Saw Alfie last night. I loved it. A good film, not a great one, worth seeing.
Beautifully shot and edited, with vivid colours.
The film was exactly as I expected it, so I didn't come out disappointed.
An updated (and watered down) version of the original with Michael Cain.
But over-Americanised to satisfy the financial backers, so it's set in New York, but with a very mid 90s Cool Britannia feel to it, as well as paying homage to the 60s.
Jude Law is good. The script is goodish, but of course if it's good to speak direct to the camera in the original, then doing it more will improve the re-make. No!
What strikes me is the the character has gone from Man Bastard ('66) to Petulant Sulky Boy ('04) over 40 years. Couldn't we men have settled for something in-between over those 40 years of evolution?
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