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Reviews
Walk on Water (2004)
silly continuity error
When Eyal goes to Menachem's room in the motel near Axel's parents home you can see mezuzahs on the door-posts of all the doors in the hallway. (For those of you not knowledgeable about Judaism, a mezuzah is a small scroll-filled container that is placed on door-posts as a reminder of the lamb's blood that was placed on the door-posts during the 10th plague in the book of Exodus to so that the plague would "pass over" the homes of the Hebrews.) Anyway, obviously this shot was filmed in Israel, not Germany, and someone forgot to remove the mezuzahs from the door-posts. No big deal, really.
Since they won't let me post this message unless I fill it out to 10 lines, I'll add that this film was a pretty effective human drama that was wrapped up in a fairly cliché and simplistic way.
End of the Century (2003)
Could have been better
While some of the interviews with the principals are interesting,
the film in general is sloppy and superficial. If you already know a
decent amount about the Ramones, you won't learn much new
here. The chronology of events is presented in a confusing way at
times, and details are left too vague. No one actually analyzes
what constitutes the Ramones musical style. And when interviewees continually state that the band didn't sell many
records, we're left to wonder "How many is not many?" Very little
insight is given into the lives of the band members outside of the
recording, gigging and touring. For example, what exactly has
Tommy been doing for the last 25+ years? There's enough
inherent interest in the material, but with a little more work, the film
could've been a lot better.