Just skimmed thru Courier (1986)WOW Soviet and Russian cinema is SHITWhat a shit, boring movie about an average teenage loser. Not funny in the slightest when it's supposed to be a comedy.And yet on the Russian IMDb it has an 8/10 rating lmaoWhy are they such shit-eaters? They literally consume crap and rate it highly because... it's theirs. What a joke of a nation, joke of a culture and joke of a cinemaCompare this piece of crap to Sexmission (1984) or Blind Chance (1981)
>>219325212>They literally consume crap and rate it highly because... it's theirs.Isn't that every culture? Anyway, haven't seen a great amount of Russian film, although can say that their recent mainstream shit has some of the worst aesthetics ever. Like the worst example of digital photography. Ones I liked were Balabanov, Eisenstein, Sokurov, Lungin.
>>219325212Idiot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Pajis7OOU
>>219325495Balabanov's Cargo 200 was okay (too focused on shock value though, really pushing suspension of disbelief)Brother was a 6/10 ripoff of Taxi Driver but I like it for documenting 90s Russia (just like Taxi Driver documents 70s NYC)Haven't seen Come and See yet, heard some people say it's boring though but I want to see it because Ive never seen an Eastern Front movie so Im interestedWar and Peace is shoddy for 1967, compared to Lawrence of Arabia. The main battle is too drawn out with bad directing, shoddy editing, stilted theatrical acting. Not even the best battle depicted in Eastern Bloc film, that title belongs to Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)Eisenstein is entirely overrated. Battleship Potemkin failed to impress me, Fritz Lang's Nosferatu from 1922 or Die Niebelungen from 1924 mogs it hard in every aspectAlexander Nevsky was embarrassing, I don't know why the battle on the ice scene is lauded so much (never happened btw), all I saw was like 20 extras in the weakest costumes stumbling over pieces of cardboard pretending to be ice blocksAnd outdated even for its time. Compare it to M (1931), Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, or even Kolberg made just a few years later in 1944 (under British bombardment!)
>>219326921>Cargo 200>Brother Try War.>Haven't seen Come and See yetSame.>that title belongs to Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)Don't remember it that well. Polish have a bunch of good historical film, though. Pan Wolodyjowski comes to mind. >Eisenstein is entirely overratedEisenstein does a completely different thing than any of those you've listed. Propagandistic historical pictures with focus on the picturesque. Operatic music for greater effect.
try some Gaidai stuffDiamond Arm is my favorite russian movie
Lol russia is run by a fag
