Manchurian Candidate?

[phranctoast]

Anyone see this movie? Was it any good? Is it worth buying?

[Sinner]

good question, I'm interested too

[cueman98]

Hi. I have seen this film, it is a complex film, but is well done. Denzel Washington is great in this one, and Liev Schreiber also gives a good performance. If your not sure about getting the blu ray, I would suggest renting the dvd first. that way you'll know if you really want to buy it. For me, its definitely a buy.

[TallCoolOne]

Originally Posted by cueman98

Hi. I have seen this film, it is a complex film, but is well done. Denzel Washington is great in this one, and Liev Schreiber also gives a good performance. If your not sure about getting the blu ray, I would suggest renting the dvd first. that way you'll know if you really want to buy it. For me, its definitely a buy.

let's not forget you can rent the bluray too at netflix
i love how it's just considered the same as any other dvd there too...don't charge more for any bluray.
(no i dont work for them, i was just impressed with their service and use them for lots of blurays).

[nobody]

Originally Posted by phranctoast

Anyone see this movie? Was it any good? Is it worth buying?

Great movie, but the title is misleading?

[Zvi]

I've seen both, the original with Laurence Harvey and Sinatra, and the 2004 remake. IMHO as a movie the original one was much better.
I'm gonna skip the remake, but if the oroginal ever comes out I'll pick it up even if it's BW.

[discipline]

I thought it was pretty boring.. Worth seeing but I wouldn't say it is worth buying.

[JTK]

I rarely say this about a Denzel film, but I thought this thing was terrible. It doesn't touch the original by any stretch of the imagination.

I highly recommend a rental first. That'll probably be the last word on the subject for a lot of people.

YMMV

[JBlacklow]

Well, not to be too contrary, but I thought both stand up very well in their own rights, both artistically and philosophically. Then again, it's been a while since I saw the original. To me, the original is tied to the period in which it was made, but didn't feel as heavy-handed (probably because of today's audiences). While the remake may eventually fall to the same fate, it's got the pull of current events to give it weight.

Personally, I feel Denzel Washington was better than Sinatra, and that both Meryl Streep and Liev Schreiber at the very least match their 1962 counterparts.

[Drooch]

Originally Posted by phranctoast

Anyone see this movie? Was it any good? Is it worth buying?

Manchurian Candidate is one of the best thrillers of the last ten years. Criminally underrated because of the revered original, in it's own right it is a brilliant film. Jonathan Demme brings character insight and creepy sexual perversion to the thriller genre, as he did with Silence Of The Lambs. He re-teams with Denzel (Philadelphia) and together they make a convincing portrayal of a disturbed mind growing increasingly paranoid, all set amongst a relevant political backdrop. I would say it's definitely worth buying.

[RuLeX]

A better choice would be the book 'The Manchurian President' by Aaron Klein

[Musicguy]

Originally Posted by phranctoast

Anyone see this movie? Was it any good? Is it worth buying?

This film looks very good plus it's a great film. Of course I'm talking about the original 1962 version. The blu-ray is worth the purchase if you like classic titles which are well acted and well written. This is a film that stays with you a long while after viewing it. Angela Lansbury is the mother from hell and it just gets better from there!

[ryanmj1993]

Just got this today at Wal-Mart for $4.88. Unfortunately they replaced the original cover art with some really bad airbrushed Photoshopped cover. It's quite ugly.