jenni forbes!
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Has anyone seen this yet? Was it any good?
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The Ghost
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Chris Irwin
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not bad, it's obviously a pisstake of Tony Blair...there's too many coincidences for it not to be....
Saw it yesterday, thought it was good. Nice performance by Ewan McGregor and I liked the story. A few twists that were quite well done.
However, I hated Kim Catrall in this movie, I found her very one dimensional and just annoying to watch, dunno if anyone else felt the same!
However, I hated Kim Catrall in this movie, I found her very one dimensional and just annoying to watch, dunno if anyone else felt the same!
Ke (R.I.P. MJ)
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I thought it was weak, personally. I expected more from Polanski.
Ewan was good. Dont get me wrong, i like a slow burner, but this kind of political / conspiracy intrigue has been done a lot better. Needed to flesh out the plot in my opinion.
Ewan was good. Dont get me wrong, i like a slow burner, but this kind of political / conspiracy intrigue has been done a lot better. Needed to flesh out the plot in my opinion.
skater_darien
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I thought it was awful. I didn't rate the acting at all. And although I don't mind slow burning plots, this one took forever. And i hated the ending.
DidoDeeDee
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Anyone read the novel by Robert Harris? If so how does the film stack up?
kirby242007
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Not read the book, but thoroughly enjoyed the film. It was a slow-burner, but it was clever and held interest for the whole time.
Razamvmt/mya
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Terrible film.
Incredibly boring.
Started off with so much potential and it was all just wasted.
Obvious 'twist' too.
Incredibly boring.
Started off with so much potential and it was all just wasted.
Obvious 'twist' too.
DreamLoveBelieve
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Saw it yesterday. Surprised and impressed that the cinema (medium-sized Vue screen) was almost full so long after the film's release. Also surprised that the audience, whilst seeming gripped throughout, didn't get the film's humour. Admittedly the humour is very dry, with The Ghost getting a lot of one-liners, but I found it funny.
It's well-directed, the tension is kept up and although the twist is guessable it's not obvious from the start like some films (step forward, Shutter Island). It's very much from a particular style of film-making, maybe some people used to fast action films will find it boring but I was totally gripped by the atmosphere and the sense of unease that Polanski is so adept at creating. Not giving anything away but the ending relies on a message being passed from one person to another and the way it's filmed is almost Hitchcockian in the way it uses a small, inconsequential action to build tension. Good stuff.
It's well-directed, the tension is kept up and although the twist is guessable it's not obvious from the start like some films (step forward, Shutter Island). It's very much from a particular style of film-making, maybe some people used to fast action films will find it boring but I was totally gripped by the atmosphere and the sense of unease that Polanski is so adept at creating. Not giving anything away but the ending relies on a message being passed from one person to another and the way it's filmed is almost Hitchcockian in the way it uses a small, inconsequential action to build tension. Good stuff.
Completely agree with you. It's not the type of film i would be interested in seeing and having not seen any of Polanski's films before i was intrigued with The Ghost. It really is a slow burner - which to some people automatically means boring (but that's bullshit!) - but if you stick with it you will be rewarded. Cleverly plotted and i thought the ending was immense, didn't expect that! It was tense because you didn't know what was going to happen next.
Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Tom Wilkinson who's only in it for 10 mins, all very good.
Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Tom Wilkinson who's only in it for 10 mins, all very good.