Jason's Blog, page 165

Magritte 2

Billie Holiday

Top five Billie Holiday songs:
1. You go to my head
2. That ole devil called love
3. Gloomy Sunday
4. He's funny that way
5. Body and soul

René Magritte

New story

After three months of doing pretty much nothing, basically just staring off into space, I've started a new story. It's sort of a detective story, I guess. I've just begun, so I don't know yet if it will turn into something. I'm a bit worried that just posting about it might jinx it. Hopefully, by the end of the year I should know if it will be a book or not.

Pompel and pilt

Tv show I grew up watching as a kid in Norway - it traumatized an entire generation. The two main characters can be found in two stories I did, in Pocket Full of Rain: the title story and a mash-up of this show and X-files.

... and the back cover

Tell Me Something Cover...

The front cover for the Swedish version of Tell Me Something.

James Bond

Top Five James Bonds:
1. Sean Connery
2. Daniel Craig
3. Roger Moore
4. George Lazenby
5. Pierce Brosnan

Sorry, Timothy Dalton!

Paul Auster

Top five Paul Auster books:
1. Moon Palace
2. The Invention of Solitude
3. The New York Triology
4. Music of Chance
5. Squeeze Play

Thor

Thor is the God of Thunder, son of yadda yadda yadda, directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Sigh... I was hoping to enjoy this film. I thought Iron Man and Dark Knight were pretty good, entertaining films. Maybe I'm getting too old for this shit? The film loses me with that boring fight between Thor and those ice creatures or whatever, and it doesn't get much better. Shouldn't a film like this be a bit fun? The script is weak, the editing is awkward. Who are these people, and why should I care? There are fights, but you don't really know what's at stake. The film apparently did quite well financially, but it has all the signs of a flop: There is nothing really funny or exciting, and you just sit there passively watching, never feeling any connection to what is happening. It has one good scene: the one where Thor has learned his lesson of humility and he finally gets his hammer back. One moment there it felt like a real movie.