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Lill-Iren
My favorite movie is too hard to decide, there are too many to choose from, but some of my favorites are "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Fifth Element", "Finding Nemo", "Shrek", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Full Metal Jacket", the "Star Wars"-trilogy and "The Lord of the Rings"-trilogy. My favorite Norwegian movies are: "Ofelas" (Veiviseren), "Hawaii, Oslo", "Buddy", and "Ikke Naken".
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The Julekalender (1994)
So funny.... I laughed my head off...
I have to say, this is the best julekalender ever!!! A friend of mine is from Germany, and he just discovered the show, and he said he almost died from laughing... It's hard to be a nissemann! I think it's hilarious that they used "trønder-engelsk", which was very innovative at the time... I remember everyone was speaking like that after it came out. And the songs... everyone was humming on "it's hard to be a nissemann"! It was pure genius to use The Travellin' Strawberries in the cast...
In response to Linea, yes this was originally a Danish idea, but this is a Norwegian show. The Danish version came out in 1991, while this is the Norwegian version of the show from 1994. They were both filmed in Denmark though.
To summarize, great show, worthy of a look even if you don't understand half of it... Oh, and the last scene, where Olaf kisses Gjertrud under the mistletoe... wonder how many takes that took...
World Idol (2003)
Great possibilities, but failed to follow through!
This show was, of course, totally unnecessary, but it was kinda fun to see all the contestants from the other countries as well as my own.
I do have to say that I was quite taken aback by some of the comments from some of the judges, especially from Simon Cowell. I mean, it's OK if they don't think they sing good enough, but do they have to pick on what people look like? I don't think singing has anything to do with how you look. I must admit, I laughed pretty hard after the hobbit-comment from the Australian judge after Kurt's song. I think it was hilarious, but it wasn't meant as a criticism, I think he meant it like a joke, really. But some of the comments were plain mean! And yes, I know they're supposed to be mean, to put you off, but it seemed to me like they were attacking all the idols that didn't come from either the States, Australia or the UK.
Now, I know this may sound a bit biased since I'm from Norway, but I do think the world picked the right winner. I mean, the only real competition to Kurt was Kelly Clarkson and Will Young, and I think they are both great singers. The problem with Kelly is that she likes to show off her improvisational skills a bit too much, it's all a bit too Mariah Carey. And Will, I mean, he just ruined a great song, a classic! There is no man alive that should sing "Light My Fire", 'cause the only man who ever got it right died in the seventies! And if you have to sing that song, at least do it in the original version, 'cause the version Will sung was basically crap! I mean, it was boring, he had no real emotion for the song, and it seems to me like he just stood there and recited a lyric, without knowing the meaning behind it.
All in all, I think it had the possibility of being a good show, but it just wasn't. Sure, it was fun to hear some of the comments from the judges, but there weren't really a lot of really good singers there. Some of them couldn't even hold a tune. But some of the idols were pretty good, like Ryan Malcolm and Guy Sebastian, but I would have liked the rest of them to have a bit of a higher standard than they did. I'm very happy with the winner though!