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In opposition to the guy who watched the Cologne premiere, I don't think that this film is one of the best German films, Wim Wender's Masterpiece "Der Himmel ueber Berlin" would deserve such praise, but not 'Lola rennt'.

But it is certainly a unique. breaking-schemes film that is worth its entrance fee.

"Lola rennt" reminded me quite a bit of "Trainspotting" on several occasions , because it features an excellent soundtrack (if you like electronic music) and looks mostly like a looong video clip. I mean the scene from "Trainspotting" with the drug trip, accompanied by the excellent track "For what you dream of" by Bedrock featuring KYO. It also shares the surreality that governs most of "Lola rennt". Another scene that brought up memories showed the main couple of actors robbing a Berlin supermarket - reminded me of the hold up scene from "Pulp Fiction". "Lola rennt" also uses an idea seen in "Groundhog day" - excuse this last association - I'll stop now :-)

The storyline of this film should not be taken too seriously, rather enjoy the strange scenery of Berlin and the interesting characters and the body-shaking music - I bought the soundtrack right after leaving the cinema.

This series of eight videos is by far my favorite japanese animation series.

My other favorites are "Akira" (superb details, excellent coloring scheme, artistic aspects) and "Ghost in the Shell" (great opening scene, strong atmosphere) but my heart is captured by "Bubblegum Crisis" and its cast of female characters.

One of strongest features (esp. in the first episodes) is the soundtrack; albeit in general japanese pop music sounds pretty childish to most listeners, the songs from "Bubblegum Crisis" have something special to them.