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Talking bout Shaft

posted 20 years ago by thenastydisease
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The Review on the page doesn't do the film justice. You gotta understand anything to be able to really get it and appreciate it. Fair enough it isnt for everyone but 6.5 is a bit low for it. This film set standards and is a wonderful peice of history. Shaft is a wicked character and Roundtree is so smooth, not in your Connery way but in a Shaft way.

The remake wasn't bad but for some reason S.L. Jackson has been appearing in some really wank films. Wonder if he reads the scripts. SWAT was terrible and so was xXx. Makes ya cringe.

Back to the original point, Shaft doesn't have an amazing story line but then again its simple enough for most. Roundtree is at his best in Shaft in Africa, Big Score wasn't too bad.

I just like seeing New York in the Seventies you know.

You just gotta watch it!

"Close it yourself sh*tty"

[–] tomacco6 19 years ago

yer just what he sed but it was an awsome film

[–] josephloach7 19 years ago

i agree totally. shaft continues to be one of my alltime favorite films.i first saw it in 1971 at the age of eleven and was left with the impression that there isnt anything in the world that a black man couldnt do.filled me with pride and continues to do [email protected]

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[–] Tresix 18 years ago

Then it's best that you just leave this and the sequels alone.

s to the left of me.
s to the right.
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you!

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