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Run Lola Run

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Every bit of this movie is thrilling
Review: This movie doesn't need a long review. All you need to know is that the movie packs a punch of feminine power and 3 endings that will make anyone happy. It is my belief that the music defines the movie. As each scenario begins, it setd the tone for the whole thing by the music. After watching this a third time, it occured to me that there was either a major or minor key in the music, depending on the ending. All in all this movie is brilliant peice gives everyone a thrill with bright colors, a beautiful plot, and incredible music. And I LOVE the city it was filmed in. ; )

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Excellent what if video.
Review: What if you turned right instead of left? What if you went out instead of stayed home?

Must see movie for those who believe in fate and that the inconsequential things in everyday life really do make a difference.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Timing is Everything in Run, Lola Run
Review: In his brilliantly paced film, Run, Lola, Run, Tom Twyker explores such age-old truisms of life as "timing is everything," "he got what he had coming to him", "I wish I had it all to do over again," and "she'll do anything for love." Twyker is also fascinated with point of view, showing us (the audience) relationships between characters that don't even know each other. Does this film sound too thought-provoking, too heavy for you? Twyker uses montage, editing, and rapid-paced shot selection to create a technician's paradise. This is the film for you if you like an action flick as well as something that will stimulate your gray cells. Truly a brilliant director-based film in an era of cotton candy fluff product movies.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome Film
Review: Get the German Version with the English Subtitles. Yes, the techo music gets annoying but it's a really good movie. You'll see lots of recurring themes of this in the near future. How everything you do, regardless of how small, has some impact on the rest of the world. There's a show on the Discovery channel called Connections with James Burke that details how everything is related to everything else. Yet it all appears to be a big mess of chaos. It's beautiful in it's insanity.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: this movie rocks
Review: Visuallu brilliant,excellent story perfectly cast nuff said.we love this movie in manchester

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great
Review: I loved this movie. But do yourself a favor--don't read the other reviews here! Some of them give away too much; I saw this movie without knowing anything about it (the exact recommendation was "You have to see this movie NOW, and this is now than anything I ever nowed at you before"), and I think that I was more able to enjoy it that way.

I'd also like to comment on the fact that, more than in almost any other foreign movie I've ever seen, you forget that you're reading subtitles to the extent that you can almost remember the characters speaking in English afterwards...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Eternal Return
Review: I thoroughly enjoy movies that handle their multidimensionality with casual grace. Run Lola Run is in every way wonderful without in any way seeming to try. The plot is engaging, fast paced, well written, and packed with enough detail to bring you back again and again. While a viewer might easily enjoy the film simoply on the basis of the staccato story line, it might also be savored for its thorough and precise treatment of Nietzche's concept of eternal return. Triggering thoughts in me similar to those experienced while reading Milan Kundera's "Unbearable Lightness of Being" I was pleasingly surprised by the true exactitude of the plot. Not a word, a shot, an image, or a second is wasted.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: If you're looking for a plot summary, check elsewhere
Review: There are already enough reviews of the excellent film and the acting Franka Potente, so I'm going to focus on the DVD itself.

And that said, this is a DVD that is worth owning. The transfer is of very high quality. And considering that the film is running at such a fast pace with images being thrown in and out of the camera's view, the high quality transfer really is essential to the film. Even if the film was bad (and I think the other reviews can convince you that it isn't), the transfer is done so well that it allows you to marvel at the wonders of DVD (and make you happy that you haven't used that old VCR in quite some time).

But the transfer quality pales in comparison to the sound in Run Lola Run. And whomever made Run Lola Run onto DVD was kind enough to take into consideration that not everybody has a full surround sound setup just yet. So the film is made in both 2.0 and 5.1 for both English and German. It's amazing how many films don't do this. The 2.0 sound is actually good enough to sound better than some poorly made DVD's with 5.1. But Run Lola Run's 5.1 sound is excellent. I'd imagine you'd have to be a fan of the techno beats in Run Lola Run to really appreciate it, but if you're at least a little bit into the music, you'll love being right in the middle of the sound as it does take advantage of the rear speakers quite a bit. I'd strongly recomend using the subtitles and listening to the German 5.1 over the English 5.1. The English 5.1 sounds just fine, but the German is clearly better.

The special features are good, but not great. The commentary with director Tykwer and Potente is better than most. At least it is for an American not fully familiar with German cinema -- the commentary gives you some insight as to how films are made on the other side of the pond. The music video is neat, but I can't imagine watching it more than a couple of times.

When my friends look at my collection of DVD's and ask me why I'm "wasting" my money on them when I have several of the movies on tape, Run Lola Run is one of the DVD's that I'll pop in to show them what DVD can really do. A strongly recommended purchase -- especially for those who own high quality systems.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: techno
Review: I think that the music kept this movie moving. I see the picture as an accompaniment to the soundtrack. They enchanche each other. I see this movie as a reeeally long music video. Don't get the dubbed version get the one with the subtitles. Hear the actors voices even if you dont know what they are saying. THis is not to say that the movie does not have other virtues. It probably does.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fast Paced and Exciting!!!
Review: When I heard about this movie, I was skeptical because I'm not into foreign flicks and am not too crazy about reading subtitles either. When I started watching it, I was so into it! It took so many turns with the 3 different scenarios going on in this one situation. I recommend this to just about anyone who likes unpredictable movies!


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