day watch

this one isn't nearly as good as night watch. the first one is so strange and so eclectic, it builds a whole new mythology and interesting world. this follow up feels like its watered down. its as if the director found such success with the first one that someone gave him a ton more money for the sequel, but also took away so much control over what he could do- this one feels like it was made to please everyone, which as we know, usually means it pleases no one. some of the oddities are still there, but the story line is much more generic and formulaic. the ending though is very satisfying, and that alone makes it work. thats the problem though, its the only thing that works. it almost feels like it could have been condensed into about twenty minutes (instead of the outrageously long two and a half hours that it is...) and added to the end of the first film to make it one solid vision and one complete film.