tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post2367287295455226939..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Transsiberian: reviewMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25827582686769250582010-01-30T13:11:38.753+00:002010-01-30T13:11:38.753+00:00Hi Janet. Yes, it definitely deserves a chance!Hi Janet. Yes, it definitely deserves a chance!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-34620404883667843472010-01-29T17:37:25.408+00:002010-01-29T17:37:25.408+00:00Martin - thanks for this. Very timely as I'd r...Martin - thanks for this. Very timely as I'd recorded Transsiberian on my SkyPlus system but couldn't work up the enthusiasm to watch it. You've definitely saved it from deletion until I've given it a chance.Janet O'Kanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-24373939447422493452010-01-28T12:35:14.578+00:002010-01-28T12:35:14.578+00:00Thank you!
And I´d say the rules are fair enough...Thank you! <br /><br />And I´d say the rules are fair enough - and they only form a problem if I should win!Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-3749225539594969792010-01-27T22:37:01.129+00:002010-01-27T22:37:01.129+00:00Hi Deb, I've never seen Narrow Margin in eithe...Hi Deb, I've never seen Narrow Margin in either version, but will keep an eye out for the original.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-17241991596184826682010-01-27T13:16:54.943+00:002010-01-27T13:16:54.943+00:00The original "Narrow Margin" (not the dr...The original "Narrow Margin" (not the dreary remake with Gene Hackman), featuring Marie Windsor, one of the Queens of B-movie noir, is a gripping movie in which the action takes place almost solely on a train.<br /><br />And, lest we forget, the setting of that seventies star-studded disaster extravaganza, "The Cassandra Crossing," is confined almost exclusively to a train.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-5404743456145504302010-01-27T12:26:58.604+00:002010-01-27T12:26:58.604+00:00I love it when the action is limited to a small sp...I love it when the action is limited to a small space! I'll have to check it out....thanks.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-90696740707909052072010-01-27T09:22:16.767+00:002010-01-27T09:22:16.767+00:00Steve, well said!
I did admire both the plotting a...Steve, well said!<br />I did admire both the plotting and the characterisation. It's a real find, in my opinion.<br />Margot, I'm on the look out for more Harrelson now!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-47641381996549855742010-01-27T05:12:12.800+00:002010-01-27T05:12:12.800+00:00Martin
Your last sentence is high praise indeed. ...Martin<br /><br />Your last sentence is high praise indeed. <br /><br />I hadn't heard much about this movie until I read your review, so I checked it out at Amazon.<br /><br />There it receives only 3 1/2 stars.<br /><br />Many are as favorable as yours. Then I read one of the less favorable reviews:<br /><br />"Unfortunately, everything that is attractive about this film is derailed by a script that takes one too many unlikely plot turns."<br /><br />Bingo. Sold!<br /><br /> -- SteveSteve Lewishttp://www.mysteryfile.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-77005833860102068202010-01-27T02:42:35.203+00:002010-01-27T02:42:35.203+00:00Judy and I really enjoyed this one. You never kno...Judy and I really enjoyed this one. You never know quite where it's going, and when things begin to go wrong, it really does get intense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-85434559475586325702010-01-27T01:55:55.379+00:002010-01-27T01:55:55.379+00:00Martin - Thanks, as always, for this review. With ...Martin - Thanks, as always, for this review. With a cast that includes the great Ben Kingsley (Did you see him in <i>Ghandi</i>?) and Harrelson, I'm not surprised you liked it so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com