Sim1What if
July 4th 2009 12:00
Yes, I admit, initially I was confused. First we’re telling Forest to run, then we’re telling Lola to run. Is there a bloody fire anywhere, because if there is, I’d rather you told me than dropping hints!
Mind you, the original film title ‘Lola Rennt’ translates simply as ‘Lola Runs’, so whoever got to translate this German treasure made good use of the old artistic licence.
So hands up if you’ve seen ‘Run Lola Run’ and didn’t like it? Thank you, you may now put your hand down and move away from this blog. And don’t come back.
To begin with, I didn’t like it, either. But that’s what I do most of the time, I will watch a movie with the intention to hate it and slate it on here. For a start, the whole concept is preposterous! Berlin has a very elaborate public transport system, there is no need for the bird to run a marathon. Especially not in Doc Marten’s boots!
And Lola Rennt seems a bit try-hard at first. Let’s throw everything indie, edgy and pop art in that we can think of! It’s like a German techno/house track made into a movie. Now I love German trashy techno. Always have done. Maybe it is something to do with the fact that I am actually German and grew up with the stuff? Hmm, anyway, I was prepared to give this film a fair go. And I am glad I did. Although I need to say at this point that I really don’t like Franka Potente in this. With her stupid bright red hair. Mind you, that’s a German thing, the girls and women in Germany are obsessed with dyeing their hair all shades of red. (yeah, yeah, I had red hair too before I left my home country and ventured out into the big wide world.) I don’t like Moritz Bleibtreu, either. He has no charisma and he didn’t exactly shout ‘Here!’ when God gave out good looks. But luckily, despite two average main characters, the movie still rocks.
You won’t get this at first (the film takes a while to ‘warm up’) but it very cleverly explores the age-old question ‘What if...?’ If you hadn’t had eggs for breakfast this morning, would you have gotten food poisoning and ended up confined to your sofa with nothing else to do than to read my piffle? The movie goes as far as to make you think about the importance of timing. What if you got up 4 minutes earlier than you did this morning? Would you have had those eggs or would you have seen a Maccas ad on TV and decided to head out for a Bacon McMuffin instead?
See, my dear readers, I am a big believer in karma. Stuff DOES happen for a reason. And I believe in the universe giving us subtle hints in order to steer us into the direction it ultimately wants us to take. You, of course, are free to believe whatever, but if you are not at least open to the idea that things happen for a reason and that everything we do ultimately affects countless other people, Run Lola Run may be a little lost on you. Or it may make you think about it at least.
This movie presents us with a scenario, a problem, at the very beginning. Lola’s dodgy boyfriend Manni is a crook and he accidentally leaves a bag with 100,000 Deutschmarks on the underground train. And unless he finds 100k in the next 20 minutes, his crook superior is going to make mince meat out of him. So he calls Lola for help.
From here, the writers of Run Lola Run present us with three possible scenarios. All three with very different outcomes. I’m not going to give away the endings, because that would spoil it for those of you dear readers who haven’t seen it yet.
But it really does make you think...what if. What if I hadn’t done this or said that.
Some of you who have seen this film and are members of the cynical party may say ‘Yeah but the scenarios are bullshit. At roulette, the same number never comes up twice in a row....’ Well, doesn’t it? What if it does? It is a possibility, maybe we should allow ourselves to be more open to these possibilities? Maybe let the universe guide us a little?
What I really didn’t like was the whole screaming part. There was absolutely no need for those scenes in which Lola screams to the extent of breaking glass. But maybe that’s just part of a good German techno track.
Mind you, the original film title ‘Lola Rennt’ translates simply as ‘Lola Runs’, so whoever got to translate this German treasure made good use of the old artistic licence.
So hands up if you’ve seen ‘Run Lola Run’ and didn’t like it? Thank you, you may now put your hand down and move away from this blog. And don’t come back.
To begin with, I didn’t like it, either. But that’s what I do most of the time, I will watch a movie with the intention to hate it and slate it on here. For a start, the whole concept is preposterous! Berlin has a very elaborate public transport system, there is no need for the bird to run a marathon. Especially not in Doc Marten’s boots!
See, my dear readers, I am a big believer in karma. Stuff DOES happen for a reason. And I believe in the universe giving us subtle hints in order to steer us into the direction it ultimately wants us to take. You, of course, are free to believe whatever, but if you are not at least open to the idea that things happen for a reason and that everything we do ultimately affects countless other people, Run Lola Run may be a little lost on you. Or it may make you think about it at least.
This movie presents us with a scenario, a problem, at the very beginning. Lola’s dodgy boyfriend Manni is a crook and he accidentally leaves a bag with 100,000 Deutschmarks on the underground train. And unless he finds 100k in the next 20 minutes, his crook superior is going to make mince meat out of him. So he calls Lola for help.
From here, the writers of Run Lola Run present us with three possible scenarios. All three with very different outcomes. I’m not going to give away the endings, because that would spoil it for those of you dear readers who haven’t seen it yet.
But it really does make you think...what if. What if I hadn’t done this or said that.
Some of you who have seen this film and are members of the cynical party may say ‘Yeah but the scenarios are bullshit. At roulette, the same number never comes up twice in a row....’ Well, doesn’t it? What if it does? It is a possibility, maybe we should allow ourselves to be more open to these possibilities? Maybe let the universe guide us a little?
What I really didn’t like was the whole screaming part. There was absolutely no need for those scenes in which Lola screams to the extent of breaking glass. But maybe that’s just part of a good German techno track.
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