Comments on: First Full Trailer for Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Black Lightning’

By: jago

jago — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:12:53 +0000

This had a “Jumper” feel to it around the start for me… just before he gets the car… i think mainly since the main actor looks like hayden a bit.

By: JD5DAD

JD5DAD — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:06:32 +0000

all I could think was Uncle Ben NNNNOOOOOOOOO

By: ogb

ogb — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:33:17 +0000

Another thing that bugs me is that situations like this just don’t happen in Russia!

It’s simply an American cliche…a student is trying to get a girl and he wants a cool car to get her. It’s just silly in the context of Russian culture.

By: irastev

irastev — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:30:07 +0000

Trust me, you don’t need to understand the dialogue in this movie. If you’ve seen two Hollywood blockbusters you’ll be able to figure it all out by yourself.

There’s derivative, there’s cliche and there’s full blown plagiarism. Add to it ethnic stereotyping, and that’s what the trailer looks like.

martin, Russians can do very good films, but not when they’re copying the worst of Hollywood.

By: martin

martin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:24:11 +0000

i don’t know russians can make a good movie…with a little help with americans though..hahaha

By: ogb

ogb — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:38:53 +0000

Actually, Americans can learn a thing or two from this movie. Timur stretched the 8 million budget and made the move look like something that would cost 50-100 million USD here in the states.

By: Kantstandya

Kantstandya — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:04 +0000

lol thank god i live in AMERICA.

By: JessSayin

JessSayin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:16:51 +0000

There was an Underdog movie?

And you went and saw it? Wow!

By: ogb

ogb — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:24:34 +0000

I said it before and I’ll say it again…disappointing

The story is pretty much Spider Man with a car instead of superpowers…A young “geeky” guy, has a thing for a girl, gets superpowers (in the form of a car), bad guys kill his dad, now he fights crime, a new villain emerges. That’s as generic as it gets.

I’m glad it’s made for only $8 million but it doesn’t change the fact that the action scenes look like a CGI mess.

And being Russian, I’m really sad that Timur made such an Americanized movie. If the actors spoke English, this would be an American movie. Gone is all the Russian folklore mystique that he had in Nightwatch/Daywatch. Now it’s a rehashed Hollywood superhero plot.

Don’t mean to be a downer, but Timur needs to apply his talents better.

By: greenknight333

greenknight333 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:21:27 +0000

not interested to say the least..or about as interesting as the Underdog movie

By: Syrus817

Syrus817 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:04:16 +0000

This looks awesome! haha i cant wait to get it on netflix with some subtitles or find it online

By: Joshi

Joshi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:28:38 +0000

I love that the Logo seems to be parodying the Logo for Pixar’s Cars.

Otherwise though… I may grab a copy when (if) it’s released here.

By: stpau1y

stpau1y — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:46:59 +0000

looks okay idk about carfights though

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