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No One Sleeps (2000)
Great cinematography, weak plot
I saw this film at the Sarasota film festival in Florida. The synopsis I read sounded intriguing, but the film did not live up to my expectations. The emphisis on the gay sexual lifestyle of the main characters took away from the possibly fantastic storyline; the character's experiences were interwoven with an opera and an ongoing investigation, but the movie almost goes for shock value in a way. I can't say I enjoyed it at all, except for the actual cinematography was pretty great. Overall, a 4/10.
Lola rennt (1998)
Stop, Lola, Stop
Why's everyone so hyped about this thing? The fast paced European film was perfected in Trainspotting. At first, when I rented it, I thought "Now, they're not actually going to make her run a great deal in this film, are they? That would be boring and worthless." It turns out I was, unfortunately, correct in this prediction. Granted, Lola's hot. She's a little French hottie. I didn't mind watching her run that much at all. But c'mon, guys, at least 1/3 of the film was actual footage of her running. This might be cool to look at for 2 minutes, to the upbeat techno rythms provided, but after that limit, it's just plain.....boring. I'll admit, the redemption of the first supermarket robbery scene was almost worth it. But after that, when the camera returned to Lola dashing out of her room once more, I thought to myself, "Oh no, no, not this." Literally. OH yeah, and another thing, Europe, enough with the horrible mid-movie cartoons. Give it a rest. But I digress. Lola's second journey leads, predictably, to changes in events which only occurred because of a fraction of a time difference! Wow! Speaking of fraction-of-time-making-a-difference-movies with hotties in them, I'd rather go watch Sliding Doors, with Gwenyth Paltroth. Again, I almost survived the second running, almost there sequence, due to the nice, and redeeming scene of Manni getting hit by a bus. But then, oh no, oh no, no, please, please God no...Lola's yet again running out the door, with her mom yelling about shampoo from behind. That's where the stop button draws the line. Run, Lola, Run: overrated. Like some freshman year film student's final project. Ech.
Rushmore (1998)
Hooray for this film!
What a great movie. I try not to delve (sp) into pointless overanalysis like my fellow IMDBers, but this one was dang great. Black comedies rule. Bill Murray, the timeless brilliant comic (Groundhog's Day? Underated.), and the guy we'll be seeing more of us as Max. Go, rent this, now. Now.