Since Wanted came out this week, it seemed like the time to write my belated article on Nightwatch , Daywatch , Twilightwatch . I was trying to find the post I thought I'd written on seeing Nightwatch , but couldn't find it. Maybe I didn't write it down... At any rate, we watched Daywatch recently and it was directed by Timur Bekmambetov who directed the new Angelina Jolie/James McAvoy vehicle--Wanted. Nightwatch and Daywatch are the two highest grossing films EVER in Russia. That's why Timur got to helm an Angie project--but more on that later. After watching Daywatch I felt the need to go and read the entire trilogy (although there is a 4 th coming out in English translation in one week) in a mad marathon of about 4 days. I enjoyed the books very much--great humor, fascinating story line. I also enjoyed the movies very much--great visuals, quirky humor, fascinating story line. They are not, however, great adaptations of the books. That is, they are not ...
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