day two - Irony of Fate (part 2)

I enjoyed this movie overall. It got a little slow sometimes when they were singing to each other, especially Nadya because her songs were generally slower. I think if it wasn't a subtitled film those scenes would have annoyed me more, but because I had to read the titles I feel like I absorbed the lyrics better, maybe because if you're just listening sometimes songs can be hard to understand even in English.

I saw the end coming, after it didn't cut off once Zhenya's conversation with his mother was over. But it was cute. I wouldn't have guessed it to end up being a romantic comedy at first, but once Ippolit left and those two started talking I figured it out. Speaking of Ippolit, I was pretty annoyed with him for most of the time. I thought he was kind of a hot head and big jerk, until the scene when both of the guys get thrown out and are left in the cold. I loved his last appearance though, he was hilarious. I thought it was ironic how both he and Zhenya had to be drunk to see some kind of truth.

I really liked how Zhenya was a dynamic character. With Galya he is really shy and awkward and unsure of himself, but with Nadya he is more confident and outgoing. I don't know how much of that had to do with the drinking, because he acted that way even after he stopped acting really drunk. I liked how he seemed clueless too, when Galya is inferring they should spend the night together in the beginning and then later too when he is trying to explain to Nadya how he feels about her. That made him more endearing to me.

The other characters I liked were the scatterbrained friends of both Zhenya and Nadya, both of whom didn't understand that something was up with the couple not being who they thought they were. I hope that sentence made sense. They were both good for comic relief in between some of the weightier scenes where the couple is talking.

I think that's all I've got for today.