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Reviews
Turetskiy gambit (2005)
Unrealistic movie and poor sound
I enjoyed the acting and the plot... but the rest kept reminding me that I should not spend much time in front of a TV. Perhaps it's a big step for modern Russian movie industry, but am I wrong for desiring a movie that is _done_ better?
I agree with those who commented that movie looks unrealistic and sound is barely comprehensible. What are those colorful costumes in so perfect clean/ironed/etc condition every day for both Russian and Turkish soldiers? Is that a war or a parade?
Now the sound - it's mostly muffled and is quite colorless. I'm feeling really bad for those who spent their energy playing there.
A few things look odd in the context of the war story. Maybe it's just my personal perception. Harry-Potter-like effects when Fandorin goes into his memories, looks plain over-done to me. The way the machine (which looks like a train) is shown reminds me about some comedy, and not so much about a war story - again, odd in the context. I'm OK to have bright and fun side in a war move... but not to the level of comics.
Unfortunately, these things take away a lot from the overall feeling of otherwise great movie.
The Golden Compass (2007)
Horrible set of disjointed pictures
I heard about problems between this movie (or story?) and the church, so I decided my son should see it.
The movie does not show any emotions other than basic (e.g. joy, pain or fear) or thought process. Nearly all decisions are either magically made right or are suggested by the mighty compass. But look, there are flashy pictures!
It's a set of disjoint pictures, the connections are non-existing or convoluted - every new picture and you wonder - what the ...? The jumps seem arbitrary.
Just see how Lyra got a bear. Why did he agree to believe her? Was that all the conversation necessary? Was there any hesitation? Everything is straight - good is bright and and bad is dark. Is this the brain-dead way we should teach our children?
Did the boy feel *anything* other than deep pain after being stripped of his animal? Did he ever have any thoughts other than that he and Lyra will help each other?
Was there any history of how we got there in the first place? Any context or background?
DISAPPOINTING!!! The graphics are nice, though.