Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by townsend (A) on October 05, 2008 at 11:07:58

In Reply to: RE: Enjoyable, as you say, not great..... posted by afilado on October 04, 2008 at 20:07:24

I actually thought Mortensen played a far more interesting character than did Harris. In general, I do like Ed Harris in the movies . . .

Zwellweger was almost nauseating and almost derailed the movie (I don't care whether the movie was true to the book or not, I only saw the movie). Too pouty, whiney, annoying . . .

The most interesting third was the middle third, which began by transporting the convicted man by train. In fact, I wish that had just expanded on the middle third for an entire feature film.

I did appreciate the "realistic" gunfights . . . usually it only takes one-bullet-per-participate.

2 and 3/4 stars