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King_Crimson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:04 PM
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Movie on NBC now concerning 9/11...
Looks like it's called "Homeland Security". Gonna check it out!
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DemLikr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:07 PM
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1. Anyone else think this movie is boring as hell? n/t
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King_Crimson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:08 PM
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2. Just started here...
IS it boring??
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DemLikr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:13 PM
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3. I certainly think so. And I hate to see Tom Skerrit in this cheesey flick
He's actually a very good actor.

I turned it off.
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ant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:23 PM
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6. I find..
...the character development to be exceptional. I feel like I'm really getting to know these people as people, understanding their indiviudal concerns and complexities, rather than just having stereotypes act out predictable story lines with a spattering of gratuitous scenes involving extreme emotional pain or violence.


;)
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jbm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:40 PM
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10. I do!!!!
I'm seriously trying to watch it,but Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........
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Tactical Progressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:48 PM
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11. I watched the first hour, then switched over to 'Alias'
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 09:49 PM by Chris
I think that Jack and Sydney's hunt for Rimbaldi artifacts is probably about as historically accurate as the substories in the 9/11 movie are.

The movie itself started out good but got boring and unfocused quickly after 9/11, which was about 25 minutes in. Maybe it got a second wind in the last hour but from flipping back during the commercials it's still pretty weak.

Pretty good production values though.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:16 PM
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4. Didn't want to watch it.
Thought that it was part of the Bush propaganda machine.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:19 PM
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5. I started watching it but after an hour it's obvious it's...
...geared to the average Dumb-Ass American. Disjointed as hell and actually quite boring...
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:30 PM
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7. We're watching The Great Race
"Push! the Button, Max!"
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osaMABUSh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:31 PM
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8. My 13 year old son is watching it and thinks it is OK
(No school tomorrow (Spring break) so he's up late)

He may have a review later.
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TheDonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:38 PM
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9. Is this movie factually true? Like the witness being shot
in the head?

I don't remember hearing about that. Also that whole Adel story. I think it's pretty interesting, I started to forget some of the events that went down during that tragic time.
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jbm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 09:53 PM
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12. anyone but me still watching this trash?
did the Bush speech just make you:puke:?
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Miss Authoritiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 10:07 PM
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13. Philosophically, I tend to be opposed to these types of movies....
I think it's too early to resort to the "based on a true story" or "inspired by true events" genre for 9/11. It only cheapens, confuses, and manipulates.
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 10:19 PM
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14. I thought the same thing
I saw a few minutes and it had a scene where a predator drone shot some terrorists in a car...it seemed like a cheesey action flick.

My guess even before hand was that it would be propaganda for the administration...hailing our "dear leader" in a time of war.
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King_Crimson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 10:24 PM
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15. I finally shut it off...
Turned on Peter Werbe...would rather listen to him...my Sunday night fix as it were! :headbang: www.wrif.com
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Razoor Donating Member (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 10:30 PM
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16. very boring
I thought it was very boring. After 9/11 happened in the movie
all they did was go around and arrest people it seemed I couldnt keep up even though I watched the news alot back around 9/11 but the * speech at the end was :puke:
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EV1Ltimm Donating Member (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 10:52 PM
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17. wait a second...
they just showed the feds busting a terrorist bringing across bomb materials at the candian border... didn't that happen during the clinton era, pre Homeland Security?

i guess they're taking some liberties with their storylines...
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 11:10 PM
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18. Yep. It was very factually anemic, on top of being a dumb movie.
This movie was AWFUL! Scott Glenn's character in the first half hour said that the USS Cole was attacked in '99...it was really in Oct 2000. The LA Airport "dirty bomb" plot was for Dec 31, 1999, and it was really plastic explosives they found. Nobody ever found a dyalisis machine in a cave.

The whole thing with the son and girlfriend at the end was a shameless setup for a TV series. It has to be.

That whole Bush speech at the end (wasn't that the SOTU?) was more propaganda that I had wanted tonight.

What a piece of shite!:puke:
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EV1Ltimm Donating Member (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-11-04 11:18 PM
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19. total propaganda piece. nt
Edited on Sun Apr-11-04 11:37 PM by EV1Ltimm
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mohinoaklawnillinois Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 07:21 AM
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20. Unfortunately, I think this piece of crap
was made as a pilot for an new show next fall on NBC.

I watched the whole thing last night and the way it ended with Dr. Adel's step-son, meeting the terrorist guy from Seattle in Vegas and then reuniting with his girlfriend, who's father (Tom Skerrit) happens to be a big-wig in the Homeland Security Dept was just to pat.

The whole movie made me want to spew. And what's with good actors like Scott Glenn and Tom Skerrit even being associated with a piece of dung like this?
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MetaTrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-04 07:28 AM
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21. You were supposed to turn on closed-captioning
And recite the prayer for Bush while watching the show.
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