Talk:Night Watch (2004 film)

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The info box says that the budget was $3 000 000, while the article talks about $5 million. Which one is it?

This film was originally listed as being released on 29 July. Today is 3 August and still I don't see it in theaters, and Fox Searchlight has changed their website from 'coming 29 july' to 'coming soon'. Anyone know what's up with this? I really want to see this in the damn theater!

Contents 1 First major Russian sci-fi movie? 2 What language is it in? 3 Looking for authors! 4 Fantasy and not Science Fiction 5 How you become light or dark

[edit] First major Russian sci-fi movie?

Hmm... What about Aelita and Stalker (film)? --Ghirlandajo 13:00, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, technically those were Soviet, not Russian movies. Ausir 20:04, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Technically, Russian Federation is successor to the SU. And don't forget that Aelita was filmed before the USSR came into being. --Ghirlandajo 17:09, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Russian Sci-fi movies must see for every sci-fi fan: Solaris, Stalker, Kin-Dza-Dza sci-fi comedy Alexandre Koriakine 22:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What language is it in?

I can't tell from the article. Is the film in Russian or English? (If it's in Russian, is it dubbed to English?) Is the version described in this article the same version that is showing in Russia, or is this a Western remake? It says it was released over a year ago in Russia and has already been aired on TV by now - that makes me think that the version that is hitting Europe now is a West remake. But I can't tell. Also, it says that 20th Century Fox is financing the third installment. Is this the third installment? Or is this the first installment and 20th Century Fox have committed to finance a third film, but will not finance the second film? I'm quite confused by the article. Thanks for any clarity. Gronky 05:51, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

The film itself is in Russian though at the very beginning the narrator speaks English (at least in the version shown in Poland). I don't know if it was dubbed in the US. Halibutt 05:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing what you've seen. It would be useful to have information from more people. Gronky 13:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

When the film debuted in the United Kingdom, BBC and other media outlets made quite a fuzz about its stylish subtitles. "Even the English subtitles are unique, appearing in odd places around the screen, and often animated to emphasise or complement the action." [1] --Ghirlandajo 17:11, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Looking for authors!

We're looking for the authors of this article and people who have a very good knowledge of Nightwatch and the books it is based upon. We are a company working on a commercial website about this movie. Please write to nightwatch.site@googlemail.com Thanks!

• Any chance we can find out what the company in question is? I, for one, am not terribly eager to give out my personal information to a mysterious party with an e-mail address from a free service provider. --Strannik 03:15, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

We're PSM&W new media http://psmw-nm.de/ located in Frankfurt, Germany. Book and movie have already been released over here. We're looking for contributors with good background information for a project promoting the trilogy / DVD. Thanks! (as a freelance assignment / job) 07:15, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Does that mean the book is in an English translation? ThePeg 23:52, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

• As far as I know, the novel has been translated into English and released some time ago. Chronolegion 14:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fantasy and not Science Fiction

i don't think this movie is properly characterized as science fiction. Streamless 13:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

• If you feel something isn't right, be bold, correct it. - Sikon 14:24, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • thanks for the vote of confidence, but i prefer to discuss before editing. Streamless 18:03, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Agreed. Thange it. Vjasper 21:11, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
    • I had the same problem, and can be bold. --Our Bold Hero 02:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How you become light or dark

The diffrences section has this:

In the movie, each Other joins either the Light or the Dark through a free choice. In the book, it's more a matter of how you're feeling when you first enter the Gloom. If you are happy and well disposed to the rest of the world, you are a Light one. If not, you're of the Dark. The way you go into the Gloom is who you are.

While I can see some support for this in the book the book also says that when you first enter the gloom it reveals who you really are, and you leave the rest behind. There are a number if insances where it indicates that how you enter the gloom first does matter, my impression is that this is only a issue for people who coudl go either way. Maxim for example who did not even enter the gloom was clearly a light other and could not have been any other way. I think this section shoudl be re-written. Dalf | Talk 06:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• Maxim entered the Gloom several times. He just wasn't aware of it. Remember how he referred to his private place where he could slay Dark Others? --Strannik 21:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• He slayed them with an enchanted wooden dagger given to him by a childhood friend. It is unknown who enchanted the dagger. --Chronolegion September 20, 2006.