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Last night I saw Executive Suite with William Holden and Fredrich March. I expected it to be a great movie and it was. Tonight I noticed AMC is playing another Holden movie entitled Counterfeit Traitor. I watched it and it turned out to be grippy and suspenseful and Holden was great. I have seen great films with Holden including Picnic, Bridge on the River Kwai and Sunset Boulevard. This was supposed to be one of his inferior work, but I actually liked it better than some of his better known films. It's too bad that at the end of his career he made movies such as Omen II and Ashtani. In any case, he was fabulous here and I am looking forward to see other films with him.

I can't believe Roger Ebert gave this film */1/2 star. What is he thinking? His main problem was that the film does not provide historical background. For instance, he wonders why the film doesn't explain why were they Japanese in China. First of all this is a movie, not a researched paper with footnotes. Second, believe me there are people out there who know some history. I think the attack itself was very well staged and that's the part of the film that really works. On the other hand, I believe the romance could have been handled better. The magical romantic scenes of Titanic were missing here. Perhaps a more dramatic twist, such as the death of Affleck, would have made the film more powerful. I must say I enjoyed the relationship between the two freinds. That was a love story by itself. I like Kate Beckinsale as the nurse and Josh Hartnett as Danny. Affleck was ok, but a better actor, such as Jim Cavaziel or Wes Bentley, would have served the film better. Finally, Jon Voight was great as FDR. I was impressed by him the most. He has truelly develped from a star to a great character actor. He should be nominated for best supporting actor. Overall in a year that so far has brought us movies like Hannibal, this was a satisfying film. It was not Titanic, but it was good enough.

This movie deserves to be called one of the worst films of 2001 along with Hannibal. I can't believe it made 70 million during the weekend. That shows that the general audiences are not sophisticated enough. This movie has almost no plot and no logic. The worst part is the acting. Brendan Fraser is simply not a leading man and certainly not an action hero. He should stick with movies lick Bedazzeld. Finally, the ladies who claim Frazer is beautiful should serioulsly go and have their minds examined. He is the most unappealing movie star I have ever seen, next to Kianu Reeves of course.