No Jerman Rating I haven't seen this for year, and I'm not really able to get it again. I don't remember enough details to rate it.
As soon as I discovered the premise of this film I had to see it, and got it via a friend's Netflix (nobody knows about this film, so it came really quickly). Here is the premise so that all of you can get excited about seeing it, and then Netflix can scratch their heads. This is a hybrid of stop motion and live action film. The stop motion lego short films are cute, don't get me wrong. The characters in 'Strings' are all marionettes, quite intricate ones, but are filmed live, not in stop motion. Thus the characters don't really change expressions or usually move their jaw. Emotions and acting have to be creative. As you likely have already guess due to the creative nature of the film, its not from around here; its Swedish. Don't worry- its not subtitled, its dubbed (not that you can tell that its dubbed).
A cool part of the film is that it plays off the strings that move the puppet, as they all have them that reach up into the heavens. Now as if all that premise wasn't enough, this is set in a medieval land, with lots of war. The puppets do war and usurp thrones, and come of age, and fall in love. Its all so well done.
I'd very highly recommend this movie to just about everyone. For those who care just about entertainment- its good. For those artsy people- this film is great. Its great for little kids too, or adults, whatever.
Reading through digg on bloglines, I came across the most interesting article I've read in a long long time. Not only did it keep my attention (hard to do sometimes), but really really made me think about stuff. Here is the link. Wow- I thought I had thing pretty figured out, but this raised so many questions for me that I just don't know about. I have a ton of respect for this Author (MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ). It is a bit of a read, but I strongly recomend it. Also - I want to discuss this with some people, so either leave comments here, or call me (for those of you with my number).
