I'm pretty sure he's eroded all his good will in recent weeks.

Poll result (23 votes) He'll recruit Jordan, Denzel and Tuturro for a 30 second PSA wherein all 3 men stand eerily still and simply chant "racism" in perfect harmony. (1 votes) Vote He'll make a scathingly accurate doc about the history of racism in Hollywood from inception to present day. (9 votes) Vote He'll stand outside Kodak in 2010 and pass out copies of Eastwood's bomb The Rookie and Grindhouse and remind people he never made anything that bad. (1 votes) Vote Give them the greatest reaction shot in history by holding up a sign that reads "Denzel poked Julia and Will poked Charlize and I think Morgan poked Jessica...WF4BBC4EVR...TALK ABOUT IT!" (4 votes) Vote He plots with Quincey Jones to sneak PE in the auditorium to perform a medley, capped off by Fear of a Black Planet (1 votes) Vote He sits there and gracefully eats shit, in hopes they'll hit him off in 2012 (7 votes) Vote

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thats when he'll unleash on them jainks.

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fuck no, FUCK NO!!!!!!! girl 6 was awful... can i please ask whats so bad about the grindhouse flicks. what did you and all the other haters not like

Where's mathmagic when you need him?

...says Wrongthink

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just because Spike shits on film doesnt make it oscar worthy.

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average people have seen it and i have yet to see a "I WAS BLOWN AWAY!" or even the "o" word.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

like the ones that watch Meet The Spartans and Disaster movie?

Oh my bad, nobody saw Disaster Movie.

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...I couldn't find any reviews at all there. If you could post some links, I'd appreciate it.

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i love it when spike brings the cracka out of the seemingly aight white folks.

hahaha

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Besides, Spike is one of the 5 best pure filmmakers
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nor does it require everything he does to be praised, unless you'd like to tell me the perfection I was missing in She Hate Me or Girl 6. Good director+enteresting subject matter =/=INSTANT GOOD MOVIE.
See here: Fountain, The.

were beyond ridiculous. A few cats were riding hard for that movie on some, "You don't understand..."

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Don't cop pleas:

Stanley Kubric made 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

Oliver Stone made 'Alexander'.

Each of those films were worse than a full length
film featuring the worse scenes of every single
spike lee movie stitched together into one film.

And 'Spielberg' made all kinds of dumbass films.

Scorcese is just overrated, really. People cop the same
"you didn't understand" plea with him too.

No one is perfect in film, but I'm not going to
entertain double standards.

I'm a avid Spike fan. If he makes a shit film, I'll say it though. And won't defend it to no end like some folks will. Or if his movies don't get lauded with awards I don't cry racism. Him winning an Oscar is not going to make me recognize him as a Great director, because he already is one. In my opinion Spike has made 3 GREAT films:
Do The Right Thing
Malcom X
The 25th Hour

And a handful of really good films:
School Daze
Mo Better
Jungle Fever
Bamboozled
Crooklyn

Some of the others are just okay. And only maybe 1 or 2 suck like "She Hate Me" for example.

He's got a much better percentage than most directors. And you can put his catalogue up against just about anybody.

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http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938228.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

“I love Italy. I ain’t a nigger here,” one of them later says to further underline the point. Too bad the film wasn’t better written to make the sentiment implicit rather than needing to be said.

^^^^implicit? in the 40s...oh, white people, why are you so afraid of "the good ol' days"?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

Tyler Perry's Miracle at St Anna...you see the commercial where they quoted just one reviewer...from E!...

GONNA BE A HIT!
NOPE!

and without any disregard for REALITY. dude salty because the overt racism in the 1940s was scripted into the film? his review is auto-garbage.

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Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

Along with comic book movies, horror porn and college humor?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

is that part of your M.Sham defense or what?

So let me guess, you hate Miles Davis as a musician too?

white americans are scared shitless of RACE...it's the only thing in which y'all CAN'T appreciate nuance

hence...

"i don't care what color they are..white, black, purple"

"i have black friends, therefore..."

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Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

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Steph: I was just fooling about

Kyrie: I wasn't.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OWNspU_yE

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=TLpqLF9GSKD2MBhJ1BsPsjYWHj1QB0V6TV5cGhCNhMGgh2MWL1gF!-423611787&&rid=11633

and all said it was plodding, overly long, and wack.

But Spike should know better by now
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>But Spike should know better by now

Like most stars and filmmakers entering awards season, Lee brushed aside the Oscar prospects for his film.

"Not concerned. It's not why I make films," Lee said. "If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, it doesn't."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/1402ap_film_oscar_outlook.html

he'll squeak, squawk, and cry racism until we're all blue in the face.

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what i'm digging right now:

chocolate butterfly - self-titled
laura jane - welcome to my planet boo
me & this japanese guy - waiting for the miracle
wade3 - dreams
tracey amos - who are we really?

You know, a standard gung-ho action flick with a pretty obvious message that it beats you over the head with (I'm not suggesting it's racist like Blood Diamond is). It might be good and get a couple noms but I don't think it looks like a real contender for anything.

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"You know, a standard gung-ho action flick"

Check

"with a pretty obvious message that it beats you over the head with"

Check


(I'm not
>suggesting it's racist like Blood Diamond is). It might be
>good and get a couple noms but I don't think it looks like a
>real contender for anything.

"Saving Private Ryan" got all kinds of noms

And it was no world beater message wise

Very simplistic, in fact

but Saving Private Ryan wasn't terribly gung-ho, which you admit, it tried to be more about looking at the gritty horror of war the soldiers were just trying to survive rather than the excitement or honor of it. So yeah I guess it is not a gung-ho action film at all, huh?

The cartoony action seen in the trailer for Miracle, plus the whole murder mystery/cute little kid sidekick/secret artifact/Italian peasant woman speaking perfect English plot devices makes this look more like a very traditional by the numbers Hollywood adventure flick. Like how The Inside Man is an entertaining enough heist movie while Serpico is more than that.

Shit, this may well be better than Saving Private Ryan on its own terms but it just doesn't seem like it will be a heavy hitter at any awards shows.

Plus, I'm not seeing a show stopping scene like the Normandy landing to secure Spike any awards for technical skill. With the exception of a couple big wide shots this trailer seems to cut around the action scenes pretty deliberately.

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>but Saving Private Ryan wasn't terribly gung-ho, which you
>admit

LOL.

No, I didn't "admit" to that at all.

LOL.

It was a very sappy, simplistic storyline with a message
that we were beat over the head with. That is exactly what
you are accusing Miracle at St. Anna of being.

Its a double standard, and it needs to be pointed out,
because you're well...sorta stupid for saying it.

And the problem is this:
the "hook" in 'Miracle @ St. Anna' is far more
interesting and provocative, and the message far less
simplistic and routine. Not to mention the backdrop
of race, which might be boring to you, but is powerfully
unexplored in WW2 movies for the most part(just ask
George Lucas how boring and unimportant that is).

Not saying the film will be better than 'Saving Private
Ryan'.

I'm saying that by your criteria, it should almost
certainly be nominated, if SPR was(and of course,
SPR was).

it tried to be more about looking at the gritty horror
>of war the soldiers were just trying to survive rather than
>the excitement or honor of it. So yeah I guess it is not a
>gung-ho action film at all, huh?

Actually, it was.

SPR was 100%, total, bananas gung ho, complete with gratuitous
violence.

Yes, it had rhyme and reason and a message....but so
does 'Miracle @ St Anna'.

Not sure why we should apply one standard to one film
and not the other.

They will both have gratuitous violence.

If anything, I'm willing to bet an arm that SPR will
be the film with more violence, as the violence plays
more of a role in the film's backbone than it does
in St.Anna's story. Like I said, in the latter case
there are several interesting themes and contexts
which make it unique.

>The cartoony action seen in the trailer for Miracle, plus the
>whole murder mystery/cute little kid sidekick/secret
>artifact/Italian peasant woman speaking perfect English plot
>devices makes this look more like a very traditional by the
>numbers Hollywood adventure flick. Like how The Inside Man is
>an entertaining enough heist movie while Serpico is more than
>that.

LOL.

"Cartoony?"

LOL.


LOL.


LOL.

Now you're being a dumbass. It looks no more or less
"Cartoony" than any other war flick. And it certainly
looks no more cartoony than many of the scenes in SPR,
complete with cliche ass characters

I mean, did Matt Damon even have any real goddamn lines
the entire movie? LOL. I get it...he's supposed to be
a "symbol"....doesn't mean he can't have actual character.

And Tom Hanks?

LOL.

Any depth there?

Answer: No. Not really.

Other than him being like a perfect leader, and all.

Still, SPR was a great film.

But it, clearly was the traditional good-guy-fights
-for-what-is-right-despite-the-odds-just-because-he's
-good-guy.

SPR was painfully run-of-the-mill in this regard.

Still a great film.

Problem is, you're just inventing reasons to hate on
Spike Lee, which I'm not surprised by, but it is rather
pathetic when you put your opinions under the microscope.

>Shit, this may well be better than Saving Private Ryan on its
>own terms but it just doesn't seem like it will be a heavy
>hitter at any awards shows.

Okay, but 'Saving Private Ryan' got nominated for lots,
and Spiel won BEST DIRECTOR for it.

So by your logic, Spike should be nominated for Best Picture,
and win BEST DIRECTOR for it, because the film looks incredible,
will almost certainly be shot very, very, very, very, well, and
has an interesting and provocative storyline, with good actors,
in an interesting setting.

I mean, let's not be creative in how we hate.

It looks like a good fucking movie.

Let's not invent criteria and standards that only apply to it.

>Plus, I'm not seeing a show stopping scene like the Normandy
>landing to secure Spike any awards for technical skill. With
>the exception of a couple big wide shots this trailer seems to
>cut around the action scenes pretty deliberately.

Are you kidding?

There are very few action scenes in the trailer. I dunno
about you, but I saw all types of scenes with Hector
Negron talking to the police, saw all types of scenes
with the characters just talking to one another, talking
about the miracle, etc. The most interesting aspects to
the trailer have nothing to do with the war scenes.

I mean, jesus.

Its okay to not be intelligent.

I'm not, however, going to pardon poor selective eyesight.

Do better.

Ripped him!!

this is a hilarious post

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Yeah, keep the crack raps up
That shit is double plus...whatever the fuck
Everybody’s afraid to say it just sucks
To watch talented muthafuckers pretending they sell drugs
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and it reminded me of this post.

It did. Well known fact.

...without giving away the entire plot. So, he's got that going for him.

Mech

Is there some personal issue with Spike? Is it your personal issue with Basa that's making you take issue with Spike? Are you a big Clint Eastwood fan, so Spike's comments left you salty?

This is a fascinating book, a really great story, an undeniably talented director, good young actors... and yet two reviews that are less than desirable (months after you already condemned the film due to IMDB user buzz) have you giddy like a schoolgirl.

I'm gonna assume it's just Basa that has you really peeved at Spike, and that's why you're rooting for a terrific story by a terrific director to fail.

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To answer:
I like Spike. For the umpteenth thousandth time. I like Spike, I like his movies, I generally agree with his viewpoints, I feel sorry for him when shown at Knicks games.
But I lost a lot of respect for Spike when he dragged Clint, unwillingly, into some PR generating bullshit. Once again: Flags and Letters were meant to be pitch-perfect recreations of a singular battle and the actual fall out of the actual lives the battle/AmeroPR bullshit touched. Not some catch all story about WW2, not some fictionalized (COUGH) battle meant to be shiny, happy and prop giving to all of gods children who fought so boldly, etc...etc...Spike in that tif acted as if he had not seen the movie or was being contrarian just to get his name in the papers. I wonder which it was? And if the argument is going to be Miracle is a "popcorn" WW2 movie, meant to shine the light on one particular regiment in one particular (marginally fictionalized for the sake of romaticism) battle, great, then be a popcorn movie and KIM. Don't box with someone trying to do something totally different; Spike had to go out of his way to make that beef about race, Clint would have had to go way out of his and reality's way to make Letters/Flags about or including black people.

And it looked like ass in a can from the early treatments and plot lines. Sorry. So yeah, I predicted the raft of negative reviews this film is soon to generate. I laughed a ton this past weekend when those commercials hit with a singular positive review quoted; not at the fact Spike is going to be left with a race-bait bomb on his hands, but that another attempt to sensationalize and demean another persons piece of work for your own glory BACKFIRED. Horribly. Kabloom.


That and it's another "Autumn of Basa's cred" moment.

http://chud.com/articles/articles/16289/1/REVIEW-MIRACLE-AT-ST-ANNA/Page1.html

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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"My wife Tonya told me I may have hurt my chances with the Clint Eastwood stuff... They (Oscar voters and Academy bosses) take everything into account with me. They take into account that I like the Knicks or that I'm in New York."

Lee is adamant the fact he's a Big Apple guy has cost him an Oscar Best Director nomination in the past: "If you did a survey, the bulk of the people who vote in the Academy are in Los Angeles. There's definite bias, considering that my films are typically New York-based." He's still upset that his Do The Right Thing movie wasn't even considered for an Oscar the year Driving Miss Daisy claimed Best Film.

He adds, "Nobody is watching motherfucking Driving Miss Daisy today. Do The Right Thing is being taught in classes at major universities and high schools all over the world. That's how you're supposed to test art. Does the work stand up?"

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It took Martin Scorsese this long to win a Best Picture/Best Director.

Ron Howard? Cali guy.
Paul Haggis? Cali guy.
Clint Eastwood? Cali guy.
Steven Spielberg? Cali guy.
Soderbergh? Cali guy.
Tarantino? Cmon.

Outside of Woody, Marty, and Oliver Stone, there have been no NYC-based directors to get nommed for, let alone win, an Oscar. You've got Cali folks, Brits, longtime established icons, and the occasional other foreigner. Very very very few NYC directors.

Does this mean Spike deserves to get nommed for this? Not necessarily. But he's been passed up twice for what should have been locked nominations, passed up for Brits and established folks (ironically, Woody took what might have been his spot in 1989).

I know it's silly, it's coppin pleas, blah blah blah. But if you're Spike Lee, and you're looking at the history of Oscar, and you see lots of LA, lots of UK, and very few NY, it's easy to see how he draws his conclusion.

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when u break it down hardly any NY directors get love at the Oscars. Its no secret that many classic and amazing films have gotten robbed for noms & Spike being a black director from NY makes his chances even more difficult, esp. since his films deal with race so much.

The key is that you have to schmooze a little bit and Spike doesn't do that. Coming out and blaming his location is just another example of the approach that doesn't exactly endear him to the voters. Granted, he's probably better off not doing that but then he just has to come to grips with the fact that he's not going to pick up an Oscar.

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thats for the studio and paper to do, not you.

James Caan had a great rant about it. He talked about how Roberto Benigni was all over Hollywood and at every party and that helped him out that year. People can blame Norbit but the bottom line is that most people in Hollywood just didn't like Eddie Murphy. Just this past year, Jason Reitman (a child of Hollywood) edged out Joe Wright for Atonement because nobody really knew Wright.

Do you think its a coincidence that Errol Morris received his first doc nomination (and win) the year after he filmed an opening interview package for the Academy Awards?

Having the studio push you helps but if you don't make the right appearances and let people know you are more than a "For Your Consideration" ad, you'll struggle to get the votes.

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I don't recall an actor or director outright saying they were screwed or they deserve a nod (which is just pretentious as all get out...has Spike seen all the movies due out prior to EOY?); The Robeto Begnini thing was a fluke, he was touted around because he was new to American audiences and a good guest because of his antics. Spike's beef about being snubbed was understandable, but the climate of the Academy around then was shitty. I think in recent years, since the Titanic fiasco, as I call it (in the aftermath, the Academy realised it had sold its soul long ago for blockbuster/familygoodness and turned its back on true art...there had to be hurt in the building knowing Boogie Nights was there), there has been a better reception for a variety of films. I don't think, from what I've seen and read, this is the film that Spike should be grandstanding for an award for; Inside Man...THAT was worthy of praise, but it was Marty's year. bad timing.

The main difference today is that the major studios just don't put out many quality mainstream films. Personally, I don't think Titanic is any more of a fiasco than Crash or the snub of City of God for a best picture nom. (And I wouldn't even say Boogie Nights deserved the Oscar)

If anything, the Academy had become more pretentious over the years.

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Why don't we challenge the academy to actually
reward the best motherfucking films instead
of shitting on Spike for speaking that there
lavalous truth?

I don't give a shit about the Oscars. They are a glorified popularity contest (nevermind that giving "Best" awards for art is just kind of silly IMO).

The thing with Spike is that he marches to the beat of his own drum yet still seems focused on the Oscars. You can't have it both ways. Either give a fuck about the Oscars and play their game or don't.

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That 'Do the Right Thing' point
was venomous

Notice how Spike didn't mention race.

He knows all the reasons he didn't win
the Oscar. Dude's not just some indiscriminate
race baiter.

He knows what he's talking about


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in terms of picking good movies. And I want this shit to be great. Go back that Shia Leboeuf thriller or something for a month.

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I'm not really great at reviewing films but I'll just say that I saw a press/industry screening of it last night at the Toronto International Film Festival. I enjoyed it and it didn't seem to drag, lots of beautiful shots/scenes and I did enjoy the holy boy aspect of it all. People in the theatre seemed to enjoy it as well with many applauding at the end of the film.

>I'm not really great at reviewing films but I'll just say
>that I saw a press/industry screening of it last night at the
>Toronto International Film Festival. I enjoyed it and it
>didn't seem to drag, lots of beautiful shots/scenes and I did
>enjoy the holy boy aspect of it all. People in the theatre
>seemed to enjoy it as well with many applauding at the end of
>the film.

I've heard the same thing

>

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hilarious

It had it's moments here & there but it was all over the place & kinda hard to follow.

While it's a very ambitious film, & well-acted by everyone involved, Derek Luke's uneven performance was the weak link out of the major players involved. When he was good he was really good. But there's far too many moments where it seems he's just in it for the paycheck that Wesley Snipes wasn't able to capitalize on. It's the other soilders & the little boy that really steal the show here. Matthew Libatique is also starting to make a name for himself as 1 of the better DP's working right now. And Terrance Blanchard's scores never disappoint.

I'm pissed I missed the 1st 5 minutes or so but I think everything comes full circle in the end. The pacing is a bit choppy & I'm sure alot of people will find the fantasy/miracle aspects a little corny. It certainly could've been trimmed down a bit but at the running time wasn't really a major gripe from my standpoint. There's not a ton of action but the sound effects during the battle scenes were just as good as anything from Clint's camp *wink*.

It should be noted that this is much more than just the "black" perspective of the war. The Italians are just as much if not more of the focus here. And while of course the subject of racism is touched upon early & often, we're not beat over the head with it like on the sports board. It's handled very well for the most part with 1 or 2 exceptions that I won't spoil. It'll be obvious when you see the scenes I'm referring to. If the 1st instance actually happened then it certainly should've been included. If it didn't (which I really doubt) then I think it should've been left out.

Overall I liked it but at this point it's hard to say it's deserving of any Oscar noms.

bc i that the book was excellent but im a little concerned with how they would fit some of the sequences of the story into the movie

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>bc i that the book was excellent but im a little concerned
>with how they would fit some of the sequences of the story
>into the movie

Such as?

>>bc i thought the book was excellent but im a little concerned
>>with how they would fit some of the sequences of the story
>>into the movie
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>Such as?


















such as the story of the black butterfly, the story of the mountain, and most of the mystique stuff. the sequencing in the book of these are usually after something major happens. looking at the previews and reading the book it looks like the preview shows things in order as they happened but isnt giving you the real deal of the story. people are going to go in thinking that its only about black soldiers (like you pointed out) and its not only about them.






*edit*

i just went back to your review and saw that you said that its all over the place and hard to follow at times. now that i read that im almost certain that it is going to stay true to the book which a cool deal to me. im going to catch it on saturday and give my thoughts.

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>>>bc i thought the book was excellent but im a little
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>>>into the movie
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They touch upon that but I didn't understand it. It might've been explained in the opening though.

the story of the
>mountain, and most of the mystique stuff.

The Mountain of the Sleeping Man's legend is mentioned quite a few times & you can see the face in the mountain which was pretty cool.
There's an interesting shot towards the end where it finally comes into play but my guess is that it was probably handled a lot better in the book.

the sequencing in
>the book of these are usually after something major happens.
>looking at the previews and reading the book it looks like the
>preview shows things in order as they happened but isnt giving
>you the real deal of the story. people are going to go in
>thinking that its only about black soldiers (like you pointed
>out) and its not only about them.

>*edit*
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>i just went back to your review and saw that you said that its
>all over the place and hard to follow at times. now that i
>read that im almost certain that it is going to stay true to
>the book which a cool deal to me. im going to catch it on
>saturday and give my thoughts.

Yeah the whole story with the boy isn't revealed till the later 1/2 of the film & a lot of stuff is cleared up at that point. But there's still a lot of other underdeveloped characters who pop up every now & then & it wasn't really clear what their motives were & how they fit into the story.

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>They touch upon that but I didn't understand it. It might've
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yeah i had to read his piece a couple of time to fully understand it.

>There's an interesting shot towards the end where it finally
>comes into play but my guess is that it was probably handled a
>lot better in the book.

cool deal


>Yeah the whole story with the boy isn't revealed till the
>later 1/2 of the film & a lot of stuff is cleared up at that
>point. But there's still a lot of other underdeveloped
>characters who pop up every now & then & it wasn't really
>clear what their motives were & how they fit into the story.

i know who you are talking about. i think if he did put the background of everyone in the film it would be over 3 hours.

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And that shit is 2 hours and 40 minutes long. Spike trying to have my entire Saturday and shit.

and you anticpated that like prime on a curl route, knowing the ball got a 18 million dollar bonus check attached to it.

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