the result of stuffing money down the toilet

Rating: 1/10 (2 July 2006)

Ron Howard must be at the top of my list of BAD directors. I went to see the movie two days after i had just written the book, which if i might add, pretty dull. Not the story or the information, but the style, as said in family guy " the chapters are short and arty so you think you're real smart every time you finish one. Of course, having read the book a few days before, i was just hoping to visualize the story, and got pretty annoyed when they tampered with the book. Foundation number one for any film is good acting. What happened here? Jean Reno, Audrey Tatou, Tom Hanks and Ian Mc Kellen. All save the last two seem to have seen their talent washed away with this project. Jean Reno, the detective from Crimson Rivers, The assassin of Leon, must have given his worst role in this movie. Audrey Tatou was despicable and Tom Hanks, Though playing the part well was just extremely annoying. And Mr.Howard, when the hero of a story is a history teacher, you better get the most likable one on the planet. Ian Mc Kellen was good during the scene in château Villette. As for the directing, it seemed as if every scene was given to a different director without any of them knowing what feel the other scenes have been given. I will forgive Amelie Poulain, the prison guard in the Green Mile, Leon the professional and Gandalf as none of them could have delivered such a bad part without the help of Mr. Howard. So next time you are about to see a very well marketed film, remember the heap of trash i have just commented on, and rent an old classic along the line of Kubrick or Leone.