Here is My Movie Review of The Snowman

 

Here is My Movie Review of The Snowman

So basically what happens is that you have this guy named detective Harry Hole and he and his group Investigators are Investigating this serial killer called The Snowman killer Who is Snowman to identify who he is and they are worried that he might kill again so they have to do everything in their power to try to stop the snowman killed before he killed again during the next snowfall and that's basically what the story is for this film and the storyline in the film is so uninteresting the way you can describe it that it's basically a boring and uninteresting version of Zodiac from 2007 because both of them have to deal with serial killers the only difference is that zodiac´s storyline with a lot more engaging and more entertaining and interesting to watch because it was based off of a real life serial killer. 

The acting in this film is probably up there with the acting in The Circle as one of the worst acted films of 2017 because much like that film most of the actors are very wasted, they don't really do much at all as their characters are really weird and uninteresting. 

Michael Fassbender plays Detective  Harry Hole  In the film. To be honest he is the only actor that actually gives Somewhat of a good performance but that being said this is probably the worst performance Michael Fassbender has ever done and with really disappointing and that he is really great actor even in X-Men Apocalypse a movie that I really hated he was the best part he played Magneto Perfectly despite the really bad writing. But the character of Detective Harry Hole is really weird because he wakes up on park benches. He smokes a lot. He gives exposition and that's it. That's his entire character Because This is probably the most boring character that Michael Fassbender has ever played in his career. The scene where Detective Harry Hole is looking for clues of The Snowman Killer is just really boring and to be honest I thought it was more entertaining in Zodiac where the detective were trying to look at the Zodiac killer´s letter than tries to figure out the codes in the letters because it was really interesting and deal with accurate to real life but In this film the detective aspect of the sewage is very bland and very boring. The chemistry in between him and Rebecca Ferguson, Val Kilmer, J.K. Simmons, Toby Jones, Jonas Karlsson Is decent. 

Rebecca Ferguson plays Katrine Bratt In the film. I have to say she gave a really boring and really bad performance as this character because I feel like she is just sleepwalking throughout the performance and it just feels like she just did this movie for a paycheck and Was it.  Now the character of Katrine Bratt is really bland because She's just there to help detective hairy hole figure out who is The Snowman killer is. She is just there  to be Detective Harry Hole´s love interest and the two characters do not have good chemistry. They feel like they were just together just because the movie wanted to force her to be his love interest. The scene where She First meets detective Harry Hole is just so bland and it feels like it's there too bad out the runtime. It's probably the most feel heavy moment of the entire film. The chemistry between her and Michael Fassbender Is okay. 

Now a lot of people have mentioned this performance and I will mention anyway Val Kilmer's performance as Rafto Is really weird and doesn't make a lot of sense  and you Probably know why he wasn't in the trailer because he had cancer in his tongue so he can't really talk really well so what did they do they use another actor to dub his voice but the actor sounds nothing like Val Kilmer and to be honest I think he could have played the character silent like the character could have been mute and it wouldn't be that bad but because they cast him in this movie anyway it's just kind of depressing because of the state Val Kilmer was in at the time. The character of Rafto  Is not really a character because he barely does anything this movie he should the gun in the middle of the snow and that's it That's his whole character and He is Trying to help Detective Harry Hall figure out who is the snowman killer boy doesn't really do anything again he's said they wasted character period the chemistry between him and Michael Fassbender Is okay. 

J.K. Simmons Plays Arve Stop in this film and he is completely wasted in this movie because hidden performance He's just there to give exposition what's really disappointing is that JK Simmons is a really tremendous actor If you watch him in Whiplash as Terrence Fletcher and if you've seen him in Kung Fu Panda 3 as Kai he can give some really powerful and awesome performances. But in this It feels like he just did this movie for a paycheck and the character of Arver Stop doesn't really do anything he just is in one scene for expedition and if you take J.K. Simmons's character out of the film would not be any different. The chemistry between him and Michael Fassbender Is okay. 

Now much like why I said about J.K. Simmons Toby Jones is completely wasted in this film as DC Svensson because he is barely in this movie he is only in one scene and You know that  he does not really contribute much to the story of Detective Harry Hole trying to figure out the identity of the snowman killer It felt like Toby Jones did this movie just for a paycheck much like the rest of the actors. What is really disappointing is that Toby Jones is a really excellent and wonderful actor. If you've seen him in the Captain America movies as Arnim Zola or if you've seen him in Tetris as Dr. McBrearty You can see that he can give really entertaining and interesting performances. The chemistry between him and Michael Fassbender is decent. 

Jonas Karlsson  Plays Mathias AKA The Snowman Killer in this film. I have to say he is really bad and really boring as this character because he doesn't really give much of a performance because he's barely in the movie and doesn't really speak a lot of lines in the film. The character of Mathias AKA The Snowman Killer and a really boring and very bland villain because his motivation In concept is really interesting He wants to kill Detective Harry Hole and other Detectives  So they don't figure out who he is but Execution however it does not work because he is just there to kill people that's all he is therefore he is probably up there with Snoke from Star Wars the List Jedi as one of the most boring villain of 2017. The scene where Mathias AKA The Snowman Killer tries to kill Detective Harry Hole is so dumb and we are the way he dies is also really stupid because he just fell through the ice and drowns in the water and that's how he died that's probably the most dumbest villain death of all time because it's not really interesting Because the characters not interesting to watch and all. The chemistry between him and Michael Fassbender is average. 

The directing by Thomas Alfredson is really bad because it is a mess because I don't know what he wanted to be a horror film or do he want this to be a drama film about the character of Detective Harry Hole. Or did he want this to be a mystery film like Zodiac because if he wanted it To be that it completely fails because the movie is Zodiac was about a real life serial killer and the actors gave better performances and the story line was very interesting But the way he develops the mystery in this film is just really slow-paced and not interesting. So overall I think he did a really bad job directing the film. 

So in conclusion I did not like the film. It was really boring. The acting was very bad because most of the actors were really underutilized. Even Michael Fassbender, who I did say gave an okay performance he's not enough to redeem this boring and uninteresting film. I will give credit to a few things I think the snowy landscape looks really awesome to cinematography with the whole winter theme and the effects for the snowman look decent they don't look that bad but aside from those things this movie is really terrible Val Kilmer is really weird in this movie and it's not his fault it's the mainly the studio that cast him. The storyline is just a really bland rip off of Zodiac in terms of trying to figure out who the killer is.This is in my top 10 worst films of 2017. Also Mathias AKA The Snowman Killer In such a bland and boring and his death is so weird and really cheesy that you can't take it seriously. I say skip this movie and go watch Murder On The Orient Express with Michelle Pfeiffer. That movie is a much better mystery film or go watch Zodiac with Jake Gyllenhaal. That movie had a much better serial killer mystery and better acting and much more Interesting moments. Than this film. I give this movie a 2/10.