Balthasar Kormakur's last movie, "Myrin", was made into a bestselling novel in Iceland. In short a time, Myrin was called to mind the best movie of Iceland with effect of the novel. Myrin has no difference than alike movies, despite of being a dark movie which is well-casted and directed. Especially being given messages by the director in the final is very cliché and this banal final chapter doesn't fit with this movie. Finally, Myrin doesn't tell about a new story in genre, which calls "Crime", and there is no need for the same old song: Good cop and bad cop.
Myrin begins the story with finding a corpse in an apartment which was built on marsh. Detective Erlandur, who has a daughter is pregnant and a junkie, tries to take up curtain of mist on the case. When Erlandur investigates the case deeply, he finds out roots of the story. Essentially the story grounds on very old. In the movie, there is another story in parallel with this story. In another story, Örn loses his little daughter for an implacable illness. Common points among stories are associated by Erlandur. In conclusion, it comes into the tragic picture.
Actually Myrin shows it which is interested in under the iceberg from the beginning. Every minute the story, which has no surprise, comes to a true picture and reminds the viewer of corrosion. When Erlandur resolves problems, marsh remembered by the story like an apartment where was built on a marsh. Basically people go to the bottom each day. Moreover a degeneration and a corrosion are becoming commonplace. We discover these marshes, which were inside people, with Erlandur. If the director just chose to tell a crime story, it would be OK, but he tries to criticize people. At this point, the director loses the control and departs from movie's subject. Maybe critical messages and dramatic structure both are compatible in the book; however, in the movie these two sides are not compatible. An icon of father, who realized a degeneration after committing crimes by co-workers and discovered own estrangement after all of these facts, is an acquaintance and a cliché.
Myrin doesn't tell a new story, also it has no different expression way. Nonetheless, the director shows own talent with background of the movie. An excellent background is created by the director. He highlights the dark side of the story with color selection, light using and filter preference. He relates the story in its entirety with Grey and several shades of Grey. He is promoted about visuality, despite of having some problems about storytelling. As a result, Myrin doesn't stick out in the genre, but it can be good choice to kill time.
Written by Baris Saydam (BuRnOut_TR)
Myrin begins the story with finding a corpse in an apartment which was built on marsh. Detective Erlandur, who has a daughter is pregnant and a junkie, tries to take up curtain of mist on the case. When Erlandur investigates the case deeply, he finds out roots of the story. Essentially the story grounds on very old. In the movie, there is another story in parallel with this story. In another story, Örn loses his little daughter for an implacable illness. Common points among stories are associated by Erlandur. In conclusion, it comes into the tragic picture.
Actually Myrin shows it which is interested in under the iceberg from the beginning. Every minute the story, which has no surprise, comes to a true picture and reminds the viewer of corrosion. When Erlandur resolves problems, marsh remembered by the story like an apartment where was built on a marsh. Basically people go to the bottom each day. Moreover a degeneration and a corrosion are becoming commonplace. We discover these marshes, which were inside people, with Erlandur. If the director just chose to tell a crime story, it would be OK, but he tries to criticize people. At this point, the director loses the control and departs from movie's subject. Maybe critical messages and dramatic structure both are compatible in the book; however, in the movie these two sides are not compatible. An icon of father, who realized a degeneration after committing crimes by co-workers and discovered own estrangement after all of these facts, is an acquaintance and a cliché.
Myrin doesn't tell a new story, also it has no different expression way. Nonetheless, the director shows own talent with background of the movie. An excellent background is created by the director. He highlights the dark side of the story with color selection, light using and filter preference. He relates the story in its entirety with Grey and several shades of Grey. He is promoted about visuality, despite of having some problems about storytelling. As a result, Myrin doesn't stick out in the genre, but it can be good choice to kill time.
Written by Baris Saydam (BuRnOut_TR)