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Armin (2007)
5/10
Maybe for a short documentary....
12 March 2007
...but not for 82 minutes, as it is stated. This movie talks about father and his son, who come from a rural town in Bosnia to Zagreb to audition for a movie. It is based on a story of Armin Omerovic (he is playing himself), a young according player with some medical problems, who is trying to fulfill his fathers dream of becoming famous.

Ognjen Svilicic is stated as one of the best young Croatian filmmakers, always couping with modern problems in Croatia and neighbor countries, but he always pictures us as primitive nations... There is a scene when father doesn't know how to use hand-drier, and he acts sort of like apes in 2001: Space Odyssey, which is a very cheap gag. There are also many other similar first-ball sentimental arty tricks, that could have worked 50 years ago. Now, it is just lame! Emir Hadzihafisbegovic, who is playing father, is the best thing in this movie. His acting in this just blew me away. Armin is very antipatic kid, but his acting skills are not bad for 15-year old. Croatia doesn't have many great actors, but he could make some good things.

And that's about it. It just wasn't good material to start with.
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9/10
Makes you wanna ask yourself....
18 October 2006
what kind of world do we live in? and then you turn on your TV and everyday there is some kind of tragedy, some new war escalates... I watched few months ago Terrorists, wackos and middle east killers, and it shocked me, it really did... So, the question we want to ask ourselves is: "Is hooliganism really SUCH a big problem?" I come from the land where hooliganism is very strong. But so is almost everybody else, from Great Britain to Greece and Turkey... What is the cause of it: like every war ever fought on this planet, it's about power and control... If you are a fan, you can't let your rivals to come in your town and take over, and as well, you will try to take over your rivals town, even for few hours! This documentary is about hour long, and it showes clips of riots and fights between fans and their rivals and fans and police... Clips are not of best of quality, but you get the picture even if it's blury. I've noticed that music on hooligan clips on Internet is always very aggressive, and in this case it's the same, but it's very annoying because it is on loop (and I don't like trance, but so be it....)Movie contains graphic violence,but not as near as "Terrorists, wackos..." In conclusion, i would like to apologize for my spelling, and recommend this movie to everybody, especially to people that never seen hooliganism... It's the dark side of our nature, but it is a part of us....
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