Reviews

as i say i mite have given it another mark if but i feel it goes on for a bit too long and, mainly, Mr Lee's decision to cast himself in what one might consider the main role. His acting(especially when surrounded by Esposito, Davis etc) is sub-par and it turned a great movie into a good one. Like Tarantino after him, he seems to be a director who wants to make it as an actor as well. They are two talented writer/directors but not actors, i am sorry to say (at least QT designated smaller roles to himself by the way). All the other actors were fine,especially Tutturro, who shone, though that is praise to Lee's writing that he can create a character like that, one which seems to be full of hate but is not just "the bad guy". Apart from that i felt (as a white Englishman) it transposed me into that world very well with touches of humour, sentiment and tragedy.

i did like the film, y'know, it was okay but that's about it. It's obviously aimed at the ladies and i have no problem with that, but it is (in my humble opinion) extremely overrated. Tom Hanks was probably hoping for his 3rd oscar, yet his performance is not great. I read the books and thought they were great, but this is a weak, tired effort to translate novella to the screen. Plus it's far too long, and only Michael Clarke Duncan should be pleased with this poor effort.

I could not believe what i saw...(once) brilliant actors appearing in this dire effort that should never of been made. The plots are dreadful and the dialogue appauling (at first i thought it was a spoof), and the acting abysmal. Everything about it is bad, from the cheap sets to the phony backdrops, a bunch of paintings enlarged. Respectable filmakers struggle to get their vision realised, yet this blasphemous, pathetic attempt at a mini-series makes it to our television's, with 3 oscar winners making appearances. I can only guess everyone involved somehow hurt the writer and director and were forced (maybe at gunpoint)to star in this worthless T.V. trash.