Comments on: 9

By: Anton Bitel

Anton Bitel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:57:45 +0000

that would make for one tantalisingly strange double feature… not sure what would be the ideal order of viewing there – but no matter what, you have a long night ahead of you.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:58:44 +0000

Aha, well I have actually already obtained a DVD of the mentioned film, in fact, it’s right here on the shelf next another film I need to watch… City of God. Maybe this evening? :)

By: Anton Bitel

Anton Bitel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:01:05 +0000

Daniel, if you liked Nightwatch, get yourself a copy of Daywatch – it's even better.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:56:32 +0000

Sounds like a real shame, I’m gonna go see it anyway as the animation looks fantastic… And I\m a fan of Bekmambetov purely from watching nightwatch. I’ll be sure to check out the short anyhow.

By: The Incredible Suit

The Incredible Suit — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:44:19 +0000

It would have been more appropriate to call it 4, because that’s what it would get out of 10, and most of that would be for the animation which, irritatingly, is jeffing marvellous.

By: Anton Bitel

Anton Bitel — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:46:45 +0000

Where the feature is a bloated monstrosity, with excessive exposition, utterly banal dialogue and few original ideas, the original 2005 short is a thing of beauty, precisely because it is elliptical, economic and enigmatic, and has no dialogue at all, annoying or otherwise. Check it out here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1jl41_9-nine-sh...

By: doug1482

doug1482 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:52:19 +0000

I saw this a month or so back while I was in the states. Having really enjoyed the short when that was first about, I was looking forward to a feature length adaptation. The first thing I noticed was how dark and bleak the film was (which was really wonderful, the CG landscapes look amazing) and how it had pretty much cut off the kids audience that CGI films usually bring. A handful of allusions to communism and themes of humanity really set up for a great film. Unfortunately it seemed to end there. Just dragging on a forgettable story and bland character development. I still enjoyed the film, but it really missed out on (easily) being something really great.