Netflix: The Ladykillers (2004)

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The Ladykillers (2004)

I may stick this on my queue again someday, if I ever get through the 400+ discs that are on the list now, since I was a little distracted as I was watching this movie.

I still can't really deal with Tom Hanks. He's just so Tom Hanks, no matter how skilled he is with accents and character work and having a strong showing of self-confidence.

The character names are just awesome - Marva Munson, Gawain MacSam, Weemack Funthes, Lump Hudson. Really fun. Stylized, but not too much. There's still plenty of room to get involved in the story, for all of its quirks.

Comments

[tombking.livejournal.com]

Still haven't seen it. I have seen the original and loved it.

[brendanwishes.livejournal.com]

I wanna see it, but I don't know...Tom Hanks...

[coffeejedi.livejournal.com]

It was kinda cool, definitely has that Cohen brothers vibe. Hanks was interesting, if not a bit over-the-top in certain scenes.

[phaedra-amunet.livejournal.com]

I love this movie so much.

I never realized that the modern equivalent of the prim little old English lady (of the original) is the elderly black church-going lady. But so true.

Musically, too, I was awed. Especially in that one montage scene where the music segues, flawlessly, from baroque strings to gospel to hip-hop and back again.