Picoreview: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

[mizkit]

Picoreview: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: Harry Cavill spent a fair bit of the movie wet and dirty. There’s nothing more really needs be said.

Seriously, the whole film could have been unmitigated drek and I may well not have noticed, because Harry Cavill was so incredibly beautiful that I stared at him dumbfounded every moment he was on the screen. I

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[deborahblakehps]

I want to see it, but it is already down to two late day showings here, not a good sign :-(

[brienze]

Saw it this weekend. I'm sad it didn't do better, too. Costuming and hair were fantastic, and I thought the plot was classic 60s spy movie. (Also, as a child of the 70s/80s I like any movie that remembers that the Cold War was a real thing that happened).

I have to wonder, though... tall, dark, and handsome ex-thief who's blackmailed into working for the government and wears suits exceedingly well... was Matt Bomer not available?

Who owns the rights? Maybe Netflix would give these three a series. I'd watch it.

[burger_eater]

Cavill is taking a lot of heat for the failure of the movie. It's not fair, but a lot of people seem to think he's the top star and everything falls on him.

Armie Hammer is usually great (he was terrific in his Veronica Mars ep, for example) but almost invisible. Even when he's playing a big vivid role like a Soviet super-agent with rage issues, I've basically forgotten him when the film is done.

But yeah. Personally, I think the actors are being blamed unfairly (as the stars of box office flops always are) for a movie with deep, intractable problems.