John Lau said:
>>
> the ending of the American version was absolutely
ludicrous and
completely
> invalidates the entire point of making the picture
in the first place.
> --
>
Yep. Erick Anderson said ; I'd hate to go through life
thinking that the characters from the source material were as
tedious and unsympathetic as they were shown to be in the
movie.
(re "Get Carter" remake). I'm not so sure about "tedious",
but "unsympathetic" is a fairly accurate assessment of the
characters in "Jack's Return Home" & "Get Carter", the
original film version.As I recall the first film version was
very close to the book, just a couple of cosmetic
changes.Personally, I don't mind unsympathetic characters
& it must be remembered that Carter is a British
equivalent of a Mob enforcer.Just how likeable would you
expect these chaps to be?(Quentin Tarantino et al aside I
doubt that they would be that personable - it's not a job
requirement). By the way, it was only while watching it again
, on video, recently that I noticed what Carter/Caine was
reading on the train from London to Newcastle - a Chandler
paperback. I wonder if that would make him a little more
likeable to people on this list :) Bill Crider : should you
wish to share your article on "Black Wings" with the rest of
the world, I think I could live with that.
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