not so good

Rating: 6/10 (5 October 2009)

I had huge expectations for this film. Read plenty of great reviews and was preparing for a brilliant cinematic feast. Unfortunately, it was not to be. For a film that takes itself apparently "tongue in cheek" not enough humor, not enough action, not enough character development. Not enough violence even, it came sparsely every 20 minutes or so. Not enough fun, in general. Must say that the entire cinema was disappointed, people left in silence, without any enthusiasm or clapping. Too much talking, which is not a brilliant as they say, simply talking. Some developments are ridiculously stupid, too much even for such a far-fetched premise: the risky, aggressive behaviour of the English spy in the bar, the fact that a common soldier in a bar speaks fluent English, the fact they manage to lock down the entire theater - with the cream of Nazi German machine in it - without anyone outside noticing it, or a shrewd Nazi officer negotiating the terms of his surrender with English command... on the phone! If Germans were so stupid the war would have been over after 6 months, not 6 years. At least if the film were more funny, witty, but it weren't. Even the use of music was irritating (but for the Bowie's song). Sorry, but a disappointment for me.