The Snowman
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
When this movie ended, my husband turned to me and asked “Was this originally an artsy Norwegian film and this is the badly-done remake? I think something got lost in translation.” Neither of us were familiar with the Jo Nesbø book series, and I think that might have (possibly?) made a world of difference in watching this adaptation. As it is, this seemed like a big waste of talent and time for all those involved, including the viewer.The movie trailer is completely misleading, so don’t expect to get what they’re showing and suggesting in that brief teaser. Makes me wonder if there was a ton of footage that simply ended up on the cutting-room floor in an attempt to make this film watchable. There are numerous characters and story points that seem very out of place to the plot, I suppose that could be the director’s way of throwing out red herrings just to throw us off the trail of what’s really going on. I did initiialy feel sympathy for the actors, who seemed to be putting in their best effort: but by the finish, I was rooting for death for all of them.-LegoGirl
I watched “The Snowman” which I thought was going to be an intriguing murder mystery about a killer who left a snowman out in front of places where he was going to commit a murder the next day (so he was giving the cops advance warning of his crimes). Sounded cool. The movie wasn’t. It was a bunch of whiny crap about a drunk cop and dysfunctional families with a murder or two thrown in and a completely hokey ending. Don’t waste your time with this one. F.-Simplymare
I enjoyed it, but would probably not have if I had not read the book. I am a big time Nesbo/Harry Hole fan, which is saying something for someone who mostly reads nonfiction. Because I had read the book, in fact all of the books about Hole (except Thirst, which I am reading now) , I could see what they were trying to do with the movie, and that made it more interesting for me. But if I didn’t have the background, I would not have thought much of the movie, and that likely explains it low ratings. I realize now that converting a Hole book to the screen is no small achievement. A lot of what is appealing about the Hole character is the psychological aspect. It’s very difficult to translate that to the screen. And that certainly did not happen with Snowman with much success.-Diver
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, J.K. Simmons
Directors: Tomas Alfredson
Writers: Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, Soren Sveistrup
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Piodor Gustafsson, Robyn Slovo
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: French, Spanish
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R-Restricted
Studio: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: January 16, 2018
Run Time: 120 minutes
ASIN: B076LD8XJC
