execution also reminded of the war series Generation Kill.

Rating: 5/6 of 6

District 9

Incredible science fiction movie! This is one of the most exciting science fiction movies in years with an original and new story. The story deals around that some aliens have arrived Earth and are living side by side with humans.

The start of the movie wasn’t that thrilling, but it picked up a lot not so long afterwards. Actually, this is one of the few movies which I look forward to a possible sequel.

Rating: 5/6 of 6

Forrest Gump

Fantastic and phenomenal all time classic movie.

Rating: 5/6 of 6

Frustrerte Fruer / Desperate Housewives – Season 4

Interesting series. Actually, in the beginning of this season, it wasn’t that interesting and gave pretty much average experience. The structure of the story, the characters and success formulas used earlier reminded of the previous seasons. But it picked up dramatically afterwards, and the climax was that interesting that it eagered to start on the next season..

Rating: 5/6 of 6

The Dark Knight

As mentioned in earlier comments (first time and second time):

One of the best and monumental movies of out times.

But I was somehow dissapionted that the Blu-ray don't include commentary by the makers in the background.

Rating: 6 of 6

Blow

An amazing movie. The first time I watched it some years ago, I knew that I have to watch it again. As “preparations” for the promising Public Enemies with Johnny Depp, I watched this one again with great satisfaction.

The movie is based on the real life story of George Jung, who made lots of money from drugs in its early lifetime in US. The movie gives you great drama and fun, and makes you feel for the main character. The main is portrayed wonderfully by Johnny Depp who has proven himself.

Rating: 5/6 of 6

The Bourne Ultimatum

Superb movie!

The previous reviews of this movie.
First time
Second time

Rating: 5/6 of 6

Dexter – Season 1

Cool series. It tells the story of a blood expert at Miami Police Department, who has a dark secret; he is a serial killer! But he is not just like other serial killers as we have seen in numerous movies. He has codex on who he will kill, and often it is people who have criminal record, but have got away (easily) from the legal system. Soon he founds another fascinating serial killer who starts playing a game with him…

I found the series very interesting. It’s very different from other portrays of serial killers, and you get to know him more deeply in the series. In addition, the series is shot in Miami, which I think have amazing locations. This also enhances the watching experience and urges you to visit this place.

Rating: 5/6 of 6

Stieg Larsson: Luftslottet som Sprengtes

Fantastisk spennende bok, akkurat slik som de forrige i denne serien. Handlingen går i bølger, hvor den noen steder er mer spennende enn andre steder. Med dette settes det punktum for denne trilogien, men man kan jo håpe på at familien til den avdøde forfatteren kommer på bedre tanker for å få ferdig en fjerde bok.

Terningkast: 5/6

The Dark Knight

Amazing cool movie just like previous time I watched it. This time, I experienced it on Blu-ray on my new bought TV.

In the making of-material, it was mentioned that the movie is also made by Imax-cameras, and I think that has worked very well to give the movie phenomenal cinematography.

Rating: 5/6 of 6

Stieg Larsson: Jenta som Lekte med Ilden

Den andre boka i Stieg Larsson sin Millennium-trilogi. I likhet med den forrige boka, så er denne boka også veldig spennende. Klimakset er rett og slett eksplosiv, og det er bare å glede seg til den neste boka (som jeg allerede har i hylla).

Terningkast: 5/6

Kaante

A great action thriller, and actually among one of my favourite movies. It’s made in Los Angeles by American crew, and which helped the makers to give the right atmosphere and visuals. This movie is one of the most legendary action thrillers in the history of bollywood.

The movie is made by Sunjay Gupta who is known for “bollywoodizing” foreign/American movies. Kaante was inspired from Heat and Reservoir Dogs, and actually I liked Kaante better than Reservoir Dogs.

All of the actors have delivered superb performances. Mahesh Manjrekar made his debut as an actor with this movie and impressed a lot. Unfortunately for him, his other acting performances have not been as successful as in this movie.

The climax is executed great, and leaves you with a thought…this can also happen…

Rating: 6 of 6

Rome – Season 2

Phenomenal season of this series. It has great production values, and the description of Rome as a sin city in old days is amazing. In the same time, while the characters are portrayed as people with lack of moral, the makers succeeded to show the characters human and good sides as well. This season is actually better than the previous one, and the last episode was superb.

Rating: 5/6 of 6

Casino Royale

In order to prepare to the upcoming latest Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, I had to watch Casino Royale again. The movie was, again, great, and it inspired me a lot to watch the upcoming new movie.

Rating: 6 of 6

The Matrix

This is one of my favourite movies, so there shouldn’t be any surprise that I watched it for 5th or 6th time now. But I think I’ve begun to be somehow fed up with it. It ain’t that interesting anymore when you remember most of scenes. Some of the action sequences are still thrilling, so it wasn’t waste of time at all to watch it again.

Rating: 6 of 6

Don

Now, I’ve watched this movie for around 7th or 8th time, and therefore I would like to use this opportunity to upgrade the rating from last time a commented it. The movie is simply brilliant executed, and particularly the climax. In addition, the background picture of the climax is amazing. And Boman Irani is simply rocking in his role!

Rating: 6 of 6

The Dark Knight

Superb and great action movie! The character of the Joker is played damn good by Heath Ledger. Hats off for the guy.

A lot of super hero movies tend to be predictable, but I can assure you that with this movie, you will not experience that. The movie takes unpredictable turns, both in terms of the story and character evolvement. By this, you will experience more of characters than only good action. The concept of exploring the characters works very good, and gives the movie a new dimension which results in a dazzling movie watching experience.

The background music is also superb, just like many other things in the movie.

Rating: 6 of 6

The Bourne Ultimatum

Fantastic action thriller, just like the previous movies in this trilogy. And the background score is again terrific.

First time I commented it.

Rating: 6 of 6

The Bourne Supremacy / Gåten Jason Bourne

A great thriller, which was sequel of The Bourne Identity. When I watched it for the first time, I thought the first movie was better. After watching it for 4th time this time, I understood much more of the movie and gave a wonderful experience. The movie is somehow complicated structured compared to previous one, which makes it slightly difficult to get into all the details of the story.

Rating: 6 of 6

Pinjar

Excellent and touching drama movie related to the partition of Hindustan to India and Pakistan. It’s based on a novel with the same name.

Rating: 6 of 6