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UNDERRATED?

posted 20 years ago by cristilogo
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I saw this movie twice. The first tie i liked it a lot, but my girlfriend dindnt (she said it was too static).
Now, some years after, i saw it again on TV and I LOVED IT. It was GREAT.
Then i came to IMDB and it only has a 6.
I really think it should come closer to a 7.5-7.7 (in IMDB's rating sistem), because it shows you a lot of the unseen face of the mass-media, and how it can help or destroy people only for ratings...
It also makes u think twice when u see some news like 'this is how the friends decribe X' :D:D
I just can't understand why it has such a bad rating..
Does anyone have an opposite opininon to mine an can show me i'm wrong, and this movie doesn't diserve a higher ranking?
It has the rating of BABE, for heaven's sake! :)

[–] Nakrophile 9 years ago

I enjoyed it but I can understand the rating to an extent, in that it doesn't do a lot that better films haven't already done.

However the performances are great and I appreciated the 'people are scum aren't they oh maybe they're not oh wait yes they are' nature of the ending, even though you can basically predict it the moment you see the explosives in Travolta's bag.

Good film, I may watch it again in some years.

Time to blow