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Aaron
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It was good. Thrilling, and edge of your seat for the most part. The only reason I'm a little disappointed is this: there was not as much action as I thought. Towards the end there was but for the most part it's just a thriller, and it's tension. Don't get me wrong, it's got a lot of action, but the Ads made it look just absolutely FULL and jam packed of action which it is not.

3/5  


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I can't bring myself to see this film, out of respect for the late Walter Matthau.

Oh yeah, and my intense dislike for all of Tony Scott's recent films.
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I didn't watch it when I had the choice yesterday. I remembered a review that gene shalit gave. He said it was talk talk and talk some more. I usually trust his reviews.

I saw a re-showing of star trek instead. I wanted to see 'away we go' but it wasn't playing at the theartre where we went. So  for you pelham was good, eh?


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We had a special screening at my theatre two nights ago. Some of the people liked it; Some didn't. The guy who ran the screening didn't like it. He said it was good, but some of the dialogue didn't fit. The director/writer couldn't get the right tone for the film. Sometimes it was serious, sometimes funny, sometimes a thriller...

I have no interest in seeing it. I'm so over John Travolta.
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I liked it. Travolta's best performance since Face-Off.

~Zack~
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I So  for you pelham was good, eh?


Yep, it was good. Not great but good enough to give a positive review


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Aaron
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I won't say the end, But Zack, did it feel rushed to you as well?


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I won't say the end, But Zack, did it feel rushed to you as well?


Not at all. I actually couldn't imagine it ending any better. Some powerful stuff from Travolta. "You're my fucking hero".

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I saw both movies. The original was funny while this one tried to combine humor with suspense. I enjoyed both (the modern version a bit more though).  


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Aaron
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Yeah that last line was great but...I guess I just expected more from the ending, more of an action packed one to be exact. Ads are so dishonest nowadays.


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Saw this yesterday and really enjoyed it.  Based on the less than stellar reviews and box office performance, I wasn't expecting it to be nearly as good as it was.

I've seen the original many times, and as recently as a few months ago.  I'm surprised to say that I think the remake is much better.

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Really enjoyed the twist here, this time around, regarding the real reason for the crime.  I actually started thinking to myself before it was revealed that it should come into play, and lo and behold, it sure did!  Smart writing there, IMO.  I don't think the criminals planned out their escape very well though.  It would have been so simple...

First of all, don't use their actual names in any transactions (have a friend, family member, etc. do it).  They should have had rooms rented already in the hotel, and simply gone to their rooms after escaping the tunnels, and just hung out for a few days before leaving.  Disguises also should have been employed. Obviously, Ryder shouldn't have given the info he did to Garber...that was downright stupid on his part, and sealed his doom.

I didn't particularly like how things ended.  First of all, I think Ryder should have gotten away, or at least tried to get away.  He gave up way too easy.  I felt let down.

Also, I wish they went for 1 final twist, in which Garber goes home to his wife, turns on his computer, and we see that he used the $35,000 bribe money in a put/call investement (like Ryder did), and had turned it into $1.25 Million, meaning he was in on it the whole time. I think that really would have added to the entire story and would have left us with lots to digest.

Good, solid flick though that was tense and engaging the whole ride.
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Aaron
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I agree Jeff about the end, it was like BOOM then it was over


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I liked this movie a lot, Travolta and Washington were at their best I think, I always have a hard time thinking of Travolta as a bad guy cuz he seems like the nicest guy in the world when you see him on talk shows and stuff but he still manages to pull it off every time.  I thought Tony Scott did a good directing job, not as kinetic as most of his films, and it was paced well, not too long, not too short. I also like how the John Turturro character wasn't a douche, in almost every hostage flick when the head cop or whatever, like the principle from the breakfast club who was in die hard, comes in he's always a major twat who opposes the hero, it was nice to see the head guy support Washington, that is very rare.  And I really liked the ending, I thought it worked out well, in fact I'm glad it didn't go a different route.  


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Andrew
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This was ok.

Denzel and John Travolta made this work. The cinematography was exceptional. The whole thing felt a little uneven, however. When Walter was forced into a confession, it felt like we were heading into a full blown battle of wits, and while the opening scenes suggested this, it kind of lost its way in that respect. It was a ll a bit start-stop throughout and while engaging enough, the script definitely had pacing problems.

Ryder's actions and the stock market complexities woven into his 'hold-up' was a nice touch. Travolta is an excellent bad guy, but conversely, it's actually difficult to dislike him, and this undercuts his actions a tad.

Decent enough, but actors of DW and JT's quality are wasted on this type of film.

Andrew


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As with a great many remakes (or "re=imaginings"), I am not sure of the actual point of this.

The original, with Matthau and Robert Shaw, was an excellent thriller - remaking it just seems a waste of time, money and talent! Surely the people involved here could have found something a little more original to expend the energies on.

Why is it so few bad films are remade? At least you could understand that - the desire to make a better film than the original, to improve on script or performances or whatever.

I still dread the day when it is announced Michael Bay is to remake "Casablanca"!

(though presumably without Megan Fox as Elsa!)
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