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"Lincoln Lawyer" was a much better movie than the previews. AAMOF, I almost didn't go as the previews really cheapened it up. The story has been done an umpteen times before but it was interesting with a few twists. Reminded me of the Oldman-Bacon film, "Criminal Law" of '88. I'd give it 3 outta 5.
"Source Code" fell into the sci-fi, how do we make time travel different this time category. Poor Gylenhall got to be blown to smithereens every 8 minutes until he found a bomb and the person who planted it. He got good at it and found out the truth of why he was selected for this mission. Vera Farmiga did a nice job as a captain who was in charge of him. A few pleasant twists at the end. 2.5 outta 5 for being over-wrought.
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...a very good film of a terrific book.
Michael Connelly is one of my favorite authors so I hope they do more.
Remember Clint Eastwood in "Blood Work"?
He wrote that, too.
I'm a Huge Michael Connelly fan. The movie of Blood Work changed who the bad guy was from the novel. In the sequel novel ( I don't remember the title), the characters were complaining about how they were portrayed in the movie! Art imitates life imitating Art...
Lincoln Lawyer had some real punch. I hope the movie got it right ( this time).
nt
...bestellers or Pulitzer Prize winners.
But Reversal was better than much of the current stuff from other authors.
Take Baldacci...please.
Lee Child is my favorite current author, next to Connelly.
Even he drops the ball...
I read three Lee Child books over the past year when you recommended him in a thread a while ago. He's ok, not my favorite. Kind of a palate cleanser for me. It may be my own stupidity, but occasionally I find myself having to reread Child's descriptions because they just seem unclear. That Susan Cheever link is interesting...James Lee Burke seems to have gotten a lot of mileage--and respect--out of the Dave Robicheaux character. Happy reading!!
Edits: 04/04/11
...a Burke novel and it was too dark for me - I didn't finish it, which is unusual. I don't recall if it was a Robicheaux.
Also picked up a couple of Robert Crais' books since I read they were similar to Child's Reacher series. Not even close.
I've also read and enjoyed most of Parker's Spenser series.
At the end of her school year last year, I gave my 20 year old daughter who loves to read, too, the first of Child's Reacher novels. She read most of the other 12 before school started and now she's hooked like me waiting for a new one.
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Phil
The 3 principal actors were great, including Michelle Monaghan who has a sweet sincerety about her that's very fetching. The story holds up all the way for me. A winner.
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"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." Albert Einstein.
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