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Jesus & Josefine (2003)
A good story
As the story goes (you probably heard it in church on christmas day or eve) it happened in those days etc...
(Warning: contains spoilers)
Josefine is tired of her birthday playing second fiddle to the birth of jesus. So for about 16 episodes she lets the vitriol get the better of her.
She wont see the bigger picture & when she gets the chance to meddle in the past, she takes it
(Unaware of the consequences).
Its a brilliant perspective of what jesus' life was like as a pre-teen (as they say nor much is known). What would he have wanted to become if he wasnt chosen to be the son of god. What dreams he had.
The frustration shows when Josefine is forced to tell as it is, jesus wont accept it & gets mad.
All the while Thorsen (the devil) lurks in the shadow & when he has his way everyone will be shoveling coal after Jesus gives up on what he is destined to be.
His one quote (in danish): er der noget jeg ikke kan fordrage, saa er det mennesker som hedder jytte. De er skingerende skoere. Jytte the teacher is passionate but not "skoer" (crazy).
Yet in the end it all clicks & everything returns to normal.
How they build another story around the story jesus birth impressed my grandmas priest that she got it on VHS tape during a meeting.
On Strike for Christmas (2010)
It has the potential to be a classic, but it lacks a bit more madness
There is potential in this movie.
The story is good, about how she tries to get her family to do their part. It doesnt show the really mad parts about the mad holiday rush.
The way the family relies on the wife to keep it all in order looks like they take it for granted & wont do it themselves. They really needed the christmas strike.
Looking at the husbands shopping scenes then it seems a bit tame. If they threw bits of black friday madness into it then...
Came across on danish tv & i loved it, but it could have done with some more polish work. Then it would have been perfect.
But it is indeed a underrated movie.
Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by (2022)
Charming, yet there and not...
Grew up with the LP my grandma had & the book was often checked out at the library. Even visited kristiansand dyrepark in 1999 where a replica of the city is located.
I am not that satisfied or impressed. If you listen to the book on LP or streaming & then watch the movie then you can clearly pick what they didnt put in the movie out.
But the movie does deliver on the entertaining part thats for sure...
Thorbjoern egner was part of my childhood. To me it has to match the book letter by letter.
If their next plan is karius & baktus then i will wonder how they can make 30 minutes into 1.5 hours...
Airlift (2016)
Reminds me of Hotel Rwanda
It reminds me of Hotel Rwanda, a story that must be told.
The story Is good and true and the actors (you almost never hear about them up north in Europe) does a fine job.
But the man known as "george" how can behave like a snob when he should be happy to get home?