"3" is a 2-hour, 5-year-old movie written and directed by Tom Tykwer, one of the most famous German filmmakers right now. He usually makes English-language films these days, but this one here is a bit of a return back to the roots for him. Not a surprise that this film got lots of awards recognition all over the world. Tykwer won best Director at the German Film Awards, Rois won Best Actress and Mathilde Bonnefoy won Best Editing. Bonnefoy recently won an Oscar for her documentary on Edward Snowden, but she has been a longtime-editor for Tykwer before her biggest success.
Let's start with the positive things about this movie: The 3 actors all did a fine job and it is an interesting story Tykwer tells us here. Some of his films struggle in terms of credible character development, but here he certainly delivers in that area. It is a dramatic movie, but it's never depressing. Even a cancer diagnosis cannot destroy the relationships in this film. I would almost call it a feel-good film. Also, I think Tykwer succeeded in giving us a very aesthetic take on bisexuality, which is a huge challenger and I have seen many films, in which the director totally failed with this attempt. This is much more than a gay-themed movie. It's a triangle love story with great feelings. And finally, "Major Tom" is a truly great song, even if it is a bit narcissistic given Tykwer's first name. But unfortunately, there are negative aspects too. The major one for me is credibility. First of all, Striesow's character coincidentally is always where Rois's is early on. At the convention. At the theater. At the football game. It's really not that realistic. And then he also falls in love with Schipper's (director of the famous recent film "Victoria") character, after pretty much no indicators that both men are bisexual? And what is it with the likelihood of the two meeting in a swimming pool after Striesow's character already has an affair with Rois'. This is a bit of a problem here in my opinion. I appreciate the way love is depicted, but they should have found a better route to it. And finally, a minor criticism about the film's poster which is a major spoiler as it is actually the last shot of the film. Certainly a beautiful shot and a nice way to close it, but why give it away already? I also did not like the split screen shots on several occasions, but that's just subjective.
Anway, all in all, I enjoyed the watch. i also believe this is a good film to watch more than once as I certainly liked it more the second viewing. Looking at this one, I would love Tykwer to make more films here in Germany again as he certainly has a good deal of talent and there are more than enough actors he could use to come up with interesting projects in the future. As for "3", I recommend the watch. Totally worth checking out.
Let's start with the positive things about this movie: The 3 actors all did a fine job and it is an interesting story Tykwer tells us here. Some of his films struggle in terms of credible character development, but here he certainly delivers in that area. It is a dramatic movie, but it's never depressing. Even a cancer diagnosis cannot destroy the relationships in this film. I would almost call it a feel-good film. Also, I think Tykwer succeeded in giving us a very aesthetic take on bisexuality, which is a huge challenger and I have seen many films, in which the director totally failed with this attempt. This is much more than a gay-themed movie. It's a triangle love story with great feelings. And finally, "Major Tom" is a truly great song, even if it is a bit narcissistic given Tykwer's first name. But unfortunately, there are negative aspects too. The major one for me is credibility. First of all, Striesow's character coincidentally is always where Rois's is early on. At the convention. At the theater. At the football game. It's really not that realistic. And then he also falls in love with Schipper's (director of the famous recent film "Victoria") character, after pretty much no indicators that both men are bisexual? And what is it with the likelihood of the two meeting in a swimming pool after Striesow's character already has an affair with Rois'. This is a bit of a problem here in my opinion. I appreciate the way love is depicted, but they should have found a better route to it. And finally, a minor criticism about the film's poster which is a major spoiler as it is actually the last shot of the film. Certainly a beautiful shot and a nice way to close it, but why give it away already? I also did not like the split screen shots on several occasions, but that's just subjective.
Anway, all in all, I enjoyed the watch. i also believe this is a good film to watch more than once as I certainly liked it more the second viewing. Looking at this one, I would love Tykwer to make more films here in Germany again as he certainly has a good deal of talent and there are more than enough actors he could use to come up with interesting projects in the future. As for "3", I recommend the watch. Totally worth checking out.