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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Top 10 films of 2012 - #1
12:00 AM / Cinema / 3 Comments
And there we have it - my ten favourite films of 2012, by UK release date (hence the inclusion of the likes of SHAME, which actually came out in some countries in 2011).
If you're interested, my entire Top 20, as it currently stands, looks like this:
- Polisse (France, Maïwenn)
- Argo (USA, Ben Affleck)
- Skyfall (UK/USA, Sam Mendes)
- Prometheus (USA/UK, Ridley Scott)
- Headhunters (Norway/Germany, Morten Tyldum)
- Killer Joe (USA, William Friedkin)
- A Royal Affair (Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic, Nikolaj Arcel)
- Rust and Bone (France/Belgium, Jacques Audiard)
- Shame (UK, Steve McQueen)
- Brave (USA, Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman)
- Lawless (USA, John Hillcoat)
- Carnage (France/Germany/Poland/Spain, Roman Polanski)
- The Innkeepers (USA, Ti West)
- Ted (USA, Seth MacFarlane)
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (UK/USA, Peter Lord)
- The Imposter (UK, Bart Layton)
- Ruby Sparks (USA, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
- The Muppets (USA, James Bobin)
- The Hunger Games (USA, Gary Ross)
- The Dark Knight Rises (USA/UK, Christopher Nolan)
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Top 10 films of 2012 - #10
12:00 AM / Cinema / No Comments
I'm going to reveal these gradually over the next ten days - i.e. at a rate of one a day. Hopefully, by the time I reach #1, those who are interested will already have listened to our podcast on the subject and therefore won't have had any of the surprise spoiled.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
2010 and 2011 revisited
1:57 PM / Cinema / 4 Comments
Happy New Year, everyone!
It's a little early for me to be unveiling my Top 10 films of 2012 (I'll be saving that for the Movie Matters "best of 2012" special, to be recorded in the not too distant future), but in the meantime I thought it would be fun to look at my Top 10 lists from the previous two years and see to what extent, if at all, they've changed since I initially put them together.
Top 10 of 2010
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
- TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
- THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
- SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
- PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
- THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
- WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)
- AMER (France/Belgium, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani)
- VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE (UK, Jake West)
As of January 2013:
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
- TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
- MONSTERS (UK, Gareth Edwards) * NEW! *
- THE TOWN (USA, Ben Affleck) * NEW! *
- THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
- PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
- SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
- THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
- WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)
(Two films added, two dropped, five moved positions.)
Top 10 of 2011
- BLACK SWAN (USA, Darren Aronofsky)
- ANGELS OF EVIL (Italy/France/Romania, Michele Placido)
- SUPER 8 (USA, J.J. Abrams)
- THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain, Pedro Amaldóvar)
- THE ARTIST (France/Belgium/USA, Michel Hazanavicius)
- DRIVE (USA, Nicolas Winding Refn)
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (France/UK/Germany, Tomas Alfredson)
- 127 HOURS (USA/UK, Danny Boyle)
- FAIR GAME (USA/UAE, Doug Liman)
- HANNA (USA/UK/Germany, Joe Wright)
As of January 2013:
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (France/UK/Germany, Tomas Alfredson)
- BLACK SWAN (USA, Darren Aronofsky)
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (UK/USA, Lynne Ramsay) * NEW! *
- ANGELS OF EVIL (Italy/France/Romania, Michele Placido)
- SUPER 8 (USA, J.J. Abrams)
- DRIVE (USA, Nicolas Winding Refn)
- THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (USA, George Nolfi) * NEW! *
- PERFECT SENSE (UK/Sweden/Denmark/Ireland, David Mackenzie) * NEW! *
- THE ARTIST (France/Belgium/USA, Michel Hazanavicius)
- THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain, Pedro Amaldóvar)
(Three films added, three dropped, nine moved positions.)
2011 was a particularly turbulent year, stemming mainly from my overall disappointment with the line-up of films and the real struggle I had even finding ten titles that I felt legitimately belonged in a Top 10 list - my #2 choice wasn't even added until the night before we recorded our podcast and unveiled our lists! Consequently, quite a few fringe cases ended up being either bumped further down the list or off it entirely as, over the course of 2012, I saw more of the previous year's output. The big surprise was TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, which I found improved immeasurably on a second (and third) viewing, going from a film I originally wasn't sure about including at all to my #1 film of the year.
What about you guys? Do you find that your Top 10 lists from the last few years have changed significantly, or have they remained fairly static?
Monday, December 3, 2012
11:06 AM / Cinema / Web / 2 Comments
A couple of very interesting filmmakers' roundtable discussions for your enjoyment. Up first is the LA Times' roundtable with feature animation directors Mark Andrews (BRAVE), Peter Ramsey (RISE OF THE GUARDIANS), Chris Butler (PARANORMAN), Rich Moore (WRECK-IT RALPH, classic SIMPSONS) and Genndy Tartakovsky (DEXTER'S LABORATORY, SAMURAI JACK and the recently released HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA.
Up next is the Hollywood Reporter's interview with Quentin Tarantino (DJANGO UNCHAINED), David O. Russell (SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK), Ben Affleck (ARGO), Ang Lee (LIFE OF PI), Tom Hooper (LES MISERABLES) and Gus Van Sant (PROMISED LAND).
Both are well worth a look and provide a fascinating insight into two different sides of the Hollywood film industry.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
So, Prometheus...
2:13 PM / Cinema / 13 Comments
I can't remember the last time I actually went to see a film on its opening day, but it was probably my most anticipated film of 2012, so I couldn't exactly stay away. Myself and Lee will be recording a Movie Matters mini episode during the week to discuss our thoughts on it, so I won't say anything about it here (though if you've checked my Letterboxd account you'll already know how I feel about it overall). "Divisive" would certainly seem to sum up the reviews so far, and the thing hasn't even been released in the US yet, so no doubt there'll be an added barrage of debate and disagreement once it opens there. For those that have seen it, though, any thoughts?
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Quick note
2:01 PM / Cinema / Web / 10 Comments
I've decided to retire the movie log section of this site. I originally started it back at the beginning of 2005 as a means of cataloguing and reviewing every film I watched. It quickly became clear that the latter wasn't feasible, but I studiously kept up the cataloguing aspect, both listing and rating (out of 10) every film my eyes ingested - 1,307 since January 1, 2005.
I may no longer be updating this section of the site, but that doesn't mean my film log is stopping. On the contrary, it's simply migrating over to Letterboxd, where I've been maintaining a film diary since the beginning of the year. Letterboxd has all the same functionality of the old Land of Whimsy movies log, and a lot more besides, plus it looks a lot nicer too. The site is still in beta at the moment and is currently invite only, but I have a couple of spares, so leave me a comment if you'd like one. In the meantime, you can browse the site without an account.
My film diary is here.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
My top 10 films of 2011
9:20 PM / Cinema / No Comments
Going by UK theatrical release dates, these are my favourite films of 2011 (spoiler-tagged for those who haven't listened to Movie Matters #14 yet):
- ANGELS OF EVIL [Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male]
- THE SKIN I LIVE IN [La piel que habito]
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Salander vs. Salander: some thoughts on David Fincher's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO remake
4:30 PM / Cinema / Reviews / 16 Comments
CAUTION: Massive spoilers ahead. You have been warned.
DIRECTOR: Niels Arden Oplev; SCREENPLAY: Rasmus Heisterberg & Nikolaj Arcel; COMPOSER: Jacob Groth; CINEMATOGRAPHER: Eric Kress, DFF; EDITOR: Anne Østeurd; PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Niels Sejer; CAST: Michael Nyqvist (Mikael Blomkvist), Noomi Rapace (Lisbeth Salander), Lena Endre (Erika Berger), Sven-Bertil Taube (Henrik Vanger), Peter Haber (Martin Vanger), Peter Andersson (Nils Bjurman), Marika Lagercrantz (Cecilia Vanger), Ingvar Hirdwall (Dirch Frode), Björn Granath (Gustav Morell), Eva Fröling (Harriet Vanger), Michalis Koutsogiannakis (Dragan Armanski); RELEASED: February 27, 2009 (Denmark and Sweden)
DIRECTOR: David Fincher; SCREENPLAY: Steven Zaillian; COMPOSERS: Tent Reznor, Atticus Ross; CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jeff Cronenweth, ASC; EDITORS: Kirk Baxter, ACE, Angus Wall, ACE; PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Donald Graham Burt; CAST: Daniel Craig (Mikael Blomkvist), Rooney Mara (Lisbeth Salander), Robin Wright (Erika Berger), Christopher Plummer (Henrik Vanger), Stellan Skarsgård (Martin Vanger), Yorick van Wageningen (Nils Bjurman), Geraldine James (Cecilia Vanger), Steven Berkoff (Dirch Frode), Donald Sumpter (Gustav Morell), Joely Richardson (Harriet Vanger), Goran Visnjic (Dragan Armanski); RELEASED: December 20, 2011 (USA)
The other day, I went to see David Fincher's version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO with some degree of trepidation. I'm uncomfortable with the notion of remakes at the best of times, particularly when the original version is (a) only a couple of years old and (b) already of a very high standard. I'd far rather see a filmmaker, particularly one of Fincher's calibre, either tackling new material or at least revisiting an idea that was either flawed to begin with or can be tackled in such a way as to bring something new to the table. All the evidence suggested that this was not going to happen here. True, the material, with its dark themes and general sense of misanthropy, seemed tailor made for Fincher, but then there was already something decidedly Fincher-esque about the original Swedish adaptation, with director Nils Arden Oplev citing Fincher's SE7EN as one of his strongest influences. Similarly, the Swedish version was so true to Stieg Larsson's original novel that, by opting for a similarly faithful approach, Steven Zaillian's script for the American version was destined to mirror Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel's adaptation almost by default.
In the end, Fincher's adaptation more or less conformed to all my expectations about it. The short version: it's a decent enough film in its own right, and if it was the only version that existed, I might be inclined to view it more favourably. The fact of the matter, though, is that this is NOT the only version that exists. I know certain viewers have chosen to indulge in a form of wilful ignorance by deliberately avoiding the Swedish version, while others have come up with all manner of reasons why comparing the two is a no-no, but the fact of the matter is that I can't unsee the Swedish version, and nor do I see any reason why I should want to. Like it or not, the Swedish verison came along first, and as such any subsequent version needs to do something radically different in order to make its existence seem worthwhile.
And the simple fact is that the Fincher version does no such thing. There is no real reason for it to exist, beyond the obvious money-making considerations and a desire to appease those who can't bring themselves to watch (gasp!) a foreign film, let alone one with subtitles. It's a long way from being as pointless as the American remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, which did little more than shift the action to the US and translate the dialogue into English, but that's merely damning the film with faint praise. That's not to say that there aren't individual moments that improve on the Swedish version: in particular, I like Joely Richardson's turn as Anita/Harriet Vanger (even if she is far too young to be playing a character who was supposedly an 18-year-old 40 years ago), and the "what happened to Harriet?" mystery is resolved considerably more elegantly than it was in the Swedish version (both variants help streamline, in their own ways, what was a decidedly muddled situation in the novel). Similarly, I think Zaillian made the right decision to omit Blomkvist's prison sentence, which always felt like little more than a distraction in both the book and the Swedish film. The Fincher version also makes considerably more of Salander's previous guardian, Holger Palmgren, who was entirely absent from the theatrical version of the Swedish film and only briefly glimpsed in the extended TV version. But none of these small improvements elevate the material enough to come even close to justify doing it all over again.
This is particularly true in view of the fact that they don't even shift the location: despite this being an American remake, the action still takes place in Sweden, using the same locations as the Swedish film (as described in the novel). Most of the main players are English or American, and there's something a little farcical about watching a bunch of English and American actors wandering around Sweden speaking English with put-on Swedish accents... with the notable exception of Daniel Craig, who for some inexplicable reason retains his normal speaking voice and therefore seems out of place. This is probably going to sound sacreligious, but I honestly think I would have been more open to the idea of a remake if they'd done something drastic like moved the action to, say, America. It would have given the material a different flavour, and the themes of corporate corruption, institutionalised misogyny and a nation's refusal to come to terms with its chequered past (not to mention the more generalised debates about free will and "nature versus nurture") are universal enough that it could have worked. Instead, by remaining in Sweden, the film almost seems to be keeping the uncomfortable questions it raises at arm's length: it implicitly gives the impression that these problems are exclusively Swedish, thereby making what the story says about us as a society somehow more palatable.
Take one look at them and there's no doubt about it: stick them in a room together and Noomi Rapace's Salander would knock seven shades out of Rooney Mara's Salander. Rapace's version of the character is a smouldering, battle-hardened warrior, while Mara's is a fragile, child-like waif whose face, complete with bleached eyebrows, bears an uncanny resemblance to that of Ralph Fiennes in the HARRY POTTER films. Both are, I feel, legitimate interpretations of the character, and there can be little doubt that VISUALLY, Mara more closely resembles the Lisbeth of the books, frequently mistaken for a child and using her unassuming appearance as her most potent weapon. Rapace, on the other hand, looks both older and far tougher - not the sort of person most would assume they could take advantage of.
In terms of performance, though, there's no contest: Rapace mops the floor with Mara. The greatest strength of Rapace's acting lies in her ability to communicate paragraphs with a look here and an arch of her eyebrow there. Mara is far more reliant on make-up and costume design to convey the character, giving a considerably more one-note performance and coming across more as an angst-ridden teenager than someone truly destroyed through years of systematic abuse. It's not by any stretch of the imagination a bad performance - in fact, it's a very good one and I'd go as far as to say that it's considerably better than what I expected from the star of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake - but it's limited by Zaillian's desire to keep the character a closed book. I read an interview a couple of weeks ago in which he explained that he wasn't interest in giving the character a back-story - as far as he was concerned, only what could be conveyed about the character in the present tense mattered. It's certainly true that the Fincher version makes the relationship that develops between Salander and Blomkvist more tender than that of the Swedish version, but at the same time there's something altogether more human about Rapace's take on the character. Her performance just seems more natural and less affected. With Mara, I'm more aware of her acting, and of the fact that I'm watching a conventionally pretty girl made up to look like Voldemort's little sister.
Whereas Rapace gives the better performance as Salander despite Mara's Salander being physically truer to the novels, the situation is to a certain extent reversed for Blomkvist. It's hardly a secret that Blomkvist, the tireless crusader for justice and publisher of a small left-wing magazine, is a stand-in for Stieg Larsson (albeit a somewhat sexed-up stand-in who appears to be irresistible to women), and the casting in the Swedish version of Michael Nyqvist, who bears something of a physical resemblance to the author, helps underscore this. Whereas Nyqvist easily convinces as a middle-aged journalist who smokes too much and doesn't get enough exercise (again, completely true to the book), Craig not only carries the baggage of being the incumbent James Bond but is far more of a conventional Hollywood leading man, meaning that he never fully convinces as the character as written. Apart from occasionally dangling a pair of spectacles from one ear, he comes across as too slick and unflappable - but that's presumably what Fincher was going for when he cast Craig in the role. Nyqvist's Blomkvist came across as scruffy and slightly clumsy - a bit of a schlub and the more relatable of the two. However Craig, for my money, gives the more nuanced performance. That's not to say Nyqvist was bad, but despite looking the part, there was always something slightly bland about his take on the character, who rarely seemed to react to events with the sort of intensity you would expect under the circumstances. It is, like everything else in this review, a purely personal reaction, and the more I think about it, the less convinced I am that what Craig brings to the table is actually superior. The trouble is that Nyqvist's Blomkvist is instantly likeable (which I assume was the way the character was meant to be depicted) whereas Craig's is rather cold and aloof, a slick operator who you don't really relate to... and given that we see the vile Vanger family and the oddball (understatementof the century) Salander through his eyes, I'm inclined to think that relatability is a fairly important quality for this character to have.
Elsewhere, it's swings and roundabouts as far as the casting goes. Christopher Plummer's Henrik Vanger lacks the frailty of Sven-Bertil Taube in the original, and as a result the emotional intensity surrounding Harriet's disappearance feels lacking (their eventual reunion also feels like a damp squib in comparison with that of the original). Conversely, Joely Richardson makes far more of an impression as Harriet than Ewa Fröing in the original, although that has a lot to do with the increased amount of screen time she is afforded. Michalis Koutsogiannakis is far closer to how I imagined Armanski when reading the books than Goran Visnjic in the new version; ditto Lena Endre versus Robin Wright as Erika Berger. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite between Peter Haber and Stellan Skarsgård as Martin Vanger - they're somewhat similar in appearance and both give powerful, understated performances. That said, Martin's confrontation with Blomqvist is botched quite spectacularly in the Fincher version, revealing Martin's guilt far too soon and then completely fudging the central message (namely the notion of a collective Stockholm syndrome, mirroring Larsson's view of society's relationship with those it victimises) during the scene in his torture chamber.
The Swedish version was shot in Super35 for under $10 million (some sources put the figure closer to $7 million). The American remake was shot using the Red Epic and Red One MX digital cameras for $100 million. As such, there were always going to be major differences between the two from a visual standpoint, although the fact that, as previously mentioned, the Swedish film already owed something of a debt to Fincher's distinctive visual style narrowed the gap somewhat. As an unabashed film purist who has yet to see a digitally photographed movie I truly love the look of - and has been underwhelmed by the visual side of all Fincher's prior digital productions - it was probably always a foregone conclusion that I'd end up preferring the look of the Swedish film, but what really surprises me is how little of the 10-fold budgetary increase appears to have made its way on to the screen. (There's little in the plot - ostensibly a traditional Agatha Christie "locked room" scenario - that calls for a massive budget anyway.) There are isolated moments that impress from a visual standpoint - a shot of Salander watching a burning car is particularly striking in terms of both its composition and colour palette - but overall the look of the remake is nothing special, characterised by the usual slick digital video aesthetic and suffering from Fincher's overuse of the "urine filter", something that has plagued his work ever since he moved to digital after PANIC ROOM. The cinematography in the Swedish version, courtesy of Eric Kress, has a more neutral aesthetic, going for understated where Fincher and cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth (who also shot THE SOCIAL NETWORK and FIGHT CLUB) tend to go for obvious. (Case in point: most of the outdoor scenes have a heavy blue tint, presumably to hammer home how cold it is. The Swedish film was able to convey that with a natural colour palette.)
As far as the music is concerned, I can't remember anything specific from the Fincher version except the god-awful screeching during the opening titles, if indeed that counts as music. Meanwhile, I have the central theme from the Swedish version deeply rooted in my brain. In the original, the music is of a traditional orchestral variety, working in tandem with the visuals and dialogue to evoke a mood. In contrast, the remake has Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's sonic wallpaper fighting with the dialogue, frequently (and especially in the first 45 minutes, I found) overpowering it and rendering Daniel Craig's mumbling nigh on incomprehensible. People raved about this duo's work on Fincher's previous film, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, when I couldn't see what the fuss was about, and I predict the same will be true of their contribution to this film. As one reviewer put it, more succinctly than I ever could, "How can a director who's worked with proper musical composers like Howard Shore, Elliot Goldenthal and David Shire possibly have signed off on this ambient soundscape of droning and plinky-plonk noises?"
So yeah, aesthetically speaking, the Swedish film comes out on top for me, despite having been made for buttons compared with Fincher's remake. Others can and will disagree: I've seen plenty of comments in various places that describe the Swedish version as looking like a TV movie, to which the only response I can muster is "Did we watch the same film?" If anything, it's the Fincher version, with its flat, grain-free appearance, that reminds me of television.
As previously mentioned, both adaptations stick pretty closely to the source material, although of course, given that Larsson's novel is a veritable doorstop, some streamlining was always going to be necessary. It probably helps that a lot of Larsson's description is ultimately redundant - he has a tendency to describe in minute detail what a character is eating and how the room in which he is eating is decorated. (He is also, to borrow an observation made by a critic whose name I've forgotten, the only author I can think of who will tell you the dimensions of a room BEFORE seeing fit to mention that there is a mutilated body lying in the middle of it.)
It's not really a case of one version being substantially more faithful than the other: each makes slightly different decisions as to what to include and what to leave out, without ever straying from the path laid out by the author. Both omit much of the background to the Wennerstrom case (in the novel, much of the first chapter details Blomkvist's fateful meeting with an old friend who passed on the information later used to entrap him) and nearly all of the admittedly tedious back-story of the Vanger clan. Both also greatly pare down Salander's back-story, although more of it remains in the Swedish version than the American. The Swedish version omits Blomkvist's daughter, who in the novel and the remake is the one who identifies the list of names and numbers as Bible references, as well as Blomkvist's trip to London to meet Anita Vanger. On the other hand, the remake jetisons Blomkvist's trip to Australia, where he finally locates Harriet Vanger, as well as the character of Janne Dahlman (whose role as Wennerstrom's mole within Millennium is admittedly sidelined in the Swedish theatrical cut but reinstated for the extended TV version), while the role of Blomkvist's colleagues Christer Malm and Malin Erikson is reduced to that of non-speaking extras.
I think it's tempting to allow oneself to become tied up in knots trying to chart and critique every deviation from the novel, but of course a screenwriter's first duty is not to slavishly retain every minor plot element but rather to tell a compelling story within the constraints of a different medium. And in that regard, both Heisterberg/Arcel and Zaillian do a fine job. Both versions are, for the most part, recognisably Stieg Larsson's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, and in each case the alterations and omissions, while often very different, are sensible. The Fincher version drags more in the first half than its Swedish counterpart, but once Salander and Blomkvist cross paths things heat up nicely, as indeed they did in the novel. On the other hand, Heisterberg/Arcel had the good sense to greatly simplify and compress events following Martin Vanger's death (in the novel, the action continues for a good 100 pages or so, despite the mystery having ostensibly been solved already), whereas Zaillian allows the film to continue to meander along for another half-hour or so, resulting in a flabby final act that becomes sidetracked by the specific details of Salander's embezzlement of Wennerstrom.
There is, however, one moment that I find unforgiveable: the moment when Salander asks Blomkvist for permission to kill Martin, which is so spectacularly out of character for both Salander and Blomkvist that it makes me wonder if Zaillian truly understood either of them. Salander would never ask Blomkvist for permission to do anything, and Blomkvist would never condone her doing it, let alone give her the go-ahead: both the book and the original film contain a lengthy discussion between the two characters after the fact in which they set out their radically different world views.
I suppose what it all comes down to is whether the fact that the remake is closer to the book in terms of certain details really matters. Does the fact that Mara looks more like Salander as described in the book actually matter in the face of Rapace's superior performance? Does having Blomkvist's daughter rather than Salander decipher the Bible references amount to a hill of beans? I'm inclined to think not. I've made it clear that I think the American version is, on the whole, the inferior film. However, the fact is that, even if the two had been neck in neck, that still wouldn't, in my mind, have been sufficient justification to make the same movie twice, let alone with so little time having passed between the two iterations. When it comes down to it, Fincher is far too good a director to be wasting his time treading ground that's already been covered. Here's hoping his next film (and it doesn't look like it will be THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, given the combination of the DRAGON TATTOO remake's failure to set the box office on fire* and his supposed "creative differences" with Columbia Pictures) will be more worthwhile.
* The film is currently being beaten at the box office by SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, starring Noomi Rapace, and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL, featuring Michael Nyqvist. There's irony for you.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Films I saw for the first time in December 2011
11:59 PM / Cinema / 3 Comments
- Thursday, December 1, 2011: DIE ANOTHER DAY (UK/USA, 2002) 3/10
- Friday, December 2, 2011: SUPER 8 (USA, 2011) 8/10
- Sunday, December 4, 2011: THE FIGHTER (USA, 2010) 7/10
- Saturday, December 10, 2011: POINT BLANK (France, 2010) 7/10
- Sunday, December 11, 2011: BRIGHTON ROCK (UK, 2010) 5/10
- Monday, December 12, 2011: THE BIG BANG (USA, 2011) 7/10
- Wednesday, December 14, 2011: PANIC BUTTON (UK, 2011) 6/10
- Saturday, December 17, 2011: WINNIE THE POOH (USA, 2011) 7/10
- Saturday, December 17, 2011: SEASON OF THE WITCH (USA, 2011) 5/10
- Sunday, December 18, 2011: CONVICTION (USA, 2010) 6/10
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011: IN BRUGES (UK/USA, 2008) 7/10
- Thursday, December 22, 2011: SUBMARINE (UK/USA, 2010) 6/10
- Monday, December 26, 2011: KILL LIST (UK, 2011) 4/10
- Wednesday, December 28, 2011: METROPOLIS (Germany, 1927) 9/10
- Thursday, December 29, 2011: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (USA/Sweden/UK/Germany, 2011) 6/10
- Friday, December 30, 2011: THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain, 2011) 8/10
- Saturday, December 31, 2011: DRIVE (USA, 2011) 8/10
- Saturday, December 31, 2011: A LONELY PLACE TO DIE (UK, 2011) 7/10
A bumper haul to round off 2011, taking me up to a grand total of 90 films seen for the first time in the last year. Let's see if I can manage a nice round 100 for 2012...
Updated Top 10 of 2010
It's a little early for me to reveal my Top 10 films of 2011, primarily because I still have some catching up to do in my viewing, but also because I want to save the reveal for the first Movie Matters episode of 2012, in which myself and Lee will both be going through our Top 10 lists. For the time being, though, here's my updated Top 10 list for the previous year:
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
- TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
- MONSTERS (UK, Gareth Edwards)
- THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
- SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
- PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
- THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
- WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)
- VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE (UK, Jake West)
...plus honourable mentions to AMER (France/Belgium, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani), FROZEN (USA, Adam Green) and THE DOWNFALL OF BERLIN: ANONYMA (Germany/Poland: Max Färberböck).
Note that my criteria for a film qualifying as a 2010 title is for it to have had a UK theatrical release between January 1 and December 31 2010 (or have gone straight to video during that period).
The list hasn't changed a great deal since this time last year, but in case you're curious, here's how it looked when we did our previous Top 10 podcast:
- THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
- TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
- THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
- SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
- PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
- THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
- WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)
- AMER (France/Belgium, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani)
- VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE (UK, Jake West)
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Prometheus teaser trailer
9:18 PM / Cinema / 5 Comments
Oh, yes please. Ridley Scott + Noomi Rapace + a return to the world (and, by the looks of it, the atmosphere) of ALIEN = my most anticipated film of 2012 to be sure.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Films I saw for the first time in November 2011
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- Monday, November 14, 2011: THE WOMAN (USA, 2011) 6/10
- Thursday, November 24, 2011: CARS 2 (USA, 2011) 5/10
Monday, October 31, 2011
Films I saw for the first time in October 2011
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- Monday, October 3, 2011: TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN (Australia, 2010) 6/10
- Wednesday, October 5, 2011: HEREAFTER (USA, 2010) 5/10
- Sunday, October 9, 2011: THE DOWNFALL OF BERLIN: ANONYMA (Germany/Poland, 2008) 8/10
- Wednesday, October 26, 2011: STONE (USA, 2010) 4/10
- Thursday, October 27, 2011: THE AMERICAN (USA, 2010) 7/10
- Friday, October 28, 2011: PERFECT BLUE (Japan, 1997) 8/10
- Monday, October 31, 2011: SCRE4M (USA, 2011) 5/10
- Monday, October 31, 2011: WAKE WOOD (Ireland/UK, 2011) 3/10
Friday, September 30, 2011
Films I saw for the first time in September 2011
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- Thursday, September 1, 2011: SISTERS (USA, 1973) 7/10
- Saturday, September 3, 2011: BODY DOUBLE (USA, 1984) 3/10
- Sunday, September 4, 2011: OBSESSION (USA, 1976) 7/10
- Monday, September 5, 2011: DOWNFALL (Germany/Italy/Austria, 2004) 7/10
- Monday, September 12, 2011: FOUL PLAY (USA, 1978) 7/10
- Friday, September 23, 2011: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (France/UK/Germany, 2011) 7/10
- Wednesday, September 28, 2011: DRESSED TO KILL (USA, 1980) 6/10
...a.k.a. "Brian De Palma month".
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Films I saw for the first time in August 2011
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- Monday, August 1, 2011: BLOW OUT (USA, 1981) 8/10
- Wednesday, August 10, 2011: AMERICAN GRAFFITI (USA, 1973) 6/10
- Friday, August 12, 2011: ROOM IN ROME (Spain, 2010) 6/10
- Sunday, August 14, 2011: THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (France, 2010) 7/10
- Sunday, August 21, 2011: BLUE VALENTINE (USA, 2010) 6/10
- Sunday, August 21, 2011: RIFIFI (France, 1955) 9/10
- Monday, August 22, 2011: SOURCE CODE (USA/France, 2011) 7/10
- Sunday, August 28, 2011: THE HORSEMAN (Australia, 2008) 6/10
- Monday, August 29, 2011: HANNA (USA/UK/Germany, 2011) 8/10
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Films I saw for the first time in July 2011
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- Sunday, July 3, 2011: TRUE GRIT (USA, 2010) 6/10
- Monday, July 4, 2011: DRIVE ANGRY (USA, 2011) 3/10
- Thursday, July 7, 2011: THE LOVED ONES (Australia, 2009) 6/10
- Wednesday, July 13, 2011: ICE COLD IN ALEX (UK, 1958) 7/10
- Friday, July 15, 2011: THE NEXT THREE DAYS (USA/France, 2010) 6/10
- Monday, July 18, 2011: THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (USA, 2010) 4/10
- Thursday, July 21, 2011: TRON (USA, 1982) 5/10
- Friday, July 22, 2011: TRON: LEGACY (USA, 2010) 7/10
- Sunday, July 24, 2011: A SINGLE MAN (USA, 2009) 7/10
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A few months ago,an interactive marketing agency with offices in LA and NYC asked us if we could do some "word of mouth" (WOM) marketing for one of their clients.
They wanted to hire our team to "post about the product to message boards and social networks." Fake promotion. Also known as Astroturfing. The practice I'm referring to here is fake product reviews, comments by people hiding their identity while being paid to comment, or fake "customer" dialogues. It's dirty. So much so that this behavior is now illegal in the EU.
We declined to do the campaign, partly because the product sucked, but mostly because we think lying is a bad idea. Pretending to be someone you are not is not cool.
As you may know, a lot of brands and PR firms engage in this practice. For example, Home Depot recently seems to have done some remodeling on their product reviews. Big brands make big mistakes. Even Coke stumbled.
Are you a marketer thinking about doing some Astroturfing? Go surfing. You'll feel better. Besides, wouldn't your time be better spent building relationships with real customers? You could even talk to them. Maybe consider working with brands that matter to you? Then, when time comes, you don't have to fake it. You can tell the truth. That's organic marketing.
There are countless examples of this nonsense hurting brands. You got some you want to share?
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If you operate a commercial bus service and you put your passengers' safety at risk, we will shut you down.
It's a simple message, and most bus companies get it. But for the past year, we've been investigating a network of operators who don't get it, and today we're making I-95 safer for everyone by taking 26 companies off the road.
At DOT, safety is our number one priority. I say it over and over again, but those words mean nothing unless we back them up with action--good rules and good enforcement.
Today, I'm proud to announce an important action that makes good on our safety promise to bus passengers. Starting yesterday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) shut down 26 bus companies that blatantly and repeatedly violated safety rules.
This is the single largest motor coach safety crackdown that DOT has ever undertaken. And now, a network of unsafe bus operators is off our highways. As FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro said, "This is a watershed day for bus safety and every passenger who expects and deserves to arrive safely at their destination."
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These operators—Apex Bus, I-95 Coach, and New Century Travel—used drivers who did not hold commercial licenses, and they drove buses that did not meet safety standards. They put passengers and other motorists at serious risk, and shutting them down could save lives.
That's good news for passengers, and it's good news for the many bus companies that provide good service, use properly trained and licensed drivers, and take safety seriously.
We're also taking further steps to ensure that these companies don't simply rebrand themselves and continue operating under other names. FMCSA has revoked the carriers' operating authority and linked the active companies to other companies previously placed out of service. And we will continue to work closely with local, state and federal law enforcement to ensure these companies stay off our roads.
If you're considering bus travel, there are many safe companies to choose from. Our free SaferBus smartphone app and the FMCSA website make that choice a little easier by allowing consumers to quickly look up the safety record of a bus company.
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There is no link to electronic devices as being a risk factor for TC as far as I'm aware. Being white, exposure to chemicals, having an undescended testicle, being a teen to 50ish in age are the major risk factors I think.
On my case I blame the electronic devices around me that produced high amount of electric magnetic field (EMF), whats about you? any thought?
There is no link to electronic devices as being a risk factor for TC as far as I'm aware. Being white, exposure to chemicals, having an undescended testicle, being a teen to 50ish in age are the major risk factors I think.
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I heard the same thing from our mutual doctor, I believe that I did a mistake by exposed myself above the EMF standards (no childhood history nor family history),
During this process I also observed that no one really collected my subjective assessment in order to correlate this information for the future
As I already took the hit, I thought on contribute the world some sort of data warehouse (web site) that can collect the data and enable group of people to response how likely it relevant to them, then research can analyze the data and get some leads
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Summary of results:
2 · No dose-response relationship
3 · About 10% increase in risk in medium- and high-exposure groups
4 · Clear differences between results for men and women
5 Notable associations found in men:
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7 · Biliary passages and liver
8 · Larynx and lung
9 · Testis and kidney
10 · Urinary organs
11 · Malignant melanoma
12 · Non-melanoma skin cancer
13 · Astrocytoma III-IV
14 Notable associations found in women:
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16 · Breast
17 · Corpus uteri
18 · Malignant melanoma
19 · Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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I'm not saying that I believe in the EMF theory. But it is interesting that the cases have gone up and the 18-35 age grouping. This is the same grouping for your average gamers. The introduction of the ps3 and Xbox 360 brought wireless controllers which give off EMF.
Well, the 18-35 group is now & always has been the most common group to get TC, & I read recently that the number of cases per year has almost doubled over the last 20 years or so.They do not know why, sure, it might be EMF, but hardly seems the most likely cause.
You won't hurt yourself by limiting your exposure to EMF, but I doubt you'll gain anything either.
Jan, 1975: Right I/O, followed by RPLND
Dec, 2009: Left I/O, followed by 3xBEP
I believe that the root causes for TC very likely came from something you and/or your mother were exposed to before or during your womb development. I can recall research into all sorts of electronics causing TC including cell phones, radar guns and microwave ovens. When microwave ovens first came out, many leaked radiation like a sieve. There were never any definitive links. I think the main culprits are chemicals.
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Diagnosis: 05Sept07 Right I/O: 13Sept07; Pure Seminoma; Surveillance only per NCCN: All Clear February2013 (Chest Xray, Markers); Next check August2013 (CT Scans, Markers)
Thanks all for sharing, i enjoy to learn your perspective on this subject
Are you aware that countries outside of the US set a standards in order to reduce the EMF exposer
I saw that many read the thread,
I would like to make this a bit more subjective discussion, in retrospect do you think you can do something differently in order to avoid the TC?
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10/20/10 - Primary mediastinal seminoma - 10 x 9.3 cm; ß-HCG = 33 (<2.6); AFP = 3.5 (<9); LDH = 274 (100-200 )
12/7/10 End Cycle 2 - ß-HCG = 2; AFP = 4.6; LDH = 139 ; 4XBEP changed to 3 as tumor now 2.1 x 3.7 cm
2/15/11 - Post-chemo PET ; residual 8 mm x 2 cm
6/29/11 - Lung nodules stable or smaller, chest mass continues to shrink & markers all normal
Surveillance since 6/11
This is an interesting topic, I am not saying TC is related to get too much to electronic stuff, this is just my case. I got Slipped discs half a year before I was diagnosed TC which force me could only lay down on the bed and I had to put my laptop on my leg to keep working, it last almost 3 months, then TC came. I'm not sure if this is related but sometimes I blamed myself why not just lay down to take rest and forget work when I got slipped discs. now all is past, and all I'm looking at is how to face my future life positively and don't let this stupid cancer stand in my way, get back to my normal track.
Better diagnostic abilities from modern CT and MRI scan technologies are a big part of the reason why more cancers are being diagnosed now than 20 years ago. My wife is an MD and told me this personally. The US FCC and other regulatory bodies such as ETSI in Europe also have tons of specifications on emissions limits, and the FCC also specifically addresses the specific absorption rate (SAR) allowed from things like cellular phones.
Bluetooth and wireless controllers for gaming consoles are extremely lower power devices and aren't spitting out tons of RF energy, even the transmitters in the remotes. Cellular phones are probably the most dangerous thing because they transmit at fairly high power levels right next to your head. However even for that I don't think there's been any conclusive links between cellular phone use and brain cancers. All non-ionizing RF energy does is heat tissue.
Ionizing radiation is more dangerous, such as radiation treatments for cancer, x-rays, CT scans, etc. There's actually been some suggestions of higher rates of cancer for people that are exposed to a lot of radiation from CT scans, for example. Don't think it was truly conclusive, but the data gave the suggestion of that possibility. I think CT scans and things like that are of much greater concern than your xbox.
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Dec 2012 - 1.5 YEARS ALL CLEAR!
I believe the cause of my TC was the orchidopessy + inguinal hernia surgery I had back in 1988.
- early Apr/11: something is "wrong" in my righty
- 16/Apr/11: ultrasound find a mass in it
- 27/Apr/11: right I/O
- 29/Apr/11: stadiation CT scan shows "all clear"
- May/11: pathology: 1 cm Seminoma (90% necrotic), no RT/LV invasion
- Surveillance....
- March/13: relapse - para aortic node 1.7 cm, waiting for treatment...
I've been diagnosed with 2 different types of cancer, one in which I was at risk for and another I was at very low risk for. Its hard for me not to suspect chemicals as having played some sort of role.
I used to work with some pretty nasty stuff during my years employed by an industrial glue manufacturer. Before I took this job I went 10+ years without the need to see a doctor other than an annual physical and I rarely suffered from even so much as the common cold.
Ethylenediamine, hexamethylenediamine and 68% Aqueous Piperazine, amoung others, were the sorts of chemicals I started working with, all of which can melt your skin off at room temperature. They also attack the central nervous system. Within a few years of working with these chemicals I began having serious respiratory issues, despite using all protective measures at my disposal. It wasn't long after that I was diagnosed with TC. I stayed with the job a year after the diagnosis and throughout my radiation treatments before leaving. Within 3 years I was again diagnosed with cancer, this time of the thyroid.
Like TC, only about 5-10% of thyroid nodules are cancerous. Of that 10%, women are 3-5 times more likely then men to have it. Of the men who do get it, something like 60% are aged 55 or older, with men in their 70's at highest risk. And yet here I am at 39 with it.
I've never been known to be particularly lucky, but my luck can't be THAT bad....
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Right side orchiectomy - 5/6/2008
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So I don't believe emf is a cause of cancer unless you work in extremely high levels of it, like under a tv transmitter or something.
I'm a software developer by trade and spend lots of time sitting. I had theories that temperature while sitting had something to do with it but that's just guess work.
My real thoughts now is that mine was due to my mums passive smoking during pregnancy & me passive smoking during childhood as my dad smokes like a chimney.
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Ultrasound confirmed mass 23/02/2011
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Left I/O 1/03/2011
99% Seminoma <1% Unknown germ cell 10/03/2011
Staging T1 - 1A 10/03/2011
2 month - 27/04/2011 - All clear!
5 month - 16/07/2011 - All clear!
9 month - 22/12/2011 - All clear!
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I have thought over and over what could have caused my son to develop tc. We are a family of "health nuts". Eli grew up with only.organic food grass fed meat no smoking in our house. No chemicals. Perfect pregnancy and natural birth. Eli has never even taken antibiotics as any minor illness was treated with homeopathic or natural drs. However eli being in his twenties and im sure as a late teen did his share of parties and drinking but never smoked. He has played a lot of video games with the controller on his lap and recently told me yes he did always keep his cell phone in his left pocket and it was his left i/o. So maybe that has something to do with this but his brother and friends are fine and they did the same so i have no idea. Beyond my understanding.
I don't know what cuased mine. I do work on radios in the USAF. I don't know if the RF(radio frequency) radiation had anything to do with it. I am pretty sure it didnt help. I do know that humans are bombarded with tons of RF radiation on a daily basis do to the increase of wireless devices. My understanding is that the human body is fairly resistant to certain frequencies of RF. However High power transmissions at certain frequencies can cuase definite damage. Exaclty the same way your Microwave works at home. My whole career I have been pretty diligent about safely working around RF. However who knows if those safety standards, or work places were as safe as I was taught. Working in buildings surrounded by hundreds of transmitters with antennas overhead seems like a risk the military was ready to take for the mission. As for now, I can't focus on why or what, but how to beat it.
That was my thing during treatment. No matter how I got it, I HAD it, and my only concern was to get through treatment and get rid of it.
My dad couldn't deal with that and asked the doctor directly what caused my cancer. My doctor said that the cause was "the planet Earth."
LIFE is the greatest cause of cancer! But yet we go on living it as long as we can, as we all should!
Right I/O in early childhood
TRT due to low functionality, since 2004 (Axiron)
Back pain CT shows 7.5 x 8 x 11 cm periaortic node, Pure Seminoma (Stage III), Summer 2010
Left I/O, September 14, 2010
4xBEP, September 20 - December 6, 2010
All clear through 3-12-12
Next: 6-15-12
If we go all the way back, I suppose the root cause of TC is that a sperm with a Y chromosome won the race to your mom's egg. And here you are. Rejoice in life, with all its adventures and challenges.
"Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off" - Paul Brodeur
Diagnosis: 05Sept07 Right I/O: 13Sept07; Pure Seminoma; Surveillance only per NCCN: All Clear February2013 (Chest Xray, Markers); Next check August2013 (CT Scans, Markers)
Just bad luck.
I thought my lifestyle, as im in overweight unhealthy etc... but growing up I had to have operations to lower both testes so it could be from that.
In the end though, I think it is just bad luck... or good luck, as it could have been a more aggressive kind of cancer...
Initial diagnoses: Elevated hCG, Left I/O 17-June-2010. Prosthetic implant.
Pathology: Stage 1b, Seminoma/Teratoma
Treatment: Surveillance. hCG normalised 07/10
Relapse: Elevated hCG. 3xBEP finished 24/01/2011
I don't think there's any correlation between RF signals cell phones or other electronic devices. We all use them each and everyday of our lives and yet not everyone gets this crappy disease.
I had and still have a hard time accepting my diagnosis and this relapse sword that keeps hanging over my head. And for that I've tried finding the root cause for this because if I can than it makes it easier to accept because I'll have something or someone to blame.
And that means I'm living in the past...and I need to live today and look towards my future. It's not easy to leave the reasoning to the scientists but that's what I try to do every day. Eventually I'll succeed and be much best for it.
Just my two cents for whatever it's worth.
Daniel aka LeftOneGone
5/16/2010 felt lump on left testicle
5/27/2010 (AM) Ultrasound...mass found (PM) Urologist confirms TC
5/28/2010 Left I/O
6/2/2010 CT Scan...all clear - Markers...normal
6/9/2010 Pathology...stage 1 Seminoma
6/16/2010 Meeting with oncologist and surveillance decided
All clear since then
My son has played video games his entire life. But I'd guess the fact that I worked for a fish processing plant while I was pregnant, and took advantage of the wholesale fish and seafood prices, and free salmon trim for most of my protein had more to do with it. The FDA warnings about mercury levels didn't come out until 2004.
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06/04/12 left i/o
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.6 cm pure embryonal, LVI present
beta hcg at 7 pre-op no other markers
6/27/12 CT Scan clear, blood markers zero
33 nodes removed, all cancer free
10/10/12 Chest x-ray clear, beta HCG at 14
10/15/12 CT clear, HCG at 41, false-positive ruled out
10/19/12 CT scan re examined, small spot right lung
Start 3x BEP Monday 10/22/12 finished 12/17/12
12/04/12 HCG undetectable, CT Clean
Back to school 01/07/13
No one has thought about major stress or anxiety to have cause testicular cancer?
March 12 :Before IO AFP:150 BHCG:500. After IO AFP :18 BHCG:2 The tumor was 70% Embryonal carcinoma, 25% Choriocarcinoma, 5% Teratoma. CT scan ok.
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Hello friends,
I'm type 2 for around 2 years (diagnosed at July 2010) and recently I sees my BG become uncontrollable. For the past 2 months, I think i drop weight like 2-3 kgs.
I'm thinking about taking insulin. I asked my Doc about the insulin and he ask me to stay away from insulin and keep changing my oral medication. I dont see the oral medication help.
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Some people start on either long acting or fast acting, but in time you will need both. Which you start depends on where your problem times are. If your fasting and between meals are ok and you go high after meals than you need bolus (fast acting). If the reverse, then you need basal (long acting). If your numbers are high at all different times you need both.
Calculating insulin dose by weight is not very precise. Starting with "5 units" and climbing isn't good either. Yes, for basal that would make sense (start with 5 and go from there). For bolus you need to figure your I:C ratio so you can dose according to what you are eating. I know I'm throwing a lot of unfamiliar terms at you. I strongly suggest you get the book Using Insulin by John Walsh.
I think in my case, I should start with basal first.
I'll talked to my Doctor.
BTW, which time is better? morning or night?
I do weight lifting after work time (betwwen 6.00PM - 8.00PM).
I dont want to go hypo during those excercise time :D
Anyone can help me with, what is Novolog and Lantus? is it a brand name?
Novlog is a brand of fast acting (bolus)insulin and Lantus is a brand of long acting (basal) insulin. There are only two basal insulins: Lantus and Levemir. You could take it either morning or night but many of us have better coverage by splitting our basal into two doses say when you get up and bedtime. If you start with one dose I would recommend it when you get up so you can see how you react during the day when you're awake.
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