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"Saphirblau" or "Sapphire Blue" is the sequel to the German movie "Rubinrot" from one year earlier and it also runs for roughly 2 hours. Obviously they seem to like titles that consist of a jewel and a color as the third film will be called "Emerald Green". But the real question should be: Why oh why is there a third movie. I do not have a lot of hope this third installment will turn out better unless they completely get rid off the directors and writers who worked on films 1 and 2. These first two films did not have many good moments. There may be some actors in here whose faces are familiar to German audiences, but more for how prolific they are, not for how good they are, such as a certain Veronica Ferres. Maria Ehrich is bearable, not particularly good, but at least not as disastrous as male lead actor Jannis Niewöhner or the actress who plays the main character's best friend. That one is really bad. The name is Jennifer Lotsi and it's so painful to watch how she tries so hard to give a convincing "best friend" performance, but totally has no talent at all.Then again the script doesn't help her at all as it is very flawed from start to finish. The dialogs don't seem credible at all, but the biggest problem is possibly the action. This film wants to be taken seriously so much as a dramatic fantasy film with the time traveling aspect, but the story is just ridiculous. Plus, the characters' actions do not make sense on many occasions. Then they try to get humor in many times, but this isn't working either. And last, but not least, they have many references that make this film look like a coming-of-age love story movie, which is certainly the worst part. Truly cringeworthy. I would not mind at all if there will be no more books or films about Gwendolyn Shepherd. Oh yeah, don't even get me started on the pretentious English and French names and random French talking on several occasions. The worst scene? Probably when they start singing out of nowhere and this film also attempts to be a musical. Massive failure alert. This was a pretty bad viewing experience. If there is any reason to see it, it's maybe the camp factor. Films like this one are actually fairly dangerous as young audiences, especially girls, are not yet able to see what kind of crap they are being exposed to. So every good parent should make sure their kids stay far far away from garbage films like this one. Highly not recommended.
