Despicable Me (2010)

Despicable Me

From my point of view this is the incarnation of mediocrity. It doesn't stand out in story, humor, animations or anything else. It's not original, doesn't last long on your mind and hardly ever amuses like others within the genre.

While I do fancy the idea of super villain done right, Gru is far from done right. Not even the girls manage to light your heart.

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Where the Wild Things Are

Boring. The fantasy world could probably have been done equally well 20 years ago, the story sucks in its morality preaching ways and the lead was a horribly wrong cast.

East Is East (1999)

East Is East

The opening scene is bloody brilliant and the end scene is good, but everything in between feels like a semi-decent mixture of comedic attempts and predictable dramatic attempts.

It does introduce Archie Panjabi, and that's something I guess. Hopefully director O'Donnell came closer to his level at Inside I'm Dancing in his next project, Heartlands.

A Swedish Love Story (1970)

En kärlekshistoria

Roy Andersson's debut feature film of two worlds colliding. First love surrounded by bitterness, regrets, and lost hope as well as faith.

The complexity of this simple story is almost heartbreaking. Andersson knew exactly what he wanted, and seized it for the rest of us to ponder.

There's small details in it that impressed me a great deal from a debut. Shy glimpses and heartwarming touches which reminded me of other great directors managing to get that feel through the screen. In contrast the bitterness of the world is remarkable, and makes the youngsters even more adorable.

Catch That Kid (2004)

Catch That Kid

More than anything, this is a children movie who sometimes forget it's a children movie. To make matters worse, it's almost impossible the lead actress is the same as in Speak which arrived the very same year.

A lot more heart than vision and a couple of scenes making it bearable. I'd like to think the original, Klatretøsen, is better, because this is a very weak 3/10 in my eyes.

The Slaughter Rule (2002)

The Slaughter Rule

Both Morse and Gosling acts very well throughout, but the story isn't worth the paper the script was written on. Clea DuVall is also as always enchanting in her own way.

It's not as much a sport-movie as it's a drama, but the drama spends a little too much time with the sport. Throughout one of the most annoying things about it then, is the fact neither we nor the directors seems to care about the game at all.

In some ways a coming of age story, but it most ways an uninteresting tale of a rather uninteresting main character.

In America (2002)

In America

Jim Sheridan's story on an Irish immigrant family starts out promising and charming, but the last half hour Sheridan seems to have forgot all about Ireland going all Hollywood on us.

Considine, Morton, Hounsou and the Bolger girls all act well throughout, and I can only wish Jim Sheridan and his Sheridan co-writers had managed to also keep the same level.

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Spider-Man 3

In the third installment of the Raimi-franchise, he finally manage to forget what Spidey is all about. The super-villains sucks, the drama and action is unbalanced and large parts of the movie are dull and uninteresting.

While Peter Parker's personal problems always have been an important part of the universe, they've missed out awfully on his touch with his own dark side in this one.

Thankfully the franchise is getting rebooted after this, because Raimi have definitely lost grip on his own superhero.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 2

In the second installment of Raimi's vision of Spidey, he's again troubled by his personal life as much as the super-villains. MJ, Harry, studies and work. Add in Doctor Octopus as the villain, and you got yourself a pretty decent ride again.

No legendary scenes to mention, but overall the CGI-effects are well taken care of, the drama doesn't manage to kill the viewers mood and our friendly neighborhood spider manage to hold our attention.

Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man

We get to experience the creation of Spider-Man, according to Sam Raimi, quite in the mold of Stan Lee. A lot of it deals with Peter Parker's inner struggle, but there's still room for MJ and Green Goblin.

It can't compete with Nolan's vision for Batman, but it's still quite entertaining and atmospheric. Some of the shots of Spidey over New York are quite remarkable, there's a legendary rain scene and the combination of action and drama are dealt with quite well.