Thanks for your review! I'm polish so i will explain what may be the reason why this movie feels 'cold' to so many People from the West. You see it's not a coincidence that movie is titled 'Cold War' and is shot in B&W. If you know something about the history of 50s 60s 70s Poland, you know that the country was in ruin. After devastating WWII, we ended up under communism. You see the 'Cold' Love between the main characters symbolises the feeling of many poles during that time, meaning Love for Poland as a Nation and big distance from it s it became communist country. You don't feel much "love in the Air' because you are basically surrounded with sadness and sorrow. The only time you see some warmth is in the very intimate scenes. So in that case when 2 people are in love, you don't see it as expressed feeling but more like a physical rope that keeps bringing them back together. For many people in the west you saw many Romance movies that are filtered to only show life "seen through pink lenses' with sprinkle of quarrel to make some contrast, for the characters to make up and be together in the end, and that's not the case in this movie. It's brutally realistic, but still realistic. You see we Poles as a nation, are very reserved towards expressing anything (that's Tomasz Kot's character typical polish man) and that's probably because country was damaged for so many centuries. In summary that's just different kind of romance movie it's supposed to make you feel cold, but not in a bad way. It was more to put you in that time period. Sorry for my rambling i hope it maybe made you feel different about it! Cheeres from Poland
For me it's one of the best movies of the year, beautiful, minimalistic, with great actors (Joanna Kulig!). I hope that Cold War will get Best Foreign Language Film at the oscars, and Roma (also Great) win Best Picture.
Cold War has frustrated me- obv beautifully constructed in terms of aesthetics, and the tone works, but the ending just isn’t earned! the determined stoicism kinda fails the overall impact :/
When you watch a film.. it is meant to be experienced as a piece of art, something that is unique. It's not meant to be compared to anything other than what the piece of art itself gives you. You are not meant to have preconceived notions of what characters should be like, or how a story should be told just because a lot of different movies/ or your other favorite movies follow that theory. Experiencing art is something you fully experience by having a clear mind, truly entering that artistic space with pure innocence not knowing what you will get out of it. Thanks
Could you do an opinion video about the recently Oscar nominations/wins of Cuarón, Iñárritu and del Toro? I mean the meaning of there Mexican directors winning that awards and all that
I would say the Mexican directors (and Chivo) are doing some extremely audacious, impressive, and groundbreaking stuff behind the camera and they’re winning because they’re going to great lengths to achieve impressive and dazzling cinema. I’m not sure what I have to say about the fact that they’re all Mexican. Do you have an opinion on why that is?
Well, as someone that lives in Mexico, I can tell you that this guys success it's generating an interesting phenomena, people it's kind of more motivated to work on film industry. Also, we had always the feeling that the Academy was discriminating us, but now many people feels inspired to try to success in Hollywood
I mean, these recently Oscars victories for Mexican people are becoming an social issue in the country, and that's interesting to analyze...by the way, please check Eugenio Caballero work, also amazing. Thanks for answering and greetings up to wherever you live, nice work you do man ✌
@@omarvelazquez2539 I definitely agree it's important for Mexico, and I think it's really cool that Cuáron used his notoriety to tell a story from his home country. Nice to hear that it's inspiring people there to go into film. I wonder if they all feel influenced by each other, like they're all paying attention to the moves the other is making and playing off of that.
@@TheOscarExpert I believe that yes, they make different types of films, but their movies always have a similar touch, stories about personal dramas that feel real, even when sometimes they're on unreal contexts. Also they try to do films with an artistic sense and cinematic, and a tragic climax. I highly recommend you to wath "Amores Perros", "Children of Men" or "Laberinto del Fauno", these are one of the first of them, but one the best also.
For me this felt aesthetically perfect, but narratively........left me utterly cold or so beautiful to watch it but lacks in story telling or connection. I didn't care about the two main characters, and I didn't buy their relationship. 6/10
Just had to say, this sums up my feelings as well. I may give another watch as I'm always frustrated when something is so highly lauded and I can't seem to connect with it.
It is a good movie but nothing memorable. The story and the characters don't develop to a good degree. There were many beautiful shots but definitely I wouldn't nominate it for best direction or cinematography. Beauty doesn't necessarily mean good cinematography in my opinion. A very generous 7.5 stars.
Great review. The movie looks beautiful and can be appreciated for its technical merits, but the storyline and the romance don't have a lot of warmth or relatability. This is definitely the kind of movie for people who love arty European films. Everyone else will be bored. As for the Oscar nominations for "Cold War," they weren't completely out if the blue. The movie got the same nominations at the BAFTAs, and Paweł Pawlikowski won Best Director for "Cold War" at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
I suppose you could say the BAFTAs opened the door for him to get nominated, however they will sometimes nominate random people like Lynne Ramsay for Kevin, Winding Refn for Drive, Villeneuve for Blade Runner, Tom Ford for Nocturnal Animals. I had assumed it was one of those instances. Guess I was wrong.
Thanks for your review! I'm polish so i will explain what may be the reason why this movie feels 'cold' to so many People from the West. You see it's not a coincidence that movie is titled 'Cold War' and is shot in B&W. If you know something about the history of 50s 60s 70s Poland, you know that the country was in ruin. After devastating WWII, we ended up under communism. You see the 'Cold' Love between the main characters symbolises the feeling of many poles during that time, meaning Love for Poland as a Nation and big distance from it s it became communist country. You don't feel much "love in the Air' because you are basically surrounded with sadness and sorrow. The only time you see some warmth is in the very intimate scenes. So in that case when 2 people are in love, you don't see it as expressed feeling but more like a physical rope that keeps bringing them back together. For many people in the west you saw many Romance movies that are filtered to only show life "seen through pink lenses' with sprinkle of quarrel to make some contrast, for the characters to make up and be together in the end, and that's not the case in this movie. It's brutally realistic, but still realistic. You see we Poles as a nation, are very reserved towards expressing anything (that's Tomasz Kot's character typical polish man) and that's probably because country was damaged for so many centuries. In summary that's just different kind of romance movie it's supposed to make you feel cold, but not in a bad way. It was more to put you in that time period.
Sorry for my rambling i hope it maybe made you feel different about it!
Cheeres from Poland
Ja bym tego lepiej nie napisała.
That helps explain a lot about this film - I didn’t like it but know at the same time that it was a masterpiece
For me it's one of the best movies of the year, beautiful, minimalistic, with great actors (Joanna Kulig!). I hope that Cold War will get Best Foreign Language Film at the oscars, and Roma (also Great) win Best Picture.
I loved this movie. I wouldn't have been opposed to it getting a Best Picture nomination, especially over... certain biopics.
This film was much better than Roma which won Oscar for Best Foreign Picture. 4 minutes of scrubing the floor and another two of cleaning dog shit.
Cold War has frustrated me- obv beautifully constructed in terms of aesthetics, and the tone works, but the ending just isn’t earned! the determined stoicism kinda fails the overall impact :/
When you watch a film.. it is meant to be experienced as a piece of art, something that is unique. It's not meant to be compared to anything other than what the piece of art itself gives you.
You are not meant to have preconceived notions of what characters should be like, or how a story should be told just because a lot of different movies/ or your other favorite movies follow that theory.
Experiencing art is something you fully experience by having a clear mind, truly entering that artistic space with pure innocence not knowing what you will get out of it.
Thanks
what about the ending scene, someone?? what about those pills, didn't understand...
Could you do an opinion video about the recently Oscar nominations/wins of Cuarón, Iñárritu and del Toro? I mean the meaning of there Mexican directors winning that awards and all that
I would say the Mexican directors (and Chivo) are doing some extremely audacious, impressive, and groundbreaking stuff behind the camera and they’re winning because they’re going to great lengths to achieve impressive and dazzling cinema. I’m not sure what I have to say about the fact that they’re all Mexican. Do you have an opinion on why that is?
Well, as someone that lives in Mexico, I can tell you that this guys success it's generating an interesting phenomena, people it's kind of more motivated to work on film industry. Also, we had always the feeling that the Academy was discriminating us, but now many people feels inspired to try to success in Hollywood
I mean, these recently Oscars victories for Mexican people are becoming an social issue in the country, and that's interesting to analyze...by the way, please check Eugenio Caballero work, also amazing. Thanks for answering and greetings up to wherever you live, nice work you do man ✌
@@omarvelazquez2539 I definitely agree it's important for Mexico, and I think it's really cool that Cuáron used his notoriety to tell a story from his home country. Nice to hear that it's inspiring people there to go into film.
I wonder if they all feel influenced by each other, like they're all paying attention to the moves the other is making and playing off of that.
@@TheOscarExpert
I believe that yes, they make different types of films, but their movies always have a similar touch, stories about personal dramas that feel real, even when sometimes they're on unreal contexts. Also they try to do films with an artistic sense and cinematic, and a tragic climax. I highly recommend you to wath "Amores Perros", "Children of Men" or "Laberinto del Fauno", these are one of the first of them, but one the best also.
For me this felt aesthetically perfect, but narratively........left me utterly cold or so beautiful to watch it but lacks in story telling or connection. I didn't care about the two main characters, and I didn't buy their relationship. 6/10
Cold War is one of the BEST PICTURE of the year !
Just had to say, this sums up my feelings as well. I may give another watch as I'm always frustrated when something is so highly lauded and I can't seem to connect with it.
I love this movie so much! Much better that Cold War
where's brother bro :(
He didn't see it with me
those 2 characters are both a bit empty so they can not create more meaningful relation.
Greetings from Poland ! :)
It is a good movie but nothing memorable. The story and the characters don't develop to a good degree. There were many beautiful shots but definitely I wouldn't nominate it for best direction or cinematography. Beauty doesn't necessarily mean good cinematography in my opinion. A very generous 7.5 stars.
I love this movie
Great review. The movie looks beautiful and can be appreciated for its technical merits, but the storyline and the romance don't have a lot of warmth or relatability. This is definitely the kind of movie for people who love arty European films. Everyone else will be bored. As for the Oscar nominations for "Cold War," they weren't completely out if the blue. The movie got the same nominations at the BAFTAs, and Paweł Pawlikowski won Best Director for "Cold War" at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
I suppose you could say the BAFTAs opened the door for him to get nominated, however they will sometimes nominate random people like Lynne Ramsay for Kevin, Winding Refn for Drive, Villeneuve for Blade Runner, Tom Ford for Nocturnal Animals. I had assumed it was one of those instances. Guess I was wrong.
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