I've started watching this with no expectations whatsoever. Only thing I had to measure possible quality of this was the first, original film, which wasn't very good in my opinion, its only good part was the music. It had serious problems with lead female characters bad acting, lead male actors were too old for characters they played, unsuccesful and pretentious jokes, weak plot that leaned too much on celebrities cameos and not delivering to high expectations after being hyped a lot. So I thought this one would probably be worse than that... I was wrong.
This film is actually fun to watch. Yes, the plot is a bit basic and nonsensical bit that is ok because all the fun in it comes from super self-aware jokes. You can still see legends of Belgrade urban culture in silly roles, but also some new ones from the opposite side. It puts together different age groups and completely separate worlds that exist in Serbia. I can see that people are disappointed with casting popular performers from turbo-folk world into a film that's supposed to be alternative culture but I was ok with that as I didn't really recognise them. It offers a pretty accurate image of modern Serbia through lenses of different generations. I had a good laugh, and good fun.
Music was different, not my cup of tea, but up to date with trends. Casting was great and there was no noticeable bad acting as bad actress roles were kept minimal. Sergej Trifunovic was exceptional. I liked attention to detail in costume and set design very much. Especially main characters childhood rooms in which they still live, with all the residue of tumultuous past decades in Serbia. And a soccer legend, Dule Savic, who turned Z in the meantime, was only shown on a poster, hugging a criminal, which I thought was brilliant. For me, it did bring some of that special radio B92 spirit that kept us alive during awful Serbian '90ies.
All in all, it wasn't a masterpiece, but it has something to offer for a wide audience, it's was witty and not boring at all. I give it 7 stars.
This film is actually fun to watch. Yes, the plot is a bit basic and nonsensical bit that is ok because all the fun in it comes from super self-aware jokes. You can still see legends of Belgrade urban culture in silly roles, but also some new ones from the opposite side. It puts together different age groups and completely separate worlds that exist in Serbia. I can see that people are disappointed with casting popular performers from turbo-folk world into a film that's supposed to be alternative culture but I was ok with that as I didn't really recognise them. It offers a pretty accurate image of modern Serbia through lenses of different generations. I had a good laugh, and good fun.
Music was different, not my cup of tea, but up to date with trends. Casting was great and there was no noticeable bad acting as bad actress roles were kept minimal. Sergej Trifunovic was exceptional. I liked attention to detail in costume and set design very much. Especially main characters childhood rooms in which they still live, with all the residue of tumultuous past decades in Serbia. And a soccer legend, Dule Savic, who turned Z in the meantime, was only shown on a poster, hugging a criminal, which I thought was brilliant. For me, it did bring some of that special radio B92 spirit that kept us alive during awful Serbian '90ies.
All in all, it wasn't a masterpiece, but it has something to offer for a wide audience, it's was witty and not boring at all. I give it 7 stars.
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