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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 20:55:39 GMT 3
if u havent seen this movie coz u feel like it's another denzel cop washington movie, or u were threatened that it's another spike lee racial angst movie.......dont be threatened. i did and didnt catch this in theater coz seriously, if i see denzel play another cop again, i swear that guy's gonna have identity crisis thinking he's a real cop. he's a good actor but someone give him other roles pls! if he's not a lawyer, he's a coach and almost every year it seems he's a cop somewhere! but back to the movie, this is one of the better films, and best cops n robbers film this year.
i cant give you much about the plot without giving things away, but suffice it to say, it's a film that revolved around a bank robbery that got complicated and complicated....and ended...well, something uve to see for urself. the actors and bit actors are good and interesting in this film, and will give you something to think about while standing inside a bank. somewhere during this movie, i kinda wonder by setting up this perfect crime on film, it just might inspire some crooks to copy it.
for the guys, it's not the usual cops n robbers film, but i think it is something u'll only appreciate only once, but is at least a good ride.
It's a good film and another reason to love Clive Owen. he's so kewl in this film as the villain, u'll find urself cheering him on and hoping he get to walk out of the bank like he told the cops he would do when the heist is over. Actually, he was so kewl, i hope the bond franchise will get him as bond's nemesis. they cant kill him though but make it like he escaped, he's too kewl to be killed!and he's a perfect villain to balance Craig's blonde sometimes gollum like bond!
cant say much about the film now without giving it away really, but if u find a copy, take the time off and watch it. it's kewl, if uve nothing better to do, u wont regret it.
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:01:04 GMT 3
Bit late aren't you, this movie cam out in April or something...
but brilliant movie, Clive Owen is fab, but I wish they didn't make him speak with an American accent....and the female robber is awesome, I wish she'd hold me up ;D
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:04:48 GMT 3
yeps, didnt watch it then coz as i said, thought it was just another denzel cop movie:)) this film is great to watch esp if u kno nothing about it:)
wasnt aware he sounded american...thought he sounded english as usual...but anyways i cant be trusted as mind was occupied with owen in various states of undress....but good movie!
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:09:10 GMT 3
If it stars Clive Owen and Jodie Foster, it probably is worth watching
But the main reason I watched it....There was a rumour going around that Thierry Henry would feature in the movie...
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:16:36 GMT 3
ewww wooot!?!?...they were ok in closer but only owen's character kinda made that film interesting for me. nice man in general but not as weak and lame as jude's character.
the bond film was ok, it was jut the love scenes that were gag inducing....and that scene when craig was getting out of the water in his shorts..i kinda thought that scene was funny
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:18:25 GMT 3
MY bad bulls, it wasn't Julia roberts actually, it was Jodie Foster..I've already amended the post  |
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:18:52 GMT 3
oohh...thought u wrote julia roberts!
weird...but cant imagine henry in america...lol! good rumour though, would have been interesting....the kid's father kinda look like him though..only leaner and less pronounced lips:)...but totally not him of course, just wanted to spam and practice my typing:P
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:20:11 GMT 3
jodie's character in the film is kinda ambigous...sorta overkill but ok. jodie wasnt too good in it but i cant imagine any other actress that could have pulled off that character better
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:23:46 GMT 3
It was actually reported in the Mirror as fact, but Spike Lee was quick to rubbish it....Apparently he' a fan of the Arse..another reason for me to watch this movie...
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:31:45 GMT 3
argh! spike lee is a crazy fan!!have u seen him watch the nicks games??lol!
im kinda surprised no arab made an issue out of the musical score in this film...they were playing middle eastern sounding score when some sort of danger is to take place. this film was kinda abundant with post 911 paranoia. i may have too much time in my hands but they were often somewhere with a post 911 relevance. there was even a scene where jodie n washington while arguing or something were standing behind a wall that says 'we will never forget". but it was a good icebreaker joke though about the arab the police kinda manhandled...when he was complaining about what happened to his human rights and how ppl are discriminating him (which was said in a rational manner of course not like some paranoid lunatic)...and then denzel said "yeh but i bet u can get a cab though"..lol i think that was nicely played bringing all the characters back to ground, neither whining nor condescending:)
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:38:46 GMT 3
It wasn't an Arab, it was a Sikh, anyway the scene did highlight the insensitivities and ignorance of the American coppers, they see a man in a beard and Turban and go "holy shit, he's Arab"
The cab joke cracked me up though, as it did everyone else in the cinema....
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:40:46 GMT 3
whats a sikh?
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:41:53 GMT 3
first i thought it as arabic, then after the movie i thought it might be jewish...but middle eastern at least
ooh nevermind, i thought by sikh u were refering to the score!my bad:P
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:46:52 GMT 3
Sikhs are from Punjab in India, and they practice their own religion, which has nothing to do with Islam or the Arabs.
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:49:45 GMT 3
anyway, if there were movies that I thought would cause some controversy in the Arab world, i thought they would be Syriana and Munich....I'm surprises these movies were screened here...
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 21:54:32 GMT 3
they showed passion of christ in dubai....i thought anything after that would be anticlimactic for strict gulf countries. i like munich but only coz eric bana looked hot in it and not shorty....nobody made an issue out of munich there?
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 21:58:36 GMT 3
I think that's what surprised me more...no one made an issue of either movie..
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 22:05:01 GMT 3
for passion....well jesus was tortured and died, so think other religion could care less....as for munich....its a film about how violence begets violence and eric bana was kinda tortured with what he had to do, so it's not really a pro israel movie
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Post by hassan1024 on Dec 9, 2006 22:21:22 GMT 3
Well, I thought, a movie in which Israeli agents assassinate Palestinians would cause something of an uproar..
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Post by unanimous on Dec 9, 2006 22:28:40 GMT 3
well they kidnapped and killed some in that film too so thats deuce. maybe the deciding factor was that there was a guilt trip angle on the mossad side, so everythings kewl:)
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