Big News On Day Watch (Nochnoy Dozor 2)!

When when when? I saw the first one at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film festival (the Fox reel with those amazing subtitles that play an important graphical role: sublime!), I have the official Russian DVD (unfortunately without the great creative subtitles in it, just plain text). I cannot WAIT for the sequel to come out. It is jabberwockalicious!
(Any word on a Fox DVD by the way?)

The movie hasn't started playing here yet. I believe it opens in a limited release this Friday. A DVD is a ways off.

Everyone mentions the subtitles on the Fox version, but what exactly are they like?

Well: they are very cool subtitles. For example: when somebody gets a nosebleed in the first night watch under water, the letters appear like blood in the water, and dissolve. Very well done, not tacky at all. When somebody screams, they shake. When somebody is on a swingm, she swings through the, They add a translation layer (what all subtitles do) but they also add a graphical layer that is not only highly original but fits remarkably well. Seriously! You have to see it I guess. I have some trouble describing it properly since English isn't my mothertongue. But you get what I mean right? It sounds cheecy but when you see it it will make sense. Most people are pleasantly surprised. (It surprised me that nobody tried to do something different with subtitles before actually). Blablabla. :-)

Not too long ago, some original subtitling was done:

BUBBA HO TEP - the Egyptian Sigils dancing through the air when the Mummy speaks...

Or rather faux-egyptian humourous titles if you hit pause on the DVD...

Has the release of Night Watch been pushed back? Anyone?

Yeah, they've pushed it back. November now, I think.

Nochnoy dozor-2

1 january 2006. may be...

Hmm, I dont like point of view of this film. It haz nothing to do with book itself. And in a fack this story is trying follow just the first book of three. Jegor to be great other? Funny. Book of fate as a physical material? Same. I found myself hate idea of the film. Book is wonderfull. Film something else. Dont name in Nightwatch. Couse it has nothing to do with spirit of its meaning.

Jeez... those subttitles sound awful. The film can't work simply as a series of graphic images if we are to submerge ourselves into, sumit ourselves to its geography and spatial reality. What a bad idea. Sounds like Man on Fire, and nothing deserves that comparison, surely?

I saw it on the opening night in BsAs the subtitles played a great part in the film, unlike any subtitles I have ever seen. I was floored by this film, and how it is was not "Americanized" unfortunatelly after reading the above, when FOX muscled RPC to not due the third and cram everything onto the second, a bad call on their part. I am still waiting to see Dnevnoy dozor or "Night watch 2" regardless of what happens.
I do wish that even though the films are out already there should be a third part, staying true to not only the book but the original idea. It's the money but the respect for both the fans and film goers.

I've watched night watch many times since it came out in Russian.and then in the american and the german versins of it.the translation was great,but unfortunatelly an important part of it was missing - namely the one with the virgin and the curse as a whole.i don't know how they wanna connect the second one to it.hopefully, there will be a third one as well.but as usual the stupid americans will spoil everithing.i'm so sorry about it.have anyone watched a good movie recently?i haven't.and now reading this spoiled also my pretaste for day watch.well matbe one day thinks will look better.

I've just seen Dnevnoy Dozor.. It's really great! I'm so happy to know russion language..but still i think it'd be hard to understand the movie for others.. I mean.. if u're not russion u won't understand some things, coz' only russion can do it. Generally, second part is better than the first one!

Well, first of all, here in Peru is a little difficult to find foreign cinema rather than the american. I loved this movie the fist time I've seen it and like the Anton-Svetlana couple. I've read that in the second movie Anton and Olga change bodies and he make love with Svetlana in Olga's body. mmm that sounds very gay... Could somebody explain to me this confussion? To my mail: andrea_fernandez87@hotmail.com

i saw night watch and didn really like it,but wen i saw day watch in russian it was sooooo damnn coooool. u u u u u u u u uu uu
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I have just watched the First Episode of Night Watch
and Damn was it good, I just wish Fox would keep their nose out
and let them do a third film,
well all the best from the UK adn peace to u all

Isaw Nightwatch opening day in california. it upsets me that some of us americans have to dispense other cultures entertainment perspectives for the sake of our own. we already made constantine. Nightwatch should be made completely from russia with love.

Just watch Nightwatch on Film4. Absolutely excellent film. The subtitles are utterly gorgeous. They don't interfere with the film itself, but rather add to your immersion in the atmosphere. Because they are so well done, you often don't notice them consciously. A few time I just thought "That felt weird and spooky but I don't know why" and rewound for another look before noticing that the main character just stepped in front of his subtitles. They give you, the viewer, the feeling that you are seeing something that normal people don't see, almost as if you are one of the Others. Beautiful. I especially liked the vampires call, which appears initially as normal subtitles and then fades to red and finally turns into a wisp of blood in the air by the person they are calling. Very subtle, but adds something to the film. I almost felt sorry for the people watching it without the subtitles.