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Huge disapointment


I have loved all the Kusturica films I've seen before. And naturally I was quite enthousiastic about this one... Right after the end of the movie I just couldn't believe that Kusturica did that "thing".. It seemed like a bad remake of Black Cat White Cat. Similar theme, same ambiance, some already used elements (the fish from Arizona Dream= the flying man) and so on and so on. The characters were much less interesting and charming than usually.. The humor was often of a very doubtful taste. In fact the only thing that I liked about the movie was the young actress Maria Petronievic who is just sublime.

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Unfortunately, I haven't seen Black Cat White Cat yet. Anyway, it's so sad to find out so many similarities.. what a shame.

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it was horrible, couldn't wait until the end of the movie
kusturica is abusing his past success!

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Even if i'm generally a real Kusturica fan I must admit that he was not at his best here. Some scenes are excellent and imaginative (the flying man, the wedding and the funeral, the church bell...) unfortunately, it was not enough to make a good film. The plot is very thin and the mise en scene not always very clear. And he uses a lot of old recycled ideas (his ideas, but also some very old and out of fashion gags).
But the landscapes are very well filmed and I was able to feel the exact atmosphere I experienced when I was this summer in the wonderful Serbian mountains.

Let's hope he will work more seriously next time.

Joaquim
http://www.joaquimhock.blogspot.com

"Dans la vie, il faut regarder par la fenêtre"
Eugène Ionesco

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I gave mostly up after 40 minutes. There was little of a story and I was looking for some sort of humor. May be kids can laugh about it. But I doubt even that. Naturally it has a high imdb rating, compared with other comedies.

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at least the girl was really beautiful, that alone is worth watching it to the end.

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I watched one hour... can't go on... if there is something good in the movie (in the style, colors, characters, whatever) I already saw it, no need for more. I don't usually stop watching a movie after I start it, but this is totally not worth my time anymore

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Ooooooh you're so wroooong!!! You need to speak Serbian so you could get the point. The way they talk, the way they act.. You have to be Serbian so you could watch this movie on the right way. So don't say that this movie is disapointment.

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It seemed like a bad remake of Black Cat White Cat

My thoughts exactly. Unfunny and boring. Hard to believe that Kusturica made this.

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