The last horror, thriller or suspense film you watched
Aug 7, 2018 14:54:28 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 7, 2018 14:54:28 GMT
The Snowman (2017)
Considering all the terrible reviews it got, I did not think this movie was anywhere close to being such an "awful" final product as so many seemed to think of it.
I gotta be honest, I went in expecting the "worst" but what I ended up with was far off anything close to that as it was to be more of a mediocre/forgettable thriller which I guess once had some potential, as it had been hyped up for a long while by the norwegian media where people like Martin Scorsese would direct and Leonardo Di Caprio would star as detective Harry Hole.
While writer Jo Nesbø is among the most popular and best selling authors in my country, I have never read any of his books and went in with absolutely no background upon the main character Harry Hole, well beside that I know it is based upon Snømannen and that I have seen one other film based upon his books, which was the 2011 crime-thriller Headhunters.
Maybe that was for the best, as I guess if I had a personal interest with the book series, then I might have been far more critical.
However, this I think is taken from the 5th or 6th book based upon Harry Hole and we do not get to know much of him rather than he is yet another cliche ridden rough outsider cop/detective who has lots of private and personal problems, a broken up marriage and that seems to be it.
His co-workers are neither that interesting or get much chances of getting to know them well either.
I thought Fassbender did a okay job with what little he got, but it was a sad sight to behold the once great Val Kilmer in such a depressive part where I am surprised they could not get any other actor, as it was not the biggest one and it all looked clumsy and amateurish.
The film never really gets under my skin and become any close of exciting or thrilling, but it do contain some very beautiful scenes and use of locations, and I cannot understand why so many seemed to focus negatively on the nature shots used in the film, as that was probably one of the things the film actually did well.
Not too much and not too litle, just about the right amount of time used on trying to create some much needed atmosphere.
Looking up all of the talented people involved along with the budget, The Snowman could have been so much better, however I wished they had used more scandinavian actors but I guess if so, this movie would maybe never be made which might have been the best way for everyone involved.
Considering how good Headhunters in many parts was, it is a shame how things ended up with The Snowman as it had so much potential going, but somewhere along the way it all went very wrong.
For me, this was not even close of being one of the worst movies of 2017, instead I thought it was just another mediocre and disposable but still somewhat fairly entertaining movie which was much "better" than what I had feared and I ended up rating it a very kind:
5/10
Considering all the terrible reviews it got, I did not think this movie was anywhere close to being such an "awful" final product as so many seemed to think of it.
I gotta be honest, I went in expecting the "worst" but what I ended up with was far off anything close to that as it was to be more of a mediocre/forgettable thriller which I guess once had some potential, as it had been hyped up for a long while by the norwegian media where people like Martin Scorsese would direct and Leonardo Di Caprio would star as detective Harry Hole.
While writer Jo Nesbø is among the most popular and best selling authors in my country, I have never read any of his books and went in with absolutely no background upon the main character Harry Hole, well beside that I know it is based upon Snømannen and that I have seen one other film based upon his books, which was the 2011 crime-thriller Headhunters.
Maybe that was for the best, as I guess if I had a personal interest with the book series, then I might have been far more critical.
However, this I think is taken from the 5th or 6th book based upon Harry Hole and we do not get to know much of him rather than he is yet another cliche ridden rough outsider cop/detective who has lots of private and personal problems, a broken up marriage and that seems to be it.
His co-workers are neither that interesting or get much chances of getting to know them well either.
I thought Fassbender did a okay job with what little he got, but it was a sad sight to behold the once great Val Kilmer in such a depressive part where I am surprised they could not get any other actor, as it was not the biggest one and it all looked clumsy and amateurish.
The film never really gets under my skin and become any close of exciting or thrilling, but it do contain some very beautiful scenes and use of locations, and I cannot understand why so many seemed to focus negatively on the nature shots used in the film, as that was probably one of the things the film actually did well.
Not too much and not too litle, just about the right amount of time used on trying to create some much needed atmosphere.
Looking up all of the talented people involved along with the budget, The Snowman could have been so much better, however I wished they had used more scandinavian actors but I guess if so, this movie would maybe never be made which might have been the best way for everyone involved.
Considering how good Headhunters in many parts was, it is a shame how things ended up with The Snowman as it had so much potential going, but somewhere along the way it all went very wrong.
For me, this was not even close of being one of the worst movies of 2017, instead I thought it was just another mediocre and disposable but still somewhat fairly entertaining movie which was much "better" than what I had feared and I ended up rating it a very kind:
5/10