tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14496565.post5041257716594829232..comments2008-09-28T22:33:34.540+01:00Comments on The Silver Eel: The Silver Eelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615661656637047142noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14496565.post-81798162105410767352007-10-16T22:30:00.000+01:002007-10-16T22:30:00.000+01:00On reflection, was a bit hard on MC#2. Denzel Was...On reflection, was a bit hard on MC#2. Denzel Washington watchable as ever, some nice touches here and there, particularly in the train scene, when Marco is intermittently but surely flipping out. Liev Schreiber was brilliant and may even have been better than Laurence Harvey. Streep was technically excellent - unfortunately, kept noticing the technique. But taken as a whole...The Silver Eelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615661656637047142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14496565.post-49280006178713361952007-09-28T10:27:00.000+01:002007-09-28T10:27:00.000+01:00Thank you. Will check link.Have just finished 187...Thank you. Will check link.<BR/><BR/>Have just finished 1876. Parallels with election in 2000 are shocking. V surprised I haven't seen anyone bringing them up before now in the press. Hugely tempted to tackle Burr straight away, but...sigh...backlog...The Silver Eelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615661656637047142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14496565.post-12943765447891418232007-09-26T11:30:00.000+01:002007-09-26T11:30:00.000+01:00Good post. I enjoyed the MC remake, but agree it w...Good post. I enjoyed the MC remake, but agree it wasn't a patch on the original - I've not met a remake that was, actually. GOB has written about the two (and the original script) quite a bit... <A HREF="http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=grumpy+old+bookman+manchurian+candidate&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.frontmotion:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a" REL="nofollow">see here</A><BR/><BR/>Glad you're enjoying the Vidal - I loved that Empire series.ricoeurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313306273776894640noreply@blogger.com