because you will go to sleep. Clooney's glum wooden acting, Blanchet's distant wistfulness, the throw away mumbled lines and it's all so laboured. I dosed off and when I came round not a lot had happened. Any holes I had I filled up here on this forum.
shareI agree. It was a terrible version of the book. The plot is nothing like the book. I hate how they always have to change characters in Nazi films into Jew's. Lena is not jewish in the book it is her friend. They also took the best character from the book a German cop and eliminated him.
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(To Kirk-44) What do you mean by : "I hate how they always have to change characters in Nazi films into Jew's."(That might be really difficult to do in many films..so name a few.)
shareKirk-44 is just ignorant. To compress a full novel into movie form, characters are often combined, eliminated or changed. He should try turning a 500-page novel into a 100-minute film sometime, then criticize. And he should consider where his Judeophobia is coming from.
shareI dosed off and when I came round not a lot had happened. Any holes I had I filled up here on this forum.
I also fell asleep.
I think I know how it ends, but it's not that important.
How much love did the Academy have for this R-Rated remake of Casablanca?
If you've read the book, you'll be annoyed by the film. A hodge-podge of threads from Kanon's novel are twisted to weave the film's central narrative. Characters are changed, whole plot lines shifted around and the central theme bastardised. Poor script and average performances. But it looks pretty.
shareSpot on critique! I've seen paint dry faster than this. An apparent homage to old black and white movies but way, way inferior to most of them. Full of cliches and an absolutely terrible script. Avoid.
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shareI thought it was OK, but I did expect more.
The story was passable (I have not read the book so I can't compare the two), but I agree Clooney was oddly out of place. I didn't think Tobey was a good choice either.
The look was, at first, very promising but then even that sort of faded. It never quite got you to where you would expect Robert Montgomery or Sidney Greenstreet or Dana Andrews to appear, which was what it was going for obviously. Ah well, that's the reason Turner Classic Movies has it's place in the world.
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Step on it! And don't spare the atoms!
Gee, I loved the script, the dialog was like the old film noir stories. I dozed off and missed five minutes of it, but I do that with films I'm enjoying -- I'm an old man. It's trash that keeps me awake.
I miss Big Band music and talented singers. Leonard Cohen is my idol. Civility, harmony, unity!
Geez, you got that right!
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