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Pahat pojat (2003)
Great motion picture!
I saw the film "Pahat pojat" on television for the first time on 14th December, 2005. It is a story about four boys who do not drink or smoke but who have committed nearly 100 robberies. These boys are known as "Daltons of Eura". I found the movie great - a little action, human relation and even religion. I felt relatively uncomfortable when watching the scene where the father of the boys (role played by Loiri) kills a police dog that was sent to catch the young men by the police after they had been caught red-handed. However, the brothers succeeded to escape and the one who was caught up by the Alsatian could actually tame it and it became the boys' pet. For some time. The father, Jouko, probably isn't very human in this film (well, he suffers from mental illness) but still I felt sorry for him in the end where he is killed when the Volvo explodes. I felt a little bit sorry too somewhere in the middle of the movie as Jouko visits the grave of his deceased spouse. My Dad happened to watch the film as well and he thought it is of quite high standard for a domestic motion picture. =)
Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina (1959)
Fine film. Almost a classic.
I remember seeing some Pekka and Pätkä films already in 1989-90 on Finnish TV. This one is the one I remember the best from those days. It begins with a scene with Pekka and Pätkä dressed as gorillas and they frighten Justiina who hides herself in the closet. Janitor Pikkarainen gets upset with them after Pätkä has called out some sentences in the yard. The proverbs play an important role in this film. The two friends decide to earn some living as artists. They start to paint. Then some children find it out and have fun in their apartment after discovering the front door open. Justiina finishes cleaning the carpets and catches the children red-handed on messing or "messing" the painting. Pekka and Pätkä find it an improvement when the children have handled the painting, not destruction. What it comes to the rest of the movie, Mona Lisa is stolen and the two friends will be suspected for the crime. But as usually the film has a happy ending - or has it? After all the final scene shows us our heroes cleaning the carpets rapidly. And they are not exactly doing it voluntarily.