Thorkell August Ottarsson

Thorkell August Ottarsson

Favorite films

  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Blade Runner
  • Mirror

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  • The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping

    ★★★★

  • Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    ★★★★★

  • The Bloody Hundredth

    ★★★★½

  • Masters of the Air

    ★★★★½

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★½

    Yes, it looks great but it's seriously lacking in human drama. We see things happening but I for one always felt like I was watching a very long trailer. I was being told what happened instead of being emotionally involved. At least in Lynch's film, you took the journey with Paul. Not so in this film. This was more like: And then he learned this, and then he learned this...

    I don't get the high rating here. Not a bad…

  • American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

    American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

    ★★★★½

    This was a well-made and clever but also very frustrating documentary. I'm not a conspiracy guy but this deals with a lot of true historical facts and there are connections between them all. The question is if these connections mean anything, and if yes then what? This is either a ticking time bomb that might blow at any moment (with serious consequences or "It's all sound and fury, signifying nothing" (to quote Shakespeare's Macbeth).

    If this documentary series is true…

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  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    I had forgotten how complex this film was. I saw it some 30 years ago and did not remember much from it. When watching it now I felt like I was left with more questions than answers.

    What I did get from the film is that it is about (among many things) the crashes of desires. Stella wants to please her husband and sister. Stanley wants to have respect and enjoy his life with his wife. Blanche wants to live…

  • The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    I just saw The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover again or as I would call it, The Church, The Devil, Mankind and Jesus Christ.

    There are probably many ways to look at and read The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover but one of the most obvious one has to be a religious interpretation.

    Through out the film a young boy with blond hair, who looks like a Cherub, sings verses from Psalm 51, where sins are…