Reviews
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Absolutely bad! Stay away
I don't get. Why do so many people like this movie? It plain bad, and that's it. It may be that the novel is better, I can't comment on that, I didn't read it. The film keeps being awful. It is called a romantic comedy but where are the jokes? It just an highly "escapistik" movie if you please recall the content. There is a drug addicted, not especially good looking woman in her mid-thirties as protagonist. She is clumsy and has no real abilities. But that is not stopping her in having a career as TV Journalist and two men who are both looking like models want to have her. Huh? That so makes no sense. Of course one could overlook this. But somehow I can't. In an Action movie or a fantasy film, i don't expect realism. Even in more grounded movies I can live without über-realism. But this movie claims to show the life of a woman in her mid-thirties. And this doesn't work for me in the portrayed way. I could ignore this if it were funny. But it isn't. And I will never understand how they got Salman Rushdie as participant. Sorry to the people who enjoyed it but I just wrote down my opinion.
Sien lui yau wan (1987)
One of my favourite movies
This movie is one of my favourites. It is a genre-mixture with ingredients of the Action-/Horror-/Romantic-/Comedygenre. Some of the special effects may seem outdated compared to modern standards. This minor flaw is easily ignored. There is so much to discover in this story. The romantic relation between the two main characters is so beautiful that it hurts. The visuals are beautiful too. The action is great which is no surprise, it is originating from Honkong, birthplace of the world's best action movies. The humour sometimes seems a little bit silly but in a good way. Somehow this movie is being able to balance the different moods and keeps being good. Absolutely recommended.
Lola rennt (1998)
Surprisingly good
I did not see this movie until recently. Being German myself I usually tend to dislike movies originating from my country and avoid them. Many of them have bad story lines with gigantic plot holes not to mention the awful actors and the often poor technical aspects. So I was quite surprised after watching this one. Nearly everything was done right. It has action, humour and an intelligent srcipt. Well, some reviewers are proclaiming that the idea is ripped of Groundhog Day. Even assuming that this is true, I think that is really silly. Even if some aspects(okay, one!) of the basic plot may be similar, those are two totally different movies. "Lola rennt" is highly entertaining, even if it is not the most intellectual film I have ever seen. I can recommend it for everyone at every mood.