Daywatch - 2nd installment in the Nightwatch Trilogy

[mrkeys]

Hmmm..

I have read the trilogy in English and Russian (the translation is spot on and awesome), really solid books in a genre that has been cliched and fucking terrible for ages....If I see another Anne Rice clone book I am gonna puke fucking blood.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403358/

Nightwatch was ok...watchable but really flawed

Daywatch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409904/



My question is WHY change the books completely. Just have the same character names and just don't even bother to follow the story...how can you even call it the same. The books are really quite beautifully done, there is action but also alot of introspection. But there is still meat there why change the PLOT completely until they are not even remotely the same.

Anyway saw Daywatch yesterday.

Way to go you guy's. Just lube up the amazing legacy of the books and fuck it in the ass...

the film while pretty is really an non-comprehendable mess.

3/10

[Hitman]

My question is WHY change the books completely. Just have the same character names and just don't even bother to follow the story...how can you even call it the same. The books are really quite beautifully done, there is action but also alot of introspection. But there is still meat there why change the PLOT completely until they are not even remotely the same.

You honestly want me to answer this?

[depressed goth]

Russian's are not known for the great movie makers.
Have heard it's a shocker and a dud.
Hollywood want to make a triology,Twlight watch .

[mrkeys]

Russian's are not known for the great movie makers.

would disagree there a completely

Andrei Tarkovsky made my favourite sci-fi movie besides "Empire.." and "2001.." the amazingly brilliant "Solaris" forget the Clooney \ Soderburgh remake seek it out. He is regarded as the foremost influential filmmaker of the post-war Soviet era in Russia and one of the greatest in the history of cinema. For me up there with Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scoresese, Speilberg (although most people poo poo my addition of Speilberg - I would point to Close Encounters..Saving Private Ryan..ET and a host of other masterpieces..)

Grigori Kozintsev - 1964 version of "Hamlet" - arguably the best cinema version of it.

This year I saw the AMAZING - "The Italian" truly a brilliant movie...during the 90's there was the impressive "Brother". I could go on for ages....

I just think this movie was a complete turkey.

IThe guy's just had this huge special effects budget and just forgot about any plot line that would be remotely interesting....

Anyway that's my 2 cents...

[Hitman]

I watched a review for this on the Movie Show last night and it looked pretty sweet...can't remember if Margret and Dave were positive or negative about it though...

Dude, I agree with you completely about Spielberg! I rate those films you mentioned, plus Jaws, the Indiana Jones stuff, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, AI, Minority Report, War of the Worlds...

[mrkeys]

You honestly want me to answer this?

umm if you want

But no not really

[mrkeys]

I watched a review for this on the Movie Show last night and it looked pretty sweet...can't remember if Margret and Dave were positive or negative about it though...

Dude, I agree with you completely about Spielberg! I rate those films you mentioned, plus Jaws, the Indiana Jones stuff, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, AI, Minority Report, War of the Worlds...

Yeh I thought it would be good cause of that too....if you were going to be positive you would say it was really really pretty. Pretty amazing effects. But the negatives are there is no storyline or one that you cannot follow...

And on Speilberg all of those movies mentioned are bloody great.

[depressed goth]

Cool special effects, storyline is thin,

Spielberg movies appeals to all ages,he gets the thumbs up