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Il commissario Montalbano: Il ladro di merendine (1999)
Is there a flaw?
I did not see any reason for the so-called witnesses to be murdered. Fahrid was not involved directly with the murder at sea, and, anyway, he could always - and eventually did - make it back to Tunisia.
Reviewer 2 made a some minor mistakes: Salvo only learned of the murder at sea by watching television because he had kept his phone off the hook, and that's why his deputy was given the case either by a higher authority than Salvo, or just volunteering.
Kudos to Guia Jelo for some of the best acting there has ever been, and to all the rest of the cast and crew for putting together a masterpiece.
Collision (2009)
Did I/they miss something?
Although I enjoyed the show, I did not understand where Tolin got the digital version of the incriminating information on the chemical company. Did anyone else catch that? Also, in retrospect, I gather from the final "what might have been" sequence, that Jane had taken an unsuccessful swat at the wasp at the beginning of the series. But that was not memorable and it would have helped if that had been included among the many flashbacks. Some other issues were unresolved: (1) Did Brian get arrested for murdering his mother-in-law? The police still wanted to see him and there were some suspicious findings regarding how he handled the car. (2) Was the head of the chemical company arrested for involvement in his employees murder or genocide in East Africa? Again there was some evidence.
It seemed not only heartless, but bad policing for Tolin to have ignored the plea of the phony James Taylor. Acting on his plea could have led the police to the murderers of Karen Donnelly.
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Did you notice?
Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett and Anne-Marie Duff have all played Elizabeth I: the former two both in 1998, and the latter much more recently. Was it a coincidence?
As for the movie, I found it to be gripping thanks to an excellent script, chilling background music, and a superb, unpredictable character played by Dame Judi.
The one serious flaw was the wastebasket scene - hard to believe that the paper would have been discarded at all, let alone so openly.
A minor flaw was that there were several sections where subtitles would have been helpful. It was especially hard to tell what the media were yelling at Barbara.
This was the first time I had seen Bill Nighy in a serious role and he was excellent here as he has been in comedies.