tor.saether

This movie is so good! In many ways it defies categorization, but first and foremost it is indeed a comedy. Great comedy, too. Still, there's more. Much more.

Sure, there are lots and lots of big laughs all the way through, but this movie also has a very becoming, profoundly serious side to it.

"Jalla! Jalla!" is not dealing with racial issues so much as with human - or perhaps cultural - ones. There are two main dramatic components: First, we have the question of arranged marriages, and second, the question of impotence. Both problems set off an avalanche of almost slapstick-like comic situations, but still, we never forget the seriousness of these matters.

It may be obvious, but if you liked "Fucking Åmål" and "Tilsammans", I'm positive you'll like this one too. 8 out of 10 points.

I should know this movie fairly well, since it was a central object of scrutiny for my film major thesis. And I must say, being a Tintin devotee since the late seventies, I enjoyed this film quite a lot.

It's not a direct adaptation as such, since the story did not exist as a comic book prior to the shoot. The script was in fact specially conceived for this particular movie. Nevertheless, apart from a few more or less significant deviations from the Tintin norms - some of them necessary by way of making a film in its own right and not a live action comic book (the latter more true in the case of the sequel) - it's still very much a Tintin story. We have the same ingredients; the exotism, the heroism, the adventure... And the characters are being portrayed wonderfully. So, I give it 7 out of 10 points.

A must-see for all Tintin fans. If you can get your hands on a copy, that is.

In the spirit of Woodstock and other large scale music festivals of the period, Norwegian audiences finally got their own festival in June 1973. This was Ragnarock - actually named after Ragnarokk, the Norse version of the Armageddon - sporting a plethora of Norwegian, Scandinavian and also a few international artists.

The movie is a 102 minute representation of this ambitious event, and it does indeed bear several similarities to the Woodstock movie. Although not quite as successful (both artistically and of course commercially, much due to the fact that the average standard of the featured artist may not be as high), this movie is still quite an entertaining piece of Norwegian cultural history.

Worth seeing and hearing. Keep your eyes open for some great looking people, both on and off stage.