The Wolf of Wall Street

Oh, how I wanted to like this movie! My expectations were high. I did love DiCaprio in it, he's good as always, no doubt about that. I really wanted to like it and I really tried to. But it was way too long. And just like in American Hustle there really wasn't that much going on. The movie has Great energy, and I loved it from the start. But then it was like it got stuck in that energy, and never really got out. It was pretty much the same over and over again. It was just a dragged out painful thing. It really didn't need the three hours. Were it made shorter it might have been a winner. If that first feeling would have been allowed to stay and not have time to turn into a snooze fest. Some parts were hilarious, and some genius. But meh. All in all, I walked out of the theater feeling disappointed and sleepy. Too bad, really. What did you think?

Ouch~

12 Jan,
Am now sitting in the Gothenburg train station waiting for my stop over to finish and the train to Halmstad to arrive. I have no internet but figure writing is a great way to pass the time. My butt hurts from the hours already sat on it. Apparently the train had some trouble with its shock-absorber. "It's luckily just a comfort issue". True, lucky compared to a lot of things. But still; Lucky? Questionable choice of word. Every time the train took a little curve everyone slipped to the right or left. Things were falling off tables and it was impossible to get comfortable. It was quite amusing at times, but a relief to get off. And now here I am, sitting on a hard bench in the waiting hall.

Tomorrow is the first day of my driving course, and I am freakin' nervous. Tick tack.

Snowy

So the snow finally made it to Stockholm. I almost thought we were in the clear (haha, we're never in the clear) - but it's been very slow this year. Last year we had snow in October. This year it took almost half of January to get going, but the other night it finally did. I was hanging out at a friends place. Almost wore my thin spring jacket over there because the day wasn't very cold at all. And while we were inside it started snowing a little. And then some more. And then a lot more. And when it was about time for me to head home it was snowing pretty consistently. I slipped around in my Converse and looked like a snowman by the time the bus arrived. 

And then what happened? Well, as every year, public transportation freaked out. SNOW, in SWEDEN!? (Yes, Again!). This is a mystery to me. You'd think they would have learned by now.

It's pretty though!

American Hustle

Saw the movie American Hustle. Wasn't impressed. Good actors, nice time epoch, outfits etc. The sound quality of the version I saw wasn't amazing, which might have contributed to the fact that I didn't enjoy it. But mostly I just found it boring. Too much talking. It was like the entire movie was about waiting for something to happen. And once it finally did (I guess) I didn't really understand what actually did happen. Because I'd gotten bored on the way, lost interest and therefore got it all mixed up. Wait, who's that? Which person did this? A bit in to watching the movie me and my friend looked at each other and said "Somethings GOTTA happen soon, right?" We thought we were getting closer to the end, but it turned out we'd only watched about half of it. I think my friend might even have fallen asleep for a while there.

I don't know. It might be better with better sound. But as far as my experience goes, I still wouldn't give it another shot. Sound or no sound.