holy shit was this movie terrible, about 5 people in the theater on Saturday evening. I went in to see this having not read this thread or any reviews so had a completely open mind and was excited for a crime thriller. I've never walked out of a movie but i came damn close to this one, it was similar to a train wreck i couldn't look away.
I dont even know where to start...
Not even using spoiler tags, if you go see this movie you deserve what you get.
- most of the first 30 minutes of the movie could have been removed
- they introduce characters that have zero to do with the plot, but at the same time seem to have something to do with the plot? JK Simmons character was obviously a bad dude working with the pimp, but then at some point he just stops showing up. his "partners" wife and his mistress was murdered by the snowman killer seems to be the only thread that tied him into the story. i guess he was supposed to be a red herring.
- the sidekick detective completely disappears for the last 20 minutes of the movie (i assumed she was dead) but then reappears in the last scene.
- val kilmers voice was dubbed which was glaringly obvious
- last 20 minutes were from a made for tv movie with horribly contrived dialogue which felt like it was just tacked on
- they introduced a character who was a twin, for the sole purpose of saying "i'm a twin" then never appearing again
- Harry was completely impervious to cold, sleeping outdoors during a blizzard, np, sleeping in a snowbank overnight, np
- the snowman went into harry's house dressed as a mold removal technician for no reason, mold removal technician who they explicitly introduced saw him and then was never seen again
- the pimp subplot could have been cut completely - i dont think the girl they introduced even said any lines except for looking uncomfortable with JK simmons character
- "over the top Norwegian caricature"
- the letter from the snowman to harry made no sense to the timeline it was sent to him, had it been sent later in the movie it would have worked - editing problem?
Did anyone read the book? was it better? this was easily the worst movies i've watched in the last 5 years and takes the cake from Jupiter ascending.