Alles wird gut (1998)

oh look my list is down to 666 movies and i haven't added any in this week.. i feel so proud... >.<

so alles wird gut or Everything will be fine as the translated title is not really a new movie for me.. i have seen it before but for some reason it has ended up on my wanna watch list again... so here we go

The movie is about the Afro-German slacker Nabou who recently got dumped by the club-kid Katja. Katja on the other hand is well over Nabou. However Nabou doesn't wanna accept this and in an attempt to win Katja back Nabou accidently gets a cleaning job at the neighbor Kim's place. Now Nabou starts her master plan at getting Katja back but along the way she gets to know Kim...

sadly i could find one with subtitles :(

what do i love about this movie.. well i love the humor.. it is a very fun movie that does play a bit on peoples ignorance.. also the main character has a well unique way of doing things every now and then... 

also the soundtrack is quite good.. i am normally not one for love songs but hey sometimes they are quite fitting... and in this movie they fit very well.. and i just love hedonism by Skunk Anansie so much i'm gonna share :O 

so i was going for the official video but blogger was playing along :S a shame really because the official video is quite special but you can always go on YouTube i guess

anywho Hedonism is the theme song of the movie and with good reason.. the movie is about getting over a broken heart.. moving on and realizing that even though it feels like you can not live without this person who just broke your heart it is doubtful that this person is right for you... and as most of us have learned by now (or maybe that is just me) sometimes you find love in the strangest places... and that is what this movie is about.. you know other than put a comical spin on racism that is bound in ignorance rather than hate... 

New vs. Old: The Parent Trap

So just because I can I decided to take a look on some movie remakes, comparing them to the old one. (hit's in the title ha?)... so I'll be take 2 movies at a time, watching the original one first (the old) and then the remake (the new) and then start rambling here about the 2 of them.. telling which one i preferred (if I can)

So let the battle begin. Disney has been so kind to make a remake of one of their own movies. They started of by making The Parent Trap in 1961 (following up with a sequel in 1986 wup wup) and then about 37 years later Disney rounds up a cute little Lindsay Lohan for a remake of The Parent Trap in 1998.

The Parent Trap is about 2 girls meeting at summer camp. They look like one another (well they are twins) but instead of just clicking they starts doing pranks on one another. Finally they screw up big time and are punished to be in solitude with each other. In the end they starts talking, figuring out they are twins and decides to switch places so they can meet the parent they never met. Also in this plan is the fact that they at some point have to switch back again forcing the parents to meet again. But there are some complications to the plan...

So getting a trailer for The Parent Trap 1961 on YouTube is pretty much imposible so this is all i could come up with

So I was one of those who grew up with the second version of The Parent Trap, I did learn about the first one a while ago but never really got around to watching it. Now I have.. must say that beside the Language and clothes having changed over the years and a few scenes, they are actually pretty similar :) this also makes it kinda hard to say you should chose not to watch one of them.

The old one is great... especially if you are into older movies. The new one is more modern (naturally) and I actually know the actors and actresses in that one. ;) If i have to chose it would fall on the new one. The pranks are so much more imaginative in this one. Also I love the fact that it takes a lot longer for the twins to notice one another. And let's face it Lindsay Lohan with her beautiful red hair and blue eyes is just adorable :) And of cause giving that technology has gotten better over the years there's better effects in the new one like getting to see the landscape and stuff... making me like the movie a lot more.

Also I have befriended IMDb.com (geeky me) and learned that there is the original parent trap from 61, followed by the sequel in 86, a third in 89 and a little bonus in The Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon also in 89. Guess i have some work cut out for me trying to find those three.

uh and a really cool fact, the woman (Joanna Barnes) who plays the girlfriend in The Parent Trap from 61 is playing the girlfriends MOM in The Parent Trap from 98