I'm always a sucker for based-on-true-story films, but it's a disappointment when the movie doesn't live up to the actual events. Even having only read 1/2 the book so far, I felt the movie lacked the drama, intrigue, scandal, and incredulity portrayed in the book. Events in the movie unfold almost naturally, while every time I read another chapter of the book, I put it down amazed at what I had just read. Aaron Sorkin can be credited for some witty one-liners, but the acting was on par, nothing extraordinary.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
★★½
I'm always a sucker for based-on-true-story films, but it's a disappointment when the movie doesn't live up to the actual events. Even having only read 1/2 the book so far, I felt the movie lacked the drama, intrigue, scandal, and incredulity portrayed in the book. Events in the movie unfold almost naturally, while every time I read another chapter of the book, I put it down amazed at what I had just read. Aaron Sorkin can be credited for some witty one-liners, but the acting was on par, nothing extraordinary.
I'm always a sucker for based-on-true-story films, but it's a disappointment when the movie doesn't live up to the actual events. Even having only read 1/2 the book so far, I felt the movie lacked the drama, intrigue, scandal, and incredulity portrayed in the book. Events in the movie unfold almost naturally, while every time I read another chapter of the book, I put it down amazed at what I had just read. Aaron Sorkin can be credited for some witty one-liners, but the acting was on par, nothing extraordinary.
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