That was an excellent one.

Thanks for the memories!

Just what I expected

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Was looking forward to seeing this, but the immediate use of the handy cam or "shaky cam" got me too annoyed and distracted to really get into it. Had to turn it off after 10 minutes.. Did get me interested in the subject though.

I was really impressed by this movie and I think, it's underrated at the moment. Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl did a great job there. You feel some kind of magic between them. Also the other characters are realistic and credible.After watching it I felt, like I was in the colonia myself

Well i guess I learned something new today by watching a movie. I never heard of Colonia Dignidad before and now that I have I wonder how the hell I never heard about that scandalous and disgusting sect before. I started watching Colonia without any expectations and without any clue what it was going to be about. It all started really promising and the further the movie went on the more disturbed I was by it. Not in a bad way though because I really liked this movie. It's just because the movie is based on true facts and that makes you realize how some people are just not worth living on this planet. How you can be so evil and get away with it for years is beyond my comprehension. Now for the acting itself I thought Emma Watson did a really good job. As well as Michael Nyqvist that's playing the ultimate disgusting human being Paul Schäfer. The other actors are all good as well. The story is really captivating and you really hope for a good ending for the entire movie. To me Colonia is one of the better movies I saw lately.

When I saw the trailer for "Colonia" it looked like an absorbing film not just for the unusual subject, but because it had Emma Watson in what seemed like a fascinating role.However, before I saw it, I was aware of the negative publicity including reports that it made less than $100 when it opened in England. Now that I have seen it, my enthusiasm has tempered a little, but I still think it has a lot going for it.In 1973, German Lufthansa stewardess Lena (Emma Watson) joins Colonia Dignidad, a secret commune in Chile, to rescue her activist boyfriend Daniel (Daniel Brühl) who has been imprisoned and tortured by the secret police. The commune is run by German Paul Schäfer in a brutal fashion, and as Lena discovers, no one ever leaves.The commune is reminiscent of those places the Nazis set up to breed the Aryan Super Race before WW2 – overlaid with a liberal dash of the Branch Davidians.The German thing is pretty strong: Lena and her boyfriend are German and the commune is run by a German with plenty of ex-pat countrymen mixed in with Chileans. The fact that the film was made by Germans with some of it shot in Germany no doubt adds to the effect as does the braided hair and Oktoberfest vests. A bit of a problem though with some of the Germans speaking perfect English while others have accents that would have done Erich von Stroheim proud.Emma Watson is an engaging screen presence, and gives a powerful performance, but she gets a run for her money from Michael Nyqvist as Paul Schäfer, the scary, face-slapping leader of the colony who quotes John 8:32 "…the truth will set you free" as he delivers yet another stinging backhander.Although Emma was at least 24 when she made the film, she would have no trouble getting away with half-fare on public transport. Maybe that is the reason the bedroom scenes with Daniel Brühl, tame as they are, seem a little confronting.The escape, especially at the end, is standard Hollywood, but "Colonia" doesn't outstay its welcome. Despite not being an instant box office success, I think this film will eventually find an audience; it was out on hire for months at the Hoyts Kiosk where I eventually rented it – time will tell.