Similar movies - Lola rennt (1999) Discussion

[–] steven-desmond 11 years ago

I'd suggest Timecrimes, a Spanish film with overlapping time frames.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/

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[–] diaphanous19 11 years ago

thanks for this, will definitely check it out.

update: Timecrimes (Los cronocrímenes) was amazing!

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[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

IMO RLR is amazing; Timecrimes is criminally bad!

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[–] shala1979 11 years ago

Triangle

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[–] ibrarules 11 years ago

Timecrimes is criminally bad

Errm why?

To me it is one of extremely few flawless time travel stories where the inherent timetravel paradox is the only non-logic :)

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[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

To me it is one of extremely few flawless time travel stories where the inherent timetravel paradox is the only non-logic :)

LOL! I'm happy for you.

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[–] ibrarules 11 years ago

Cool but I was more interested in what in it was criminally bad in your opinion?

Aesthetics
Story
Acting

etc :)

It's always interesting when someone has a polar opposite opinion of me. Or do you simply not like predestination type time travel stories and prefer Back to the Future/Terminator Grandfather type paradoxes?

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[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

I'm not particularly interested in getting involved in debates about a film that I haven't seen for a while on another film's board. I've previously posted the reasons on Time Crimes boards why I didn't like it.

Suffice to say IMO characters acted in illogical, contrived fashions in order to allow the filmmakers to achieve their desired outcomes.

I also believe the film has little in common with RLR.

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[–] ajr93 9 years ago

Characters acting illogically...you mean like giving a loaded gun to a homeless man, who (most likely) has nothing to lose, as he's standing a foot away from the only man who can identify him as the cash burglar, who is holding a bag of $100,000, in a completely deserted location with no witnesses?

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[–] harkonnen_bob 11 years ago

Kieslowski's Blind Chance

Explores the concept much better and with less tackiness, imo.

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[–] MrBullo 11 years ago

"Sliding Doors" anyone? With Gwynneth Paltrow.

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[–] Nobody-27 10 years ago

I was going to say the same thing - Sliding Doors - underrated film, very well worth watching.

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[–] kya1 9 years ago

Sliding doors is very good, I recommend it.

Primer is also interesting, but a lot deeper/more confusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIJ3Rh5Qxs

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[–] xoxoamore 10 years ago

Kieslowski's Blind Chance immediately came to my mind as well.

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[–] Nobody-27 10 years ago

Groundhog Day
Pulp Fiction (although Tarantino is playing with time in a different way)
Sliding Doors
Edge Of Tomorrow

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[–] diaphanous19 10 years ago

Groundhog day was amazing. looks like i'll have to check Sliding Doors out.

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[–] bungleman 10 years ago

Amores Perros. I haven't seen it in awhile, but I remember it following different people through the same circumstance. Very creative and entertaining as well.

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[–] IndustrialGas 10 years ago

Triangle is a mystery thriller, where people board an abandoned ship after a storm destroys their boat. The main character begins feeling like she remembers being on the ship.

Groundhog Day, a comedic film, about a man who discovers that Groundhog Day repeats, and everyone keeps doing the same events over and over. He uses this to his advantage.

Edge of Tomorrow is an sci-fi action film that uses the reset idea. It's set in a future where aliens have invaded Earth and a man learns the entire day restarts after he dies. He uses his ability to remember his mistakes so he can predict the aliens and take different approaches to defeat them.

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[–] gilkes9 10 years ago

Seriously, Nobody mention Rashomon yet?!?

Shame on you.

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[–] charlzonder-es-maas 9 years ago

I don't believe that there are any multiple storylines in it... but the feel of Hackers - with a young Angelina Jolie - is quite comparable with Lola Rennt. They both have that distinguishable industrial/cyberpunky, high energy vibe to them.

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[–] alptunca001 9 years ago

Victoria. A movie that shot with one take, 140 minutes long. It's about a bank robbery and more. This movie is extremly better than RLR. Recommended it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4226388/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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[–] hubcap18 9 years ago

You might consider Source Code.

Clue and the Wayne's World movies have multiple alternate endings within the film, but most of the time there's just one reality.

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