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Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990)
Certainly no good vibrations
I saw this film a couple of years ago and being a Beach Boys fan, i was hoping the film would be a half decent biography. But as soon as they finish "God Only Knows" the film just becomes boring. It hardly documents on Brian's health problems and his road to recovery with the help of Dr. Eugene Landy, and it focuses on Dennis' involvement with Charlie Manson a bit too much. I just think it is too brief and it is hard to watch with interest when the songs finish. The film could have been so much better if they had gone more in depth and brightened it up with more songs. So much happened in the Beach Boys career that wasn't even shown in the film.
Lola rennt (1998)
It's like totally surreal.
Never been one to check out foreign films, i was forced to watch this film by my college tutors as part of an A Level Film Studies course. This damn film blows my mind and i have since bought it on DVD and have become totally hooked on it. Lola has 20 minutes to save her boyfriend by providing him with a large sum of cash to pay a gangstar. She needs to get the cash and then get to her boyfriend Manni. Will she make it in time? Complete with a pop music upbeat soundtrack and of course, lots of running, we are with Lola all the way to help her save the day. Forget the films on TV this christmas, Run Lola Run is enough to keep watching again and again. A damn sure winner.