However, after Russia was kicked out of the competition due to the war in Ukraine and Britain took over the next event, the BBC announced that some countries had been asked to pay more to make up the difference as Russia's contribution covered a large part of the organisation. National TV networks pay an amount each year to take part in Eurovision - as an entry fee - which varies according to the size of the country. The organisation, according to the BBC cited the cost of joining. A tremendous, faultless film.A few days after the announcement that Montenegro and North Macedonia will not take part in the next Eurovision competition, which will take place in Liverpool despite Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra winning this years edition, Bulgaria also announced its abstention. Some events have no bearing on the outcome but you cannot know which are red herrings and which are genuine avenues rather you find yourself wondering where this will all lead to, making The Next Three Days a complex and intriguing thriller very much in the cerebral and classical sense such as North by Northwest or Vertigo. Developments are unexpected and plausible scenarios affect action and reaction. Haggis' screenplay does not allow the audience to get ahead of the story. If a director can pull you into the story, make you care about a character, and if during the course of that film allow you to watch that character change in a very real and gradual way then he has delivered a truly great film. Brennan is completely exposed and you fear for his outcome. Haggis treats us to a wonderfully woven story that rolls along with ease, then suddenly the momentum builds into a Tsunami of real tension. He makes tremendous mistakes and shows real human failings and frailties that as we ride along with him we're never far from the belief that it will all go very wrong, very soon. We know this is not the normal behaviour of Brennan, but the screenplay is so well crafted and Crowe delivers the character to us perfectly that both the scenarios and Brennan remain at all times, believable. This would not work for John Brennan, the nerdy schoolteacher, what we see however is how little by little, piece by piece he falls more and more out of control, deeper and deeper out of his depth. We have a knowledge of his character from the beginning of the film and Haggis does not treat the audience as idiots, we know that Brennan cannot walk into a phonebox and there's a sudden change into superman. Brennan doesn't suddenly become the all American action hero capable of great feats of courage. What Haggis works brilliantly into both his screenplay and direction is the gradual metamorphosis of Brennan's persona as he becomes fixated on breaking his wife out of prison. When normal people find themselves in hopeless situations desperation can drive them to do very abnormal things. Three years pass and the realisation that his wife will remain behind bars for life hits home. When his wife is imprisoned for murder John, as you would expect of a normal average slightly nerdy working man follows the rules of appeal in an attempt to win her freedom. Meet John Brennan, he's a normal average working man, slightly nerdy even, living a fairly dull routine life. The development of John Brennan and his gradual transformation over time before your very eyes. In Paul Haggis' intense thriller he chooses a wise and well crafted angle to lure you in and hold your attention. The Next Three Days The best films are those where you are introduced to characters who do the unpredictable believably, or people you think will be key players die in the opening scene, someone you least expect turns out to be the murderer, these are the films that keep you guessing and keep you involved.
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