I came to this film looking forward to it immensely and came away from it a tad disappointed, granted there are some genuinely original moments but not enough to warrant the star rating that this has achieved....The plot is majorly contrived and relies on far too many coincidences, and the ending which was telegraphed so early on in the film relies on so many variables coming right at the same time that you really have to suspend belief to a ridiculous degree. I don't know how closely the script is to the book, but I'd heard great things of Jo Nesbo now I'm not so sure. This will no doubt be re-made for people who are too lazy to read subtitles and I can't imagine that the re-imagining will help anything....I enjoy foreign language films as a rule but can't help but wondering if this movie would have so many favourable reviews if it was a standard Hollywood production
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Headhunters
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Does this deserve the High marks it's been getting?
19 September 2012
Warning: Spoilers
St George's Day
(2012)
Coming soon to a BetaMax Player Near You Soon
19 September 2012
I strongly urge potential film-makers to go and see this film immediately, take copious, methodical notes of how this film has been cast, written, composed and produced Then go and do the exact opposite to have yourself a blockbuster movie.
I'm fortunate that being a cinema advertiser (Just 200 meters from this cinema, you know the deal), I have a pass that gets me in to my local for free, and even then I'm thinking of asking for my money back. I went to see if the reviews, all of which pretty much panned this film could be correct and the truth is they don't tell half the story. Whatever bad review you've read of this film multiply it by a factor of 10.
In 25 odd years of regular cinema-going I don't think I have ever seen a film as bad as this(and I've watched every film Michael Caine has ever made). 10 minutes in and I found myself making shopping lists, looking at my fellow cinema goers (all 11 of them) and trying to figure out if they were having an equally awful time and generally doing anything but being in the moment with this film which completely fails to grab your attention at any level. I'm extremely pleased to note that the figures from boxofficemojo.com are declaring this a complete Turkey apparently it's taken $22,000 in the 2 weeks since it's release. So hopefully it will be released on Videotape any day now hopefully Betamax so as not to bother too many people. Don't give up the day job Mr Harper (whatever that is)
I'm fortunate that being a cinema advertiser (Just 200 meters from this cinema, you know the deal), I have a pass that gets me in to my local for free, and even then I'm thinking of asking for my money back. I went to see if the reviews, all of which pretty much panned this film could be correct and the truth is they don't tell half the story. Whatever bad review you've read of this film multiply it by a factor of 10.
In 25 odd years of regular cinema-going I don't think I have ever seen a film as bad as this(and I've watched every film Michael Caine has ever made). 10 minutes in and I found myself making shopping lists, looking at my fellow cinema goers (all 11 of them) and trying to figure out if they were having an equally awful time and generally doing anything but being in the moment with this film which completely fails to grab your attention at any level. I'm extremely pleased to note that the figures from boxofficemojo.com are declaring this a complete Turkey apparently it's taken $22,000 in the 2 weeks since it's release. So hopefully it will be released on Videotape any day now hopefully Betamax so as not to bother too many people. Don't give up the day job Mr Harper (whatever that is)
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