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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: ALONE IN BERLIN    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2       Last Post   Posted:   Jan 5, 2018 - 8:10 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) alright, you have me curious Thor. I am not saying that film is perfect, but I like it. What are the issues with it? It's been a while since I saw it, but it suffers a bit from the BOOK THIEF problem; it tries too hard with the melodrama ("Oscar bait"), thus becoming rather shallow and surface-oriented. With a bit more restraint, it could have been as powerful as the source material called for. Not Horner's fault, though. I absolutely adore his Mahler-esque score, which is just gorgeous and restrained throughout -- except some pivotal moments when it feels deserved.    Posted:   Jan 5, 2018 - 8:14 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) alright, you have me curious Thor. I am not saying that film is perfect, but I like it. What are the issues with it? It's been a while since I saw it, but it suffers a bit from the BOOK THIEF problem; it tries too hard with the melodrama ("Oscar bait"), thus becoming rather shallow and surface-oriented. With a bit more restraint, it could have been as powerful as the source material called for. Not Horner's fault, though. I absolutely adore his Mahler-esque score, which is just gorgeous and restrained throughout -- except some pivotal moments when it feels deserved. Interesting points, don't disagree that much, perhaps it needed merely a couple of scenes removed. I found that ending pretty breathtaking, I was left aghast.    Posted:   Jan 5, 2018 - 9:09 AM     By:   joan hue   (Member) Ado brings up an excellent comparison when he mentions The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I really liked that movie. I realize it has little action in it, and I'm not addicted to action. That movie's solid dramatics and a lot of tension (Literal and psychological tension) kept me glued to watching it. For me personally, Alone in Berlin was so very restrained or so very underplayed that I never really felt much tension. I just needed more dramatics I guess. I would give some examples, but I don't want to add spoilers. If you like it, then fine.    Posted:   Jan 17, 2018 - 6:50 AM     By:   pete   (Member) For me personally, Alone in Berlin was so very restrained or so very underplayed that I never really felt much tension. I haven't seen the film, but I just started the book a couple of hours ago, and there is certainly tension in the story so far as characters introduced go about their daily lives at the height of Nazi power. Am curious to see the movie, but yeah, I already have a sense that it's one of those books a film can't really do justice to.    Posted:   Jan 17, 2018 - 6:58 AM     By:   Nicolai P. Zwar   (Member) "Home Alone In Berlin"... he, he... still cracks me up...     General Discussion: ALONE IN BERLIN    << < 1 2  >   Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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