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Edwin-S · 04-19-2008, 04:14 AM

Good Flick. Seems to be doing only modest business though. 40 million worldwide seems low. Too bad it isn't doing better business. An intelligent "action film" that doesn't go over the top and become a caricature. The cast in the film was uniformly good. Suchet was a surprise. I nearly didn't recognize him from his days as Poirot. He does his usual bang up job of acting in portraying Vogel. Statham does a good job as well. If you haven't seen him in "Revolver" then check it out. He does a pretty good job in that film as well.

The theatrical presentation that I saw was pretty mediocre. The sound was bad. It sounded like there was only one speaker working during the entire film....no surround channels and the sound seemed to come all from the right side of the screen. Theatre presentations are getting so bad that it makes me think that it isn't even worth going to a theatrical viewing anymore. A Theatrical viewing is starting to feel like nothing more than watching a giant TV screen with less quality than your average home theater experience.

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Edwin-S Member Location: BritCol. North of a Black Hole and West of The Centre of the Universe Join Date: Aug 2000 Local Time: 11:50 PM Local Date: 10-13-2008 Posts: 3,554	Re: The Bank Job - quick review Good Flick. Seems to be doing only modest business though. 40 million worldwide seems low. Too bad it isn't doing better business. An intelligent "action film" that doesn't go over the top and become a caricature. The cast in the film was uniformly good. Suchet was a surprise. I nearly didn't recognize him from his days as Poirot. He does his usual bang up job of acting in portraying Vogel. Statham does a good job as well. If you haven't seen him in "Revolver" then check it out. He does a pretty good job in that film as well. The theatrical presentation that I saw was pretty mediocre. The sound was bad. It sounded like there was only one speaker working during the entire film....no surround channels and the sound seemed to come all from the right side of the screen. Theatre presentations are getting so bad that it makes me think that it isn't even worth going to a theatrical viewing anymore. A Theatrical viewing is starting to feel like nothing more than watching a giant TV screen with less quality than your average home theater experience. When you have to shoot...shoot. Don't talk!