Why Layfhakere so few articles about Russian films and serials

We love to talk about the movie. Literally every day Layfhakere out at least one article about a movie or TV series. But sometimes readers ask why among Prime loud and collections so few domestic films.

It really is. But there is some kind of anti-Russian conspiracy, or the machinations of the State Department. And it is not that we do not love Russian cinema.

We just love a good movie - regardless of the country of production.

We all try to choose the most vivid, exciting and interesting. But unfortunately, today the Russian-made movies too often weaker counterparts from other countries and attract only their native language. A provided good dubbing and this advantage disappears. Domestic manufacturers also continue to step on the same rake, and so our movie is most often not very interesting.

Our answer to Hollywood

One of the main problems of the Russian cinema is that the authors are trying too often imitate Western counterparts and take up alien theme, or threatened to the extent of which can not pull. This once wittily said Sergei cord.

This endless "Hollywood answer" deprives the Russian films of identity, which is in French, Chinese or even Indian cinema. Domestic picture trying to emulate the US, but due to less experience and budgets turns pale.

After the film "Gravity" by itself seems to be quite good, and even special effects in it looks decent. But this is another variation on the standard theme alien invasionAnd the rate is largely made it to the visuals. And if you look in the film world, you can find a lot of films with a more interesting storyline. Starting from a purely heroic "Independence Day" and ending with a very ambiguous "District number 9", where the aliens were on Earth and had settled in the ghetto.

And we can only guess whether "Gravity" by chance came a few months after the "Arrival" Denis Villeneuve - a complex film about the search for a common language with the aliens.

Similarly, the film "Billion", because of which pushed the premiere of the latest "Avengers", even with large attachments loses witty stories of the "Ocean's 11" - both visually and according to the scenario. All the more so in the West, this theme is outdated and "female" spin-off "8 girlfriends Ocean" was held without much enthusiasm.

There are many examples: the domestic "Night Shift" clearly refers to the "Magic Mike", "Alien" copies "Martian». Of course, in such cases it is interesting to talk about the original.

This trend is easy to see even in the titles and advertising: the series "Dead Lake" announced "Russian"Twin Peaks"" And the film "T-34" advertised as "" Fast and Furious "on the tanks." That is, even with the release of the authors forced the viewer to compare them with foreign counterparts. Alas, often this comparison is not in favor of domestic works.

But do not think that it is only a huge Hollywood budgets. For example, in 2018 came the Argentine horror "petrified with fear," were so scary and exciting that his already want to make a copy in the United States. And investments in this painting by world standards literally penny.

But in a strange way in Russia are good horror films can not be obtained. And the reason is all the same desire to follow the West. The film "Breaking Dawn" seems to be quite successful, but he once again addressed the issue of the classic "Flatliners" and uses techniques from movies James Wan, Except that in the situation of the Soviet research institutes. And so once again lost against the background of the predecessors.

And do not even have to talk about such strange attempts to enter the territory of the comics as a failed film "Defenders", which literally used all the clichés of the genre, but with a weak storyline and graphics.

endless repetitions

Often manufacturers of Russian cinema acts as a very short-sighted marketers that if a topic like the public about it are beginning to make films one after the other, until all get bored. As a result, those who are not so closely following the rental may even get confused - they are watching a movie, or have a new same.

In April 2018, the screens out the Russian film "Tanks" on the run T-34 before the start of the Second World War. In October there was "Invincible" about the battle on tanks in 1942. And yet a few months later - "T-34", again about the war with the Nazis, and tanks.

See three paintings on the same theme in a year - it's boring. The more so because the very tragedy of the unequal battle with tanks showed back in 2016 in the movie "28 Panfilov".

And just as we can remember movies about sports"Ice," "Coach," "Move up". Films about space, "Salute," "first time." Variations on the theme of Gogol's works, "Gogol. Start "," Wii ". And much more.

And plus the endless franchise. Among the skeptics are of the opinion that all movies Marvel kinovselennoy same. But do not forget that in the New Year holidays in 2019 baboutmost of the Russian rolled gave the seventh part of "Christmas trees" and the ninth part of the adventures of the three heroes.

The same goes for the actors. Talk about cool new artists are really nice. But the large domestic blockbusters prefer to take the viewer to the already known stars.

Thus, the choice of actors in all the major releases is very low: Danila Kozlovsky ( "Duhless", "Legend number 17", "Crew", "Viking", "Matilda," "Coach," "In the area"), Alexander Petrov ( "Police with the ruble", "attraction", "Gogol", "ice", "Sparta," "Call DiCaprio!", "T-34"), Vladimir Mashkov ( "Motherland", "Crew", "Duelist ", "Upward movement", "Billion"). The same face constantly flashed on the screen, and this uniformity is very quickly bored.

branchy cranberries

It is no secret that Western paintings often abound stereotypes about Russian, As well as many factual errors regarding the history of the country and people's characters. Suffice it to recall the evil boxer Ivan Drago from the "Rocky 4" or cosmonaut Lev Andropov, from "Armageddon", which is even with earflaps on the orbital station.

It would seem that Russian films should avoid such shortcomings, because the authors have all the documents and materials, live nature, and sometimes the opportunity to meet with members of the real events, which take off movie.

However, domestic paintings are often filled with the same cranberries as foreign.

Sensational "dudes" showed era 1950 unnaturally bright: such suits in those days no one simply could not wear. In the soundtrack music of the 1980s. Moreover, the word "dudes" in reality was sarcastic and insulting, and participants subculture called themselves simply "man" (stands for "a person who respects the great American culture ").

After the release of "upward movement" fed even basketball widowBasketball widow sued the studio Mikhalkov for the movie "Move up" a lawsuit against the filmmakers, accusing them of distorting history. Even without this suit stereotypes too conspicuous: the machinations of the KGB, the Soviet cliches about life, unnatural colors and much more.

The Americans and the British produced the series "Chernobyl"Which though inclined to stereotypes about the party leaders, but surprisingly lively restore the life of the 1980s and accurately tell of the events. Again the question arises: if, even in matters of self-trust last major Russian films can not, then why should they advise someone?

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So far, the most interesting native picture - original works by young directors. They are too few, and they are too transparent to the mass audience. And therefore talk about the American blockbusters and original paintings of various countries have much more interesting, and readers are more interested in these topics.

We can only sincerely hope that in the future the situation will change and the national cinema will be devoting more and more articles. But once it was the Russian film industry ahead of the rest, and foreign masters learned from Sergei Eisenstein and Andrei Tarkovsky.