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Zwartboek (2006)
Sorry but not impressed
I saw the movie in Holland when it originally came out here. And I have to say I was not impressed. Verhoeve was aiming at showing a different side of WW2 and went overboard. The movie plot which was originally based on several true stories got so twisted up that they can't be seen any longer. The thought behind the movie was a good one but the handing of the theme was pretty dramatic in a negative sense if you dig in to the resistance and occupational history of Holland. The end of the movie is pretty muddled all in all you jump from the end of the occupation to ten years after without a clear reason for the jump. People who don't mind the details in the movie might get confused watching and that is rather irritating.
Wild Romance (2006)
The music and the people
The Rock&Roll is what you will remember about the movie. The personal relationships sort of creep up on you through the plot. The movie focuses only on the first years because in the words of the director "to film the whole life of Herman Brood would take 20 hours at least". You get glimpses in the complicated personality of Herman Brood and the relationships with the people closest to him in those years. You see an essentially flawed man who despite or maybe because of the flaws is brilliant. Because you watch the story unfolding from the view of his manager you see the whole. Wild Romance is often funny, filled with good music and always a bit tragic.