Mortensen, Sharif and others might have got away with this in a lightning raid, but oh, the teeny-soapsuds! Oh, the quicksands of sugar! Oh, the plonking exposition and the wallowing in goodbyes! Oh, the electronic leopards!
I agree that there was a good film in here, about half to two-thirds as long. Just cut four-fifths of the dialogue and there it would be.
I can see why they wanted to make this, and I can see why they wanted to make it with this cast. And there are quite a lot of good scenes, especially those in which nobody speaks. It was a worthy ambition. But it's a bloody awful script.
Please do not shoot the scriptwriter. He is doing his best.
I agree that there was a good film in here, about half to two-thirds as long. Just cut four-fifths of the dialogue and there it would be.
I can see why they wanted to make this, and I can see why they wanted to make it with this cast. And there are quite a lot of good scenes, especially those in which nobody speaks. It was a worthy ambition. But it's a bloody awful script.
Please do not shoot the scriptwriter. He is doing his best.