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Lew, let me elaborate. I found Chicago entertaining, but in no way did it have any special storytelling skills, or deep meaning. Everything you learn in this movie is done through talking; for example, Richard Gere's speech about media. Any smart person realizes that hype and the media create what happens to people in this town, and a speech by Gere is just nonessential, and takes away from the movie. Maybe this being adapted from a play spoiled it's chances, maybe not; but the adapters should have remembered "A picture is worth a thousand words."
S&S Greatest Films Club: 60 viewed. Last Viewed: L\'Avventura(B+)
in no particular order: my top 20
my DVD collection
\"\'Gentleman, you can\'t fight in here, this is the War Room!\'\" - Dr. Strangelove
\"\'You ever been in love, Mac?\' \'No, I\'ve been a bartender all my life\'\" - My Darling Clementine
\"\'If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it is that you can kill anyone.\" - The Godfather: Part II
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