I like movies that look good visually a lot. Sometimes I'm wondering if I like them too much.
I am very similar – good visuals can sometimes "make" the whole movie for me, but never entirely.
But when I saw 'Nightwatch' I realised there are limits. I thought it was just too many camera tricks. It was still nice to look at but it started to distract from the real story.
This is what I felt as well, plus these particular camera tricks (even though quite original) mage my eyes ill and my head hurt. But this is just me – I easily notice blinking on the old type monitors and can't really tolerate blinking icons. But this doesn't apply to your lovely icons of Snoopy at all! Hee! I am an old lady, I guess!! After the first half of "Nightwatch" I was just waiting for the film to end.
There was another thing I noticed – subtitles didn't really give the good justice to the dialogue. The dialogue was quite clever and contained black humor and a fair share of Russian cultural and fairytale references. This seemed to be largely lost in subtitles. But I think it must have been difficult, cultural gap makes some things to lose their meaning.
The story itself is very intriguing but I also thought it should've made for a better movie. I thought it was a lost opportunity.
I liked the story and the main actor, Khabensky. And the ending came as unexpected surprise for me!!
And I really didn't like Memories of Murder. Maybe my expectations were too high. I didn't like the 'funny' elements.
I want to see it and compare it with "Host" , but I hear your warning!!!
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Date: 2007-03-07 10:58 pm (UTC)I am very similar – good visuals can sometimes "make" the whole movie for me, but never entirely.
But when I saw 'Nightwatch' I realised there are limits. I thought it was just too many camera tricks. It was still nice to look at but it started to distract from the real story.
This is what I felt as well, plus these particular camera tricks (even though quite original) mage my eyes ill and my head hurt. But this is just me – I easily notice blinking on the old type monitors and can't really tolerate blinking icons. But this doesn't apply to your lovely icons of Snoopy at all! Hee! I am an old lady, I guess!! After the first half of "Nightwatch" I was just waiting for the film to end.
There was another thing I noticed – subtitles didn't really give the good justice to the dialogue. The dialogue was quite clever and contained black humor and a fair share of Russian cultural and fairytale references. This seemed to be largely lost in subtitles. But I think it must have been difficult, cultural gap makes some things to lose their meaning.
The story itself is very intriguing but I also thought it should've made for a better movie. I thought it was a lost opportunity.
I liked the story and the main actor, Khabensky. And the ending came as unexpected surprise for me!!
And I really didn't like Memories of Murder. Maybe my expectations were too high. I didn't like the 'funny' elements.
I want to see it and compare it with "Host" , but I hear your warning!!!