Last night the Oscars were announced. It’s a ceremony I don’t stay up for to watch, but I’m always curious the next day to find out who are the big winners. (You can find them here). I never do predictions, but the only category for which I really had a preference was best animated feature and I was happy to see that Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse won.

Bohemian Rapsody and The Favourite are movies I have not seen, so I can’t share my opinion on those movies winning. It is nice to see that Alfonso Cuarón went home with three Oscars for his masterpiece Roma. The category which surprised me most was that of best film, which Green Book won. A title which I enjoyed watching and does show big social issues during the sixties which are unfortunately still relevant now, but it didn’t leave a lasting impression on me, it lacked subtlety. I would have rather seen Roma win.

What is your opinion on the Oscar winners?

For many movielovers Christmas starts early this year as they can already start unwrapping their gift this week in the form of the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. You probably know a couple of people whose love for these science fiction movies is deeprooted, but also a couple who have never seen them. I watched these films for the first time when I was in my twenties. They are films I am able to enjoy but which I haven’t watched more than other movies I see (so probably once or twice). After the fantastic The Force Awakens I’m curious about the new movie in the same way I always look forward to a new Marvel movie. On Saturday the world premiere took place and the first couple of tweets about the movie really praise it. Enough reason for me to make sure I see it before the end of the year as I might need to include it on my year’s end list, but not one I will make sure to take time off for on Wednesday when it will be released over here to be one of the first to see it.

But what about you? Are you a fan of Star Wars and if not, what’s the reason? Continue reading →

As a movie lover you want to be surprised. A good movie is able to do that, but also lesser films can have moments you didn’t expect or make a profound impression on you. It’s for those moments you watch them. Whether that’s the chase in Children of Men, the destruction of a space station in Gravity or the breathtaking moments in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Those are just a couple of moments from the top of my head. All personal favourites which are part of fantastic films, but the following moment which comes from the movie Upside Down, is also very high on my list. In this movie two planets are right next to each other. The object of each world are pulled to their own respective world. So if you want to visit the other one you have to wear things heavier than you from the other world to stay there. That’s what the main character is this film does. The problem though is that after a while the contact between these two worlds mean that the object will start to catch fire. That’s what has happened here, so the character has jumped into sea and swam away from sure to get rid of his weight and “fall” back to his own world. It’s a breath taking moment which I’ve watched a lot:

What are your favourite visual moments in movies?

Yeah, that might be shocking title but it’s something I’ve been thinking about quite a few times. The reason for this question popping up is of course the statistics. A couple of years ago I was getting almost a quarter of a million views each year, thousands each day. But those statistics have been dropping at a steady rate and it was also the reason I’m not updating as regularly as I used to. There are still people commenting once in a while, but these are mostly people who’ve been reading my posts for ages. Not a lot of new bloggers drop by and it’s a shame to see as it isn’t very motivating to keep going. I’m wondering what your thoughts on this are, is blogging dying?

As a movie fan it is pretty difficult to escape from people posting about the Oscars and giving their predictions. Personally I don’t care for them much. The last time I’ve seen them the year probably started with 19. I did take a peek at the list of winners, but it’s not something I will spent much energy on (for example I think many people will write a lot about Stallone not winning, but I’m not surprised by the winner). But as I’m probably one of the few movie bloggers who doesn’t care much I am wondering how others have experienced the Oscars this year:

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