American Gangster

[andyfox]

Happens all the time. At least here in L.A. At the end of Notes on a Scandal, which I saw at the Arclight in Hollywood, someone shouted out "Bravo!" and there was sustained applause.

[Blarg]

In L.A., people practically give the popcorn advertisements standing O's. We're very expressive if we like a movie. Maybe because there are so many people you bump into in the industry, and even people not in it talk and think about movies all the time. I think the culture as a whole just identifies with the industry somehow.

[daveT]

You absolutely cannot understand the movie experience until you see a movie in Los Angeles. It may be because %75 of the audience did background work at one point. Standing O for a popcorn commercial: LOL.

[Rick Nebiolo]

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I wouldn't characterize the movie as a travesty. It was a gangster movie the likes of which we've seen before enlivened by two of our finest actors.

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I agree on this one as much as we disagreed on "3:10 to Yuma".

One scene made me feel old though. Some guy is showing Rusell Crowe a microwave (and letting him know he can have one that dropped off a truck for $100) and Crowe's looking at it like it's something from outer space. Then I realize I was already an adult at a time when when microwaves were being introduced.

Don't know if you read the article linked in the OP. Good story.

~ Rick

[andyfox]

Enjoyed the article. Here's an interview with Lucas and Nicky Barnes:

http://nymag.com/guides/money/2007/39948/

[Dudd]

Did I miss something in this movie, or was the entire investigation portion glossed over? It seemed like there was the fight, then bam, straight to the end. I wasn't sure if this wanted to be a gangster movie or a bad ripoff of The Wire or what, but it didn't really have the depth of either of them. To me anyways, it felt like a slow movie, but I couldn't really tell you anything about it other than the bare facts of case. I certainly didn't connect with any of the characters, none of them were developed in any meaningful way. I just felt like I'd seen everything this movie had to offer before and seen it much, much better, not a travesty but nothing better than a generic, mediocre movie.

[Actual God]

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Did I miss something in this movie, or was the entire investigation portion glossed over? It seemed like there was the fight, then bam, straight to the end. I wasn't sure if this wanted to be a gangster movie or a bad ripoff of The Wire or what, but it didn't really have the depth of either of them. To me anyways, it felt like a slow movie, but I couldn't really tell you anything about it other than the bare facts of case. I certainly didn't connect with any of the characters, none of them were developed in any meaningful way. I just felt like I'd seen everything this movie had to offer before and seen it much, much better, not a travesty but nothing better than a generic, mediocre movie.

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bingo

[bryan4967]

"By four o'clock, we had enough n****** in the street to make a Tarzan movie."

i'm in the library and i lol'ed.

[Orlando Salazar]

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"By four o'clock, we had enough n****** in the street to make a Tarzan movie."

i'm in the library and i lol'ed.

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I told u the article was good [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[gaming_mouse]

BET documentary on Lucas you can watch online:

http://www.bet.com/onblast/default.h...b=&itype=e