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« on: November 27, 2007, 02:59:55 pm »
Just saw this movie last night. Very good, not the best I have ever seen, but very good nonetheless.

Anyone else see this yet?
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2007, 03:16:24 pm »
Nope but I\'d like to.
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2007, 03:19:44 pm »
i recommend it *highly*
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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2007, 04:31:23 pm »
I thought this was a really good movie but it falls short of Goodfellas and Blow, which it was compared to in articles/reviews I read. Def worth seeing though.

[spoiler]I really disliked the last 15-20 minutes. After all the family oriented business decisions Denzel Washington\'s character made, why did he sell out his entire family in order to save himself? He gave up his entire organization/contacts to Russell Crowe\'s police task force so he could avoid a prison sentence. That really went against his portrayed image the movie created up until his bust. Disappointing ending to say the least...unless I missed something.
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2007, 05:22:20 pm »
i saw it, it was aight.
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2007, 05:29:26 pm »
not gonna reveal the spoiler, but i agree booztravlr..
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2007, 07:06:29 pm »
meh, even after reading the spoiler
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2007, 08:26:20 pm »
awesome movie.  saw it a week ago.   i love denzel as an actor.   I could live without Russell Crowe doing his jersey accent (i think the same exact one he did in cinderella man).

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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2007, 09:33:00 pm »
yeah crowe brought the movie down. denzel is still the man though... not as badass as training day but he still brought the fury
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2007, 09:02:23 am »
Quote from: Vassillios;170320
yeah crowe brought the movie down. denzel is still the man though... not as badass as training day but he still brought the fury


Def agree with you here.

You shot me in my ass! Great flick.
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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2007, 11:49:17 pm »
Good movie. I enjoyed it. But it was too overhyped, and I think overrated.

Stick with Goodfellas.

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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2007, 12:26:23 am »
:fart:   movie was aight. Great opening scene, but the rest couldn\'t stand to the hype. Denzel was good, but has done better movies. If you want to see a good non-Italian gangster movie, check out "City of God" and tells me what ya thinks.

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« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2007, 03:31:50 am »
City of God is brilliant.

The television series, by the same director, called City of Men, is also really fucking incredible.
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« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2007, 02:50:04 pm »
I loved City of God. This coming from a guy who hates subtitles
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