May
06
2006
This weekend I have mainly been watching dvds. I finally got around to watching The Chronicles of Riddick and I wasn’t overly impressed. It’s okay, but nowt special. I also rewatched Night Watchand if anything I enjoyed it even more. So much that I watched most of the extras on the second disc. Actually I’ve only watched the second disc, as that is the one that has the theatrical version. If I get a chance I want to try to Russian version to see if it is any different. I’d have to say that the director’s commentary does give a deeper insight into a lot that goes on in the film. I mean, I always got that the mosquitoes were part of the Gloom, but I didn’t really realise that there were the Gloom. Most of the featurettes do the usual repeating themselves thing, but there is a little of interest.
Hopefully the sequel will be as entertaining as this was.
How’s everyone’s weekend?
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Oct
15
2005
- Konstantin Khabensky …. Anton Gorodetsky
- Vladimir Menshov …. Geser
- Valeri Zolotukhin …. Vampire, Kostya’s father
- Mariya Poroshina …. Svetlana
- Galina Tyunina …. Olga, sorceress (owl)
A thousand years ago an agreement was reached, the Light and the Dark negotiated a truce in order to prevent their mutual destruction. Each side ensures the other obeys the rules. The Night Watch are “the good guys” preventing the Dark from breaking the truce. But legend tells of the arrival of a “Great One” who will choose a side, and that side will become unstoppable.
Based on a trilogy of Russian books(by Sergei Lukyanenko) Nochnoy dozor is the first in a series of three books, and for the most part deals with Anton. Born human, he was one of the few able to see, and so become, one of the Others. Each new arrival must choose a side, Light or Dark, he chooses Light, and the film opens with him tracking down a vampire.
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Oct
04
2005
I’d half a huge long post written about Serenity and the fan ranting and raving and the non-fan flaming, and the Joss getting involved[1] but then I decided, nay, I don’t want to post on this.
Instead I’m going to say, you know this Night Watch looks all interesting. And I’ve read they’re even making the subtitles all cool by changing the look of them depending on the emotion behind the words.
Even the subtitles join in, Bekmambetov seamlessly weaving them into the action, sometimes having them whisp onto and off the screen in smoky italics, sometimes blasting them out in capitals. His work, to risk an obvious word, is spellbinding
Oh and a little disclaimer, that Irish in the title, not a clue if it is correct. Well, I mean the words are, but grammer-wise I’m not sure if they make much sense.
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- in a good way ↩
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