Quote A,"There seem to be many critical voices about "Downfall" or "The Lives of Others", but they are not as many as the supporting ones. ... But I haven't watched these two films yet (not really interested) so I probably shouldn't open my mouth too wide. Nevertheless i thought Hirschbiegel's "The Experiment" (2000) to be a very good "commercial" effort."

Quote arsaib4,""But I haven't watched these two films yet (not really interested) so I probably shouldn't open my mouth too wide." Good choice! "Nevertheless i thought Hirschbiegel's "The Experiment" (2000) to be a very good "commercial" effort." Agreed. And if it had avoided the genre cliches during the later stages, it would've been much more penetrating."

My humble take

"The Lives of Others" - the best film in 2006 (maybe becos i was willing to overlook the historical accuracy of it, but it really touches, a great film abt humanity)

"Downfall" - i like it, a "sincere" piece of work, but it was NOT mind blowing ...

"The Experiment" - the beginning was good, but the ending was bad ...