Five Minutes of Heaven

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: August 21st, 2009 (limited)

Starring: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Richard Dormer, Andrea Irvine 

Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall)

Premise: The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT.

My theater was supposed to get this today and for some reason, we don't have it.

Does anyone know anything about a pushing back of the release date or anything?

[pete]

great fucking movie.
great performances.
great cinematography.
I hadn't seen suspense and fear carried through an actor's shaking hands in a long long time.  this movie has more suspense than any suspense film.  it's great great stuff.

[cronopio 2]

from the director of The Invasion.

[Stefen]

The Experiment was awesome.

[Gold Trumpet]

More importantly, from the director of Downfall. I consider his version of The Invasion to be as if Kurosawa actually made Tora! Tora! Tora! like he was supposed to but went back to making his films, so it doesn't count. This is a huge talent and considering I am trying to find this movie like crazy now, Pete has sold me.

[cronopio 2]

i know...i didn't even see The Experiment, but it seemed as such a misstep that i thought it'd be funny to comment on it. then again, what do i know.

[cronopio 2]

i meant Invasion in my last post. what an idiot.

i saw five minutes of heaven, or rather a lot of minutes of dragging pixels in liam neesson's face  (i'll be more careful with how i see mkv files from now on) but  i want to comment and say it's a fucking good movie.
i liked that it expanded on the ending of downfall, with the idea that being young does not justify the perpetration of violence. this made the film feel very personal and thoughtful about both character's conflicts. in fact, everything that's not about alastair and joe seems irrelevant, which to me is a good sign of a writer knowing his drama.

[Pubrick]

from the director of Invasion.

so this was taken over by The Wachowski Siblings too?

i heard only mediocre reviews for this so i guess i will have to rent it now.

[Pozer]

nyce performances / pretty pictures / okayish storyline / stupid stupid ending

[Alexandro]

The first sequence is really great. Once the dramatic center of the film is revealed it started feeling like theatre, specially Nesbitt's performance. The tension kinda comes and goes but overall is pretty enjoyable because of the acting and the cinematography.