The Lincoln Lawyer (film)

[falafel]

I know there are some Michael Connelly fans on here. Have any of you seen the movie? I thought Matthew McConaughey's portrayal of Haller was pretty good, except of course for the fact that he plays a 2nd generation Angelino with a thick southern accent. Normally I hate McConaughey, but I thought he played it pretty well.

I don't get the casting of Brian Cranston as Detective Lankford. Is Lankford in other Connelly novels? Maybe they're setting him up for a bigger role in a sequel? I think Harry Bosch is in the next Haller book, isn't he? The one about the movie producer?

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I know there are some Michael Connelly fans on here. Have any of you seen the movie? I thought Matthew McConaughey's portrayal of Haller was pretty good, except of course for the fact that he plays a 2nd generation Angelino with a thick southern accent. Normally I hate McConaughey, but I thought he played it pretty well.

I don't get the casting of Brian Cranston as Detective Lankford. Is Lankford in other Connelly novels? Maybe they're setting him up for a bigger role in a sequel? I think Harry Bosch is in the next Haller book, isn't he? The one about the movie producer?

I like McConaughey. He was great in Dazed and Confused and I liked him in that submarine movie and this movie called, I think, 12 Conversations About One Thing.

In two weeks this movie has made about $45 million, that's some pretty good coin so there could be some sequels.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I am a big Connelly fan. I look forward to seeing it.

[Coach McGuirk]

I thought it was ok. MMmmmmm did a good job. I really liked William H. Macy as Frank. It had a wierd pace to it. I described it before as slow but I don't think that is the right word. You aren't going to regret seeing it in the theater, but you won't regret missing it and seeing it on dvd either.

[falafel]

I thought it was ok. MMmmmmm did a good job. I really liked William H. Macy as Frank. It had a wierd pace to it. I described it before as slow but I don't think that is the right word. You aren't going to regret seeing it in the theater, but you won't regret missing it and seeing it on dvd either.

Also some sort of strange camera work. It felt like there were a lot of zooms done in post production, and a lot of hand held camera work. I'm not sure it worked.

I thought the pacing was fine (at least I didn't notice it not being fine). I thought they could have

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played up the bit about Roulet coming after his family a little more. As I recall, he didn't know that they were safe and that he was sort of used as bait until he woke up from the coma or whatever).

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[Coach McGuirk]

Also some sort of strange camera work. It felt like there were a lot of zooms done in post production, and a lot of hand held camera work. I'm not sure it worked.

I thought the pacing was fine (at least I didn't notice it not being fine). I thought they could have

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played up the bit about Roulet coming after his family a little more. As I recall, he didn't know that they were safe and that he was sort of used as bait until he woke up from the coma or whatever).

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Good point

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I don't remember the motorcycle dudes beating up roulet in the book, but as soon as they introduced them on camera, I said to my wife, "I feel a hells angels beat down coming on." Am I right that that didn't happen? It's been a while.

[falafel]

Good point

also,

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I don't remember the motorcycle dudes beating up roulet in the book, but as soon as they introduced them on camera, I said to my wife, "I feel a hells angels beat down coming on." Am I right that that didn't happen? It's been a while.

I think you're right.

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I think in the book, he was in his car when he got the news from Maggie that Roulet was out and it was a race to see if he could get to Maggie's house in time (while Maggie and the kid went somewhere safe). IIRC, he gets back to the house in a hurry and the mom comes to the front door and he gets shot. I think maybe the cops pick up Roulet at Maggie's house? I know that Maggie was in on it from the beginning, it was a plot to see where he'd go as soon as he was out. She was never in any real danger.

[UteStar]

The book is fabulous. One of the better mystery/thrillers that I have read in the past year or two. As Lebowski noted, Connelly is terrific. His books are always very good reads.

[Jacob]

Liked it. Like all movies, they can't be as good, as detailed, as long as the book. They left out a lot of story lines. But I thought they did as good as can be expected in sticking to the plot.

Are there more than a few of Haller novels? I've only read this one, but have read about all the Harry Bosh books.

[falafel]

Liked it. Like all movies, they can't be as good, as detailed, as long as the book. They left out a lot of story lines. But I thought they did as good as can be expected in sticking to the plot.

Are there more than a few of Haller novels? I've only read this one, but have read about all the Harry Bosh books.

There are at least 3 more, I think. The Brass Verdict has both Haller and Bosch. There's also The Reversal and a new one this year, might not be out yet, call the Fifth Witness.

[MarkGrace]

He was supposed to be a 2nd generation angelino? Was that mentioned in the movie or just the book? I felt his southern accent was even more pronounced here than a lot of his movies. If he's playing an LA native here that's a pretty egregious oversight.

[falafel]

He was supposed to be a 2nd generation angelino? Was that mentioned in the movie or just the book? I felt his southern accent was even more pronounced here than a lot of his movies. If he's playing an LA native here that's a pretty egregious oversight.

Definitely in the book, but I believe they make reference to his dad being a great L.A. defense attorney in the movie as well. The accent thing really bugged me. If you're an actor, you should be able to ditch regional accents in favor of a nice midwestern/standard accent.