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bonkey

Went to see this last night (Swiss premiere) in a nice big Open-Air cinema.

First off, the venue. Open air is the way to go, as long as its not raining (altho, I'm hoping it rains when I go to see Perfect Storm there). Huge screen, massive sound stack, and no problems with air conditioning.

Youd like to smoke...no problems. The "room" cant exactly get smoky, now can it, and the smokers all went to one area which was good.

Anyway...the movie. Depp, as usual, is outstanding. I'm glad hes started doing slightly more mainstream movies, but at least theyre all somewhat interesting in storyline. Not that I didnt enjkoy his eclectic stuff, but his talents add so much to what would otherwise have been a humdrum movie.

Based on the true-life story of George Jung (a coke smuggler), the movie is enjoyable, while almost utterly lacking in originality. My main impression on walking away was that it was "Goodfella's doing Coke". Only without as strong a cast.

Dont get me wrong...I enjoyed the movie. However, it is a far cry from some of the cinematic classics Depp has been the star of in previous years.

jc

Victor

Yes, Penélope Cruz the psycho *****!!!!

It has a I've seen this before feel to it.

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Kill, kill, kill the laser mice.

MiCr0

i went to see it on saturday
not to bad over all
but i did think it was a lot like "the people versus larry flint"

probebly because both are semi-biographical

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just remembered: this film seems like it was made for tv, its just got that odd feeling about it[/edit]

[This message has been edited by MiCr0 (edited 17-07-2001).]

GreenHell

Saw it last friday and not a half bad film, altho I found myself longing for the end 3/4 of the way thro the film.