Heads Up - Night Watch tonight Film Four 11pm

[redwing]

I dont know if its any good or not ive never seen it but ive heard some guys absolutly rave about this film and others say its hard to get into .


Its a good time to watch it as Day Watch hits the big screen on October which is the second of the trilogy. see below from BBC films

Day Watch
The second dazzling instalment of the Russian Sci-Fi horror trilogy based on Sergei Lukyanenko's novels. Set in contemporary Moscow, the film revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness.

 

[Goooner]

Was really looking forward to seeing this at the time, thought it was absolute rubbish though, unfortunately.

 

[obi]

I thought it was a good watch - I need to see it again though as it was a while ago - looks like that is what I will be having on the box tonight.

 

[ProjectorDreams]

first one nightwatch is an excellent film and so is the second

 

[chrislynch]

Saw this when it was in the cinema. Completely derivative of tons of other movies but the interactive subtitles were well cool. Rated it about 5/10.

Looking forward to watch it again tonight and maybe re-assess my opinions. I think my expectations were quite high going in the first time. They certainly won't be now. So, the only way is up...

 

[obi]

I have been keeping an eye out for the secon film daywatch - did it get released for the cinema or just direct to dvd? I am sure I have seen on play it is out sometime soon?

 

[redwing]

I have been keeping an eye out for the secon film daywatch - did it get released for the cinema or just direct to dvd? I am sure I have seen on play it is out sometime soon?

Hits the Cinema Friday 5th of October.

 

[ProjectorDreams]

Hits the Cinema Friday 5th of October.

cool but weird its been on amazon for the past 2 months

 

[redwing]

cool but weird its been on amazon for the past 5 months

thats strange ???

well heres where im getting the info from

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/comingsoon/monthdiary.shtml?oct07

 

[PoochJD]

Hi,

"Nightwatch" is also repeated late on Saturday night, on FilmFour. Just to clarify a few things, though:

1 - The "... Watch" series is not a trilogy: there are 4 books by Sergei Lukyanenko, and (eventually) 4 films in the series - "Night Watch", "Day Watch", "Twilight Watch" and "Dawn Watch", in that order! "Dawn Watch" is due out in hardback towards the end of the year, here in the UK.

2 - The films are all being released by 20th Century Fox in the UK and US, but UK cinemagoers will only find the films getting a very, very limited theatrical release in London, due to the cost of creating an English-subtitled print with the special interactive subtitles. (If you've seen "Night Watch" on DVD or on Film4, you'll know what I mean!) As such, though "Day Watch" has been given a BBFC 15 certificate (with a 132 minute running time), this was done back in March 2007. The BBFC site does say that the film is expected to open theatrically on 5th October 2007, but probably only for a short time in London. I expect that the DVD will come out in the UK before the end of the year, to coincide with the hardback publication of volume 4 of the book series.

3 - All 4 films will be directed by the same man, Timur Bekmambetov, with the main character being played by the same cast. (This will make a real difference and improvement, for continuity purposes over the entire series!)

4 - As far as I know, there is no actual difference between "Night Watch" the Russian version, and "Night Watch" the English-language subtitled version, other than the audio and subtitles. I couldn't see the point of Fox including the original Russian version, and then two English versions of the film on DVD, when the only difference between the two English versions, are that one uses the special interactive subtitles, and the other utilises standard subtitles. But if anyone can explain otherwise, then please let me know.

5 - ProjectorDreams - the reason Amazon has the "Day Watch" DVD listed on their site, is because it is a Russian-language only DVD release! There are no English-audio tracks, nor any English subtitles included, and it's also a Region 5 PAL encoded DVD, with no extras! I'd wait for an official UK release.


Pooch

 

[Mark_a]

Interactive subtitles - how's that work, then?

Regards

Mark

 

[Battle]

Interactive subtitles - how's that work, then?

Regards

Mark

Instead of just having white subtitles overlayed over the bottom of the screen they had them in different colours and fonts moving in and out of the action on the screen - its very hard to describe acuratly but it looks well cool on screen.

 

[Mark_a]

So, marketing talk then, as it's still entirely passive. You the viewer have no control or input into the process, so it's not 'interactive' at all.

Still, whatever the case, I have it on my Sky+ so I'll watch it soon and see what the fuss is about.

Regards

Mark

 

[redwing]

Hi,


5 - RedWing - the reason Amazon has the "Day Watch" DVD listed on their site, is because it is a Russian-language only DVD release! There are no English-audio tracks, nor any English subtitles included, and it's also a Region 5 PAL encoded DVD, with no extras! I'd wait for an official UK release.


Pooch

I dont really understand the school teacher icon like your telling me off so ill make myself clear . I never mentioned Amazon at all in fact i couldnt care less what is on Amazon (and thats putting it very mildly ) as i clearly say the cinema release date is on the BBC website and i quote that .

so I dont really know why your telling me why its on amazon as i clearly prove my point by linking the BBC website .

Perhaps aim your comments at the guy telling me its on Amazon mabye he wants to know .

 

[PoochJD]

RedWing,

My sincerest apologies, my good man! I typed your name instead of ProjectorDreams. A thousand humble apologies, and please forgive me. Have amended my original post accordingly.

Sorry about that error. Thanks for notifying me of it.


Pooch

 

[redwing]

RedWing,

My sincerest apologies, my good man! I typed your name instead of ProjectorDreams. A thousand humble apologies, and please forgive me. Have amended my original post accordingly.

Sorry about that error. Thanks for notifying me of it.


Pooch

I appreciate the threads you create your a excellent poster

 

[Battle]

So, marketing talk then, as it's still entirely passive. You the viewer have no control or input into the process, so it's not 'interactive' at all.

More along the lines of interactive with the scenery in the movie rather than viewer interactive.