Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Irony of Fate
The movie so far is very good. I was thinking this movie was going to be boring and stupid but definitely not the case. It is a lot better than I expected. It kept me entertained the whole time. The movie was very different compared to the average American comedy movie. One of the major things that I see is different is that there is no swearing or people acting stupid in the Russian movie like in American comedies. The Russian movie was down to earth and showed the culture of the Russian people. Also the Russian movie is realistic to the average person in Russia. Some American comedies are funny to but are about events or things that the average American cannot do. American movies are also more organized in government matters as example like the environment, roadways, and people living in houses. American films are more dependent of special effects, and again the Russian movie is more what can actually happen in real life it seems like. Another thing I noticed was the Russian movie uses a lot of drunken comedy. They make fun of him being drunk and sometimes they encourage it. It was very funny and I can’t wait to see the second part of the movie.
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The second part of the movie was very good. This part of the movie seemed to stay away from the comedy and more towards the two main characters falling in love for each other. There was comedy though when Ippolit takes a shower with all of his clothes on and then went outside in the freezing cold. Also at the end of the movie when Zhenya’s friends think that Nadya is Galya. The second part seemed to have more similarities with American movies. One of them was falling in love. It doesn’t matter what movie it is in America but there is usually something to do with falling in live or finding the perfect person. The first part was hinting towards them falling in love and then they did. Another thing I notice was after everything that happened no one was mad. They just accepted everything that happened.
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder whether the scene with Ippolit in the shower is really meant to be funny. But note the stark irony of how he offers one of the film's soberest messages in a thoroughly drunken state as he takes that shower. (It's also interesting to compare the type of drunk he becomes versus Zhenya's "style" of drunkenness).
ReplyDeleteAre you really that confident that Galya is happy and accepting in the end. We never really see her in the second half of the film, but it seems to me that she can be hardly content with the outcome.