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ReleaseMe...ReleaseMe... Posts: 494
edited December 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
anyone have any thoughts on this flick? just watched it last night....is this a true story? pretty messed up....its been on hbo quite a few times this past week
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    ive got it coming via netflix this week. im excited. i believe it is based on a true story, so i don't know how much of it actually happened.
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    yes--based on true story that happened in So. Cal.
    I saw most of it Sat night and I am sorry, but Justin Timberlake is just NOT tough!!!

    :D
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  • rmc1981rmc1981 Posts: 114
    I will never watch a movie with Justin Timberlake in it. I just can't stand that guy bugs the hell out of me.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Lizard wrote:
    yes--based on true story that happened in So. Cal.
    I saw most of it Sat night and I am sorry, but Justin Timberlake is just NOT tough!!!

    :D

    i thought that was partly the point... that these bored kids got in way over their heads. ill watch it this week and get back to you all, cos i know you're all eagerly awaiting my thoughts!
  • NothinGBetteRPJMaNNothinGBetteRPJMaN Posts: 530
    i only saw one scene....where a guy got shot.....the effects on the wounds were terrible
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    soulsinging wrote:
    i thought that was partly the point... that these bored kids got in way over their heads. ill watch it this week and get back to you all, cos i know you're all eagerly awaiting my thoughts!
    it is just funny to see him try to be tough.

    here is info on the "real guy" - Jesse James Hollywood.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James_Hollywood
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    I just watched it on HBO

    I didn't think it was bad

    The guy's are a bunch of idiots on how they handled the whole thing but what do you expect from drug dealers

    Timberlake wasn't horrible in it with all his fake tattoos
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    soulsinging wrote:
    i thought that was partly the point... that these bored kids got in way over their heads.
    Yep, that was it... I think Justin Timberlake actually did a really good job. By that I mean he didn't seem like he hadn't really acted before... he seemed quite natural. It was a decent film but a bit too cheesy towards the end.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    i liked the movie a lot. very gritty and great acting all around. i've seen few film characters more disturbing than ben foster was in that movie, and that includes the guy from 'no country for old men.' everyone else did a great job and timberlake was incredible. the fact that people laugh at him pretending to be tough shows how good he was... that's exactly how his character is supposed to be. a fun-loving guy caught up with bad people and too scared to do anything about it or stand up to anyone.
  • MasterFramerMasterFramer Posts: 2,268
    soulsinging wrote:
    i liked the movie a lot. very gritty and great acting all around. i've seen few film characters more disturbing than ben foster was in that movie, and that includes the guy from 'no country for old men.' everyone else did a great job and timberlake was incredible. the fact that people laugh at him pretending to be tough shows how good he was... that's exactly how his character is supposed to be. a fun-loving guy caught up with bad people and too scared to do anything about it or stand up to anyone.

    yep... Timberlake gets a bad rap for being in that boy band but the guy has a lot of talent...
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  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    ReleaseMe... wrote:
    anyone have any thoughts on this flick? just watched it last night....is this a true story? pretty messed up....its been on hbo quite a few times this past week

    I want to see that...

    I just don't know if I could handle watching Justin Timberlake in a movie.
  • MasterFramerMasterFramer Posts: 2,268
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    I want to see that...

    I just don't know if I could handle watching Justin Timberlake in a movie.

    why? get over it...
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    I want to see that...

    I just don't know if I could handle watching Justin Timberlake in a movie.

    don't be so pretentious ;) he is excellent.
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    MasterFramer wrote:
    why? get over it...

    I'm put off by him, for no particular reason. I'm not one of those "I'm so cool, I can't like a guy who was in a boy band" people. I actually really dug his first single off of his first solo record. I'm not just really compelled to see him act.

    I'll probably rent it sometime.
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    soulsinging wrote:
    don't be so pretentious ;) he is excellent.

    lol :p
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Just finished watching this film, man it was heavy going in places. I won't give anything away for the people that haven't seen it yet, but the scene towards the end (people who've seen it will know which one) - man that was heart-breaking stuff, I felt physically sick. I have to say the acting was superb throughout, including Justin Timberlake. Yeah it took a little while to get used to, but he easily held his own against the rest of the cast.
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