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Summary: only people w/ brains need to buy
Review: only people who actually think throughout the course of the day need to buy this movie. it's fantastic, but it won't do much for drones and zombies who live most of their lives without ever developing any insight on anything. It's interesting and entertaining at the same time, and it leaves you to consider how time plays such a big role in our lives and our encounters w/ people. If you don't buy it you should rent it b/c it will get you to thinking.
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Summary: Interactions
Review: This movie is about interactions. What you say and do, what others say and do, influence what we do. Action and reaction with a smidgen of chance mixed in. That's it folks, in a nut shell.
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Summary: Fascinating, but severly awkward new age film
Review: Franka Potente stars in a thrilling, but all together mis-directed new style movie from Germany. The main character in the film, Lola, is forced to make several dramatic and radical feats to help raise thousands of DM's for her less than appealing boyfriend Manni in order to pay off some gangsters. A radical new approach to directing is taken throughout the film, with heavy emphasis on music and an almost surreal style of split screen action between different characters. An incredible use of different cinematography and angle points is also used, ( Not to mention some usage of animated scenes) which are also stunning. Unfortunatly for this film, the approach is not enough. The story is often muddled and confusing, and the characters are very briefly outlined. But you have to look at what the movie was made for. The director obviously intended this to be an experiment, he sacrificed the plot in order to try out some new, radical approach to filmaking. Not for everyone, but give it a try if you want something different.
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Summary: Awesome movie, Cool DVD
Review: This is one of my favorite movies, and if you haven't seen it yet, do so. It's a highly energized, inventive movie about fate, love, and coincidence (a theme so many directors have embraced recently). Everything in his movie is expertly and effectively done: the camera work, editing gimmicks, especially the techno soundtrack. The story is simple, short, and always entertaining. The DVD is a good one, although the widescreen option it offers is not much different from the modified version on my TV. The director's commentary is a nice feature and the sound options are excellent.
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Summary: Lola is the butterfly.
Review: Besides being fast paced and exciting, this movie is an excellent demonstration of the way seemingly trivial differences in initial conditions can cause hugely different effects. I don't think "Lola" can really be compared to "Groundhog's Day" (or it's precursor "12:01") because there isn't much evidence that she is remebering anything from the other scenarios. It's more like the Everett tree of quantum physics, where parallel universes branch from every possible interaction.
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Summary: Non-stop action
Review: Best action movie i've ever seen! It just doesn't stop and drags you in with its music and story. Both are original and thrilling. See it immediately because time is running out (you'll know why after you see it)!
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Summary: Pulp Fiction Meets Trainspotting Meets Groundhog Day
Review: This is an awsome german flick with an even better soundtrack. a real independent film favourite, the best way to describe it is this: Pulp Fiction meets Trainspotting meets Groundhog Day. You get the action of Pulp Fiction, the sound and feel of Trainspotting, and the daily reliving of Ground Hog Day. Great movie and a welcome change from the regular list of choices.
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Summary: Teutonic nihilism at its finest
Review: Not since Jesse Owens kicked some Nazi ass in the 36' Olympics has so much been made about someone sprinting around Berlin. This movie is quite riveting, so much so, that it tempts the viewer to lose sight completely of the fact that nobody in this movie is even close to being a sympathetic figure. Lola seems to be running from: (choose up to three:) 1. the death that is contempary bourgeious existence 2. hypocrisy of modern family life 3. german collective past 4. soulless capitalism 5. the inescapable corporeality of bodily existence 6. awful techno soundtrack that follows her everywhere. 7. her father (perhaps the most reprehensible figure in the movie) 8. the cops. 9. Time and space (to keep the themes nice and specific.) I couldn't figure it out either and I guess that is because the movie doesn't really give anything by way of thematic development. We simply watch a girl run around wide Prussian streets (great for military parades) and wonder whether or not we should root for her to save her aspiring criminal boyfriend - presumably so that he can live to deal drugs to kids another day. The movie flips around and different things happen to the same people (movies are funny that way) and one leaves with no sense of anything but a desire not to dye my hair, go running that day or mess with Russian mobsters. Having said that, I would say that the movie is very fast paced and exciting. I just wish that the director would, well, direct his talents toward something more meaningful.
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Summary: and she just keeps going and going
Review: This energetic foreign film, clocking in at a mere 80 minutes, is good solid entertainment. A very clever mix of the classic story OCCURENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE, The Energizer Bunny and early MTV videos, the visuals are chaotic and unique. Ironically, the dark story line gives birth to an extremely optimistic ending. Like the Energizer bunny, Lola continues to run.This DVD has a nice audio transfer but the video has some problems with dark regions. The disc offers a music video and a director/star commentary as extra features.
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Summary: Feature length short film
Review: I just had the pleasure of renting and watching this movie on DVD. What makes this film great is basically the hip, stylistic camera work. It had the style of a short film but was carried wonderfully into a simple yet engrossing feature length film. Throughout the film the director plays little head games with the viewer by starting the story over but it never gets confusing or boring. Some may say that this is a film directed to the dumbed down "MTV Generation" but what i saw was just a hip, entertaining movie. The english dub on the DVD is my only minor complaint. The english language track seemed to be a little less offensive making the film lose a little of its intended edge. This is a very well done german film with a great soundtrack that shouldn't be missed.
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