I've not seen it nor do I know anything about the books it's based on (actually, I didn't know that it is based on a a trilogy of Russian science fiction novels until I read this), but this certainly does look like it will be a great film.
Very impressive domestic box-office feat for this one too - that's great to see that a Russian film based on Russian literature is "the highest grossing film in Russian history." If only (and is if) something like that were ever the case here in Canada ;-). We as a nation tend to look down upon our own home-grown film productions, unfortunately.
Anyway, back on topic, the folks over at JoBlo.com talk up Night Watch quite a bit with obvious excitement and anticipation (read more from them here.)
I hope it's upcoming limited release hits Vancouver. Great posting find, Firefly Flanatic!

gorramit | July 11, 08:11 CET

I've seen the movie posters at the theater, and wondered what it's about. It sounds really good. I can't wait to see it.

electricspacegirl | July 11, 09:04 CET

Thanks Gorramit. I also think this sounds like a great movie and am also looking forward to seeing it. And as someone who also tends to enjoy the original story behind a movie I hope the books are or will be translated into English so I can read them!

Firefly Flanatic | July 11, 09:28 CET

I saw the movie poster at the theater too. Looks pretty damn good. Hopefully it'll be better than Underworld. Kate Beckinsale's still hot though.

SpikeBad | July 11, 09:33 CET

Haha! The description for this link reminds me so much of a quote from Mike White's movie, Orange County, that kind of mocks, albeit lovingly, our hero Joss:

"I'm a comparitive literature major. Yeah, I want to be a writer. Fiction, poetry, screenplays, whatever, you know. Actually, I have an idea for a Tv show. It's about vampires, ostensibly, you know. But underneath, it's actually about the reunification of Germany. But it's funny..."

Chirp | July 11, 17:33 CET

I saw the trailer for this online a while back and thought it looked well worth watching. The only problem I have is that it's currently set to be released the same day as Serenity over here and since I'm planning on watching Serenity multiple times I might not get around to seeing it before it vanishes.

Paul_Rocks | July 11, 19:25 CET

I'm dying to see this movie (and can only hope it's going to be released down here in Hell's Armpit, TN). Thanks for the link, Firefly Flanatic!

flashofgenius | July 11, 20:03 CET

I have actually seen this movie. I saw this at the LA Film festival INSTEAD of going to Riverside to see Serenity and Joss on June 23rd. I am still a tiny bit miffed about missing Joss (thanks again for trying Sodding Nancy Tribe) but this movie was quite entertaining. There was even a clip of Buffy playing on the television in one scene which made me very very happy.

I don't want to be spoilery so no more details than the Buffy scene will come from me but the cinematography was great - the story is quite riveting and it left me wanting more. Thank goodness for the sequels coming up. I sort of fell right into the story as I watched it which doesn't always happen when I am reading subtitles but I just got lost in there!

ruthless1 | July 11, 20:21 CET

I'm excited this is getting shown in english speaking countries! Someone I work with is Russian, and they had been telling me all about this film (She thought it was really good, and has also read the whole trilogy) I was thinking the only way to see it was to hope for a DVD with english subtitles. I wonder if it will release in any other countries? I'd like to see it on the big screen here in NZ...

Firefly Flanatic: apparently you used to be able to download a (relatively) bad translation of the trilogy, but that was cancelled a little while ago. Hopefully this means with the movie's exposure to english speaking audiences they are going to publish the books in english too.

vera | July 12, 03:19 CET

I hope so - the more I hear about this the more intrigued I am.

Firefly Flanatic | July 12, 03:47 CET

This does, indeed, look intriguing. I look forward to watching it.

samatwitch | July 12, 04:26 CET

Gorram: Re Canadian genre stuff. I just read that Guy Gavriel Kay's novel The Lions of Al-Rassan was optioned back in January and a script is in the works. See http://www.brightweavings.com/news/lions_pr.htm

Fingers crossed... It's my favorite of his books

redfern | July 12, 16:25 CET