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Mar. 26th, 2013 10:39 am
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It turns out that the biggest project of the holidays is to get the kid to sleep in his own bed again and go there at a reasonable hour. Yes, an early bedtime and a daily routine are meant to be oh-so important, but this goes all out the window when you're travelling around a lot, not to forget that sometimes it's good for the grown-ups to have a kid snuggle up to them. Also, he had the knack of tiring himself out in kindergarten and not getting enough of a nap there and then falling asleep in the early evening. And yes, we tried keeping him awake, but he manages to nod off mid-play. Rousing him: not a good idea. Either doesn't work or you have a screaming kid on your hands.

While you were sleeping )
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Not sure whether anyone is interested and/or willing and/or able to read, but here is a linkspam of German newspaper and magazine reviews of The Avengers.

Once again, I am reminded that review writing says a lot about the reviewer and their need to sound clever.

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Focus

Die Welt

FAZ

Spiegel Online
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I mentioned in my short Avengers post that I had read a German review with which I had some issues for exhibiting cluelessness.

The reviewer mentioned that the requisite big action sequence is set in "disaster film capital number one New York":

Dass in New York mal echte Wolkenkratzer einstürzten, scheint das US-Action-Kino inzwischen völlig verdrängt zu haben.


Here he is accusing the film (and its viewers) of having forgotten about 9/11 when real skyscrapers fell and in the next sentence he qualifies his statement somewhat by saying that it is silly to criticize the movie-makers for being disrespectful of the dead because this is not a serious film.

Yes, it's a popcorn movie, but how clueless can you get? Does he really think that it does not resonate with Americans when spoilers )

Please, Mr Critic, you don't need to leave your brain behind when watching a movie about superheroes, especially if it is one directed and written by Joss Whedon.

Avengers.

May. 2nd, 2012 06:33 pm
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Not quite coherent enough for a full review, but here is my reaction with a few comments thrown in.

Spoiler-freeish )

As a whole: Popcorn movie at its best.

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