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Three Kings to be rereleased with new documentary
According to the New York Times, Three Kings will be rereleased to theaters this fall, along with a new documentary about the Iraq war directed by David O. Russell. There will also be a new SE DVD in the works as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/16/movies/16warn.html
I really liked Three Kings, and it's one of the most underrated films in recent years. So this is definitely great news. |
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08-16-2004, 05:36 PM
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I thought it was decent, but it was overrated, if anything. The critics *loved* it! Personally, I appreciate what Russell was trying to do, but the film was so riddled with tired war-movie cliches that it was really hard to take seriously.
It was like he'd never seen a war movie before, and thought that he'd come up with all this original stuff.
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08-16-2004, 08:43 PM
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Fantastic news. With many terrific films released in '99, this was my top pick. Hopefully it will play in enough theaters for me to see it.
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08-16-2004, 10:10 PM
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Personally, I appreciate what Russell was trying to do, but the film was so riddled with tired war-movie cliches that it was really hard to take seriously.
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i loved this movie when it first came out, but over time i have to agree with you; i heard that O'Russell spent formative years in central america or something, so he was familiar with the third world / anti-america view. and to that point, the movie is effective. but from a military point of view, the movie just doesn't hold up technically, to the point where it's kind of distracting. just the just the first shootout outside the gold-site for instance, there's no way the first few shots fired doesn't cause an all-out bloodbath. i mean i've never been in a gunfight of anykind, so that's conjecture. but the point is the scene doesn't SEEM realistic. i keep thinking this is the kind of movie that Ben Stiller would make if he wanted to make a serious war movie 
also, the making-of doc on the original DVD is among the best i've seen. amazing trailer too!
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08-16-2004, 10:59 PM
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Three Kings was one of the first 'good' movies I saw in a theatre that was more for adults. I thought it was a well-done film and showed an a different side of the war. It is kind of funny how 3 years later, a group in the army did the same thing.  I for one, can not wait to see it again in theatres.
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08-17-2004, 08:20 AM
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but the point is the scene doesn't SEEM realistic.
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And that's a problem, why?
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08-17-2004, 11:44 AM
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And that's a problem, why?
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It takes the viewer out of the movie. One doesn't have to have actual combat experience to not buy a fight scene that doesn't play out in a realistic-seeming way.
"Distracting" was a great word to describe the action scenes in this film.
At that point, the film crossed the line into self-parody.
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