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Massawyrm Is Unimpressed By SLEUTH!!

Well, I'm looking forward to it. by Knuckleduster	Nov 1st, 2007 08:29:05 AM
So there.
Oh well by vini77	Nov 1st, 2007 08:29:32 AM
I'll give it a rent.
I kinda feel bad for Jude Law. by Knuckleduster	Nov 1st, 2007 08:36:37 AM
The man obviously has talent, but it seems to take a lot to bring it out. Minghella and Nichols managed to achieve something. I think he'll probably get better with age.
Guess it's too late for re-shoots by Charlie & Tex	Nov 1st, 2007 08:42:45 AM
A pity, really, as this had a lot of potential.
Guess it's too late for re-shoots by Charlie & Tex	Nov 1st, 2007 08:44:20 AM
A pity, really, as this had a lot of potential.
Don't feel bad for Jude Law by vini77	Nov 1st, 2007 08:48:32 AM
He's rich and is getting laid right now as we speak. What's to feel bad about?
Gonna see it anyway by Kefrif	Nov 1st, 2007 09:29:49 AM
All things being equal, some of the lukewarm reviews aside, I still want to see this film. I LOVED the original, and missed a restaging a few years back at my local theatre in the U.K (to my eternal annoyance). So the hell with it - gotta be worth a shot.
At this point in the movie season by skimn	Nov 1st, 2007 10:01:19 AM
won't this show up on DVD by January....? Didn't exactly open wide.
"no attempt to disguise the fact that this is adapted from the s by polyh3dron	Nov 1st, 2007 10:09:00 AM
Did you feel the same way about Hard Candy since it all took place inside a house too even though it was made for film?
I disagree with this review by polyh3dron	Nov 1st, 2007 10:10:09 AM
Having never seen the play I was thoroughly entertained by this movie.
I disagree, too by SoupSpitter	Nov 1st, 2007 11:31:03 AM
While the third act has its problem (and the ending can be seen as a tad unsatisfying), this remake is a real beauty. Flawless production design (why isn't the interior of the house mentioned?), impeccable acting, brilliant dialog, and the courage to take really unexpected turns. Blaming the adaptation of a stage play for looking like an adaptation of a stage play seems odd. In addition - the framing, composition, and editing are as cinematic as it gets. But the thing that impressed me most about this new version is the fact that it never tries to compete with the original - it looks for (and finds) new angles, a new approach to the same basic setup. It's not better than the Olivier/Cane version, but also not worse - it's entirely different. Both movies can be watched back to back. I also love the fact that Pinter is not above putting in the odd in-joke or two ("So, what's it all about?").
Surprisingly, Have to Agree w/ Massawyrm by attritus	Nov 1st, 2007 01:08:10 PM
This movie was a mess. I saw it at a Museum of the Moving image screening in NYC a few weeks back. Caine and Branagh spoke afterwards. It was far too stagey. I can see what they were trying to accomplish, but it just didn't translate to the screen. It felt more like actor masturbation than anything else. I'm sure it felt good for them but no one should really be expected to watch. As for the set, it was a bit on the ludicrous side, a stark version of Willy Wonka's factory designed by Caine's character's wife. There was way to much overacting for a fight over a post-modern Oompa Loompa. Avoid this one if you can.
The closest I've been to a stage by Spandau Belly	Nov 1st, 2007 01:31:54 PM
Was when I staged my own death to get rid of those loan sharks.
I stopped reading the review after... by Neuron	Nov 1st, 2007 01:52:24 PM
...he got the writer wrong. Harold Pinter wrote the screenplay, not Branagh. And it is for that reason alone that I will see the movie; Pinter's great. Even if it's a misstep, it's worth seeing if it's Pinter, in my opinion.
as for me by The Real MiraJeff	Nov 1st, 2007 03:04:05 PM
I completely agree with Massa. I thought this one had some serious potential but it was very predictable and disappointing and downright strange at times, especially the homoerotic overtones of the last 20 minutes the upside of seeing this one was bumping into joe pantoliano outside the theater, begging people to go see his movie Canvas
Spoiler-ific question for those who have seen it by Riley Martin	Nov 1st, 2007 03:43:14 PM
When Tindle turns into Doppler, do they use the latex makeup to transform Tindle, or have they updated it to the crazy CGI 'Mission Impossible'-type disguise where basically it's another actor until he peels the mask off?
Answering Riley Martin by Lil´Ze	Nov 1st, 2007 05:02:07 PM
SPOILERS Now Tindle turns in Inspector Black (no Doppler), and the make-up is all prostetics, no CGI at all - maybe something to change Law´s voice, only. Kind off distracting, ´cause I thought it was pretty obvious is was Milo disguised. A real nice change would be if the Inspector were real, with a actor looking like Jude Law - that would be a nice twist. But I though the remake is OK, it updates the original, I think that´s best than just copying it. Punter´s text is great (amazing lines), I thought the third act was very effective (and totally different form the original), the actors were great (Caine, obviously, and Law is fine too), but the main problem is Branagh´s direction (totally over-the-top), the horrible production design (the lights reminded me of Schumacher´s Batman). As a fan from the original, I was able to enjoy this remake, but is leagues from the original.
If I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed other stage-like by CreasyBear	Nov 1st, 2007 09:08:37 PM
movies such as Hitchcock's Rope and the (also starring Jude Law) Closer, then I would not enjoy it at all. Plays are cramped and talky by necessity. Why would you reduce a movie to such restrictions? Not interested.
Thanks Lil´Ze by Riley Martin	Nov 1st, 2007 10:05:14 PM
I was lucky enough to see a stage production of Sleuth a few years back. I realized that, because of the theatrical experience, you're more accepting of an actor playing another role in the play - even if your not supposed to know that it's the same character dressing up.
Michael Caine by MrMysteryGuest	Nov 1st, 2007 11:29:34 PM

Does Jude Think He's the New Cane!? by FILMFUNK	Nov 1st, 2007 11:43:31 PM
Someone does! and they'd be bonkers! What next? Judey Girl Face Law in the Ipcress files or Jude the woman in Zulu? I think not!
I disagree by mastidon	Nov 2nd, 2007 06:02:21 AM
Its a great switch on the 1972 version. Getting the chance to see Caine play the other side and the camera work from the first act was great.

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