Voices Of Our Time - Thomas Hampson (Wide Screen)

Advantages: acting
Disadvantages: silly story

...Oh no a remake One of the hardest things for a filmmaker to do is to redo somebody else’s work. You either get slaughtered for changing the film too much or for making a shot for shot remake (Psycho 1999 anyone!) Fortunately the original Thomas Crown was not an all time classic so most of the audience won't have seen the original to compare. The story Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) is a multi-billionaire businessman who is bored of buying up all the competition and wants to have some fun (Bill Gates pay attention!) So he arranges a massive heist to steel a $100M painting from the gallery. Rene Russo is employed by the insurance company who don't want to have to pay out for the lost painting. The heist is taken care of right at the beginning of the film leaving the rest of the film to build the relationship between the two... Read review

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...As I watched again and again the (new) Thomas Crown Affair, I realize I came to enjoy it more and more. Dense entertainment: action, tumultuous and steamy romance, inspired direction from McTiernan ("Die Hard", "The Hunt for Red October"), and appropriate musical score. Good performances from Brosnan, Russo and Leary. A tour-de-force for Rene Russo ("tougher" in her portrayal of the insurance agent than Faye Dunaway in the original affair), considering the fact that in real life she is very much unlike the character she plays in this movie (see Russo's press and TV interviews). Kudos for Pierce Brosnan - much better and diversified delivery here than in all his three James Bond impersonations. (The wonder of the last 007, "The World Is Not Enough", is Sophie Marceau - not just good looking, but a good actress !) No, I am not saying we... Read review

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Advantages: funny and stylish
Disadvantages: none

...The words in the title were uttered some 30 minutes into this film by my girlfriend at the moment (soon to be ex girlfriend, looks and sexual ability do not a lasting relationship make). The fact that George had been on screen the entire time did not seem to matter and I realised the relationship was doomed so we went our separate ways, mine to write a review on Ciao and she to a starring role on a local department store make up counter. I first came into contact with this film before the days when alcohol and a teenage bride drained the creative talent of Chris Evans. At the time he had a rather entertaining radio show and one day as I was crawling along the motorways that circle the second city a record was played from the latest George Clooney film and amongst the assorted sycophants on his show there was much conjecture... Read review

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