Friday, April 2, 2010

Once you pop, you can't stop!

When the initial chock that comes from seeing snow on the ground had finally settled, we began to take in more of our surroundings. Sweden should be very familiar to us both but it actually feels like a strange place on earth right now. Hard to put in words but it's just so very disconnected, dislocated (is that a word?) from the rest of the world.

Our apartment also feels odd. First of all it feels very small. And then white, why is everything white? When we opened up the door to our place for the first time since January it felt more like we were on an apartment show (lägenhetsvisning).

Another strong feeling we get is ... what next? We're sure we'll have great time here (we love Stockholm) and it will be fantastic to meet our family and friends again, but there is so much more out there and we want to see it, we want to see it all! So stay tuned, as many more sunny adventures will be coming. We promise!

But speaking of family and friends and everybody else around the world who was curious about our trip. We wanna thank all of you who paid our blog a visit, actually many of them! Your visits inspired and motivated us to keep the documenting going.

Here is some web statistic from the last two months that we pulled from Google Analytics.
  • Number of absolute unique visitors: 303
  • Total number of visits: 1 296 from 21 countries
  • Average time spent on site: 4:20 minutes
  • Total number of page views 4 876

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Coming to a pirate near you

The eagle has landed. Once again we have Swedish soil between our toes, or at least we would have if it had not been so frickin cold! What is this people? We thought we had an agreement. You were supposed to have spring up and running by the time we got back, were you not? Well anyway, freezing is nice for a change (not!)

So since it's cold and nasty it seems suitable with some DVD recommendations. Here is our top 3 list of films that we saw and enjoyed while we were away. Followed by 3 crappy movies that we were unfortunate enough to catch, do not repeat our mistake.

THE HIT LIST

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Not every day we see a stop-motion animated film but this one is a must if you're a fan of Wes Anderson, and you should be. George Clooney does the voice of Mr. Fox, a sly chicken stealing family man, (read fox) who gets in trouble with three angry farmers who are tired of sharing their chickens with Mr. Fox. Other voices are done by Meryl Streep, Owen Wilson and Bill Murray. Great attention to details, this one you have to see at least twice.

El secreto de sus ojos
Won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film 2010. Well deserved we think. About a man who when retired tries to solve a murder that happened 30 years earlier but still haunts him in his sleep. Opening today we believe, if you live in Sweden and prefer the big screen.

Zack and Miri Make a Porno
It's a comedy OK! And the link above is safe for work. Two friends with cash flow issues comes to the conclusion that making a porno is the answer to all of their problems. Lots of funny quotes can be pulled from this movie but taken out of context they make no sense so you just have to watch it yourself. Remember, watching it tipsy only adds more laughter. From director Kevin "Clerks" Smith.

Close but no cigar: Traitor, Gridiron Gang and Up in the Air.

THE SHIT LIST

Ginostra
So bad, just horrible. This thriller stars Harvey Keitel and Andie MacDowell. The lack of positive review quotes on the cover should have tipped us off but it didn't. Money and more importantly honeymoon time right down the drain.

Public Enemies
What happened here? Solid director Michael Mann plus great actors like Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Martins new favorite (not based on his performance here) Channing Tatum it should add up to a exiting and interesting movie. But no, it adds up to shit, diddly-squat a real sleeping pill. If we want Tommy Gun galore obviously we'll just see Miller's Crossing again.

Today you die
Not fair you say, you can't include a Steven Seagal movie on the list, of course it's gonna suck and therefor should be left out of competition. Right you are, we agree! However, this one is just so bad it's bad even for Mr. Seagal standards. The plot goes as follows Steven Seagal "portrays" Harlan Banks a former thief who is trying to go straight but needs to do one last... f this, who cares.