I really wanted to like this movie...
The director of "run lola run" has made a film that is very intriguing and beautifully shot. The charectors were well thought out and played with believability and impressive skill by all the actors...but...the story drug on for so long that I was hoping for more action and less inverted thoght laid out by the splended actors. After a while they had nothing more to say... It all happens in a small German village over the course of winter. A tragic accident leaves one man searching for revenge, while others live out their personal intrigues...a handsome philadering ski instructor, his sweet nymphet 'girlfriend', the nymphets' marose girlpal and a disturbed man smitten with the marose girl. The actors did an impressive job with creating depth to their roles. Their motivations were very believable...
The major flaw of the film is it's extreamly slow second half and an ending, while hopeful, frankly lackis in the dramactic sense. There was'nt a climax of tension which the film seemed to be striving toward. Instead we are fed an anticlimax that leaves us with a very bitter aftertaste. (and whats' with the Mashed potato, Close encounter of the third time poo halfway into the film?) Fortunatly, the film still has a lot going for it: the acting, cinematography and direction are wonderful till close to the end. ( I will also give kudos for the choice of music and smarts by the director to know when to have silence play with the drama.) I give this film a 6 out of 10; The director has talent, and all those involved with this project should be proud to have this film under their belt. Even with its' flaws, "Winter sleepers" plays as a cool charector study and and worth watching in the comfort of home, where you'll be able to pause it, grab a cup of coacoa, and enjoy it's all to leisured pacing.
It's worth seeing once.
The director of "run lola run" has made a film that is very intriguing and beautifully shot. The charectors were well thought out and played with believability and impressive skill by all the actors...but...the story drug on for so long that I was hoping for more action and less inverted thoght laid out by the splended actors. After a while they had nothing more to say... It all happens in a small German village over the course of winter. A tragic accident leaves one man searching for revenge, while others live out their personal intrigues...a handsome philadering ski instructor, his sweet nymphet 'girlfriend', the nymphets' marose girlpal and a disturbed man smitten with the marose girl. The actors did an impressive job with creating depth to their roles. Their motivations were very believable...
The major flaw of the film is it's extreamly slow second half and an ending, while hopeful, frankly lackis in the dramactic sense. There was'nt a climax of tension which the film seemed to be striving toward. Instead we are fed an anticlimax that leaves us with a very bitter aftertaste. (and whats' with the Mashed potato, Close encounter of the third time poo halfway into the film?) Fortunatly, the film still has a lot going for it: the acting, cinematography and direction are wonderful till close to the end. ( I will also give kudos for the choice of music and smarts by the director to know when to have silence play with the drama.) I give this film a 6 out of 10; The director has talent, and all those involved with this project should be proud to have this film under their belt. Even with its' flaws, "Winter sleepers" plays as a cool charector study and and worth watching in the comfort of home, where you'll be able to pause it, grab a cup of coacoa, and enjoy it's all to leisured pacing.
It's worth seeing once.