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Summary: Everything you heard about LOLA is TRUE!
Review: Great Movie and Great Techno Soundtrack. If you like movies like MATRIX you'll will like this one.
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Summary: I wish I was a
Review: The theme of this movie is primarily philosophical. Don't be put off, it isn't at all hard to understand and its far from boring. The idea is like the butterfly effect. One miniscule change will gernerally lead to huge differences. This may remind you of "Sliding Doors", a movie which took the same theme and portrayed it in a very different way which I found rather disapointing. The other theme is the techno music and action (running) which makes this come off a bit like a music video. I found the music very good and the vocals complemented it nicely. The important thing is how well it works with the visual imagery and I found it did that very well. In fact, if I had a treadmill I'd buy the soundtrack to this movie and run to it. Someone told me the actress who played Lola and the director wrote and sang all the music together. I can't confirm this, its just something I heard. If so, wow. Muchos kudos and afterlife points to them. The final theme is the plot, which keeps you interested. Its a simple plot. Lola must come up with 100 thousand marks and get it to her boyfriend in 20 minutes. While it would seem action techno and philosophy are quite different, they are put together with amazing success in this film from Germany. I recommend this movie to people who like unique, thought provoking, fun filled movies. Oh one final warning: if you can't read, you may have trouble understanding this film, unless you speak German. Let all those who can't read be forwarned.
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Summary: Surprising brilliance!
Review: I first saw this film when I rented it with a "buy one get one rental free" coupon, so I obviously didn't expect much from it. I saw the fancy cover art and thought it would be a short, inane film that wouldn't hold my interest. I was so incredibly wrong, and after I finished the film, I couldn't wait to go out and buy it. "Run Lola Run" is sheer brilliance from start to finish, never letting your attention drift from the action on the screen. From the pounding techno soundtrack to the incredible camera angles and effects, the film is a wild ride to say the least. The plot involves the loss of 100,000 marks by a scatterbrained wanna-be crook named Manni who also happens to be the boyfriend of Lola. If Manni does not deliver the 100,000 marks to his gangster boss, Ronnie, in 20 minutes, Manni will be squashed like a bug. From here, the action begins. Lola frantically tries to replace the money for Manni, and she encounters many obstacles along the way. The most mind-blowing part of the movie is the alternate endings that show the various ways Lola must try to come up with the money. I was wondering how the filmmakers would stretch this film out to feature length, considering the plot begins and ends in 20 minutes, but they have done a masterful job of it. Simply put, "Run Lola Run" is not to be missed, it is one of the best foreign films you will ever see!
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Summary: An enthralling cinematic video game
Review: "Run Lola Run" is an amazing film that makes the viewer feel as if he or she is playing a video game. Though the idea of telling the same story three times with different outcomes has been done before (such as in Hal Hartley's "Flirt"), the director manages to take an old idea in creative directions. The film has a really great sense of humor, something that one would not expect from a German film. Franka Potente gives an extraordinary performance, and I give her a lot of credit for pulling off a performance that requires so much physical activity. I highly recommend "Run Lola Run" to anyone who enjoys really exciting movies, and a short attention span would not hurt.
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Summary: Snowball Effect in Berlin
Review: "Most German film critics did not valorize as a fresh idea the concept that the decisions we make in life, no matter how minute, have snowball effects on the rest of our lives (and on the lives of those crossing our path)." (Unknown) Though I wish I had said this line it is not mine, but what a way to express the underlying theme of this film. On top of that, it is wildly entertaining showing the hot fashion and music of this Berlin crowd. So while we may not have the opportunity to replay situations in our own lives, it should be remembered that every action we take can drastically effect the next and the next and the next...
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Summary: great surprise!
Review: i bought this just based on other reviews here and i'm really glad i did. this is definately one of the most original movies i've seen. what really shines in this movie is not the plot, but the way the plot is told. truly amazing. this shows how things can be so much different with so little happening. last but not least, it's visually stunning: camera moves are great, fastly cut on a techno track that adapts to the action, showing sadness or hope. to sum it up, this is kind of a music clip that evolved to a movie.
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Summary: A piece of Flawed Genius
Review: This is one of the freshest films to appear in years. It hit the UK about the same time as Sixth Sense and Blair Witch so that was a great month and now it's out on DVD. Okay basic Story Lola has 20 minutes to get the money to save her slightly dim boyfriend Manni. Since 20 minutes doesn't sound a lot to fill in 90 minutes you'd be forgiven for thinking it might be a bit slow. Not a bit of it the pace it keeps up is breathless (not unlike Lola) and the film oozes class and style from every shot. Amongst the best touches are the snapshot life histories of people Lola bumps (sometimes literally) into. In 20 seconds you see the rest of that persons life elivating the extras into charactors The main problem I have with this is the English dubbing while fine for Lola and Manni it doesn't really work too well on some of the minor charactors, for preference watch it in German with English subtitles if you need them (I do need them as my German is lousy) Don't be fooled if you see the same adverts as I did by the way I saw a review claiming the film has three different endings this does not mean that you are getting anything new from the cinema release it mearly means some wideboy in marketing is chancing his arm. Also on the DVD is the video for the song I believe (not my favourite from the soundtrack but still worth a listen), cast profiles and a directors commentry (the commentrys a bit weak but what the hell he made a great movie we'll let him off)
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Summary: Total surprise
Review: This movie is indeed a blast, what with wall-to-wall techno, every possible camera trick, a story with a built-in reset button and a premise that requires constant motion of its heroine (played by the 20,000 volt Franka Potente). However, this movie has more on its mind than being the first good "video game" movie. At its heart, it's really about the moment during growing up when you realize that pure chance plays a much larger role in your life than you previously thought. But there's no point in wasting time on foolish speculation about what if your boyfriend met someone else. The only thing you can do is run faster than you can. Future generations may see this as hopelessly 1998, but if our descendants are smart, they'll see the fun philosophic-emotional game this is.
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Summary: Run Lola RUN!
Review: I have watched many foreign movies, & this would have to be one of the very best I have ever seen. The music is fast and suits the movie perfectly. The whole movie is shot from wierd angles, like in a music video. Overall, its well written, funny, spine-tingling, fast-paced, and highly unpredictable. I especially likes the "And then..." parts in the movie, which show you what happens to some of the people that Lola encounters. The one and only thing I can say that I didn't like about this movie was that it was way too short.
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Summary: A crash course in the power of human will...
Review: Many people have referred to 'Lola's' déjà vu narrative structure, and compared it with such films as Sliding Doors and Groundhog Day. I give it more credit than that (don't get me wrong - I love Groundhog Day!). In those cases the character was caught in the film's mystery, unable to break the time-warp spell and get on with their lives. Here, time breaks, shifts, bends, and cracks for one simple reason: because Lola wills it so. She wills herself a second chance to get Manni the money. She wills the spectacular (photo-captured) futures of the people she runs into on the street. She wills the money from her father. And in the final sequence at the casino, her will is put on it's most bare, full-throated display. Rarely have I been more satisfied with a cliched ending; it had to be that way, because that's what Lola wanted (and whatever Lola wants, Lola gets! Omigod! Is it all just a thinly veiled 'Damn Yankees' reference?) It borrows its schizophrenic style from 'Natural Born Killers', utilizing video, film, and cartoon, quick editing, disturbed camera angles, and even an oppressive musical soundtrack. I'm still trying to decide if the style added or subtracted from the narrative. I enjoyed the cartoon; thought it was perfectly edited; and never felt like I was watching the same scene over again because the style was unique for each pass. But there were times when the style got in the way, when it didn't add a thing to the narrative, and proved distracting. But those times were few enough for me to say that overall the style worked. And it was so fun, and kinetic, and riveting. Like an 85-minute music video, with a cohesive (albeit existential plot). You can't not pay attention to Lola.
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