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Offline lionken07
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Black Hawk Down!
« on: January 21, 2002, 02:48:46 PM »
any of you seen it yet? I was lookin\' around, and NO WHERE in Queens have them!! I was like WTF...how far I have to go to see a movie! oh well, in the meantime...you guys can give me a review or something on it.
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2002, 02:57:56 PM »
I saw it a few weeks ago, since it opened in LA in December to qualify for the Academy awards.

Black Hawk Down is an oddity.  It doesn\'t fit any category you might try to put it into, because there really has never been anything like it before.  If you\'ve seen some marginal or bad reviews, I think most of them are due to people being unable to categorize it, or having some kind of false expectation.  It\'s not a great film or a classic of any sort.  The best you can say is that it\'s great for what it is... but what is it?  I know this is confusing.

It\'s a challenging film, which I think is good.  It bears a strong resemblence to a documentary in the wealth of detail and realism, but it definitely contains a narrative style that makes it unlike a documentary.  I like films like this that don\'t fit into Hollywood\'s mold.  It makes perfect sense in a way.  The illogic of our modern wars are represented on the screen by an uncommon, nonstandard, almost illogical war picture.

It\'s worth seeing, don\'t miss it.
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2002, 04:49:34 PM »
We were either going to go see this or go to the Improv.  Kind of polar opposites don\'t you think?  I think we are going to Improv.

I can wait for video.  Probably better that way anyway.
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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2002, 05:30:45 PM »
Im a little hesistant seeing any war movie they fit Dave Matthew\'s Band music to in the previews.
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2002, 06:12:22 PM »
Music in Trailers and previews and such quite often have nothing to do with the movie.  This may not be the case here, but they make trailers way before the score is ever even written many times.
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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2002, 06:14:08 PM »
Yup, Vid is right.  I still remember the original Matrix trailer being fit to some enya song and lo and behold, it was never in the film.
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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2002, 06:20:16 PM »
Hello?  Point it out when I am wrong.  You will grow tired of pointing out when I am right.:D

No wait, we need the post count in OT.

Feel free to always tell me when I am right.
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2002, 06:21:46 PM »
Remember the "WOOHOO" song in the Starship troopers trailer?  Was never in the movie either.
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2002, 06:39:34 PM »
There\'s actually some good music IN the movie.  During the helicopter launch, they play Stevie Ray Vaughan\'s version of Jimi Hendrix\' "Voodoo Chile."  It was pretty cool.
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2002, 07:45:12 PM »
I saw a trailer for it when I saw TFOTR. It looks good, yes.
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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2002, 02:34:09 AM »
The book is very interesting as well. I\'m looking forward to the movie.
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2002, 04:16:10 AM »
Josh Hartnett is such a hottie. :rolleyes:
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« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2002, 02:46:05 PM »
I enjoy my war movies like butter on toast. :facelick:  So...er..I\'ll perhaps be seeing this movie tonight..
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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2002, 08:21:36 PM »
[homer] Mmmmm.... voodoo chile.... *drool* [/homer]

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« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2002, 08:27:19 PM »
any movie that "flip dog" is in, is ok with me
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