I went to see this movie with mixed feelings. I was expecting it is going to be weak, while hoping it to be at least decent for first of it's kind (for Bulgarian cinema).
It's first half has very bad dialogues, as if the actors are ashamed of the camera and their own voice. Acting is superficial. Both female actresses have trouble pronouncing the R sound and I could barely understand them. Sound was not good enough, some scenes have multi-channel sound, some as if recorded with a mobile phone. To this day I thought the typical silent scenes are long forgotten by our filmmakers. In this movie, actors keep staring at each other for ages with some hidden meaning. (Michael Madsen scenes were really awkward)
Fortunately, the second half was much better. Acting became more natural. Some native Bulgarian jokes, combined with curse words made a big difference. Asen Blatechki starts using even less words, which makes the movie better and smoother with every minute. Everything took shape and character intentions were defined clearly. All the retrospection start fitting in viewer's brains.
Some more shots of tuned old cars, engines, brakes, tires, etc would bring some more saliva to car freaks mouths, but all in all they are okay.
I can understand that makers put all possible ingredients in this movie, just to make sure they did not miss anything. However the right quantity and quality is what defines a movie as good. The passion is there, vision too, so I consider this film as a good first step in the right direction.
It's first half has very bad dialogues, as if the actors are ashamed of the camera and their own voice. Acting is superficial. Both female actresses have trouble pronouncing the R sound and I could barely understand them. Sound was not good enough, some scenes have multi-channel sound, some as if recorded with a mobile phone. To this day I thought the typical silent scenes are long forgotten by our filmmakers. In this movie, actors keep staring at each other for ages with some hidden meaning. (Michael Madsen scenes were really awkward)
Fortunately, the second half was much better. Acting became more natural. Some native Bulgarian jokes, combined with curse words made a big difference. Asen Blatechki starts using even less words, which makes the movie better and smoother with every minute. Everything took shape and character intentions were defined clearly. All the retrospection start fitting in viewer's brains.
Some more shots of tuned old cars, engines, brakes, tires, etc would bring some more saliva to car freaks mouths, but all in all they are okay.
I can understand that makers put all possible ingredients in this movie, just to make sure they did not miss anything. However the right quantity and quality is what defines a movie as good. The passion is there, vision too, so I consider this film as a good first step in the right direction.