Comments on: Movie Review: State of Play [2009, Kevin Macdonald] http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/05/04/movie-review-state-of-play-2009-kevin-macdonald/ We are a collective of individuals bringing you the latest in concert reviews, indie, britpop, Canadian, twee and all sorts of other music, movies, tv and everything else you like. Follow the manual to live a pleasant and fulfilling life. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Brian http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/05/04/movie-review-state-of-play-2009-kevin-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-31633 Brian Tue, 05 May 2009 14:10:23 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2342#comment-31633 Now I wish I had seen the TV series before I saw this movie. I'll have to look for it. Hey, did anyone else notice the publicity picture I chose for this makes it look like Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe are sharing a "tender moment"? "Oh Ben, my heart, it only beats for you," said Russell... Now I wish I had seen the TV series before I saw this movie. I’ll have to look for it.

Hey, did anyone else notice the publicity picture I chose for this makes it look like Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe are sharing a “tender moment”? “Oh Ben, my heart, it only beats for you,” said Russell…

]]> By: Derek http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/05/04/movie-review-state-of-play-2009-kevin-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-31631 Derek Tue, 05 May 2009 12:23:41 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2342#comment-31631 I'm just afraid that this won't live up to the TV series. I'm also guessing Rachel McAdams makes a far less appealing Della than Kelly Macdonald I’m just afraid that this won’t live up to the TV series. I’m also guessing Rachel McAdams makes a far less appealing Della than Kelly Macdonald

]]> By: Nemo http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/05/04/movie-review-state-of-play-2009-kevin-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-31625 Nemo Tue, 05 May 2009 04:42:36 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2342#comment-31625 I hated what they did to the minseries here-- especially Crowe's take on Cal, which was essentially to play him as a grotesque, cartoonish collection of caveman Luddite tics. The "fifteen-year-old computer" was the last nail in the coffin: 1. When an office upgrades its computers, EVERYONE gets a new computer. If you want to work at home on some primitive piece of junk, please do. In the office, we have DEADLINES to hit. 2. Show me a fifteen-year-old PC that's in ANY kind of keep-up-with-the Joneses internet shape, and I'll show you a lovely piece of land I have for sale in Brooklyn. It has a bridge on it and everything. Crowe was a joke; McAdams was good, but Della was better when she was smart and capable as well as perky; and Helen Mirren was a million times better when she was Bill Nighy. Watch the original mini, and leave this Cliff's Notes retread on the shelf. I hated what they did to the minseries here– especially Crowe’s take on Cal, which was essentially to play him as a grotesque, cartoonish collection of caveman Luddite tics. The “fifteen-year-old computer” was the last nail in the coffin: 1. When an office upgrades its computers, EVERYONE gets a new computer. If you want to work at home on some primitive piece of junk, please do. In the office, we have DEADLINES to hit. 2. Show me a fifteen-year-old PC that’s in ANY kind of keep-up-with-the Joneses internet shape, and I’ll show you a lovely piece of land I have for sale in Brooklyn. It has a bridge on it and everything. Crowe was a joke; McAdams was good, but Della was better when she was smart and capable as well as perky; and Helen Mirren was a million times better when she was Bill Nighy. Watch the original mini, and leave this Cliff’s Notes retread on the shelf.

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