The poster tagline should have been "Mr. Police, I left a flaming bag of poo on your doorstep and a bottle of scotch. It's the best I could do" with a snowman facepalming.
Val Kilmer's not only has a cancerous tumor in his throat, he won't take regular cancer treatments. I don't know the basis of the treatment he is taking. If he's in the movie because Scorsese and/or the director had him in because he needed the work, I can sympathize. Too bad it was in this badly bungled film. I'm going to just read the book.
When I saw (and heard) Kilmer in panel discussion on new 2-disc blu-ray of Heat, I guessed that cancer and/or surgery has happened to his mouth/throat area. Pretty sad to hear that it's now official.
um...don't wanna upset you but they had the best editor in the business Thelma Schoonmaker who has worked on EVERY Martin Scorsese movie and even she could not fix it and yes Val Kilmer has had a lot of cancer, I think it's of the throat or of the mouth so he can't really speak anymore. It's actually quite sad, he's very sick
Hollywood doesn't use Alan Smithee anymore plus there was an interview where the director strongly hinted that he didn't like how the movie turned out.
The movie is like watching a two hour edit of a four and a half hour miniseries but the editors don't know how to make the shorter version work so large sections it make absolutely no sense. The various plots hardly overlap unless absolutely necessary. There have A LOT of bad movies this year but this and Book Of Henry will be remembered by film history as great examples of "who the hell had final cut over this" type disasters.
This review should have been nothing but wildly entertaining, but sadly the revelation about Val Kilmer (hinted at in the review, confirmed in the comments & the inevitable post review Google search) kinda cast a pall over the whole thing for me. I didn't know beforehand and it's pretty evident Brad & Sara hadn't heard either, but it was clear that after seeing him in the movie they at least suspected even if they weren't willing to come right out & say it right then live.
SamKing imo, attaching a name to a film other than the actors' or directors' is just false advertisement. "From the filmaker who brought you Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs comes... _Iron Monkey!_ " Now I liked Iron Monkey very much, but the taglines in the vein of the above quote is just BS. Just because Tarantino got the film brought to US markets doesn't mean he had f%$k all to do with its content. Imo, let a film stand on who actually made it(if the actual quality of the film just can't be enough) _not_ who provided/raised the money for it or what have you. Sorry, rant over ;)
Or Ridley Scott's name being on Phoenix Forgotten. Actually, he directed Alien Covenant, so maybe having his name Cannibal Holocaust with aliens isn't that bad.
Just occurred to me......Brad said that this director - who made Let The Right One In - doesn't know how to direct children..... There's got to be some story about whose little girl that is because we KNOW this guy can direct child actors.
Alfredson most certainly knows how to direct children. He directed a hilarious show for kids, called Bert, in the 90's. Very raunchy and crude humor, with fantastic performances from the kids.
I think it’s more likely that due to his badly bungled this film was in the editing, they just used all of the worst shots involving the little girl not being properly directed.
Damn, first I was like, "hmm, book that was well-received, strong cast, on my radar" then I saw the RT score and was like, "err, no" and then I watch this and I'm like, "shit, this sounds like a glorious train wreck. I'll catch a cheap showing on Tuesday if I can."
You know, given Val Kilmer's condition, I have ABSOLUTELY no idea why he is in this whatsoever. I mean this isn't like a Miguel Ferrer situation. Miguel Ferrer got throat cancer but actively decided "No, I want to see my career to the end" and they actually wrote his throat cancer INTO the plot of NCIS: Los Angeles. Because basically Miguel actively refused to take days off and said "Look, let's write it into the show. Let's not drag down the quality of the show by dubbing me or killing me off just because I've got cancer" so they wrote it into the show that his character got throat cancer. And they wrote it in such a way that his character's story is technically still going despite Miguel having passed away. Really fantastic show, but that's off-topic. Val Kilmer on the other hand? He doesn't give a fuck about this movie. Look up stuff about him talking about the movie and you can tell he was disinterested in this movie. So why, in precious fuck, is he in this movie? You're not exactly broke, Mr Kilmer. Take a fucking day off, dude. Well I hope Val Kilmer recovers from his cancer nevertheless. But still....Why?
Murder on the Orient Express looks interesting, but it really annoyed me is how they used that Imagine Dragons song in the trailer. PLEASE, Hollywood don't use top 40s pop songs for period pieces, for the love of god, it just doesn't fit.
MrAwesomeTrex Since when was "Beliver" a pop song? But yeah... kind felt jarring to me when they used a lyric-less version of an Imagine Dragons song in movie that is obviously set during vintage times. It fit much more better in the Nintendo Switch Superbowl commercial.
MrAwesomeTrex Oh God, finally! I was almost persuaded that I was the only one to be annoyed by pop songs shoved in films without any regards for logic or if it's appropriate for the movie content!
I loved the Harry Hole novels and it's a shame that this abomination is what we got. The books are written overseas, I believe in Sweden, and they are excellent. The Snowman isn't even the first book, though. My only hope is that this film gets people to read the books and discover how great they are.
Poor Fassbender...I love the guy but man he has been having a rough couple of years, other than the X-men movies I guess but even the last one of those he was in wasn't too good!
Random question, have you ever seen the movie called A Ghost Story with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara? Now that's a movie I'd like to hear your opinion on
Every time you mentioned val kilmer I thought of the episode of the fistshark marketing podcast where he drinks all the syrup on earth, starts sweating syrup, the the syrup encased people he walks past like the tree sap in jurrassic park.
Will you help me hide a body? C'mon we can't delay No one can see him on the floor, Get him out the door, Before he can decay! I thought you were my buddy We won't get caught Just help me and don't ask why Will you help me hide a body? It didn't have to be in one piece. (Go away, Anna) Oh dear, why... Won't you help me hide a body? This one's been knocked out since last Fall I think his company is overdue It's about time we threw His body down the well (Stay down there, Joan.) It gets a little lonely Digging up all these graves Out in the night by myself... (Ugh, we're already running out of space in these caves!) Elsa, please I know you're in there You've been hiding all these years They say, "don't cry" and I have tried to Hide bodies without you Now I'm out of tears I've killed mother and father Now it's just you and me What are you gonna do? Won't you help me hide their bodies?
Forget about North Korea, Norway (home of Jo Nesbø author of successful thriller series which includes, The Snowman) must be furious with us. Val Kilmer is denying cancer diagnosis, but who knows. Whether he needed the payday or not he and a lot of other talented actors were all tossed into a metaphorical icy lake...currently movie is at 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Windows between rooms are not a Norway thing, it's just weird. And I kinda want to see this movie now. First parts of it was shot in my neighborhood in Oslo, second it's become a meme machine.
Yeah, Val Kilmer has been sick for a while and i believe he has to fight to be put in movies nowadays. Time and nature can be very unfortunate, he's just not our huckleberry anymore.
TheExile414 With his roles in Heat, Tombstone, True Romance, The Doors, Top Gun and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(listed in no particular order of how much I like them), Val Kilmer will always be _my_ huckleberry!
28:50 (watching trailer before BLADE RUNNER: 2049) "okay.. Denzel's in it... he's always good... (from the director of NIGHTCRAWLER) _BOING_ (interest peaks; sits up straight in seat) "okay I'm there"
So now I have to ask, Brad, what do you think of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? It's October, it's horror movie season, and you express a fondness for Branagh, makes me wonder how you like his treatment of my favorite novel.
To my knowledge, he still does. I was told at Monster Mania Con that if I wanted to see him or get his autograph, then and there would be the best time.
I remember part of this review mentioning the ending of the movie, where one of the final shots was of this random room full of chairs or something like that, but I didn't notice it this time... Does anyone know if I'm thinking of a different review?
This was my "bad movie day" movie this year..... I looked the book series up after watching this movie, and this is the *7th book* in an European detective series. None of the previous books were adapted. And it felt like it.
I'm getting that weird feeling when someone has cancer and everyone's sad, but you find out he's of the poorly-named "Christian Scientists" and it's really hard to feel bad anymore. It's like when I found out about Steve Jobs dying because he just did juice cleanses or whatever instead of having cancer treatment. It's your own fucking fault at that point!
Whenever I hear a bullshit excuse to why someone doesn't "need" cancer treatment like "Christian Science" it just frustrates me, having lost someone to cancer because she WANTED treatment desperately and couldn't get it. It's even worse with Jobs because he did come to regret the decision, but by that point - nine months after he should have had the procedure - the damage was done. There was no going back.
I know that indoctrination happens, but by adulthood, in this day-and-age, I feel like it's up to the person to take preventative measures against ignorance.
Funny thing when I saw Orient Express trailer I said to myself "Are they doing murder on orient express movie?" I was glad I was right as I didn't know they did.
Having grown up in Sweden, I've seen quite a few Swedish police procedural films... Our cinemas (and TV Film slots) are littered with them... I mean... Forget about James Bond, our film industry has been churning out dozens of films each year each for a handful detectives for the past 40+ years now... And the director, Tomas Alfredsson, is a veteran of that same industry ... So for me, while I did hear it was a trainwreak, the director usually does good stuff, I went and saw what was, honestly... A pretty average of those meat grinder run of the mill films that we have truckloads of over here... If the story wasn't picked up in the US then there would probably be a couple of Norwegian films made out of this property. And it wouldn't have made so much noise as it would have just blended in with all the rest. And the language thing would have made more sense. They even had norwegian songs in ghe film while every supposed norwegian speaks english to each other... a decision I've always found strange... Why not just relocate the story to alaska or something?! But yeah, if it's true that they weren't able to shoot the complete film, then the result would make so much more sense... Because he can do great things, like direct children (Let the Right One In), thrillers (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) even comedies and childrens films... This will be very interesting to hear what went on behind the scenes.
My dad won premiere and took me with him... He told me when he figured it out and I basically told him I stopped caring five minutes before he went to get us pop and Skittles
the snow man ? ....were flying through the air ....cool live action version il have to take the kids to watch this . il come back watch this review after
The movie was based on a novel and the World Cup subplot may have been a carryover from the source material, though I don't know for sure. Also, is it a rule that Brad and Sarah are the ones who end up reviewing botched thrillers (this and The Loft
Alfredson can direct. Let the Right One In is a masterpiece. Same could be said of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (which I think gets better with every rewatch...so many subtle details you pick up in every rewatch). I think this one just got muddled and lost. A shame. I had high hopes for it based on Alfredson’s involvement.
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Sarah's the most delightful person in the world.
You're not wrong
Is that his wife
@@sammywilliam8156 No, Sarah is Dave's wife.
@Wes Papes his name is brad not dave
Mr Snob. You could have saved yourself from this movie. I gave you all the clues.
When I saw the notification for this one, I punched the air with joy! Thanks, Brad and Sarah!
HOLY SHIT!...Is Brad wearing a Double Toasted t-shirt?!?!? To see two of my favorite YT personalities merge like this makes my day!
The poster tagline should have been "Mr. Police, I left a flaming bag of poo on your doorstep and a bottle of scotch. It's the best I could do" with a snowman facepalming.
Val Kilmer's not only has a cancerous tumor in his throat, he won't take regular cancer treatments. I don't know the basis of the treatment he is taking. If he's in the movie because Scorsese and/or the director had him in because he needed the work, I can sympathize. Too bad it was in this badly bungled film. I'm going to just read the book.
When I saw (and heard) Kilmer in panel discussion on new 2-disc blu-ray of Heat, I guessed that cancer and/or surgery has happened to his mouth/throat area. Pretty sad to hear that it's now official.
Yeah, his voice is very strange now, he kind of sounds like a drunk Brando. It’s a damn shame, poor guy.
Throat cancer one of the worst to get. Seen it happen to Bobby Hennan and Roger Ebert. Just ate away at them.
He's a Christian Scientist, so is probably not pursuing treatment. It's really sad to watch him decline. :(
This. The man is not thinking straight. They apparently believe that you need to treat illness with prayer from what I read on Christian Science.
Watching Sarah's ceaseless smile for the first 30 seconds tells me that this is gunna be a good one.
I re-watch this review all the time. I'm ever so grateful for it. Thanks!
I do the same, I've seen it at least 4 times by now :) Even more entertaining after you actually saw the movie
I hope Val Kilmer gets better.
It's so fucking sad that this was a disaster. So much talent lined up and then it all came crashing down.
Sometime's it's "Hollywood"s fault. It's not all one entity. There are mistakes and there are competitions.
I like that a crazy man asked Val Kilmer to come to a secluded cabin all by himself and he was like "yeah, this is a good idea."
I'd like to congratulate the trailer makers for this film - they did a pretty good job selling it, before word of its true quality got out.
13:42 : She didn't even drape a scarf over it or anything, she was just like... DOOP! :D
I saw this after Blade Runner 2049. I got drunk between the two.
Movie experience of the year.
Mathew Buck's video on the movie got me hyped for Brad's take. Both do a great job tearing this kind of messes apart.
rodrolliv I wanna see Phelous do a double bill review of Happy Death Day and The Snowman.
Phelous will review Dingo Pictures version of The Snowman
um...don't wanna upset you but they had the best editor in the business Thelma Schoonmaker who has worked on EVERY Martin Scorsese movie and even she could not fix it
and yes Val Kilmer has had a lot of cancer, I think it's of the throat or of the mouth so he can't really speak anymore. It's actually quite sad, he's very sick
Apparently the studio made the director not film key scenes. The director disowned it
It is indeed pretty tragic about Kilmer.
kenneth mabie The Director’s Guild doesn’t let people use Alan Smithee anymore. Too many people know what that signifies these days.
Hollywood doesn't use Alan Smithee anymore plus there was an interview where the director strongly hinted that he didn't like how the movie turned out.
Yeah. Now with Social Media, filmmakers can just burn bridges in front of everyone now. Names like Alan Smithee are no longer needed.
@ 26:07 Did anyone else started cracking up at how cute Sarah said "Momma"? XD
Sssssooooo LET'S BUILD A SNOWMAN, WE CAN MAKE HIM OUR BEST FRIEND
The movie is like watching a two hour edit of a four and a half hour miniseries but the editors don't know how to make the shorter version work so large sections it make absolutely no sense. The various plots hardly overlap unless absolutely necessary. There have A LOT of bad movies this year but this and Book Of Henry will be remembered by film history as great examples of "who the hell had final cut over this" type disasters.
This review should have been nothing but wildly entertaining, but sadly the revelation about Val Kilmer (hinted at in the review, confirmed in the comments & the inevitable post review Google search) kinda cast a pall over the whole thing for me. I didn't know beforehand and it's pretty evident Brad & Sara hadn't heard either, but it was clear that after seeing him in the movie they at least suspected even if they weren't willing to come right out & say it right then live.
Martin Scorsese's name being attached to this movie is like if Steven Spielberg's name was attached to Transformers 5. Hahaha... Oh......
SamKing imo, attaching a name to a film other than the actors' or directors' is just false advertisement.
"From the filmaker who brought you Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs comes... _Iron Monkey!_ "
Now I liked Iron Monkey very much, but the taglines in the vein of the above quote is just BS. Just because Tarantino got the film brought to US markets doesn't mean he had f%$k all to do with its content.
Imo, let a film stand on who actually made it(if the actual quality of the film just can't be enough) _not_ who provided/raised the money for it or what have you.
Sorry, rant over ;)
Or Ridley Scott's name being on Phoenix Forgotten.
Actually, he directed Alien Covenant, so maybe having his name Cannibal Holocaust with aliens isn't that bad.
Just occurred to me......Brad said that this director - who made Let The Right One In - doesn't know how to direct children..... There's got to be some story about whose little girl that is because we KNOW this guy can direct child actors.
Alfredson most certainly knows how to direct children. He directed a hilarious show for kids, called Bert, in the 90's. Very raunchy and crude humor, with fantastic performances from the kids.
That's what I mean. So was this a Jake Lloyd situation where the producer had a friend with a kid they want to get into movies....?
I think it’s more likely that due to his badly bungled this film was in the editing, they just used all of the worst shots involving the little girl not being properly directed.
Damn, first I was like, "hmm, book that was well-received, strong cast, on my radar" then I saw the RT score and was like, "err, no" and then I watch this and I'm like, "shit, this sounds like a glorious train wreck. I'll catch a cheap showing on Tuesday if I can."
Brad: "I'm trying to hit 'end'."
Sarah: *gets possessed*
Even Wikipedia couldn't tell me what this movie is about. The summary for the plot is barely a paragraph long.
I like you guys' new hats! Berets suit you two 😀
You know, given Val Kilmer's condition, I have ABSOLUTELY no idea why he is in this whatsoever. I mean this isn't like a Miguel Ferrer situation. Miguel Ferrer got throat cancer but actively decided "No, I want to see my career to the end" and they actually wrote his throat cancer INTO the plot of NCIS: Los Angeles. Because basically Miguel actively refused to take days off and said "Look, let's write it into the show. Let's not drag down the quality of the show by dubbing me or killing me off just because I've got cancer" so they wrote it into the show that his character got throat cancer. And they wrote it in such a way that his character's story is technically still going despite Miguel having passed away. Really fantastic show, but that's off-topic.
Val Kilmer on the other hand? He doesn't give a fuck about this movie. Look up stuff about him talking about the movie and you can tell he was disinterested in this movie. So why, in precious fuck, is he in this movie? You're not exactly broke, Mr Kilmer. Take a fucking day off, dude. Well I hope Val Kilmer recovers from his cancer nevertheless. But still....Why?
"You the man!"
"No. I'm the Snowman!"
Watching it now! They were playing that Shriek of the Mutilated song you spliced into the Halloween review!! 😆
It sounds like Rebecca Ferguson uses a similar means to record phone calls as Tommy Wiseau in The Room.
Mister Reviewer, you tried to tell us about Pure Flix but we didn't lsiten
Arrowdodger you gave us all the reviews
Did they really go this whole review without mentioning the lead character's name?
Hairy Hole.
Double Toasted shirt? Thumbs up bro!
He seems to wear that a lot.
Murder on the Orient Express looks interesting, but it really annoyed me is how they used that Imagine Dragons song in the trailer. PLEASE, Hollywood don't use top 40s pop songs for period pieces, for the love of god, it just doesn't fit.
MrAwesomeTrex Since when was "Beliver" a pop song?
But yeah... kind felt jarring to me when they used a lyric-less version of an Imagine Dragons song in movie that is obviously set during vintage times. It fit much more better in the Nintendo Switch Superbowl commercial.
MrAwesomeTrex Oh God, finally! I was almost persuaded that I was the only one to be annoyed by pop songs shoved in films without any regards for logic or if it's appropriate for the movie content!
I loved the Harry Hole novels and it's a shame that this abomination is what we got. The books are written overseas, I believe in Sweden, and they are excellent. The Snowman isn't even the first book, though. My only hope is that this film gets people to read the books and discover how great they are.
The Harry Hole novels are from Norway, not Sweden.
You guys made more sense of this than me. I just redbox'd it, watched the bonus stuff and was still asking wtf?
I hope my man Val gets better.
Watched Real Genius yesterday, still holds up. Great stuff.
Poor Fassbender...I love the guy but man he has been having a rough couple of years, other than the X-men movies I guess but even the last one of those he was in wasn't too good!
Brad wearing a Double Toasted shirt? What is this, a crossover episode?
Doesn't help the editor that they didn't have much to work with, considering how large chunks of the script didn't get filmed
Random question, have you ever seen the movie called A Ghost Story with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara? Now that's a movie I'd like to hear your opinion on
Every time you mentioned val kilmer I thought of the episode of the fistshark marketing podcast where he drinks all the syrup on earth, starts sweating syrup, the the syrup encased people he walks past like the tree sap in jurrassic park.
8:19 - That is an impressive bass-baritone vocal!
"If you want to know what this movie is about...I don't know." Oh that's always a good sign.
You love Christie too? Awesome! Can't wait to see that picture!
Dammit! Sarah is just too adorable. Oh! And Brad's there, too!
It's not a Norway thing. Never seen a interior window in a home. It's common in offices tho.
Ta'a Te Tu I see it a lot in timeshare houses, but never in actual long term living houses
Definitely not a Norway thing. Wooden and circular staircases are more of a staple actually
My new-rich uncle who lives in the Oslo suburbs has 'em, so maybe it's a weird bourgeois trend of some kind, but I haven't seen them anywhere else.
What a coincidence, I just watched the review for Color of Night with him and Allison on Movie Nights.
Will you help me hide a body? C'mon we can't delay No one can see him on the floor, Get him out the door, Before he can decay!
I thought you were my buddy We won't get caught Just help me and don't ask why
Will you help me hide a body? It didn't have to be in one piece.
(Go away, Anna)
Oh dear, why...
Won't you help me hide a body? This one's been knocked out since last Fall I think his company is overdue It's about time we threw His body down the well
(Stay down there, Joan.)
It gets a little lonely Digging up all these graves Out in the night by myself... (Ugh, we're already running out of space in these caves!)
Elsa, please I know you're in there You've been hiding all these years They say, "don't cry" and I have tried to Hide bodies without you Now I'm out of tears
I've killed mother and father Now it's just you and me What are you gonna do?
Won't you help me hide their bodies?
A Jack Frost extended universe?!
The best review I have heard of this is when you try to make a Fincher movie and you don't hit the mark, you miss badly.
Forget about North Korea, Norway (home of Jo Nesbø author of successful thriller series which includes, The Snowman) must be furious with us. Val Kilmer is denying cancer diagnosis, but who knows. Whether he needed the payday or not he and a lot of other talented actors were all tossed into a metaphorical icy lake...currently movie is at 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
He's confirmed cancer, he just claims he's healing it/healed it through "prayer"
Windows between rooms are not a Norway thing, it's just weird. And I kinda want to see this movie now. First parts of it was shot in my neighborhood in Oslo, second it's become a meme machine.
Yeah, Val Kilmer has been sick for a while and i believe he has to fight to be put in movies nowadays. Time and nature can be very unfortunate, he's just not our huckleberry anymore.
TheExile414 With his roles in Heat, Tombstone, True Romance, The Doors, Top Gun and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(listed in no particular order of how much I like them), Val Kilmer will always be _my_ huckleberry!
28:50 (watching trailer before BLADE RUNNER: 2049) "okay.. Denzel's in it... he's always good... (from the director of NIGHTCRAWLER) _BOING_ (interest peaks; sits up straight in seat) "okay I'm there"
So now I have to ask, Brad, what do you think of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? It's October, it's horror movie season, and you express a fondness for Branagh, makes me wonder how you like his treatment of my favorite novel.
Val Kilmer reportedly has or had throat cancer thats why he doesn't have a good voice right now.
To my knowledge, he still does. I was told at Monster Mania Con that if I wanted to see him or get his autograph, then and there would be the best time.
Wow ... that doesn't sound very good. I hope he gets better.
Ardy Ballyhoo I heard people in the comments say he's refusing cancer treatment, which is just sad.
7:52 To be fair, Spielberg is attached to the Transformers films (and he was attached to The Flinstones Movie)
#TobeFair
Do you wanna build a snowman ?
* someone pulls a trigger from behind *
* someone falls face first in the snow *
No, i don't wanna build a snowman.
Just the title cracks me up.
I'll be looking for "Mesmerizing" on the box cover
I remember part of this review mentioning the ending of the movie, where one of the final shots was of this random room full of chairs or something like that, but I didn't notice it this time... Does anyone know if I'm thinking of a different review?
This was my "bad movie day" movie this year.....
I looked the book series up after watching this movie, and this is the *7th book* in an European detective series. None of the previous books were adapted. And it felt like it.
I'm getting that weird feeling when someone has cancer and everyone's sad, but you find out he's of the poorly-named "Christian Scientists" and it's really hard to feel bad anymore.
It's like when I found out about Steve Jobs dying because he just did juice cleanses or whatever instead of having cancer treatment. It's your own fucking fault at that point!
Whenever I hear a bullshit excuse to why someone doesn't "need" cancer treatment like "Christian Science" it just frustrates me, having lost someone to cancer because she WANTED treatment desperately and couldn't get it. It's even worse with Jobs because he did come to regret the decision, but by that point - nine months after he should have had the procedure - the damage was done. There was no going back.
I know that indoctrination happens, but by adulthood, in this day-and-age, I feel like it's up to the person to take preventative measures against ignorance.
7:26 "They’re eating her... And then they're going to eat ME! Oh my GOOOOOD!!!"
7:50 Call-back
Funny thing when I saw Orient Express trailer I said to myself "Are they doing murder on orient express movie?" I was glad I was right as I didn't know they did.
While watching this movie, I had to read a detailed plot synopsis on Wikipedia in order to follow what was happening.
Coppola and Kilmer did Twixt, so I guess it's Scorsese's turn.
This is out now? Always thought it was a December or January release.
Fluffypro You must be thinking of M. Night Shamyalan's Split.
Having grown up in Sweden, I've seen quite a few Swedish police procedural films... Our cinemas (and TV Film slots) are littered with them... I mean... Forget about James Bond, our film industry has been churning out dozens of films each year each for a handful detectives for the past 40+ years now... And the director, Tomas Alfredsson, is a veteran of that same industry ... So for me, while I did hear it was a trainwreak, the director usually does good stuff, I went and saw what was, honestly... A pretty average of those meat grinder run of the mill films that we have truckloads of over here...
If the story wasn't picked up in the US then there would probably be a couple of Norwegian films made out of this property. And it wouldn't have made so much noise as it would have just blended in with all the rest. And the language thing would have made more sense. They even had norwegian songs in ghe film while every supposed norwegian speaks english to each other... a decision I've always found strange... Why not just relocate the story to alaska or something?!
But yeah, if it's true that they weren't able to shoot the complete film, then the result would make so much more sense... Because he can do great things, like direct children (Let the Right One In), thrillers (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) even comedies and childrens films... This will be very interesting to hear what went on behind the scenes.
Every review I've watched from my usual RUclipsrs are just baffled by how horrible this movie is! Now I wanna watch it just out of curiosity! 😎
So there was no "Walking in the Air" music playing during this movie? bah... missed opportunity. :P
I'm excited for Murder on the Orient Express, I hope that it will do well so they'll make more movies based off her other stories.
I was under the impression that the movie would be a standard slasher film about a killer snowman.
My dad won premiere and took me with him... He told me when he figured it out and I basically told him I stopped caring five minutes before he went to get us pop and Skittles
This is edited by the editor of all of Scorsese’s movies, Thelma schoonmaker, who also looks like an older Sarah
3.37 So What Sarah’s saying is that it’s stylistically designed to be that way.
are you planing on seeing only the brave?
which came out
On the extent of what is missing, the director said that they didn't film 10-15% of the script.
Ah, Hot Butter's "Popcorn" - I remember that song. Now it's stuck in my head.
Still better than the X Factor wannabes' songs...
This movie seems amazing. I'm barely able to follow your description of the first scene.
I cant wait for the Snob to review this
Seeing Sarah talk about Val Kilmer's character having trouble talking makes a lot more sense now that it's well known that Kilmer has throat cancer.
Yay sarah!!!
Love the director, the actors, and the No Nesbo book series...this is disappointing
Just watch Happy Death Day. You'll be glad you did.
yeah judging by cast, crew and source material this had to be an amazing film. But if some cokehead producers screw everythng up nothing can help
Just joins the legion of movies where the book was better
As a Norwegian, I have never heard of internal room to room windows? Haha.
I’m watching this video in March of 2023 and listening to them discuss Val Kilmer without knowing about the whole throat cancer thing 😳
This movie was adapted from part 7 of an 8 part book series.
I think the reason Val Kilmer's voice is dubbed is because he has throat cancer, I read an article about it recently.
the snow man ? ....were flying through the air ....cool live action version il have to take the kids to watch this . il come back watch this review after
Kilmer disclosed that he had "a healing of cancer," and his tongue "was still swollen although healing all the time
3 day world cup? must be set in scotland.
No, that's more like a 3 hour world cup :)
Wait, there aren't any killer Snowmen?
Awww I was looking forward to this
The movie was based on a novel and the World Cup subplot may have been a carryover from the source material, though I don't know for sure.
Also, is it a rule that Brad and Sarah are the ones who end up reviewing botched thrillers (this and The Loft
They could have gotten Stellen Skarsgård to play Val Kilmer's role
Right when he said his name was Harry Hole, I checked out of this movie
You know the movie is bad when your main characters name is Harry Hole 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Snowman could've used a talented editor? *It was edited by Thelma Schoonmaker! If she couldn't salvage this, then no one can.*
LAPPY TOP
Alfredson can direct. Let the Right One In is a masterpiece. Same could be said of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (which I think gets better with every rewatch...so many subtle details you pick up in every rewatch). I think this one just got muddled and lost. A shame. I had high hopes for it based on Alfredson’s involvement.