The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

[baumer]

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[4815162342]

Solid enough, but it pales in comparison to the original.

[baumer]

I must first say I am a huge fan of the original Frankenheimer film so I was very worried about this film but it finally it might be the best remake I've seen. Completes and updates the original and transforms it into something else. It also perfectly works in color (unlike the wasted Psycho). The actors are fantastic and the film is very Today. Very paranoid, a dark view on America as a fascist state. The plot works even better than on the original, with the global corporations and the fact that now we know so much about brainwashing.There is a somewhat well known brainwashing act called the MK-Ultra that made headlines a few years back in which the very stuff you see in this movie was done and it was chronicled. You can look at some recent events and just wonder, possibly, is something like what this movie tells us about actually at work today?9/10

[baumer]

Solid enough, but it pales in comparison to the original.

I think the original is brilliant, and well ahead of its time. But thematically this one imo is better.

[Ozymandias]

I really liked this movie. A-It reminds me of Obama.

[ecstasy]

I liked this movie. Thought it was brilliant. Was odd to see Denzel play the part of a paranoic. This movie was full of good actors. Meryl Streep as the mother gave a slightly different portrayal than Angela Lansbury in the original. But she was just as chilling in her own way. I thought Liev Schreiber did a good job as the brainwashed son as well. Although I love the original I felt this one had a great deal more suspense. Probably had to do with the way it was directed.It's been a while since I've seen it. Will have to watch it again.

[4815162342]

This film was directed in the vein of a clock-ticking hard-charging thriller, whereas the first film was a more atmospheric drama that slowly peeled back layers and slowly ratcheted up the tension.