23-02-2013, 03:51 PM
I kind of liked the Ghost Writer.
I mean I understand that its not true to fact. I mean they actually did check on Blair's wife's career after and she was not CIA.
But I thought the film was really entertaining and very well done. I especially liked how Polanski shot the ending: with all the hands passing the note to the front. Kind of Hitchcockian.
I will have to check out the thread. But I've always liked Polanski. The guy has made some very good films.
And I agree that Stone's film suffers from Costner being Garrison. First of all, if you have heard him, Garrison did not speak with that allegedly Louisiana accent. And second, Costner couldn't do the accent anyway. Third, he could not even deliver that long final speech to the jury that was so necessary for the finale. And it doesn't seem like Stone could do very much with him either.
I mean I understand that its not true to fact. I mean they actually did check on Blair's wife's career after and she was not CIA.
But I thought the film was really entertaining and very well done. I especially liked how Polanski shot the ending: with all the hands passing the note to the front. Kind of Hitchcockian.
I will have to check out the thread. But I've always liked Polanski. The guy has made some very good films.
And I agree that Stone's film suffers from Costner being Garrison. First of all, if you have heard him, Garrison did not speak with that allegedly Louisiana accent. And second, Costner couldn't do the accent anyway. Third, he could not even deliver that long final speech to the jury that was so necessary for the finale. And it doesn't seem like Stone could do very much with him either.