Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on June 17, 2002 at 08:09:53

In Reply to: Not me, but I enjoyed it. posted by john dem on June 16, 2002 at 18:38:44:

Good film, but I thought where Kolya simply told a simple story, this one attempted to go further, without being too prepared.

I loved the Spitfires, and the whole story about the brave struggle of the British, whipping badly the Luftwaffe's ass, is too important to anyone familiar with the Battle of Britain to not resonate strongly.

In some sense, to me that became like a sun blinding you of the rest of the story.

While I always separate the story from the means, there were several weak moments that I found distracting. On the other hand, it also had several rather interesting touches to more than compensate for these.

I love the fact Sverak is there making movies like that, he is a talented guy who will learn to do it even better.

I presume by sad ending you mean Karel's death...