They really tried and did everything to portray 90s capitalist Russia,took every western stereotype about 90s Russia and put it into Lyoha when irl he's a typical criminal portrayed as a regular Russian man,the whole movie it seemed like he was hiding that he was in jail for hideous crime,because how he acts is exactly how hardcore criminals in Russia act,not regular men,so it was confusing when they showed him as a regular miner.
They blurred out the nice parts of the city,really tried and found bad places of the cities,even the apartments look like from the 90s which are hard to find without renovation. Portrayed Russians as mean and uncivilized,the smoking on the train,constant drinking and rude train worker was obvious if you actually know the actual culture. Russians statistically drink less than western Europeans and train workers are picked for their service,not rudeness.
Ending was disappointing,I kept thinking whats the point of this movie other than the obvious Russia uncivilized? There was no romance really. No journey,she took a long train trip for nothing. It didn't show the actual beauties of the train trip locations,they blurred out the city on purpose. There was no romance,just a woman realizing her life is empty and that she surrounded herself with phonies and rather than holding onto something real she just left... And I heard this movie is based on a book,is the book this disappointing too? I can write a better plotline.
They blurred out the nice parts of the city,really tried and found bad places of the cities,even the apartments look like from the 90s which are hard to find without renovation. Portrayed Russians as mean and uncivilized,the smoking on the train,constant drinking and rude train worker was obvious if you actually know the actual culture. Russians statistically drink less than western Europeans and train workers are picked for their service,not rudeness.
Ending was disappointing,I kept thinking whats the point of this movie other than the obvious Russia uncivilized? There was no romance really. No journey,she took a long train trip for nothing. It didn't show the actual beauties of the train trip locations,they blurred out the city on purpose. There was no romance,just a woman realizing her life is empty and that she surrounded herself with phonies and rather than holding onto something real she just left... And I heard this movie is based on a book,is the book this disappointing too? I can write a better plotline.