Soooooo disappointing


It's rare that I disagree so much with other IMDB posters, but boy, this was a loser for me. The screenplay does NOT know where it's going. The acting and the scenery are about the only good things I could find in this film. The director spent 2/3 of the film showing the same interpersonal dynamics between the characters- over and over and over.Major plot points were never resolved; the ending just fizzled, leaving me frustrated and angry.I got this to watch because I really liked The Princess and the Warrior, and Run Lola Run, and I had just seen Heino Ferch do a great job in The Tunnel. So, Tykwer and Ferch- I thought I was all set. WRONGGGGGG.

Plse don't bother to tell me I'm stupid or shallow or whatever. I very much wanted to like this film. I read all the positive IMDB posters' comments, but I completely disagreed with all of them. sigh.phooey. heino ferch is in very few u.s. released films. i'll just have to hope that changes soon.

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revisit?? after i just suffered through it so recently? i don't think so!!
and no, of course I do not rely only on IMDB for reviews. I read quite a few and happen to be a particular fan of Jay Carr and Roger Ebert. and david ansen. And yes, i REALLY liked the princess and the warrior. as i said, i am a tom twyker fan, which was one of the reasons i was looking forward to seeing this film. but i did NOT like it. a 5 for me.
however, I'm glad for you that you enjoyed it.

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A great film. Better than Lola and much better than Kaiserin.

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Yeah its funny but I really liked this film for all the reasons the OP did not. Tykwer authentically delivered on a host of interpersonal relationship dynamics and I found myself relating personal experience to almost everything that was happening on screen. You had the couple that is always fighting or *beep* The jealous boyfriend who always thinks his girlfriend is cheating or about to beacuse he is the one cheating and thinks that what everyone else does too. You have the girl whos not really into the "strange" guy yet she and him hook up anyway...and I could just go on. Oh and I was blown away by the ending, I thought it was supurb!

The OP is right this film does move at a slow place as I am sure thats what Tykwer intended. He wanted it to feel like real life, which as we all know can draw out slowly and uneventfully.

I realized about an hour into this film that it wasnt what I had expected and I just went with it. Even though there are times when it seems there isnt anything overtly going on it still feels like there is so much to it.



There is NO Gene for the Human Spirit.

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After seeing other Tykwer's work though I thought this one was just average.

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This film is so much better than the ones he made after this.

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this film is one of the worst films i ever saw
slow
nothing to follow do not waste Your time
it is non related to his latest films it is garbage

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