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The Darkest Days: Israel-Gaza Six Months On
(2024)

popostrous...
Armagheddonish, i cant find words for the authrocities that being done on that little spot on earth that they used to call palestina and judea in the past, gazastrip and israel its called today...

my heart bleeds for humankind whereever,whoever and whenever i watch documentaries like this, and im humble to those who dares to document this on film, leaping of in the dusttracks of confused and fatigued ambulance and health workers on the gaza strip...how little they have and how much they do to save lives and bits and pieces of lives thats just passed away in a blast .

Had i had a billion i shouldve bought panzered ambulances to them, cause they are the most helpless helpers within the health community, along with firefighters...you name it.

So salam and shalom to everybody that has passed, this film should scare peaceloving people, like the grumpy old man just have gone through. Have a look and believe it or not, its not a fake story.

The Antisocial Network
(2024)

this explained...
A lot to me, a post boomer gen, that use all my spare time staring into the air(goat stare) instead of mulching my brain and eyes into a symbiosis with the digital world, aka youth trilling their babywagons with eyes glued to a smartphone, racing of with 5 dogs in a chain, pushing the cart with the breastbone ( i guess some of you know what i mean)

whats great about this film is the absence of the typical knowhowers, the psychologists and analysts. It made purely on the words of the babyhackers of the era of social mediaism, that eventually has grown up at least physiologically to tell why 2chan, 4chan,8chan,anonymous, qanon, maga etc etc came to exist, and came to grab the attention of the world that is presented in their world view, used by others to back another world view and so on.

So whos dr who, that fakes whoever i shall not say, but the grumpy old man got a lot more wise on ''new words'' and gen z lingo.

Therefore, i ''meme'' you to have a look at this documentary, its meant to explain the trolls that became trolls due to the trolls, and a pile lot more of that anarchyistic soup.

Chubby Chaser
(2012)

great...
Big and bold documentary about the natural bodysize that humans are born and should aspire for when growing up.

Im a chubby chaser myself, and thats just the way it is, and i had no limitations when i grew up other than cde-cup, and swaying hips, so my wife has always been one of a kind...

i would really like to see an updated version on the subject mister director jeff sterne, cause its much more accepted these days to grow size without being insensible.

I had a lot of fun watching this try to make big normal and acceptible, and the grumpy old man will recommend a watch, even though its an old documentary production.

Against All Enemies
(2023)

let this be...
One of the most important ''whistleblower'' media outlets, that should be spread wide and far beyond the borders of the united states of america, before the presidential election 2024.

Because here we're presented with the facts what might happen if... and when..., and that is the initiation of a military battle for the right to party, in other words the outbreak of civil war in the land of the free, and that is not a joke, cause im a grumpy old norwegian sitting on the other side of the dam, shaking a fearful dance , the contrary to steve martins happy dance, thinking how can usa mend themselves into a real democracy?do they have to split up all of their stars and stripes, starve eachother out and then join hands on the top of a hill when the true fears of war have set their seeds for good and forever after?

I'm a grumpy old man, that buried my hatchet already when i was born(im a -68er), and declare this documentary as one of the most important ones to watch, neither nor...

Seoul-ui bom
(2023)

a south korean comemoration...
A historical movie about the coup d'etat 12/12-79, that ended one more of the socalled ''republics'' of south korea, a film that for ordinary people shows what goes wrong when you have far too many star spangeled and salated generals, brigadeers, colonels and majors reigning over large military units on a spot of land smaller than california, and the consequence when they point their weapons at each other, cause some of them cant stand the urge of not climbing further in the ranks, other than becoming head of state...

its a well made film, aka typical south korean thrillerdrama, where there a so many actors in the lead cast making it hard to differ each actor from the others. Had to find the upper and lower rank of military insignia map on wikipedia in the end to differ whos who.

But its a film with a nerve, a bit complicated in the start if you are a virgin to s.k. Politics and armed forces and all the republics that has passed since 2nd world war (they are in the 7th now i think).

Its most of all strong performances on the acts, therefore use 2 hours of your precious life on this domestic disturbance movie from the black part of the manchuchuo-flag, the republic of south korea.

The grumpy old man recommends.

Kill or Be Killed
(2024)

well made...
Piece of real life crime, that couldve easily become a 10 stars instead of 8, if they had used more bodycam, interrogative and court tv film material in the production layout, because they use a lot of dramatizing, though not with vocal acting, that usually destroys every sense of reality.

So its all over a passable rlc production to view even for the most upholstered squemish nerds.

Its a series that commits itself to the matter of shooting in selfdefence, stand your ground or hold your castle - rights of life. Where the line is drawn is for the jury to decide, so have a look and make your own judgement of each case, and what you wouldve done if flipping positions...

a recommend from the grumpy old man.

ISIS: Rise of Terror
(2016)

the eye of nostradamus...
Couldnt have told the story better than this to a sekularian western citizen , the story told by all the kind of people that isis literally hates.

The journalists, the analysts, the military and intelligence people that has lived close up to this developing feature gives one of the best lessons in the intricate game that could be called ''powermonopoly of the middle east''.

Its made back in 2016, but its still a matter of fact that isis still exist as a powerful opponent towards the western christian/hindu/bhudist etc etc part of the world so it maybe time for an upgrading on isis 2024...

im hesitating myself watching isis documentaries, cause the danger of having to watch murder in situ on the screen are very high, and that stirs a grumpy old mans mind ( the famous and awarded photoshoot of a headshot in the vietnam war set a chronic wound on a young mans mind then) to the core, so having snuggled myself through this production, i can declare that they have edited the material with a sharp knife , that makes this a tutorial rather than a disgusting murder parade.

So if you care for a better free world to live in without religious violence and death, take a look at this documentary even though its 8 years old, it still matters.

The Truth vs. Alex Jones
(2024)

fright for all its worth...
I stepped of the train of Alex jones ''info wars''-express as fast as i had misthreaded into his sphere searching on the internet and heard his theories on 9/11 in the years afterwards, when i was looking for more stuff on this issue....

this is a very verbal and very mad mans world, where reichminister goebbels and f.s molotov and doctor ho and chairman mao would be lilliputs compared to what weapons of control his mission uses.

Ill consider these cases vs alex jones as one of the most important ones in USA in this century, but still its not enough. Howcome this madmans war against common sense ,havent turned him into a shakcled and lockedup prisoner ,for crimes on the human mind...

i shall say no more than bless you all people that have gone through the hardships of schoolshootings and senseless killings of children over the past 70 years. You lot are my inspiration , cause youre the voice of understanding and hope, in a voulcherous future to come. A film you must see, feel and reverberate yourself into, because otherwise life will not be like it used to be.a recommend from the grumpy old man.

Tell Them You Love Me
(2023)

its the worst...
Nightmare ever for every proffesional health and otherwise caretaker , when it comes to a point where love has become a part of the interaction, and non of the parts really cant protect themselves from the consequences of their acts...

its a documentary that may disgust most people where the one eyed pea just looks in one direction, whilst the defendant (and in this case also the victim) may have a more nuanced picture of the whole affair, and isnt allowed to tell that side of the story because the public has only one consideration of her deeds, thats called indespicable pervertions...

i shall not say whats wrong or not, but i cannot stop myself from imagining them as a kind of couple, and i think that none other than the family of the victim would feel as the purpertrated ones...

do not misunderstand my thoughts, many relationships among ''normals'' shouldve been avoided too, look at all the domestic violence that happens within the realms of a ''normal'' household...

i 'll admit that i got angry by this documentary and its outcome, let this woman regain freedom from her deemed excile to do what she does best of all, namely teach that nobody else dares to ...

Mamacruz
(2023)

watch out...
All you grumpy old men out there, a newfound wave is born, and if your gonna hang in there, youll need more than sildenafil to tighten up your skinny little thing down there below your belly button, cause this is real revenge from the senile part of the metoo revolution. Its flower power packed into an explosive orchidea of lust and blossomness , quite a good spank on catholicism and other cautionouss religions that declare eroticism and every kind of masturbationistic behaviour as the worst sin of the seven sins.

A really smooth and well acted comedy, with a bit drama in the corners, im old and grumpy and im a man with a heavily decreasing libido, allthough that, i had many good laughs for the ever so hard trying fenomenalistic female that at the end came to peace both here and there.

I cannot stop praising this movie, its tantalizing to the fingertips, and very well made. So a big recommend, and ill put this on for my wife to watch later...bravo...

Homicide: New York
(2024)

some might think...
That im hypercritical, others may say im hypocritical, what i think though hitting the nail with a hammer declearing that Dick Wolfes ''homicide:newyork'' has far too much of a'' in memorandum''-factor to it. 30 percent of each episode is reserved to positive ''obituaries'' over the victim(s). And that is overkill for real life crime nerds that demands videos from body cams, interrogation, court hearings and sentencing. There are just one episode(ive seen 5 yet) that answers the question of ''why'' the crime happened. And where are the digging journalists??

So i guess dick wolfe and his crew still struggles the demons of making non fictious tv series, even though the productions have a nice flow and keeps the use of reenactments to a minimum. It feels safetyfused and soft in fear of knocking the typical john and jean doe brittle -viewer to the floor ion shock and awe, cause theres evil out there, everywhere in fact.

Allthough writing this i must declare that it is well worth a view, it surtainly comemorates the victims and their families, and the hardworking detectives of the nypd. A 7 stars outta 10 from the grumpy old man.

The Suitcase Murders
(2024)

the worst of...
The worst among the most cruel in the occupation of homicidality, where to live crammed into a suitcase being your last quater of mortal living, are spread out like the wings of the phoenix.

Its british made ,43 min pr episode, about british cases, using family and psych interviews, journalists, and loads of media footage.

There are only one main flaw in this production, and that is showing the live interrogation part(though british interrogation are merely a ''no comment'' fairshow) of the investigation, monsters and psychopaths should be visualized as a seed of warning. A great plus factor is the almost complete lack of reenactment in their episodes.

So its worth a watch, there are some cruel images in each episode so if your weak at heart, youre warned. A recommend from the grumpy old man.

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
(2024)

an overwhelmingly extraordinary...
Document of, and about an era of world-, and especially european -history, a story that actually has been told in many ways, mostly by the 2nd w warwinners, in the decades after 1945, the 4 and a half decades thats called the '' coldwar''.

A curruculum worthy insight you will get, and loads of us elderly will still feel the chill of the zeitgeist that ruled our safety norms back then.

Its a tv serie that i would compare as valuable to view for the young generations as the thames production ''the 2nd world war'' were for me 48 years ago. It should stand out as a fear of war poster cause the horrors of combat warfare and war mongering tends to be forgotten for every 2.5 generation growing up, and the rise of new world emperors slingng their swords to raise nationalism to a surtain breakingpoint against socalled foes may fool the weak, poor and brainwashed digitized developed population and religious fundamentalists into something worse than armagheddon.

To the history nerds that collects film and media material from this era, there arent much new stock footage and film , bare over with that cause its very well knit together. So spend some time on this netflix series is the grumpy old mans advice. Its a valuable reminder of how it was, and may become to an already brittle gen z and x, IF...

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
(2024)

first i must mention...
That im a grumpy old man, and without any knowledge of wwasp, or troubled teens programs in the usa other than from feature comedy films, my initial thought was that this was a weeping girl revenge documentary, so im sorry , i was wrong (im norwegian, an overcontrolled socalled benign to children country for real)

its a flat out disturbing discovery documentary about greed, child abuse and parental neglect at a sky high level, and they are even being robbed financially for their efforts to make a responsibel adult out of my troubled child...

its ''1984'' in its true sense of being, controlling ,surveilling and punishing kids that wont apply to their homestead rules, and this documentary should be curriculized as a must watch in every federal, state or private building/home in the united states... them kids doesnt even have a qualified degree from their efforts, where are FEMA for disaster control and repatrinative payouts, for lost control of mind and sole...?

A great documentary made, over a hush hush topic, because its so embarrasing for the parents being duped into pure swindle. Make more about the subject, and dont burn them files, those should be kept under the seal of law for everybody to dig in for your future generations...

American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
(2024)

be sure to...
Call for harry hoover to come and vacuum every nook and cranny of your cerebral cortex, cerebellum and all other significant areas placed superior to your neck, to make room for one of the most complex conspiracy investigations ive ever bumped into on the tv-market.

Its a story about political and military corruption, drug cartells and money launderers, and most of all about investigative journalism, and the dangers of being too curious and noseymouse vs.the ruling tigers of the world.

Netflix, chris hanson and zachary the producer and director of this 4 part min have left their safe harbours forever to share this story with us. And a way over the top thank you to the caselano family for sharing their memories of danny, the prime nosehound that started this whole project as a book project...to all of you take care and have your eyes in the neck open, cause ''they'' watch tv too...

the grumpy old man got completely sucked in, and this candystick of a documentary will make others suckle for more. Bravo, make sequels ,cause there are more out there, at least 4 episodes at each arm of ''the octopus''.

Crime Nation
(2024)

ill never...
Try to put true crime tv series into league system, but ''crime nation '' seems to me to become one of the top three in the uppermost premier league of such shows.

Its unusual with episodes lasting over 80 minutes, but they really filled it to the rim with exciting stuff, almost like a thriller movie at each episode, with just a minimum use of dramatization.

So if your a sleuth or a true crime nerd, this is like x-files, x-mas and 4th of july come together, cause such deepdives into criminal acts are barely seen anywhere else in the tv market.

The analytical mind behind this series are just hitting the bullseye for what it is worth, the grumpy old man cant wait for the rest to come...bravo.

Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot
(2024)

a good resumee...
Of 2 lives lost and hundreds more shattered from the pain and anguish that joran van der sloot instigated upon them, by first killing nathalie holloway, then some years later letting his psychopathic talents strangling the lights of life of stephany flores of lima peru, a life that obviously could have been saved if aruban authorities and the dutch criminal justice system had done their job, by letting him go, free as the bird to further develope his psychopathic talents of extortion and multi-pathical lies and life, for one simple reason, his greed for money and mortal gambling habbits...

there are series made , of great contents, made about nathalie holloway, her life and dissapearance story, have a look as these as well, and lets yourself into the sense of anger and avenging feelings that i felt when viewing these productions. Its a good thing that the '' aruban eel'',van der sloot is in jail, and i think he should never see the light of freedom ever again...

to the holloway family, i will say that you should be proud of yourself in your fight for justice for nathalie, after 20 years of still searching ill bend in the dust in respect for your stamina to keep your daughters memory alive.

So as a true life crime documentary production this gives the viewer a good overview of the cases, within a 90 minutes timeframe, therefore a thumbs up from the grumpy old man.

Planetquake
(2024)

im very generous...
When offering a 3 star outta 10 for this cataclysmic story of events that scientifically are theorymaking at its most extreme, and has barely ever been seen/felt by modern day man, earth may be unpredictable but not as much as proclaimed in this story...

which also desimates itself by the choice of cast with michael pare and erica duke in the mains, doesnt give you the creeps. Its a film that depends highly and mostly on great special effects making, with loads of cgi and vfx handwork, along truthfull and reliable props and location design,and a powerfull musical score line, and here the hellbenders have missed utterly and completly.

So lets all wait till the next adressed earthquake blockbuster is on the ramp, this was really an annoying movie, at least for the grumpy old man.

The Zone of Interest
(2023)

der Geist der Vergangenheit...
A cold ,harsh and indiscriminate story about the lavish life on the other side of ''die maueren'', on the buergerliche seite neighbouring the auswitch canp I, a biographical story about one of the coldest and in criminal turns, sadistic, ss-officers rudolf høss, who lead the auswitch concentration camp lager system over most of the 2nd ww.

Its an artisticly well made film even though the tragedy playing in the background, its merely well acted and plotted in a alfaeuropean filmstyle. I felt the disgust in my throat at moments, and i think they couldve made the story even more harsh if following the true written documentation of ''life on the correct side of the wall'', if they had dared to.

Its a film that should be seen, allthough its far too benign showing the real autrothyties of the german concentration camps... its not a remake of ''holocaust''. The grumpy old man gives a small recommend.

The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth
(2024)

the brutal facts...
Of a foambastic hit on human history in space, the colombia spaceshuttle that desintegrated in the dense layers of the atmosphere on its way back to earth,supposedly glidelanding safely in florida in 2002.

I remember the armagheddonish scenic moments flying over the screen back then and it gives me shivers down my spine by all the management blunders and mistakes that where done at this incident.

The main interviewsubjects, as the film /photoanalysist, and mr rocha , the tech manager did what they could to prevent this disaster but were never heard. You shall be graced by the allmighty god for your efforts.

The families and those closest to the crew mustve reached dantes 7 layers of hell in the aftermath of the incident, i hope your back is still strong and head held up high, cause you and your astronauts changed space history into a safer spot to be, by demonopolizing the space industry.

I'm still the grumpy old man, and documentaries like this really makes me angry, so beware it contents.

777 Charlie
(2022)

yet another indian slumdog...
Becoming a millionaire, yes a real dog this time that hits hollywoods ''marley'' by the paws.

If you re amazed by dogs and their life and welfare, this really will make your tearglands become emptyfied. The human acts arent far behind the dogs great apperance, some stiffness among the youngest cast otherwise a full and entertaining comedy from start to end.

My spouce and my 15 year old chinese crested, who lives his latter days due to age, had a real emotional dogfight with snot, tears and dog snore( elvin has the loudest dog snore in the world) made this a fun fest for the grumpy old man too.

Its not a complex film productionwise and the budget cant be of the biggest, so what they have accomplished to pull together, along with a good musical score , is amazement worthy.

Upgraded
(2024)

this is mrs...
Lopez kinda movie, so to be a lookalike might be a blessing trip to walk up a hill and coming down from a mountain in the race of acting achievements.

I shall be dead honest to say that this film is completely without mistakes in its production line, so horray to that, but for a grumpy old man and my lawful spouce it never takes off, neither on the comedy nor the romance. Licking lips as the only romantic move featured is far beyond my expectations to a romance drama.

So for the rest of this review its just to declare that this was way far from success, everything is mighty perfect and the acting crew ust as slick as can be.

So just a small recommend to this one.

They Called Him Mostly Harmless
(2024)

well, indeed...
A job well done, is the first thought that rams my mind, and also the thought of people engaging and uniting themselves together on the social media as socalled ''web-sleuths'' really amazes me. So again , job well done.

I live in norway were society is more transparent and easier to control and survey, where john doe's usually are foreign citizens or illegal immigrants thats not implemented in our registers, so practizing sleuthing on the internet over here would be a boring task. Had i been an american ....ai mait bi a sluth tu.

Its merely a documantary story about a hiker found dead in a tent, which lighted a flame of enthusiasm among other trailers, bear hivers(the sleuths) media and police investigatorrs. Dna sampled the truth in the end, even though foundraising was needed, it found the answer.

Im a dog on the trail myself after breaking my back 6 years ago, taking the task of reflecting the trails with pieces of reflective material (reflexes) for the purpose of life saving, but most of all for the fun of walking the trails in the dark using head lamp, i call it ''a trail of hope and reflextion'' and rehabilitation of a grumpy old man.

Well worth your time to watch.

En varslet skandale
(2024)

international besseberg union...
Biathlon are today one of the wildest skisports with skiis attached to the legs, and a finecalibrated canon over the shoulders, in ancient times shooting orangecoloured baloons, till today shooting at digital or highmechanical targets, deciding the best of the best doing the chattanooga choo choo dance in freestyle skiskaiting, the traditional classic cross country style became too slow and daft for this unions excecutives, so they threw it out the window for good many years ago, along with all the other epic mistakes done by the IBU in the past 30 years.

And that and the former ibu president Anders Besseberg, norwegian like me, is the topic of this serie, underscored by russian corruption, international doping to win the ultimate prize, and all the unescesarry biefects from that and having a leader in the chair for 25 years...

i found ep 1 and 2 very brilliantly made, the last 3 of the total 5 eps is very slow fiddleplaying over subjects they say ''he said,you said'' and ''havent said''.

As a historical document its not good for the biatlon sports reputation, and being a grumpy old man, im shaking my head thinking'' didnt i say so''...

Invalid
(2023)

wanna have a...
Piece of eastrern european, spoken in the slovak branch of the language tree, an action filled revengecomedy, a kind of cathegory that hollywood aint good at( there are a few exceptions), with a prudent storyline, inventive special effects, and hardskinned ruthless acting cast, that gives revenge on a crime taste better than winnies honny.

Its like ive forgotten the second ingredient of the formulae, namely the comedy, gory, playfilled and very nice acted by the cast, well chosen by the looks and their grins. Putting a wheel chair as a major prop into the plotline, makes me grind a smile when previewing the trailer, and the grumpy old man wasnt disappointed after viewing the whole pandemonium. Have a look yourself, well worth your time and spending.

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