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Couch Potato Chronicles (Movie & Book Review)

Couch Potato Chronicles (Movie & Book Review)

‘THE GHOST by Robert Harris
THE GHOST WRITER (ON PRIME)
2 S8PUDS each.

WIKI BLURB: When a successful
ghostwriter, the Ghost (Ewan McGregor),
agrees to finish the memoirs of Adam
Long (Pterce Brosnan), England's former
prime minister, his publisher assures htm
it's the chance of a lifetime Instead, he
begins to uncover evidence that suggests
his late predecessor knew a dark

secret about Lang and may have been
murdered to prevent it from coming to
light

 

MY TWO CENTS: I saw the movie a while
back and it's only a bit less slow and
plodding than the book Real lovers of
political drama should ltke this. But for
anyone looking for some sort of action in
the story, it comes up woefully short

I kind of knew what to expect from the
book having seen the movie But it took
me figuratively forever to plow through
this. It was well enough written. But it
really felt like an elongated short story

‘The movie is marginally better. The
cinematography is outstanding and
anything with Pierce Brosnan and Ewan
McGregor in it and Roman Polanski
directing is bound to be at least fun to
watch.

CHRONICLES

RATING SYSTEM
WO SPUD 4U -- SUCKS.
1$PUD -. NOTHING SHCIAL
2 $PUDS - WORTH WATCHING
3 SUS  MIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Coppegne 2371 Mhotbwrestag am Whsrny

 

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