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Parallel Universe Movies (Original Post) Bosonic Jun 2015 OP
I love these! nt valerief Jun 2015 #1
Having read the book, I can't picture Ian Holm as Frank Begbie. Chan790 Jun 2015 #2
most superbly exellent !!!!! olddots Jun 2015 #3
. aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2015 #4
That's cool shenmue Jun 2015 #5
 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
2. Having read the book, I can't picture Ian Holm as Frank Begbie.
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 05:58 PM
Jun 2015

Something that is really played down in the movie from the book is the fact that there is a spree killer in Edinburgh who is stabbing people to death in muggings and bar-fights...and Renton suspects Begbie. It's a large part of why he is terrified of him when he's planning to rip-off his friends. Robert Carlyle barely pulls off that menace and only because his portrayal is so much a hooligan.

Ironically, Michael Caine seems like a more convincing Begbie because he can play it exactly the opposite...just ice-cold.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
3. most superbly exellent !!!!!
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 06:45 PM
Jun 2015

what about last years stinker " Noah " was that made by carbon based life forms ?

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