I actually watched this yesterday, but Blogger was down so sorry about the delay! But I am afraid this review is not worth the wait... this Danish film was just, well, average. There were some really spectacular, powerful scenes but at the same time those were unfortunately balanced by boring schlock. Thinking about it now everything was just bleh - the film is based on a true story about two WWII Danish resistance fighters and includes all the elements that would categorize an enjoyable film but is incapable of putting them together. I just never found myself involved or engaged with the two main characters, there were complicated emotions motivating their actions and a lot of time was spent setting that up, but in an odd way I still felt like their bond was not solidified.
Two hours ten minutes was definitely too long for either the story, or the director's story-telling abilities. Hmmm what else... I mean it is great to write about movies that blow your mind away, and fun to tear a horrible film up, but for just an average film? It is almost worse than watching a bad one; it just leaves you with that feeling you wasted time (as opposed to a bad movie, where at least you get solid revenge on the time waste by getting to talk shit about it haha). So this is where I find myself, in that annoying space between rave review and fun ripping... with nothing left to say.
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