Oh, yeah, the movie. I liked it a lot. But after his review on Watchmen, I'm not at all surprised Danoff didn't like Run Lola Run. It's old, and what budget?
And that movie is different, even for movies with subtitles. If it was food, I'd say it's a sushi, an acquired taste.
I see what you did there.
I held Watchmen and Lola to completely different standards and had completely different expectations of them. I don't think its fair to use my review of the Watchmen against Lola. Note that I didn't mention budget or oldness in the review. For what it was, Lola didn't feel like it ran out of money - unlike the watchmen. Lola felt much more appropriately funded than watchmen - and it didn't strike me as dated. It struck me as the sort of thing that could happen right now.
I can really get behind different, and I was ready to like Lola. But there were some critical things that bothered me. The main characters were morally bankrupt, and yet we're supposed to like them and root for them. Not because they're bankrupt (like, for example, payback - which was a good movie), but because they're in trouble. And that's where the movie really loses me. I don't immediately like someone because they're vulnerable. It's a socialist consideration and it doesn't gel with my personality in the slightest.
So right from the outset I was put off by this film. I watched, I understood it well enough (better than most I'd say), and I didn't like it because I didn't like the themes in it. Not because it's different, or had a small budget, or took place outside the US. Considering that many who like the movie probably didn't even understand the themes - I think that's a valid reason for disliking a film.
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The Fall 👍👍
I watched this movie at the recommendation from someone here on GTPlanet. Much like Pan's Labyrinth (which I also very much enjoyed), this is an excellent film. Unlike Pan's Labyrinth, it was not as dark (though still a little dark). It's a very creative film, but it's not unique - at least not anymore. It's basically the same movie as Pan's Labyrinth, but changed ever-so-slightly in details and imagination content.
The result is the same, however. A very entertaining and visually appealing movie with a backstory that holds the imaginary landscape together. It's interesting that in both movies reality takes a back seat to imagination both in the mind of the main character and in your mind as you watch the film. Much like the main characters, the audience begins to enjoy the escape into the imaginary world. I'd say it makes you feel like a kid again - but not in the way you might expect. It doesn't take you back to some innocent time when you were a child and everything was wonderful, happy, and good. It takes you back to a time when you were afraid of the dark, amazed at rainbows, terrified of the neighbor's dog, and enthralled by a butterfly.
I also loved the use of Beethoven's 7th throughout the film.
It wasn't a perfect movie. In many movies with child actors who are featured extensively, the child eventually gets on your nerves - this was no exception. But it was definitely not enough of a detraction from the film to keep me from wholeheartedly recommending it.
Unfortunately, like Pan's Labyrinth, there's not a whole lot of repeat value with this film. So enjoy it while you're watching it, it's likely the last time you will.
I just remember really liking it, and it features one of my favorite actors, Moritz Bleibtreu. I had to look up the spelling of his last name on google, but it ain't no thing. 
