johnwinn
Joined Feb 2015
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When a character in Local Hero says 'imagine a world without oil' I half thought members of the small audience might rise in protest. Take away the 80s 'tech': ' telex' and 'change for the phone' and this film is not dated even at its fortieth birthday. It is being shown at my local cinema to commemorate that anniversary.
The theme of oil v environment is just as relevant today, if not more so. The photography of the islands is beautiful, there are splendid performances from the leads and a host of character actors and Mark Knopfler's music rises to a rousing finish over the credits. See it if you can, it deserves the big screen.
The theme of oil v environment is just as relevant today, if not more so. The photography of the islands is beautiful, there are splendid performances from the leads and a host of character actors and Mark Knopfler's music rises to a rousing finish over the credits. See it if you can, it deserves the big screen.
It was about this point that I lost patience with Diagnosis Murder. It became less and less about a hospital doctor and more and more simply a police series. The notion the a homicide detective, who arrests a murderer et at least once a week, could spare the time to open and run a hamburger joint is ridiculous and equally ridiculous is the idea that a junior doctor could be a partner in the operation.
My grudge against Diagnosis Murder is similar to the one I hold against Murder, She Wrote which more and more moved away from Cabot Cove so that Jessica could solve murders all over the world, murders for which the local police had arrested the wrong person.
My grudge against Diagnosis Murder is similar to the one I hold against Murder, She Wrote which more and more moved away from Cabot Cove so that Jessica could solve murders all over the world, murders for which the local police had arrested the wrong person.
What would Colin Dexter have thought of this gross misuse of his wonderful character? To say it is reminiscent of Agatha Christie is unfair on Ms Christie. A bus load of passengers goes missing in Oxfordshire, come on.