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The Americans (2013)
if it took place today
I was wondering what if it took place today and the Jennings were undercover Islamic terrorists ? how would I react ? how would anyone react? up to a certain point we look a the Jennings with some sort of humanity , although many times they are horrible people with nice faces which is always interesting , but their aim was to destroy America , to impose soviet ideology upon its people , exactly the same as the Islamic Al Qaida terrorists today .
anyway it is pretty good as it is , except the tendency to portray them as super man and super woman , and something keeps distracting me : Clark's wig , how does he manage to keep it overnight being a " beast in bed" ?
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
a shame !
it is a lesson in butchering a book !
in turning a rich book into a soap opera film by removing all the substance of the story ! important characters have been cut , even the marten is not here !worse : the very personality of the main characters has been changed !
the casting is ridiculous ! with maybe the exception of john hurt and morrissey ( although his role is badly written) Nicholas Cage is totally ridiculous , too old for the part , too " American" and penelope cruz just cant act ! the directing is poor , even the costumes are wrong !
all the people who participated in this " thing" should be ashamed of themselves ! I have never been so furious in my life ! no need to say how much I have loved the book which i discovered last year only - it was not a big hit in France . So as a previous message puts it : read the book !!!