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Funniest Nightwatch Review

Here’s dorable on Nightwatch:

I had read reviews saying that Night Watch immitates every Hollywood SF/fantasy movie ever made, and it does. I had also read that the movie is blatantly un-Hollywood in essence, and it is. But mostly, it’s just a huge campy mess. The script, the dialogue, the editing — it’s all overdone and rushed and confused, which is also why you won’t be bored in this movie: you’ll keep busy trying to figure out what’s going on.

No, forget about what’s going on; it’s hard enough to figure out which character you’re looking at, what with the dark lighting and non-distinctive (non-Hollywood) faces. No, forget that, too: it’s hard enough to figure out who’s looking at whom or who’s opening which door, because the hilariously over-enthusiastic camerawork and effects do not stop for a single second. Protagonist goes to the kitchen — zoom through keyhole! Protagonist opens the fridge — bullet-time! Protagonist says “da” — quick zoom in, quick zoom out, bullet-time, echo effect and x-ray vision! No wonder everyone looks so haggard in this movie; I’d be a bit tired too if every time I peed I had to worry about rogue cameras flying into my urethra.

3 replies on “Funniest Nightwatch Review”

Yeah. Cool movie. Stupid review, though. A blatant case of someone with no idea what they are talking about deciding to critique.
Had a point with the non-distinctive faces bit, though. I would cast it differently.

Ruskies, dude. They all look the same.

I.

P.S. Dim, how is that recap going? What was it you said on Monday? “I’ve got it covered”?

I.

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