Comedy

I am like totally hooked on openmike evenings in copenhagen. I dunno who my favorite danish stand up comedian is, its probably Sofie, because she's funny and wants to sit next to me in class (Awww YEAH), but I like Mikkel Malmberg as well:

 

oh and lets have some Urban Trauma:

-Andrae

Den lille Gumbas

Saturday, I watched Zulu Comedy Galla 2009 again, just wanted to say that I love "den lille Gumbas":

-Juhan

Come with us on a journey through time and space

These days I do nothing apart from eating, drinking, watching the boosh and having weird dreams about characters' from the boosh. Here are some pictures. I am in love with everything about it especially the crimp, moon and naturally the mirror ball suit.... and Old Gregg.
Cheers.

- Andrae

The Wonderful Works of French and Saunders

French and Saunders

Vicar of Dibley, Vicar Geraldine, Alice and Hugo, and the rest of the cast.

ab-fab, Eddy and Patsy

I feel it is time to talk about two of the worlds most brilliant comedians; Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. The show "French and saunders" first aired in 1987 and in my opinion the ladies have mastered to keep up the high standards throughout. My favorite of the older sketches is this one called schoolgirls.Their fantastic as arrogant students, its hilarious. I love their parodies as well, particularly the ones on Björk, Boyzone, Cher and the ABBA film "Mama Mia".
Then there's "The Vicar of Dibley" with French in the leading role as Geraldine, the slightly smug Vicar of a small town called Dibley. the cast is hilarious particularly Emma Chambers (known from her role as the amazingly funny sister Honey in Notting Hill) who plays Alice Tinker the church's verger. She is very naïve and wears some amazing outfits. One of my favorite scenes from the series, it is the scene where Alice marries Hugo. This clip however is another hilarious bit about Alice wonderings upon the sibject of butter and the product called "I cant believe its not butter".
And last but not least "Ab-Fab". With Saunders in the role as drunken fashion victim no. 1, Eddy and Joanna Lumley as drunken fashion victim nr. 2 Patsy. Known for overusing the words "Sweetie" and "Darling", chainsmoking and bingedrinking, Patsy and Eddy are the perfect tv characters in my opinion (at times Patsy resembles "Will and Grace" character Karen Walker a bit). Julia Sawalha (known from BBC's "Pride and Prejudice" in the role as lydia, and also from the later episodes, and not quite as fantastic as the early ones, of "Jonathan Creek") plays the role of Eddy's daughter Saffy. Also Jane Horrocks ("Little Voice") plays Eddy's assistant Bubble, a character so utterly dimwitted and silly - lovely. Here's a clip of Patsy and Eddy being completely wasted and thinking a mobile is a shoe.
AB-Fab indeed.

- Andrae

Filthy

John Waters and his filthy world. "Pink Flamingos" (R.I.P Divine) "Polyester" "A dirty Shame" etc. I just felt the need to express my love for the man. unfortunately it seems to be impossible to buy "Pink Flamingos" on DVD in Denmark, alas, thus I must try and find it elsewhere. Another film that I am desperate to watch is "Cecil B Demented" also directed by his highness. "This filthy World" is a quirky and incredibly amusing show where Mr. Waters takes us on a journey through his career. I sat in front of my computer watching it and laughed my guts out, like a freak. This man has so much to say especially on the subject of faeces. Fabulous.

- Andrae

How not to be Edward Cullen

I remember having a kinda-crush on Pattinson as Cedric Diggory when watching the fourth Harry Potter movie , obviously Ron Weasley/Rupert Grint (drool) stole his thunder with his ...lovely arms and impressive facial expressions.

Last night I watched "How to be" directed by one Oliver Irving. I had expected that it would be borderline crap or just mediocre. It was not. It was witty and had a very interesting plot. It is about a young, dissatisfied man called Arthur who decides to spend his money on flying a canadian therapist to London, because Arthur wants to "get fixed" since he is weird and always unhappy. The angles are fantastic, the scenes are not 'hurried', we like it.
What I particularly liked about this very well-executed film was it's amazing portrayal of pretentiousness amongst younger people (aged 15-30...dunno). Letting the characters create their own 'intellectual' terms for things (Naïvity, Lesbitarianism) and mentioning people like Nietzsche ('Nietzeeee') is what is so sweet and fantastic about this movie. Arthur and his friends are hilarious and pathetic and I find that comforting.
Arthur (Pattinson) has a sort-of best friend called Ronny (Johnny White - I find him sexy) who, for me, was the most loveable character I've seen in a long time.
This film is actually kind of brilliant.

Ronny: "You know, what I love most about you Arthur is your naïvity (...) It would probably be advantageous if you could escape from structures (...) just try and escape from the consumeristic-materialisticness of it all."

Ronny: "I have a balance of self already and I also think I'm probably getting a migrane."

Nikki: "Like, you ever heard of that dude Nietzeee? had this amazing philosophy, basically saying that you go round London and you stick your dick in anything, yeah and the whole world just loves you for it for some reason."

- Andrae

Weekend; wine, cookie dough and shitloads of movies

I had an absolutely terrific weekend. Whilst knocking back many a bottle of cheap redwine and uncooked baked goods, we watched films, the following will be the ones that are worth mentioning;
"The Big Lebowski" by Joel Coen, with Jeff Bridges ( I love that he, "The Dude" also stars in "The mirror has two faces" with the lovely Barbra Streisand, incidentally that movie is peculiar and nice), John Goodman (whom I only remember from "Blues Brothers 2000" and that sitcom called "Roseanne") and Steve Buscemi (wroof! "Ghost World", "Con Air"(Haha), "Resevoir dogs" etc.) and also the fantastic mr. David Thewlis (He plays Professor Lupin in the Harry Potter films, also; "Naked") has a small but well-played part in this film. I've watched it before, I have faith that it will never lose its greatness. Fantastic Soundtrack!

The Dude: "Walter he peed on my rug"
Donny: "He peed on the Dude's rug"






"Inglourious Basterds" by Tarantino, with many many people that have been credited too often, yet i feel a need to mention Eli Roth in the role as the "Bearjew", sgt. Donny Donowitz (who incidentally also stars in "The mirror has two faces" - every badass nazibutcher has a past, nudge nudge), Til Schweiger as my absolute favorite character in this movie the german basterd Hugo Stiglitz. Denis Menochet as Perrier LaPadite from the first scene, and of course Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa. Also I think it is amazing that Samm Levine from "Freaks and Geeks" is playing a basterd, that really made my day. I thought it was amazing watching it in the cinema, but I certainly do not regret buying the DVD.

Hugo Stiglitz: "Say Auf Wiedersehen to your nazi-balls"





"Me and Charly" (Danish: Mig og Charly) from 1978 which is a danish teenage drama-comedy film about two boys and their (at times rather homoerotic) friendship. They become friends despite their different backgrounds. I love it, I really still do.
Lovely.

- Andrae

Australian Lovelies: Strange Planet

I had a wonderful, yet hungover time yesterday watching "Queer as folk 2" (UK), "Strange Planet" and "Sliding Doors" (we love John Hannah!).
Strange Planet (1999) has been forgotten, rather unfairly I think, and thus it is time to mention this incredibly sweet film. It is directed by Emma-Kate Croghan, whom I do not know anything about, since I am not very geeky upon the subject of Australian pop-culture... yet.
It is a story about three women and three men and their many, many problems with their respective lovelives. The film begins and ends at new years which made it very appropriate for watching yesterday.
I feel that this film is a bit more complex than other romantic dramas or comedies. I am not saying that this is an artsy film though, it just has a different and interesting twist/quality to it, and it does not cease to be realistic (in contrast with other romantic comedies way of glorifying single and/or married life).
It is one of my favourite movies because it is hopeful and has possibly the tackiest ending in the world. Lovely.
Starring in this film are three very beautiful ladies; Claudia Karvan, Alice Garner (I love love love her!) and Naomi Watts.
Unfortunately what happened to the "Ghost World" movie cover has happened to Strange Planet as well - Naomi Watts, who is not the main character, but merely one of 6 main characters, has been placed in focus because of her popularity in Hollywood. I hate that, I really do, although placing Scarlett Johanson in the front of the "Ghost World" cover is more of a crime than the Naomi Watts stunt.
That aside, this is a lovely film for the gigglish, and also for those hopeful romantics, and as seen above, I found the proper cover.
Incidentally this film has some rather quirky film-references that are worth noticing. De Niro in "Taxi Driver" is not only mentioned but also impersonated by one of the male characters, and scenes from the 1959 series "The Twilight Zone" are used for the purpose of making a point about life and fate and that sort of thing.
Lovely film.

- Andrae

Boom, she's so hot she's like a curry

Hey, so, we love Flight of the Conchords! Watched it for the first time last christmas, and bought the first season in the spring. I really like the songs and the characters; it feels like they're my friends, Bret, Jemaine and Mel - God, I love her and her tongue! Notice how cute and tender the guys are in the third picture -ahh, lovely! Can't wait for the second season to be broadcasted in Denmark!

Quote: "...Another way that love is similar to tape, that I've noticed, is sometimes it's hard to see the end. You search on the roll (search on the roll) you search on the roll, you search on the roll with your fingernails, again and again and again and again..." - Sellotape.

- Juhan

Weekend-Films

"Teeth" by Mitchell Licthenstein
I've watched it a few times because it is just so funny. It is about a girl with a teethed genital area (whoops) and here's the brilliant twist; she wears a chastity ring/ purity ring (yes, much like the Jonas Brothers) and is a member of some christian purity-club-thing where she gives speeches to children. The film is incredibly entertaining and definitely worth watching, especially when our leading lady begins to really use her....'gift'.

"The Exorcist" by William Friedkin
It was pretty good, I'd expected to be way more frightened by it than I was, but I really liked the plot, the little creepy girl that swears, and the cool faces of demons that appear randomly on many occasions throughout the film.

- Andrae