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Post by richardburton on Feb 19, 2007 14:05:35 GMT 1
Ok, watched Nightwatch last night with Nerfy, not sure if this is entirely fair but...I was a little disappointed. I don't know whether its just me, but I kinda didn't get it. I mean, I understood the storyline as they explained it, but there were lots of holes and bits that were very implicit. Like for instance, they didn't really explain what the Others actually were, or why they were, or what they were doing. They just said they existed, and that was kind of it. And they seemed to be crap as well. They spent the whole time getting beaten up. Dunno, it was a good film and everything, but I can't help but think that if that was a Hollywood film, exactly as it is, but without the Russian obviously, it would probably get slagged off. I'm a big fan of world cinema, and so was really looking forward to seeing this, but it just didn't live up to the hype for me. I know what you mean. I'm hoping that a lot of the holes etc will be explained in the next two films. Overall though, I enjoyed it. |
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Post by Lensman on Feb 19, 2007 14:09:49 GMT 1
Tea Time Watch
Brillig Watch
Five-minutes-of-Noon Watch
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Post by Scifishocks on Feb 19, 2007 18:57:19 GMT 1
I liked it.. it was slick and action packed. But there was something missing that I can't quite put my finger on.
Maybe seeing the other two films, when they appear will make it work better.
We'll see.
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Post by Celera on Feb 20, 2007 11:37:10 GMT 1
Yeah, don't get me wrong, it was a good film, but I can't help but feel left a little disappointed.
Definitely something not right in it somewhere, but as you say, hard to say exactly what though.
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Post by thedonal on Feb 20, 2007 14:39:41 GMT 1
I know the feeling- I enjoyed Event Horizon, but felt that it had something missing from it. Depth, perhaps- like Night Watch, a bit more background or something.
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Post by richardburton on Feb 20, 2007 15:23:07 GMT 1
Ah Event Horizon. Lawrence Fishburn and Sam Neil were both very good in that. I thought overall that it was a good un.
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Post by thedonal on Feb 20, 2007 15:40:47 GMT 1
Yeah- Sam Neil, really hamming it up, is great fun to watch!
"The gateway is open and you are all coming WITH ME!"
The shot at the beginning where the camera pans and spins away from him in the space station gives me serious vertigo. Though Paul Anderson's output clearly went down hill after this movie!
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Post by Xymon on Mar 14, 2007 13:16:47 GMT 1
I loved Night Watch - but the best version to watch is the European theatrical version with the animated subtitles. They're just fabulous.
I also managed to get a copy of the sequel Day Watch on DVD. I'm not entirely certain, but it looks like they've merged Day watch and Dusk Watch into one movie. At least, the ending suggests that they have - unless there's an arc I've missed!
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Post by killraven on Mar 23, 2007 13:54:26 GMT 1
Yeah- Sam Neil, really hamming it up, is great fun to watch! "The gateway is open and you are all coming WITH ME!" The shot at the beginning where the camera pans and spins away from him in the space station gives me serious vertigo. Though Paul Anderson's output clearly went down hill after this movie! "Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see" ;D KR |
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Post by thedonal on Mar 28, 2007 20:58:09 GMT 1
This place is a tooooomb
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Post by richardburton on Mar 29, 2007 18:12:02 GMT 1
Nobody comes down here, Sarah darlin - it's an eighteen mile toooombstone....
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Post by bayne on May 14, 2007 16:22:44 GMT 1
[glow=red,2,300]I loved both Nightwatch and Daywatch. From what I've heard the 'third' film is going to be made in the US for US audiences. A deal struck to bankroll the other films and the proposed russian tv series. The films are loosely based on a series of books. Oh and I heard that the reason it seems disjointed might have something to do with an entire character having been excised from the western cut! Not to mention a host of odd editing changes.
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Post by richardburton on May 16, 2007 9:28:47 GMT 1
Day Watch doesn't come out in the UK till 5th October.
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Post by bayne on Jun 4, 2007 9:26:11 GMT 1
[glow=red,2,300]A friend has a review business... so I got to see it very early on a very big home cinema screen  [/glow] |
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Post by richardburton on Jun 4, 2007 9:30:34 GMT 1
Nice! It's alreet for some!  |
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