Eastern Promises: It wasn't the gore that lured us in

R

RockStar

New member
Exactly. Plus she has big beautiful eyes that can look quite sad. She's just a fine, fine performer!

BTW, after the Oscar noms, one of the theaters I go to added "Eastern Promises" back to its screening line up! I'm kind of upset because I could've seen it in the big screen but I already saw it on DVD.

I'm terribly broke so I have to spend my "movie money" on films I haven't seen yet.
 
Oh :nod: yep. I admire how she brings out the great acting even without words of anguish or pain being spoken. You'll see it on her face, her eyes or her body language. And she had made sure her audience knew that.

The movie was just darn good, everyone should win an award each. :lol:
 
It was!

Naomi Watts was also very good. I've seen some of her really emotionally charged performances like in 21 Grams, and I loved her holding back the bigger tears, the broader and more out of control anguish, but still be as devastating. She has pin point perfection for nailing the scenes time after time.
 
Entirely!

The really rough beginning made me think Nikolai was some sort of psychopath, and by the end I was stunned to see him be this good man.
 
Oh Nikki I'm so glad you already watched it. ITA about this film being perfectly done. We don't need so much of those effects and high technology. Pure acting and great execution should make this film an Oscar contender.

I also liked how Viggo's character was introduced as tough, devil-can't-care attitude then by the end of the film we see him so gentle with the baby and with the girls (plus Naomi's character).
 
Oh my... Just watched it.

Can I say: perfection? This was such a fine piece of film! The movie is SO eerily quiet, so patient, so sharp.

Viggo looked damn scary at the beginning, but by the end you could see the break down of his character. How he deals with different kinds of people, how he's so good at reading intentions and cries for help.

That last scene of him sitting alone in the club, not only after surviving, but after risking his life for something so much bigger than he is and that might truly corrupt him at some point.... I mean, just darn!
 
:lol: Mel Yes, he is such a perfection! I read that the Russian critics had praised him for his portrayal.

Oh, that scene, I went to the theater looking forward to that naked scene, but man! I had underestimated Cronenberg and Viggo. :lmao:

His voice! I wasn't looking at Aragorn when I watched the film, it was a whole new character to me. So, when Viggo said he's afraid to be typecast as the King forever, he definitely defines the word versatile!
 
Awww, Nikki. I'm waiting for you to watch this so I can hear your thoughts. :)

I saw it in the theater, but I'd like to see it again.


I couldn't agree more. Just perfection. I hope he gets a nomination.


I know what you mean. Me too. Such an intense scene.

I love his voice................and the accent in this was great. :thud:
 
that bath house scene was brilliant. one of the most visceral things ive seen in 07.
 
Viggo is perhaps the very best actor I've watched in whole darn life. He can play any role and put his heart into it. I cried with him in ROTK, fell in love with Eddie in 28 Days, praised him in Hidalgo, drooled but got so annoyed in Daylight and who wouldn't have dirty thoughts for Mr. Blouseman in A Walk on the Moon.

Well, in this film, Viggo nailed it once again. From trhe accent to the facial expressions - he really should be nominated for the Academy. :nod: I really didn't notice that he's naked on that sauna scene (really now, Gay?) Yes, I didn't, the whole scene wasso disturbing but beatifully orchestrated. At some point, it had me 'eughh-ing' then I covered my eyes, then at some point it had be clapping. I dunno, just ask my fellow :ff: mods who I watched it with, they can pretty sum up my reactions. :lol:

It does felt like A History of Violence at the beginning though... :lol: The whole location, I had expected to see Joey walked out of of one the houses or restaurants there. :lol:
 
Viggo is definately one of the best actors out there, in my opinion :nod: I thought the movie was great. :)
 
Bon appetit! :D

Viggo is a powerful actor wether he's playing ruthless or a free spirit. I can't wait to see him in this role. I'll probably rent this tomorrow and then I'll be here yapping about it. :D
 
All right. I finally opened the thread.

Yes, I did love the movie. So distrubingly gross but it was in it's truest sense. I'll be back later to psot more. I need to eat lunch. :lol:
 
Eastern Promises

Viggopromises.jpg



The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl's personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna's mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna's irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives - including his own - hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself.


Official Site​

Some reviews:





for more information about the film, please visit here.
 
Back
Top