After seeing that some people on the list thought The Two
Jakes was a worthwhile, underrated film, we taped it from
Bravo and watched in two one-hour installments. The first
hour was pretty entertaining with the riffs on various
private eye traditions, so we were anticipating the second
half. But boy, did it fall apart. Variations on a theme
turned into tired cliches, the big "surprise" was something
you could see coming for days, too many new characters were
introduced -- what a mess. Other problems were Harvey Keitel
going awol for most of the middle of the movie, and a lot of
minor characters were indistinguishable and interchangeable.
Sorry, but if this is a love-it-or-hate-it movie, I'm in the
hate-it camp.
Regards, Kate Derie Creator of the ClueLass HomePage, http://www.cluelass.com
Editor of the Deadly Directory, http://www.deadlyserious.com
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