Goldie Hawn stars in this comedy of political errors as Sunny Davis, a ditsy Washington, D.C., waitress who gets herself involved in the middle of international politics when she inadvertently saves a visiting foreign politician from an assassin's bullet. Sunny becomes an overnight national hero and is used as a political pawn in a Middle Eastern government scam, unaware of the plot against her until it's almost too late.
Boring and empty, I like Goldie Hawn as a person and loved Overboard, but Protocol was like a poor 70's low budget flick. Hollow characters, typecast leads, ridiculous storyline, and sadly very very few titters or amusing moments. Clearly made to order for Goldie, this is a movie to avoid unless you enjoy watching wood warp
Falkens oga (Kestrel's Eye) Year of Release: Directed By: Mikael Kristersson Starring: A family of kestrels Genre: Documentary
Overview: "Kestrel's Eye" is unlike any nature film you've ever seen. Filmed over several years, it is a wonder-filled portrait of a family of kestrels (European falcons) who live in a church tower above a small Swedish town. The amazing cinematography, nominated for a Swedish Oscar, captures the intimacy of the birds' lives and creates an "utterly mesmerizing and startlingly original film."
My Thoughts: Two kestrels meet, mate, set up their home in a church steeple and raise their young. They watch the humans go about their activities below. Yes, that's absolutely it as far as the story goes. There's no narration, nothing giving either information or creating a story around the birds. Truly, documentary in its purest form - simply documenting the lives of these birds, inviting the viewer to share them and draw their own conclusions. The cinematography is amazing, especially the views inside the nest that the filmmakers were able to capture.
If watching birds go about their lives for an hour and half sounds dull, this is not the film for you. If this sounds like the fascinating portrait of these kestrels lives that I found it to be (or you think baby birds are adorable!) then I can recommend it.
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena
Disc 3
What's My Line, Pt. 1
Synopsis: Spike has two goals now: To find a cure for Drusilla's illness and to finally get rid of the Slayer. To achieve the latter he hires bounty hunters from the Order of Turaka whose members are both Humans and demons. They will not stop until they have Buffy and so they send one after another after her. Both Angel and Giles are really worried. And there's someone else in town: Kendra - the Vampire Slayer.
My Opinion: I really liked the idea of a second Slayer and I liked how they set it up in a way where you had to think she is another member of the Order. I really like her accent although I have no idea where she's supposed to come from (accent-wise). And Xander finally introduced the term "Scooby Gang". I always liked it better than "Slayerettes", but I have to admit that Scooby Doo and Shaggy are childhood favourites of mine and I found it very funny when SMG took the role of Daphne in the Scooby Doo movies.
What's My Line, Pt. 2
Synopsis: When Buffy died in her fight against the Master, the next Slayer was called. But Kendra is very different from Buffy. Kendra was trained all her life to be a Slayer, she has no life outside her duty. Together they try to find Angel (OK, Buffy tries and Kendra accompanies her) who was nearly killed by Kendra. But Angel is now a prisoner of Spike's who needs him. The blood of the Sire to heal Drusilla and the Sire will die in the process.
My Opinion: A good conclusion to the story and I am truly thankful that Joss Whedon didn't kill Spike in this episode (as it was planned). I thought it was really great how Drusilla grabbed him from under the debris and how she carried him outside. Too bad Kendra was already leaving again but we will see her again.
Ted
Synopsis: Joyce Summers has a new boyfriend: Ted. Ted is a computer software salesman and a hobby chef. At the beginning Buffy she has a hard time accepting him but her patience is over when he threatens to hit her because she cheated at mini golf. And when he later actually hits her, she hits back - hard. He falls down the stairs and dies. But that's not the end of the story.
My Opinion: I loved the appearance of John Ritter in this show. He was a great robot. I especially like this episode for the scenes after the apparent death of Ted. How Buffy tortured herself for killing a human being. It shows how human she herself is even though she has to kill demons nearly every day. She will harden throughout the series and especially in the last two seasons but in the end her heart will always guide her.
Bad Eggs
Synopsis: Both Xander's and Cordelia's as well as Buffy's and Angel's relationship is intensifying. But Xander and Cordelia don't know yet what kind of relationship they actually have and they keep it as a secret for now. On this very day the health class gets the assignment to parent a chicken egg and document the care. Since Buffy wasn't there (as usual) she becomes a "single mother". But these eggs aren't chicken eggs at all.
My Opinion: The body-snatchers episode. Nothing special about it. The bugs reminded me of the alien creatures in Star Trek TNG's episode Conspiracy who tried to take over the Federation in pretty much the same way this episode did.
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