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« on: August 23, 2010, 04:26:PM »
I like Doug Liman and his movies barring the last atrocity that he committed called Jumper. This one gives me the feeling of the equally dissappointing The Interpreter , but maybe he can turn it around.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/lGO1yWhyEQ4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/lGO1yWhyEQ4&rel=1</a>
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 04:36:PM »
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 09:32:PM »
Yeah, title sounds like a cheesy 90s action film
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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2010, 10:05:AM »
Watched the trailer y-day, looks sad.
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2010, 12:21:PM »
Shit poster time...

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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2010, 12:47:PM »
This looks like such a shit film - from the posters to the sad, pathetic, pedestrian trailer. Sean Penn almost seems to be gleefully smiling looking at Watts butt!

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"Inspired by true events"

Talk about being desperate.
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2010, 03:19:PM »
The only way I would watch this film is if Naomi Watts jumped out from the screen and gave me a lap dance while Sean Penn videotaped the whole affair. May be then; may be.
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2010, 03:58:PM »
Or if it had a sex scene like the one in 21 Grams.
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« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2010, 02:54:AM »
cynicism cynicism! You guys make it look like a chore. It must be a case of Animatedude infection spreading all over the forum. So what it was a generic trailer and a crappy crappy poster wrapped in a familiar tired story with a load of talented people involved and the result looks uninviting, blah blah. Oh crap, I got infected too!
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2010, 10:09:AM »
No way, you don't hear us go:

"What a fucking hack. Makes me want to go piss on his face/shit in his plate/etc. Boycott boycott. Worst movie EVA! I'd rather watch <some random chick flick>"

I'm usually game for mediocre movies, and while watching the trailer, even I couldn't help but think this idea has been reused and recycled endless times in the past.
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« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2010, 04:32:PM »
jeff wells thinks it's "one of the best made adult-level political thrillers of this century"
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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2011, 10:33:AM »
Saw it on the plane and it was a satisfying political thriller. Didn't expect it to blow my mind away but it did manage to get a good performance out of Naomi Watts. It felt like Doug Liman stuck to the story without adding the special effects we would expect from a war film. He showed us the struggles of a CIA operative who is trying to manage her job and her family something that was also shown in the wonderful Nothing But the Truth. Sean Penn plays a catalyst in the movie and that is the only significant part he has in the movie, it seems that he signed on the movie just coz he was pissed off at President Bush and wanted everyone to know so.

Don't expect histrionics its just a nice human drama with the Iraq WMD fiasco as the backdrop.

3/5
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2011, 05:41:PM »
Quote from: kaytee on February 28, 2011, 10:33:AM
Saw it on the plane and it was a satisfying political thriller. Didn't expect it to blow my mind away but it did manage to get a good performance out of Naomi Watts. It felt like Doug Liman stuck to the story without adding the special effects we would expect from a war film. He showed us the struggles of a CIA operative who is trying to manage her job and her family something that was also shown in the wonderful Nothing But the Truth. Sean Penn plays a catalyst in the movie and that is the only significant part he has in the movie, it seems that he signed on the movie just coz he was pissed off at President Bush and wanted everyone to know so.

Don't expect histrionics its just a nice human drama with the Iraq WMD fiasco as the backdrop.

3/5

My review and rating of this film is a replicate of what KT said. It was a good film, but was not anything special. Watts is amazing, while Penn was kinda annoying.

My Rating 3/5
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