Jess, whitefont if you have to, but I'm really curious - how do they justify the title?
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Oh, and I'm also curious - did you see/what did you think about Truth About Charlie? I rather liked it myself, and thought the original was far LESS sacrosanct from remake than TMC (although maybe it's the casting of CHARADE that had people resenting the remake).
Jess, do they keep the creepy incest-yay vibe?
Well (waves goodbye to film cred once again), I've never seen Charade. So I liked The Truth About Charlie, but since I wasn't mentally comparing it with the original, the answer to your question is Not Applicable.
The title of the remade Candidate refers to Manchurian Global, a bigass eeeeeeevil multinational corporation.
(Not much of a spoiler -- it's mentioned within the first five or ten minutes of the film.)
[eta: Robin, yes. Hell yes, in fact.]
Robin, I love that you asked what I was going to ask.
I didn't see the original Manchurian Candidate, but I am stoked for my boyfried Liev. I love you Liev.
::comforts James Franco::
Yay for the creepy incest vibe!
What?
Lawrence Harvey killed me in the original, especially in the scene where he had to kill the senator and the daughter/his fiancée. Liev Schreiber is a hella interesting choice for Shaw though. I'm glad the remake doesn't suck.
The movie that never fails to scare the living daylights out of me: Carnival of Souls. Even to this day, I have trouble looking out at windows at night, afraid I'll see that ghastly white face. Plus, organ music = cree. pee.
::comforts James Franco::
Dude. Hurt/comfort is my gig.
Back off.