3 ting

Recently it is rarely possible to watch a good movie. By good movie I mean a movie with a good performance of at least the main actor, with a story that has setup, confrontation and resolution. Suddenly the Danes surprised me. I pay much attention to the Danish film industry after "The land of mine" movie. The Danes try to influence the audience not by crazy somersaults and twists of a plot, not by mind-blowing special effects, but by the ability to tell a story.

"3 Tings" is about a robbery and its consequences. But if you are expecting the next set of explosions and people in black masks - you are wrong. The process of robbery is seen from the inside, the motives of people involved are analyzed philosophically. The effect of presence in the heist is very strong, because of pretty decent acting of Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau - he is somehow a medium through which we can look inside the heist.

There are three reasons to watch this movie: 1) well narrated story, 2) crazy suspense, 3) deep philosophical content.

The movie develops slowly, barely keeps the interest, some interesting dialogues are saved and the hope that the action begins, which just reaches 5 minutes before finishing, is not bad for a Sunday afternoon

The movie tries to copy the 50;s film noirs of Hollywood. Dialog rich, action little. The plot is a retread seen many times before. He has a tale to tell and he'll spin it out slowly. It all takes place in a hotel room and when we realize it ain't going anywhere we presume it's a no action movie. So the plot and dialog are key and in this regard they are a C+ variety. The characters are never interesting enough to pique one's fancy. It might have worked better as a one act play but as a movie it needed more scope. It sort of ambles along and when that happens dialog is key and this is where it falters by dragging out a story that has little weight.