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What a great movie. I really enjoyed it.

I didn't watch any trailers beforehand, but I was a little afraid it could get boring. The theme offered a lot of chances to make it a dull movie: getting lost in nowadays daily political business to much or trying to send some boring and obvious message.

None of that happened. Instead the film focused on a group of war journalists and their journey throug the war plagued country. It focused on their experiences and emotions. I really like the character development. Even if it was predictable I still felt with them. Also the film achieved to show nuances. It was not all black and white showing the journalists as holy saviors, but the movie portrayed them as human beings, seeking adrenaline and also doing stupid things for their own interests (risking theirs and other lifes for the best shot).

While entertaining the movie got me thinking about the importance of war journalism and the brave men and women doing it.

After we left the cinema, I felt I wanted to keep on watching - that's when I knew it was a great movie.

What makes this movie unique is its great humour.

It begins with the death knocking at a young man's door, explaining the man he has 3 minutes left to live. The young man shuts the door calling the death a freak. After the death walks through the door he realizes there is something more to it.

The man than decides to go visit his mum, which he hasnt seen for some time, with his (ex)girlfriend.

The movie portrays a deep sadness but always combined with great great humor. I had a few loud laughs in the open air cinema, where we watched it.

The absurd scenery works as an allegory for life and death itself. It often asks big questions and sometimes only hints at meaninglessness and absurdism. As the death realizes he's captured on earth for a while he opens and closes the door in the train just because he can and it doesn't matter anyways.

After all time was flying with this movie.