Comments on: A Kind of Robin Hood Thing http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/03/07/the-general-1998/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/03/07/the-general-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-6935 Joe Valdez Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:03:27 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/09/12/the-general-1998/#comment-6935 <strong>Mrs. Thuro's Mom</strong>: You are in for a treat. It's not often that you get to see a great character actor cut loose as the lead in his own film. Brendan Gleeson plays the cunning clown so superbly well here. The establishment ends up looking like the buffoons. This is such a good flick. <strong>Patricia</strong>: <em>Ordinary Decent Criminal</em> was the rival Martin Cahill project from Little Bird that appears to have been retooled after John Boorman beat them into production. It never got a release in the States that I know of. Miramax apparently thought it would make more money that way. Thanks for commenting! Mrs. Thuro’s Mom: You are in for a treat. It’s not often that you get to see a great character actor cut loose as the lead in his own film. Brendan Gleeson plays the cunning clown so superbly well here. The establishment ends up looking like the buffoons. This is such a good flick.

Patricia: Ordinary Decent Criminal was the rival Martin Cahill project from Little Bird that appears to have been retooled after John Boorman beat them into production. It never got a release in the States that I know of. Miramax apparently thought it would make more money that way. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Pat Evans http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/03/07/the-general-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-6934 Pat Evans Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:29:13 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/09/12/the-general-1998/#comment-6934 For some reason this film was more or less remade in 2000 as "Ordinary Decent Criminal" starring Kevin Spacey which was nowhere near as good although it probably would have been more acceptable if I'd not seen "The General" first. For some reason this film was more or less remade in 2000 as “Ordinary Decent Criminal” starring Kevin Spacey which was nowhere near as good although it probably would have been more acceptable if I’d not seen “The General” first.

]]> By: Mrs. Thuro's Mom http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/03/07/the-general-1998/comment-page-1/#comment-5777 Mrs. Thuro's Mom Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:59:29 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/09/12/the-general-1998/#comment-5777 Love, love, love Brendan Gleeson. Haven't seen this, but it sounds fascinating, so I added it to my queue. Thanks, Joe! Love, love, love Brendan Gleeson. Haven’t seen this, but it sounds fascinating, so I added it to my queue. Thanks, Joe!

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