haven't seen it completely through for a while now, but i'd often pop it in for random scenes, the gun fight is still awesome, very HEAT-esque. my fav. part is near the end of the gun fight, sonny+tub look @one another and just KNOWS what is going on. they don't need words. looks/glances just...
to answer the question: there's nothing wrong with it :laugh:.
where's nathanv, i believe he can answer this much better than i can. in fact, if you read the first few pages, it's pretty self-explanatory why some people love it and some people hate it.
in a way, it's similar to heat+children...
i've been listening to the soundtrack near nonstop. if you've bought the jay-z song from itunes you can back the CD up and create your own mix by adding the jay-z song into the soundtrack. it's very cool =).
regarding how realistic the dialogue is or not, here's a REAL story about undercover cops and their REAL dialogues (from transcripts):
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/cit...deo_shows.html
real undercover agents. i've got a friend who knows a few in DEA. fairly authentic is right. one of the reasons why it's hard to grasp is the # of slangs and references to real police work.
another scene that shows mann's marksmanship on character building is (spoiler time):
when sony takes isabelle away in the midst of the chaos and he makes eye contact with tubb. tubb nods and instantly understands what sony is going to do. there were many instances of this throughout the film...
i agree with nathan and many other's sentiments. in fact, i'd venture to take it 1 step further, this is the best film i've seen this year. thank you for smoking comes close... but this one takes top honor cause of the action scenes.
a few things:
1. when gore happened (like the torso scene or...