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Twenty years later. Uneven and strange choices.

posted 11 years ago by Jefbecco-1
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Watched the movie yesterday. I haven't seen it since 1993.I thought it was pretty good..............back then. In 2013 I have a different opinion. Not terrible, but overall I would have to say that it's a wildly uneven movie. The fact that they basically presented a fictional account of Jimmy Hoffa's life doesn't bother me but the production design. Ugh. While it might sound shallow I had some real trouble with the production design. Some of the movie was filmed on location and has an authentic, real feeling while other scenes are obviously taking place on a sound stage - which makes no sense to me. I don't understand what the filmmakers were trying to do. It was distracting and that's not good for a movie.

I think ultimately the problem was that with "Hoffa" DeVito wanted to be thought of as a "serious" filmmaker. He's better when making dark comedies like "Death to Smoochie"

[–] footreads 10 years ago

Some guys like Hoffa and all union guys.

Some people could make a lot of money because of them. Company won't pay their workers a decent wag. Unions get their membership to go on strike. Then unions hire strong arm guys to stop scab drivers from making deliveries. They did not make a lot of money from doing that. But the scab drivers kept trying. Then they got the okay to hijack there trucks. Then a 20 yr old kid could make 10 thousand a truck load. If he was newly married you could make a down payment on a house with that kind of money in the old days. So certain people love unions for that reason alone.