Love John Goodman but story line very weak
580863
Very disappointing movie.  Love John Goodman but story line very weak.
3250219
Just because there is a 666 or a religious implication to a story does not necessarily make it a horror story.  Madeline was below average and slightly disappointing.  The pace was good, yet the characters and story line were weak.  The only saving grace is that the story takes 15 minutes to read.
3697016
Good story line a little slow going, plot a little weak.
1134783
I am a fan of both actors, but this one was a bit of a miss in my book.  I am not sure why, but the story and the actors do not seem to work well together.  It may be worth a watch if you like Cary Grant and/or Sophia Loren, but maybe not.  I would recommend Father Goose over this one!
114080
Close but no cigar. It was an interesting concept poorly executed. There simply is not enough story to the story. Several movies I have watched lately have been thin on storytelling.
3391355
don't want to say to much and wreck the mystery...but when movie over with i said wow!! would for sure watch it again.john goodman so good in this movie.
4164952
I was usure what to expect here. John goodman is very good Very underrated actor. A little disappointed with the ending.
2983400
Im a Louis L Amour fan. Ive read many good books of his. This one had a weak storyline. But i know i would have enjoyed the movie with Yul Brynner better. That was an era of great Westerns.
674423
Remembered this one from my childhood and ordered it. After seeing it again, I wondered why everyone was saying it's such a great movie. The character development is great but the pace of the story is not working for me. A lot of slow/talking parts and only limited action from the mechs. Wasn't as impressed as 20 years ago.
3262912
I liked the book mostly, but it was overdescribed with endless names that mean absoultely nothing while your trying to bite your teeth into this real life character. I think thats was the downfall of this incredible story for me. It may be necessary to be accurate, but put it in the back where it belongs. I thought that John Smith could have been a little more colorful and less blatant when he was telling the story. There was to much "Start" then "Stop", and flowed like a bumpy road. I think John Smith is the scared one, and you can smell the boot polish on his lips in various pages of his account. He should have been more ruthless on Steve Wynns case.
 I think there is a great story to be told there, and one should climb onto it. John, has great writing ability, but should loosen up a bit, and provide some color for the reader. I am on to his next book, The Bob Stupak Story and I hope its not jammed with an endless roster of names.
To finish, a good book but needs to be re-written. I emailed him and told him I liked the book, and think with his numerous connections in nevada, it would be great if he wrote a story on the Mustang Ranch.
No reply.
I will keep an eye on what else develops story wise, in the incredible landscape of Las Vegas
2162746
Such a very thin story line in a colorful and colossal documentary-like depiction of mid 19th Century New York City. The camera's sweeping view of the city is an astounding sensual experience, but the final hour of the film drags terribly as the plot is chiseled down to a very weak romance and a Popeye and Bluto-like duel to the finish. The historical accuracy is alarmingly dead-on target, if my American History college course is any indication.
2303564
The storyline of the movie is a little weak, and the audio was barely audible. This received two stars due to the two handsome main characters.  Other than that it wouldn't be worth watching.
2656074
While the acting and cinematography were great, there was far too little substance in either of the two parralel stories in this movie.  By taking the book's story and running it as a parrallel to the protagonists in the containing story, set in modern times, it fails to add enough character development to either story, which would be fine, but this movie is all about the characters and the special bond they shared.
4048670
3 stars is a very generous rating. I give it because of the strong lineup of actors but this movie has so much in its storyline that it's just thrown at you with no context. Events are mentioned or briefly shown but are never really explored and this pattern leaves this movie feeling thin. This storyline would have made a good TV series much like The Killing and the story and characters could have been developed and made more interesting.
3616894
I've read all of Clancy's Ryan stories and found this one to be possibly his weakest.
... Near the end of Patriot Games, written in '87 but set in about '82 or '83, Jack Ryan jr. was born- he's now 23 and a recent college graduate which would make the story set in 2006 or so yet the war in Iraq (I thought Clancy met the real one, not his fictional Gulf War)is characterized as recent. Sometimes refered to as Jack, sometimes as Ryan or even Junior by the author our hero has determined that a financial business is really a front for an inteligence operation and he talks his way into a job during a meeting with the boss (a former senator who knew his father, the now retired president Ryan).
I didn't mind the totally off the books covert intelligence unit (only the ex- president and a few others even know it exists)but you get a story that isn't really well developed. The Campus has existed for just over a year hacking into CIA and everyone else's computers and communications tracking down various bad guys and their financing. About this time the bunch decides to move into full operation by recruiting a couple of twin brothers solely on the strength of the Marine brother having killed a few guerilla fighters in Afghanistan and the FBI brother administering a little on the spot justice to ONE child rapist/ murderer. I wasn't really clear about how they were selected, didn't like the way their superiors were unsure how good these two would be until they performmed a hit or two and I really didn't like the way they just happened to be Ryan jr's cousins ( the exact relation was never explained, I didn't know either Jack Sr. or Cathy Ryan had siblings, and what family history you do get is weak)
The best part of the book (if you can call it that)is the terrorist group allying itself with Columbian smugglers, not really liking each other but seeing benefits in each aiding the other. After the Columbians smuggle a few terrorist teams into the U.S.you hear almost nothing more about them (will we in a future book?)but you do get a rather scary little bit about the terrorist groups shooting up a few shopping malls (Clancy used an airliner as a missle in 1994's Debt of Honor, it happened for real in 2001 this scenario is also plausible) The twins going after some of the Bad guys in Europe reads pretty well but this 431 page book reads like Clancy cut another 431 pages off at the end to serve as his next book.
2570925
Maybe it's me.  The premise of the story was interesting enough, but the development seemed to fizzle out.  It seemed like Mr. Goldman lost his momentum in the action early on, tried to use dialog and the love story to keep our attention, then killed of his main character who was no longer very sympathetic.  I've read stories where the action propels you from beginning to end.  I've read stories where the interaction between the characters was rewarding and entertaining enough to carry the day.  Of A Feather had flashes of brightness, but over all, I felt let down in the end.  Your mileage may vary.
889816
Don't remember hearing anything when this movie first came out.  Now it seems like a cult classic because it is referenced in Veronica Mars, so I decided to watch it.  I didn't laugh once.  It seemed ad-libbed and the characters played by Steve Buscemi and John Goodman were annoying.