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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6722802/ Somedays you just need some down time. Hey, look, film noir era, detective, should be enjoyable. Nope. Acting was monotone script recitation. No development of the reason for Marlowe to be dedicated to solving this case. The climax was surprising, in that you didn't see it coming, but the emotional response was more of "really?" than of anger or disappointment in the character's actions. The buddy characters are a replication of the many buddy movies we've seen, in that at first, they are at odds, then they are fast friends. A bad guy must have patterned his character after a combination of Auric Goldfinger and Le Chiffre. Yes, watching this did eliminate my thinking about work for two hours. No, it did not meet my expectations. ------- Trying to simplify my life... | ||
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It appears that like Unknown, the only reason to watch this is Diane Kruger.  <3Harshest Dream, Reality | |||
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In contrast, I found the Clive Owen series "Monsieur Spade" to be excellent. Owen really plays Spade-via-Bogey really well and the story and setting were wonderful. It's on AppleTV. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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So disappointing. So bad. _________________________ Sometimes good people have to do bad things to bad people to prevent bad people from doing bad things to good people. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.-Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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I tend to like Liam Neeson as an actor (tend to does not equal always) but "A Waste of Time" seriously understates how bad this movie is. Too many physical action scenes which, at his age, he could not perform with any level of on-screen believable acting. And, Phillip Marlow is somewhere in his mid 30s to early 40s (which Neeson is not), a hard drinking ladies man who is not swayed by the female persuasion (IMO, the Marlow character in the referenced here does not convey well.... except for the not being swayed by females cause those characters were not old enough to flirt with him when based on social norms today). From Wiki (pretty accurate if you listen to Old Time Radio shows):
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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I'll parrot my comment from a related thread in The Lounge: While Neeson's display of a "particular set of skills" in Taken was perhaps entertaining, his portrayal of a hard boiled, 1930's gumshoe in [/i]Marlowe[/i] left much to be desired. https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...810011805#5810011805 | |||
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I watched it. The best part was the vintage cars. And a Thompson. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Liam Neeson is an anti-gun twit. Dance monkey, dance! | |||
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The Joy Maker |
That fight at the massage parlor was brutal, in a bad way. 
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