Kitty's Corner

It's seldom I review movies I haven't seen in the cinema. Mostly because I watch a lot of DVDs, and this blog would end up as a movie blog only if I reviewed all the movies I'm watching. But the other day I bought "Requiem for a Dream" - and several people both here and IRL told me that it was a good and very strong movie - and I was requested to review it.

I watched the movie on Friday night - and after having seen it, I decided to wait a few days with my review. It is indeed a very powerful movie, that leaves both goosebumps and a huge impression of desperation.

For those of you who don't know the movie, it tells the story of four people, connected either through blood or some kind of personal relationship, whether it be family, girlfriend, or business partner. All of the four characters have drugs affect their lives, which eventually take over their lives. The movie documents how for each of the 4 people are effected and eroded by drugs.

The actors played very well - but I feel like pointing out one of the actors, namely Ellen Burstyn, who plays the mother of one of the characters. She got nominated for an Oscar as best actress in 2001, but didn't get it. I'd say she deserved it - she really played a convincing role! (Julia Roberts got the Oscar for her role as Erin Brockovich).

I've wondered what it is that makes this movie so strong, because it is not "just" the stories of the four described persons. The combination of slow and fast motion shots and extreme close-ups influence more than I first realized when I saw it. The film leads the audience down a spiral of addiction until the very end of it, which features a montage of graphically intense scenes and images. I've never watched anything as intense as that - and it took me a while of gazing at the roll-up titles before I turned off my computer.

If you're easily shocked, squeamish, or upset, don't watch it. If you only like movies that take you to a happy place, stay away. There's no happy endings in Requiem for a Dream.

I like happy endings. I like positive movies. I like a lot of things that this movie just don't provide. But I think this movie is important - so even though it might take a long while before I watch it again, I'll give it out of 6.

The last time I went to the Zoo it was a grey day. That means that some animals are more active than they usually are. I mean - if you go there on a warm summer day, you can be sure that the lions aren't doing anything but sleeping.

But look at these cute attentive lion cubs:


This was quite funny. I haven't seen them paying any attention to the audience before:


And the last pic for today:


It was a nice day at the Zoo - I'll post more pics later!


Have a great weekend!

No matter how you feel, there's almost always a song for it. And sometimes a certain song can make you think back on a special time in your life - a special episode.

This song reminds me of when I was in Hamburg - where they played it all the time on MTV and on Viva.

The song is called "Wire to Wire", and is made by Razorlight.


Here's a link for the phonies -


- and here's the lyrics.


What is love but the strangest of feelings?
A sin you swallow for the rest of your life?
You’ve been looking for someone to believe in
To love you, until your eyes run dry

She lives on disillusion road
We go where the wild blood flows
On our bodies we share the same scar
Love me, wherever you are

How do you love with fate full of rust?
How do you turn what the savage take?

You’ve been looking for someone you can trust
Who will love you, again and again

How do you love in a house without feelings?
How do you turn what that savage take?
I’ve been looking for someone to believe in
Love me, again and again

She lives by disillusions close
We go where the wild blood flows
On our bodies, we share the same scar

How do you love on a night without feelings?
She says “love, I hear sound, I see fury”
She says “love’s not a hostile condition”
Love me, wherever you are

Love me, wherever you are
Love me, wherever you are
Wherever you are

The opening of a new IKEA store is usually a small-scale event with the odd bargain hunter or two looking for a deal, but the new store in Odense on Funen is drafting in the police, Home Guard and first aid workers on its grand opening Wednesday.

Odense has long held the record for the smallest IKEA store in the world, but that has changed into being the largest venue for the Swedish furniture retailer in Denmark.

The project leader for the opening expects 100,000 visitors in the first four days.

Both the Home Guard and Funen Police will be on site for the first four days. The Home Guard will help control traffic and police will be there to help and advise motorists with parking and stopping.

I need to go to IKEA too to get some things for my upcoming refreshing of my home. But I will sure as hell not go to Funen to get it. I just take my local store, where I know they've got what I want.

...they're everywhere. Some of them are funny. Some of them aren't.

Here's the ultimate funniest one I've ever seen:



*falls off chair, laughing*

If you want to see more motivationals, I've got an album full of them.