Panned by critics, mystery thriller The Snowman is a curious misfire from some great actors and filmmakers.
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NB: The following contains major, major spoilers forThe Snowmanmovie and the original novel.
So whos the killer, and whats his motive?
Was the sequence originally much longer, but later cut down?
Why does it all feel so disjointed?
Schoonmakers name among the opening titles speaks toThe Snowmans turbulent behind-the-scenes story.
Somewhere during the shoot, things evidently started to go south.
Exactly how such a huge tract of the film was left out of the initial shoot isnt clear.
The change in assistant directors and other assorted crew certainly explains some ofThe Snowmans weirder moments.
Michael Fassbenders detective hero, Harry Hole, has an entirely different haircut in at least one scene.
There are entire plot threads that are established but never really go anywhere of particular importance.
The mould specialist is never seen again, and this minor yet well-established strand is never returned to.
Likewise the story of Arve Stop, the seedy industrialist played by JK Simmons.
Who signed off on the fully-clothed, non-sex scene between Fassbender and Charlotte Gainsbourg?
Why was it cut to the haunting strains of Sigur Ros?
In one early scene, Fassbender pulls a gun on the mould specialist mentioned above.
Later, Fassbender has a flashback to an incident that his character didnt even witness.
Theres an entire story behind his part in the movie alone, we suspect.
Itll be a few years, we should think, before the full behind-the-scenes story ofThe Snowmanemerges.
To get scared, or to laugh, or to sweat.
Thats when you know youve succeeded.
Well, one out of three isnt bad, we guess.
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