Comments on: Two Films Worth Seeing http://larryherzberg.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/two-films-worth-seeing/ Larry A. Herzberg's Blog Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:55:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Larry http://larryherzberg.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/two-films-worth-seeing/comment-page-1/#comment-2210 Larry Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:50:22 +0000 http://larryherzberg.com/wordpress/?p=156#comment-2210 I did see The Changeling, and liked it... I thought it should have won an Oscar for production design. But although Angelina Jolie did a fine job playing the mother, I couldn't quite forget that I was watching her trying to "stretch" a bit. It's not her fault, but that's the price an actress pays for super-stardom. By the way, I also thought that casting John Malkovich as the clergyman was very shrewd, because I always expected him to turn corrupt before the end of the film... It added another dimension to the film's suspense. I did see The Changeling, and liked it… I thought it should have won an Oscar for production design. But although Angelina Jolie did a fine job playing the mother, I couldn’t quite forget that I was watching her trying to “stretch” a bit. It’s not her fault, but that’s the price an actress pays for super-stardom.

By the way, I also thought that casting John Malkovich as the clergyman was very shrewd, because I always expected him to turn corrupt before the end of the film… It added another dimension to the film’s suspense.

]]> By: John Whitney http://larryherzberg.com/wordpress/2009/03/10/two-films-worth-seeing/comment-page-1/#comment-2038 John Whitney Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:38:15 +0000 http://larryherzberg.com/wordpress/?p=156#comment-2038 I can also recommend The Changeling, Eastwood's other recent movie if you haven't seen it. When I watched it, I was convinced they'd taken a lot of liberties with the real story and it was just too far fetched to be true, but from what I've read since, the story is pretty much told as it happened which makes it a truly fascinating story of public pressure and corruption. I can also recommend The Changeling, Eastwood’s other recent movie if you haven’t seen it. When I watched it, I was convinced they’d taken a lot of liberties with the real story and it was just too far fetched to be true, but from what I’ve read since, the story is pretty much told as it happened which makes it a truly fascinating story of public pressure and corruption.

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