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Film: Charlie Wilson's War

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edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Does anyone have any thoughts on this one? I went to see it last night, went to the late showing and there were only two other people in the theater. Granted, it was the 11pm showing on a Friday night so everyone else was out on the town.

Anyway, back to the film. I really enjoyed it, but the only criticism i have is that it was too short. It clocked in at about 1 hr and 20 mins, when they could've easily drawn some bits out.

Tom Hanks is fantastic as Charlie; Hanks never does a bad film! Julia Roberts was great but wasn't in it as much as i thought she would be; and Philip Seymour Hoffman was just hilarious. He looked funny and he had some priceless lines thanks to my favourite writer, Aaron Sorkin! I'll always watch something if Sorkin is linked somehow, and it was good to see his writing is still top notch.
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    anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    I saw this last weekend. I really enjoyed it.

    Totally agree with you about Hoffman and Sorkin. Hoffman had some of the best lines and I'll pretty much see anything that Sorkin is a part of.

    Julia Roberts didn't really annoy me as much as she usually does.
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    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    yeah one of the best movies ive seen last year. very funny
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    decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,976
    saw it when it first opened and really, really enjoyed it. good stuff! :) hanks, roberts and particularly hoffman....stellar.
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    PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,014
    saw it the other week. awesome movie. hanks and hoffman were incredible.
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    know1know1 Posts: 6,761
    I liked the film, but actually thought it was too long. The last 20 minutes felt like they were trying to add filler just to strethit out. The first hour was very good.
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    1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,841
    Hoffman deserves an Oscar nod for this one. Great flick.
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    decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,976
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    Hoffman deserves an Oscar nod for this one. Great flick.



    there are 2 other films, that i have unfortunately yet to see...that i have read so much buzz about for hoffman:

    before the devil knows your dead
    the savages


    i sooooooooooo want to see both of em, but sadly up to this point only played in really shitty/uncomfortable theatres. before the devil knows your dead came and went already....but the savages is still playing, and i am hoping it gets a bit wider release, as in the bigger theatres pick it up.

    i have never seen hoffman turn in a less than amazing performance in any film he's been in. he really IS just *that good* at his craft.
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    turnedmyworldtoblackturnedmyworldtoblack Posts: 151
    i agree with everything everyones already said. hanks and hoffman together were really done well, the seriousness of the movie tied in with their dialog was perfect, and julia roberts didn't wear out her welcome. shes actually kinda hot! but to the original poster i swear when i saw it it was about 1:40. but i guess thats irrelavent
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    decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,976
    turnedmyworldtoblack wrote:
    i agree with everything everyones already said. hanks and hoffman together were really done well, the seriousness of the movie tied in with their dialog was perfect, and julia roberts didn't wear out her welcome. shes actually kinda hot! but to the original poster i swear when i saw it it was about 1:40. but i guess thats irrelavent




    according to yahoo! movies...it's 1 hour, 37 minutes. :)
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    ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    decides2dream wrote:
    according to yahoo! movies...it's 1 hour, 37 minutes. :)

    i wasn't far off then :p
    I could've sworn it was shorter than that though; either way it should've been a bit longer.
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