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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm
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Location: ville-marie
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Utterly hilarious at times, it falters occasionally, but always remains entertaining and interesting. The beginning is so well put together that the remainder of the film seems disappointing in contrast, but the film is so amusing and fun that it doesn't matter that much. Eckhart really carries the film - he's perfect in the role - and the supporting cast is universally solid. I felt the movie kinda lost something when he was kidnapped - it didn't really fit in with the rest of the movie - but the scenes after that made up for it. Very effective satire and very entertaining film.
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matatonio
Teh Mexican
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:56 pm
Posts: 26066
Location: In good ol' Mexico
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awesome movie and pretty damn funny. Great performance all around especially by Eckhart
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am
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Color me disappointed, eh. It was neither as funny or as sharp as I wanted it to be, and it seems to move at an odd pace. Furthermore you never really like Eckhart's character, or really get into anyone in the film. Scenes with his son, Katie Holmes, and the Captain are tedious. Lowe and the guy who plays Jameson(his boss) were great, but it drops dead for good periods of the film.
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Riggs
We had our time together
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:36 am
Posts: 13299
Location: Vienna
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I feel pretty much the same way as Shack. B-
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snack
Extraordinary
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:18 pm
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Meh...I didn't love it. They could have done much more with the concept, I felt.
The acting and script were both strong, as was the direction, but for some reason, this just didn't come together that well in my opinion. Still, it was above average.
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Jim Halpert
Stanley Cup
Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:52 pm
Posts: 6981
Location: Hockey Town
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B+. I watched it with my old roommate awhile ago and he laughs at anything so i probably liked it more than i should have.
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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 9:53 am
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A terrible waste of a golden premise.
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Chris
life begins now
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:09 pm
Posts: 6480
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Hilarious.
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm
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Thank You for Smoking
I thought it might raise some new angles of the smoking industry and how society deals with smoking, but it doesn't. It's essentially just 90 minutes of saying "let people decide for themselves". Meh.
There are a few cool scenes and pieces of dialogue, but overall it's no where near as edgy and clever as it thinks it is.
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am
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Location: Bright Falls
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 Re: Thank You for Smoking Pretty great film, especially Eckhart is brilliant, one of his best roles. The film is just a really nice balance between realistic reflection and comedy. It's interesting and fun with a splendid cast, a winner of 2006.
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