Manchurian Candidate

[ivy03]

D was over last night, so I suggested watching The Manchurian Candidate. He hadn't seen either, so I thought we should go with the original. I'd watched it for history class in highschool and remember being absolutely gripped.

Here's the thing. It's really clunky. Really clunky. The acting is stiff (with notable exceptions for Angela Lansbury and

Comments

[trinityvixen]

I quite liked the remake for the upgrade in acting, quality of film. Meryl Streep is wonderful, too. I wonder how yet another remake would fare in today's political climate.