IIRC all 3 were remade (Rooney Mara instead of Noomi Rapace). I might be wrong.
Robin Williams? Uh, nope.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Not trying to be pedantic at all, Steve, but IMDB only shows Rooney Mara starring in the first film (with Daniel Craig).
I'm not a big fan of foreign films, so I was very interested to hear that they re-made all of these in English. I would imagine that they abandoned the project, at this point.
The original Swedish films are so universally praised that I'm sure I would still enjoy them, foreign language and all.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I'm not a big fan of foreign films, so I was very interested to hear that they re-made all of these in English. I would imagine that they abandoned the project, at this point.
Actually with the sequel, The Girl That Played With Fire, if you go into the set-up menu, you can get the dubbed English for it, which is what I did just for ease.
Watched Ant Man. Pretty entertaining - can't remember if opinions of it were generally good or bad.
Were generally good, 81% on RT, I enjoyed it.
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Did they use CGI to make Michael Douglas look young in the beginning? If so, pretty amazing.
31
Rob Zombies latest film. Set in 1976, a minibus full of a half dozen carnies travelling the southwest gets hijacked , and the occupants
are forced to play a game called 31 for the amusement of a few select wealthy patrons dressed in full Victorian garb. The object of 31 is to stay alive
in the deserted industrial complex where the game takes place for 12 hours. Various assassins are dispensed throughout the 12 hours to try and
kill the "contestants". Each contestant is given a number, and odds on surviving for the benefit of placing bets by the Victorian folk.
Yes, it is every bit as bizarre as it sounds! It is also one of Zombies better efforts. Horror hounds take notice!
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
^^ Sounds like Running Man.
Nocturnal Animals - Loved this stylish noir all the way up until the lame-ass ending which left us literally hissing at the TV as the credits rolled. Not that we didn't *get* it, or for that matter, any of the metaphors presented throughout. That said, still worth a watch, mainly due to the insanely scrumptious Amy Adams and the ever excellent scene-stealing Michael Shannon.
7.75 out of 10 shoulda, coulda, woulda's.
"That gum you like is going to come back in style."
Watched The Age Of Adeline (2015) last night. Imo a very original premise with a very interesting way of making fantasy somehow seem more plausible albeit far-fetched. Blake Lively and some guy I don't know (Michiel Huisman) were the protagonists with Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn & Kathy Baker in supporting roles.
Yes, there is a bit of romantic schmaltz, but in the context of the story, it works, and has one great twist.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Just got back from seeing Fantastic Beasts. Pretty good over all.
Just saw it myself last night.
I liked No Country for Old Men, really liked it. Bardem's performance was incendiary.
Really did not think that West Texas tale of darkness could be topped, come Hell or High Water.
But I loved this. Darkness times humor will get me every time.
8 out of nine rattlesnakes for a waitress.
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“Where words fail, music speaks.” - Hans Christian Anderson
Landmine Goes Click
Watched this on Amazon Prime the other night. A young engaged couple, along with their best man, head to the Georgian countryside
in Russia for some hiking and backpacking a week before the wedding. The best man inadvertently steps on a very old landmine, and
that's when things start to break down. He can't step off for fear of detonating it. To say anymore would be a spoiler for anyone who
might be interested in watching it. I will say that this was one helluva suspenseful thriller.Disturbing at times to watch, but well worth
the effort. Goes to show that a low budget movie can be exceptional. Superbly acted! Highly recommended!
A Comfort Zone is not a Life Sentence
Cool night in Georgia...went to see Manchester by the Sea Excellent but a thoroughly depressing movie. Complete silence in the theatre, so could you could hear people sobbing. Very slow moving but I loved it!
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
Watched Hell or High Water last night. Good, solidly entertaining movie with some subtle social commentary that is, at various times, humorous. See it!
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
The Square--Australian crime story in which anything that can go wrong sort of does. It was engaging, but I don't know that I'd care to see it again.
Watched "Florence Foster Jenkins," which came out last summer. Stars Meryl Streep in the factual role of a wealthy, WWII-era patron of the arts in NYC who fancies herself a singer, except she couldn't sing. Very funny and touching -- I'd recommend it for those who enjoyed "Topsy Turvy." It's also reminiscent of some latter-day Woody Allen movies. If it had been presented as a Woody Allen movie I would have believed it was. It evokes 1940s NYC very well. Hugh Grant is also very good in it, and Simon Helberg from "Big Bang Theory" (which I've never seen) is also great and hilarious.
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