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I saw this movie at the theatre when it came out. TBH, while I'm interested in the subject, I didn't like it all that much. It thought it kinda flopped as an ar
by worstspotgain 2y ago
I saw this movie at the theatre when it came out. TBH, while I'm interested in the subject, I didn't like it all that much. It thought it kinda flopped as an arthouse movie. The content itself was not particularly rich and obviously not novel, at least for anyone who has ever read about the Stasi.
So if TLOO was overrated, at the opposite end of the spectrum is another "Panopticon movie" that's contemporarily set and underrated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_(2016_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_(2016_film)
- thomassmith65 2y agoThat confuses me. There's not much about The Lives of Others that one could dislike that one would not also dislike about any other drama based on realistic characters and situations.
- worstspotgain 2y agoI'm not a movie critic, so it's hard not to be vague, I was just reporting on my own take and experience. For a better arthouse movie, someone in this thread mentioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Bye,_Lenin! which was indeed excellent. For better directing and acting, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin used real characters in a real situation, though with a dark-comedic take. Absolutely awesome.
- thomassmith65 2y agoNo worries. I'm actually not a huge fan of art films, which might explain my confusion. I tend to like traditional dramas about believable characters and situations, and I just thought of The Lives of Others as that sort of thing, aside from it being German language. But every year, fewer dramas like that come out, so I am probably showing my age.