The Crimson Rivers
I’ve got 1,7 in a class where I really have expected something like 2,3; my god XD One of those I was in a team with has recommended this movie to me, and now that I plan to improve my french, I thought watching a french movie from time to time should not be bad. I actually expect myself to do better in understanding this than english movies *sets off the subtitles*
By the way, this guy has also told me that it was interesting to see how this elite school looks like. As expected, the library is absolutely marvelous – truly is a match-making paradise. I wonder if I would want to live in such an elitist, intellectual environment; for some years, it does sound very intriguing, but I would be unable to make “science” my life.
It took me awhile to understand that this Matthieu Kassovitz is really the same guy who played the dumb, romantic significant other of Amélie Poulain… This is so incredibly different.
But whatever, after 10 minutes, I was sold – the murder case is interesting and the music of the movie is extremely atmospheric and good. I actually have expected this atmosphere to last, but for some reason I kind of lost interest very quickly when I understood what the whole thing was about and that the school itself was not important anymore. I have expected a little more interaction in the school itself – basically everybody only talked about it, but it was not shown.
The scene from when I started to lose interest actually was the point where Max had his little kung-fu intermission with those “skinheads”. I found it rather out of place, just like the rushed ending.
I ended up feeling that this movie, despite all its suspense, ended up rather meaningless. Besides the suspense, I would have wished for a little bit more background information.
By the way, I am quite satisfied with the bonus material of the DVD: I love seeing storyboards of movies and it’s interesting to see them. The Brick DVD had some storyboards with commentaries of the directors – very funny and enlightening actually, especially because he draws like a 4-year-old. Also, somebody posted some storyboard pages of the Mushishi anime. Damn, they looked so good… I wonder if there are websites about them.
I was too lazy to watch the making-of though *ehehe*
Now the big question is: Do I want to watch the sequel? Okay, it’s a Luc Besson, but as we know, even a Luc Besson can do bad films, like “Danny the Dog”.