Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Part II
For part two of Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath, I had high hopes. Part one was surprisingly good and I was impressed with the film, but part two quickly turned that around. The first part of the movie that we watched on Money was funny and had its highs, but part two wasn't really funny at anytime. It just turned boring and drug out. It did have some highs to it though. I thought that the doorbell ringing every so often was good and kept the movie going. I also liked how Ippolit kept coming back to the room, but always ended up leaving in a rage because Zhenya was still there. One thing I did find different than some of our movies were all the songs that Zhenya and Nadya would sing. It really wasn't a musical type of movie, but there was a quite a lot of singing in it. That really didn't bother me and the songs were cool to listen to in Russian. Overall, I like how we started this class off. I'm now hooked and ready for more!
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There definitely is a shift in tone for the most part in the second half--I tend to like the transition, but I can see how for some the first part may be a bit more entertaining.
ReplyDeleteThe music in the film is indeed amazingly good. As I mentioned there at the end, those are all lyrics written by some of Soviet Russia's greatest poets--and those scenes highlight the importance music holds for Russians. Gathering to sing and listen to others sing is traditionally one of their very favorite activities.