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Durelin · 12-30-2002, 07:43 PM

We Were Soldiers was a VERY good movie, it was really historically accurate (according to my dad, the history - mainly war - freak, he was so angry when at the end of Saving Private Ryan, THE WRONG PLANES FLEW OVER! He was totally dissapointed!), but the thing is Hollywood doesn't like war movies. Gladiator is close to a war movie, it won the year before last, but Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon almost beat it, the movie was THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN! I swear it! "Are you done flying yet?" I mean, COME ON! I COULD HAVE RENTED A BETTER MOVIE IN JAPANESE IN THE ADULTS ONLY ANIME SECTION! Sorry. Anyway, I think TTT has a good chance, I don't know how well the critics liked We Were Soldiers but they seem to like Gangs of New York which really doesn't appeal to me. Critics are the wierdest wierdos in the world, they can be so fickle that we won't have any clue until nominations. Atleast then we'll know what the competition looks like!

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12-30-2002, 07:43 PM	#11
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	We Were Soldiers was a VERY good movie, it was really historically accurate (according to my dad, the history - mainly war - freak, he was so angry when at the end of Saving Private Ryan, THE WRONG PLANES FLEW OVER! He was totally dissapointed!), but the thing is Hollywood doesn't like war movies. Gladiator is close to a war movie, it won the year before last, but Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon almost beat it, the movie was THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN! I swear it! "Are you done flying yet?" I mean, COME ON! I COULD HAVE RENTED A BETTER MOVIE IN JAPANESE IN THE ADULTS ONLY ANIME SECTION! Sorry. Anyway, I think TTT has a good chance, I don't know how well the critics liked We Were Soldiers but they seem to like Gangs of New York which really doesn't appeal to me. Critics are the wierdest wierdos in the world, they can be so fickle that we won't have any clue until nominations. Atleast then we'll know what the competition looks like!