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Ok, this one was actually pretty good! The opening was clunky as ever, but after the initial exposition and nostalgia overload, they stopped goofing around and it payed off. The big action set pieces were really exciting, and the very real dread of nuclear holocaust gave the whole thing some much needed gravitas.

I'll give it some stars for Hayley Atwell, and for the Fiat, but I'll never be able to take the adventures of the (sniggers) Impossible Mission Force quite seriously...

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

"I believe we are in crisis. The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest. This Chamber’s hold on the truth was finally lost on the Ghorman Plaza. What took place yesterday… what happened yesterday on Ghorman was unprovoked genocide! Yes! Genocide!"

Thank you, Tony Gilroy, for speaking truth to power, using "Star Wars" on Disney+ of all places. Although is "Andor" really "Star Wars"? Yes, no, and most importantly, it doesn't matter. It's extremely good storytelling, of the most urgent kind, holding up a mirror to our times like no other media is doing right now. Showing us the dangers of ively standing by in the face of authoritarianism and the cold evil of bureaucracy. The meticulous build-up of propaganda and the orchestration and fanning of the flames on Ghorman shows the path to October 7th and how such and event can be used to get the people on your side, and allow you to grab land, mining rights or whatever colonialistic goal you have in mind, under the banner of "righteous vengeance".

"Rogue One" had been the only really good thing to come out of "Star Wars" under the Disney era, but I would never, ever have guessed that the spin-off from the spin-off would be such a masterpiece. Rewatching "Rogue One" after "Andor" is a strange experience, because even though they share so many similarities and a lot of themes of duty and sacrifice, "Rogue One" has a lot more "Star Wars" DNA, especially because of Michael Giacchino's amazing score and the production design. So even though they're made by the same people and the one is a direct prequel to the other, my first impression is that they don't work really well in tandem, and I wouldn't watch them back to back - just like I wouldn't with "Rogue One" and the original "Star Wars" - but "Andor" and "Rogue One" are both very important works, that I hope will have an impact in these trying times with threats to our humanity everywhere.

Flutes rock!

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Happy 20th! (The real anniversary is actually today, so y'all were celebrating Christmas in November)

A stirring call to action! The first scene of trawling the ocean floor is one of the most horrifying I've ever seen. Thank you, Sir David, for spending your last years trying to save the planet!

Rewatching this is such a roulette as I never know how I'm going to feel about it. This turned out to be one of the really bad times, where I just see all its flaws. Still sounds amazing, though. The score and sound design are always 10/10.

Obligatory obscure foreign in-flight oddity: You might have to be stuck on a plane to make it through to the second half of this film, but that was actually pretty fun, so if you ever stumble across this too, be sure to watch the whole thing!

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

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Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Jeg logger vanligvis ikke kortfilmer, men når det er den eneste filmen jeg ser på en måned og det er et så out there-mesterverk jeg ikke trodde jeg skulle få se i mitt liv gjør jeg et unntak! Jeg vil også bli gammel og lage sære, morsomme ting. Gleder meg veldig til å se mer Ghibli når jeg kommer hjem.

Thelma, noooooo!

What is the first thing I do when I take a vacation from making a film quiz? Watch a film about quiz ✌️

This movie taught me to say yes! Yes to life! Yes to getting in helicopters with drunk pilots!

Tokyo goals!

Jeg har skaffa internasjonalt førerkort, så baby, I can drive your car!

Utrolig fint gjensyn. Akkurat en sånn film jeg trenger i livet for tiden.

Spennende med filmatisert drømmedagbok! Oppleves som en blanding av skisseblokk og novellesamling. Den oppnår en veldig drømmeaktig kvalitet - til den grad at jeg måtte dytte borti fyren på setet foran meg for å vekke ham på et tidspunkt. Alle drømmene noe forskjellig å by på, men jeg liker at stort sett alle deler en bekymring for fremtiden og naturen, og leksjonene fra den siste drømmen i vannmøllelandsbyen om å miste kontakten med naturen til fordel for teknologien som ikke gir oss noen lykke føles enda mer relevante nå enn da de ble skrevet.

Watched on Friday April 4, 2025.

Hva jeg gleder meg mest til å se i Seoul? Søppeløya under broa, så klart <3

Watched on Wednesday April 2, 2025.

When you don't expect anything more than a simple and fun tale about flying, this is actually an amazing film. The sky, the sea, the motion of the airplanes are all so beautiful, wonderfully underlined by Joe Hishaishi's playful score.

Ble ferdig på slaget tolv, men ingen magisk bil dukka opp utenfor vinduet :'(

Moralen i filmen er både viktig og riktig. Det har aldri fantes noen gullalder for alle mennesker på én gang, og det er definitivt vanskelig å argumentere for at vi lever i det beste tiåret akkurat nå, men mange ting går framover mellom tilbakeslagene og vi må aldri miste troa på hverken fremtiden eller nåtiden helt.

Watched on Sunday March 30, 2025.

I love how elemental the ocean and magic is in this film! I wish more animation could take a cue from this and be less literal and realistic.

Watched on Thursday March 27, 2025.

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Choose love this time, you dummies!

Watched on Sunday March 23, 2025.

This is the worst written film I've seen in a good, long while.

Watched on Friday March 21, 2025.

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Jojo Rabbit: The Documentary

Pasha was so brave in making this film. He's such a unique person with his charm, humour and determination. Makes you wonder what you would do yourself in the same situation. We all like to think we would step up, but would we actually do it?

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

Oh lord... Hits even harder now, knowing how influential evangelicals have become in the U.S. We're living the sequel to this.

Watched on Sunday March 2, 2025.

My 25 favourite films of 2025, by Norwegian release date. Will update throughout the year and lock it on New Year's Eve.

1. Mr. Nobody Against Putin
2. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
3. The Dating Game
4. FOLKTALES
5. Companion
6. Kyiv Soloists

My favourite films of 2024 (mostly) by Norwegian premiere date:

1. Dreams (Sex Love)
2. The Teachers' Lounge
3. The Zone of Interest
4. Woolly
5. Perfect Days
6. Anora
7. The Holdovers
8. Dune: Part Two
9. A New Kind of Wilderness
10. Apocalypse in the Tropics

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The short films directed by me found in the Letterboxd database.

• AFOL: Adult Fan of LEGO

  A student film I made while studying documentary in Lillehammer. It's about grown-ups collecting LEGO, which is a hobby of mine as well. That the three main characters ended up being women was a coincidence that I'm really happy for, as it goes against many people's expectations for a story like this.

  The film can be watched with English subtitles here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK7Jp19OThU&t=1s

• Jupiters Bane

  A student film I wrote and directed in 2013 about a man who runs over and kills a cat, and decides to take responsibility for what he's done and tell the little girl who owned it. The idea for the film was inspired by my fear of hitting any living thing while driving right after I got my driver's license.

  You can see the film with English subtitles here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN9ii3_YWqg&t=1s

• Still Crazy
• Arming Norway