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Quiz Me Quick (2012)
Truly impressive (says someone who is not easily impressed)
I am really amazed how much I liked this show, even though I am generally very critical. Before, I did appreciate Bart De Pauw, but with this show he completely proves himself all over again. Quiz me quick was in my opinion a so much more complex jewel of creativity than most of his previous work; this makes me have the greatest respect for BDP's work.
Quiz me quick combines humor, tragicomedy, depth, character building, lessons on live and all wrapped in a typical Flemish setting; a village with common people with common worries, talents, and doubts and all of them struggling a little with life. The characters are so recognizable which makes you relate to the story a lot. There is a dreamer who doesn't want to grow up (Nick), a grumpy old man who has to be defrosted to recover from a personal tragedy long time ago (Roger), a crazy insecure b*tch who wants it all (Monica), the girl who just wants to get married to her boyfriend who doesn't grow up (Cynthia), the guy in his forties who is getting a little tired of his somewhat dull family life (Luc), and many more. What brings them together is the random knowledge about facts. Even though that doesn't help them with the things they struggle with in life; in fact it even makes it harder for them that they get obsessed with the most important quiz of the year the so called 'superprestige'. Flanders and its quirkiness at its best.
The only negative point I see (but this is more for Bart De Pauw's bank account), is that this show might not be easily transferred to other countries (except maybe Holland); I don't think that the typical recognizable Flemish situations for instance would make their point so clear in let's say the US.
Inland Empire (2006)
Oh no not again- I feel lynched
What might have been attractively strange during my previous first Lynch-experiences, now brings up an "oh no not again"-reaction. And this is the reaction that you just would not want to have when you choose to go to a different movie instead of a normal storyline-movie. Some red curtains. Creepy people. You have no clue what the movie is about. Been there, seen but didn't find it exciting a third time again -that. I saw the movie after a day that I wanted at least some entertainment, but this wasn't any. It is só dark, só depressing, só absurd. There is almost no storyline at all, no 3 sentences in a row without bringing up mystery. And there are at different points in the people dressed up like bunnies doing some ironing. I note it has more conversations than Lost Highway. It's not that I don't like these dark movies by definition, since Mulholland Dr. was one of the best movies I ever saw. There even that you didn't get it completely, at least you had the feeling most of the scenes were somewhat connected. Here this is not the case. Don't go and see it unless you admire Lynch. The you'll enjoy connecting it all to a whole. But for me this was too abstract.