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that saved a wretch like me
Jan. 11th, 2008 01:31 amomg for once an entry tat isn't jap or johnny's-related!
caught american gangster with my frens late this eve and was TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY! the movie had me from the 1st scene, and altho there were so many fantastic things bt the film, if i had to choose, there would be 2 words:
russell. crowe.
i'm not a fan of the man, but as an actor, he has been phenomenal, at least in all the movies i've seen of him. both his and denzel's washington's characters are bundled with contradictions, living in worlds where everything is grey and there seems to be no true justice. they are so vastly different, yet at their core are strangely similar, like 2 sides of a coin, and the scene where they finally meet was so amazingly powerful. it will stay in my mind for a very long time.
there really are many other aspects of the film tat were brilliant, like the setting, how it was filmed to give it tat dated 70's feel, the fantastic songs, lines like, 'i don't think they really want us to stop them (the drug dealers)... it supports too many people... if we actually did it, a hundred thousand people would be out of a job...' or something liddat.
i could go on and on, but it's better for ppl to jus see for themselves how incredible this movie is. definitely one of the best this year, and we're only 10 days into it :)
caught american gangster with my frens late this eve and was TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY! the movie had me from the 1st scene, and altho there were so many fantastic things bt the film, if i had to choose, there would be 2 words:
russell. crowe.
i'm not a fan of the man, but as an actor, he has been phenomenal, at least in all the movies i've seen of him. both his and denzel's washington's characters are bundled with contradictions, living in worlds where everything is grey and there seems to be no true justice. they are so vastly different, yet at their core are strangely similar, like 2 sides of a coin, and the scene where they finally meet was so amazingly powerful. it will stay in my mind for a very long time.
there really are many other aspects of the film tat were brilliant, like the setting, how it was filmed to give it tat dated 70's feel, the fantastic songs, lines like, 'i don't think they really want us to stop them (the drug dealers)... it supports too many people... if we actually did it, a hundred thousand people would be out of a job...' or something liddat.
i could go on and on, but it's better for ppl to jus see for themselves how incredible this movie is. definitely one of the best this year, and we're only 10 days into it :)
