Comments on: Charley Varrick (1973, Don Siegel) http://www.thestopbutton.com/2006/04/18/charley-varrick-1973/ distinct . . . diverse . . . divisive . . . snobby. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Karl Spaeth http://www.thestopbutton.com/2006/04/18/charley-varrick-1973/comment-page-1/#comment-18502 Karl Spaeth Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:21:32 +0000 http://www.thestopbutton.com/2006/04/18/charley-varrick-1973/#comment-18502 I could not disagree with you more in your assessment of this film. This is a gritty hard boiled crime movie, and Walter Matthau does a stellar job as the lead actor. The score is awesome. While watching this film I was reminded, more than once, of the Parker novels by Richard Stark. In that it was a professional criminal doing what he does best and getting away with it. I thought the writing was great, with terse dialogue, and I don't believe characters have to be likable or moral to be interesting and worth watching. A well written review, but I completely disagree for your reasoning in disliking this film.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18502','Karl Spaeth'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18502','Karl Spaeth','I could not disagree with you more in your assessment of this film. This is a gritty hard boiled crime movie, and Walter Matthau does a stellar job as the lead actor. The score is awesome. While watching this film I was reminded, more than once, of the Parker novels by Richard Stark. In that it was a professional criminal doing what he does best and getting away with it. I thought the writing was great, with terse dialogue, and I don\'t believe characters have to be likable or moral to be interesting and worth watching. A well written review, but I completely disagree for your reasoning in disliking this film.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I could not disagree with you more in your assessment of this film. This is a gritty hard boiled crime movie, and Walter Matthau does a stellar job as the lead actor. The score is awesome. While watching this film I was reminded, more than once, of the Parker novels by Richard Stark. In that it was a professional criminal doing what he does best and getting away with it. I thought the writing was great, with terse dialogue, and I don’t believe characters have to be likable or moral to be interesting and worth watching. A well written review, but I completely disagree for your reasoning in disliking this film.
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