(M) Arven (The Inheritance). (Per Fly, 2003) Grade: A-

Thoughts: Christoffer (Ulrich Thomsen) has the perfect life - a great job running a restaurant and a loving wife Maria (Lisa Werlinder) until one day his father kills himself and everything changes. He inherits the family steel business and now must alter his life completely. The film spans over several years and it was extremely engrossing to watch the rise and demise of a man and his family and the changes running a business and money can do. Apparently this is the second of a trilogy of films about Denmark’s social classes but Netflix sucks and I cannot rent the other two. I might have to go to some uppity video store to get it.

(M/TV) Scener Ur Ett Aktenskap (Scenes from a Marriage). (Ingmar Bergman, 1973) Grade: A

Thoughts: This film/tv series was shown in Sweden over 34 years ago and yet it is still very profound and effective. Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) have been married for 10 years and have two daughters. They seem to have the perfect life until Johan breaks the news to Marianne he has began seeing another woman and is leaving Marianne for her. Over the next few years, Marianne learns to become more independent and confident in herself while Johan realizes how much he took for granted what he had. It was a well-made look at married life and how marriage is something that needs to be worked on all the time.

(M) RV. (Barry Sonnenfeld, 2006) Grade: D-

Thoughts: Sitting on the bus heading to NYC they put in RV for our viewing displeasure. I could have slept through it but apparently on a bus sound is played everywhere so unless you don’t want to hear it you better put on your earphones and blast that iPod. I decided to be a trooper and watch it. It was bad but I had fun recognizing all the random people in the film. There was JoJo that young singer girl, Jeff Daniels from Dumb and Dumber and many other movies fame, Kristen Chenoweth from Wicked fame, and Will Arnett and Tony Hale from Arrested Development.

Movies Count: 65