Portland
1996 · 103 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 391 VOTES · DIR. Niels Arden Oplev
Overview
The basic story of a young criminal not quite living up to his won ideals of "not to give a damn" sidesteps out of his criminal career while dragging his younger brother into it, could have been interesting. Unfortunately the implementation is simply not good enough. As so often with Danish movies, there is little appreciation for detail thus leaving us with hoodlums talking like they've done time at a business academy rather than a prison. Dialects completely out of here and idiosyncratic bikers without bikes or even character for that matter. An ever accelerating surrealism towards the end doesn't help to clear the slow pace of this film but it does give a glimpse of what the story could have unfolded to become.
Dialogue Timeline — 344 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:05:37 You gotta be cold.
00:10:02 Fix what up?
00:12:38 They knocked the TV and VCR over.
00:14:57 Aren't you going to ask me what I'm doing?
00:17:51 Get me?
00:20:06 I mixed all the concrete this damned city's made of.
00:23:24 There's Temazepam.
00:26:08 Eva... Come and say hallo to Janus, the guy moving in.
00:27:54 From now on we'll stick together.
00:34:11 Yes.
00:42:25 Here's to you.
00:44:11 France. Poland. Germany. Just to name a few.
00:55:05 Eva'll get the photo. It'll make her happy.
00:59:33 Three?
01:00:41 What if a big fuck like him wanted to beat the shit out of you?
01:01:31 He's getting up. Kick him!
01:02:43 But I'm OK.
01:03:45 I've lost my brother.
01:06:59 You need a good going over.
01:12:33 He's a mess because his dad just died. Suicide.
01:19:18 I've found a new job!
01:23:13 You know I'll always be here if you need advice and guidance.
01:26:50 Though things have been bad
02:05:03 so there's room for growth.