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Summary: Excelent Film
Review: This is one of the most amazing films I've seen in a long time. Im involved with a foreign film class, and this movie brings about endless amounts of discussion and will be enjoyed by all!
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Summary: Good But Not THAT Good!!
Review: In terms of suspense, this movie scored highly for you wouldn't know for certain where it is heading. You wanted to figure out why the female interest in this movie is so fascinated with the guy, & you questioned if they are to fall for one another in the end, and you also tried to reason why the guy is forever mournful, & so forth. Whilst both of them came from different background (one was a small time criminal & another a psychiatric nurse), both of them were devoid of a life, a normal life to say the least. Her psychiatric patients were attached to her, to the extent that she's like their surrogate mother, to the extent that she couldn't live a life of her own. The guy, on the other hand was forever living in the past where he couldn't go over the fact that he was to be blamed for his wife's demise. In the end, suffice to say that the movie was about letting go & moving on with our lives. To a certain degree, this reminded me of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" & the minor niggle that I found in this movie was that it was rather slow going. In other words, what that could be explained in one minute took ten minutes. At the end of the day, it boiled down to if you are expecting the unexpected, then this would suit you but if you were into an exciting thriller for a rainy night, maybe there are better selections out there. Still, this is one of the cinema's highlight. Commendable effort.
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Summary: Frana Potente Makes Another Mark
Review: On the heels of "Run, Lola, Run" (LOLA RENNT in German) is a fascinating tale of happenstance and coincidence. Here we find the lives of Sissi, a nurse at a Sanitorium, and Bodo, a former Bundeswehr (Army) soldier, cross underneath a tanker truck that has run Sissi over. Bodo performs a jacknife and soda straw tracheotomy. This leads to a psychological melodrama in which Sissi searches for meaning in the saving of her life, and reaches to pull Bodo out of a case of severe post-traumatic stress. The direction and cinematography are spellbinding, and the portrayals of the committed rival those of Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (alas, the time of such protective institutions in the United States is long gone). Franka Potente puts in another spellbinding performance in a German film and shows again that, properly directed, she can carry a film herself without the trappings of Hollywood co-stars. Very highly recommended!
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Summary: A Beautiful, Modern Fairytale
Review: Do not allow yourself to be intreagued mearly because the star and director of the ulta-cool, fate driven action film "Run Lola Run" have reunited. I'm sure by this point you've heard that this film is entirely different, but it's worth repeating. While as with Lola, fate seems to have a hand in the events, it takes on a much more dramatic tone.The basic premis of the story it that Sissi (Potente), who works at a mental hospital, is hit by a truck, and her life is saved by Bodo (Furmann) while he's on the run (literally) for stealing. After a long recouperation, she returns to work, and strives to find her savior, with the help of a button and a blind man. He however, Bodo has no interest in socializing with her. Sissi is shown as a princess, living in a castle-like mental hospital, where she holds power over her patients. Bodo is an ex-army man, living atop a hill in a small, dirty shack, who dreams of a better life for himself and his brother. While it is an apt comparison to say it resembels a fairy tale, this film goes significantly deeper than that, with Bodo's obviously symbolic crying and the somewhat surprising and odd metaphoric ending. It's an excelent film, and the stylish direction makes it a movie that I find myself re-watching alot more that I'd expected.
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Summary: Unexpectedly brilliant follow-up to Run Lola Run
Review: Upon seeing "Run Lola Run" at Sundance, I was immediately taken away with Tom Tykwer's visual stylizations, his camerawork, and his music. A hyperkinetic reality was played out and the audience gave the film a standing ovation. It was a breathtaking moviegoing experience. My expectations for "The Princess and the Warrior" were set high, but nothing prepared me for the impact this film had. An even better film than "Run Lola Run", "Princess" deals directly with issues of fate, chance, and circumstance; this is a movie Kieslowski would have loved. Tykwer takes his themes from "Run Lola Run" and extends them, building on them, creating a juggernaut of emotions. From the intense tracheotomy scene (graphically filmed but poignant at the same time) to the nail-biting climax, "Princess" never fails to provoke the mind or heart. If there is a flaw in the film, it would have to be the a ten-minute section when our heroine Sissi (Potente) takes her "warrior" to the asylum. For a brief time, the film's plot seems to pause for some character realization. Apart from that, the film doesn't let up. It drives with its pulsating music (scored by Tykwer and co.), it challenges your ideals with its story, and it makes you care about the characters in the end. During its "Thelma & Louise"-type climax, I nearly screamed out in terror. These two characters get to your heart and during the final ten minutes, a wide variety of emotions pours through the screen. When the credits roll, you're virtually left drained of energy, and yet thrilled at the same time. Tom Tykwer amazingly improved his storytelling skills with his "Run Lola Run" follow-up, and this will hopefully not be shuffled away to the dark corners of Blockbuster. A powerful, thought-provoking experience, Tykwer's film is everything we could ever want from a Hollywood feature--minus the Hollywood. Released in the U.S. in 2001, it landed my treasured #1 spot for Best Film of the Year. Don't take my word for it though. Rent it and see for yourself.
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Summary: a good depressing love story
Review: i realy liked this movie!franka potente was great in this movie and so was benno furmann. it did seem depressing that bodo lost his wife and that he didnt want sissi,but it all came 2gether to become a great love story!usualy i hate foreign films but i enjoyed the princess and the warrior,and anatomie(also staring franka potente and benno furmann!! the princess and the warrior isnt bad for 2 hours of your time!!!!!!
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Summary: can she really love him story
Review: The Princess and the Warrior
I watch movies to think and to feel new things. Things which in my life I will probably never be able to experience firsthand. Most hollywood movies are escapist and discourage critical thought, luckily this movie is not hollywood-made. It pulls you into the protagnoist's lives in a surrealist way. As the other reviewers have aptly pointed out the music and the filming are terrific, adding to the suspense and the viewer's involvement. It lacked only plausible explanation/connections at a few critical points which decreased the believable factor.
If you liked run lola run, you will love this.
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Summary: Thoughtful and Intelligent Filmmaking
Review: I have to admit, I rented this one by accident, but it turned out to be a fortuitous accident. I wouldn't have discovered this kinetic, moving and enjoyable film otherwise. The performances were real, in the cinema verite sense, but also dead on contemporary. Cinematography, one of my personal gauges of quality, is of the highest caliber. The script may drag at times, but there is enough playfulness and artful thrust that the viewer doesn't have time to become acutely bored. Owes a bit to the Inmates taking over the institute genre, re King of Hearts and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest, but also draws on myriad other sources, including Goddard and other new wave directors. Would include it in the must rent category, though the buying option presents a more ambiguous dilemma
BEK
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Summary: Another superb film from Tykwer
Review: When I saw that this film was from the same director of "Run Lola Run", and featured the same actor, Franka Potente, I figured I had nothing to lose by watching it. Boy, am I glad I did. This film is so rich in plot and subplots, romance without blatant sex, suspense, action, insights into how we become who we are. It is all tied together quite nicely at the end, with all your questions answered, even the ones you didn't think to ask. And beyond that is the acting which is superb with a minimalist approach to dialogue. Franka Potente's portrayal of Sissi is one of the best performances I have seen in years, I would watch absolutely anything she does. A healer who needs to be healed at the same time, I was enraptued with her character almost from the beginning of the film. Altogether different pace, and to me a more enjoyable film than "Run Lola Run".
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Summary: franka potente and benno furmann rock again
Review: Having seen both Run Lola Run and The Princess and the Warrior for the first time in the same night, I got an appreciation for the similarities and the differences in these movies. They are both the same director, same starring actors, many of the same supporting actors, and I believe the same composer as well. And although both movies deal with similar themes:destiny, love, loss...the movies themselves could not be more different. However, I love them both equally and anyone saying this movie is not as good as Lola just doesn't have the patience to think about it. More dialogue does not mean more content, it just means more words. Many scenes were effectively enhanced with near-silence. The chemistry between these two actors (they have now starred in 3 movies together) is amazing, and no one can deny that it is there. I only hope to see more from all involved.
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