Is this movie worth watching?
i've herd good things but only recently noticed the length of the movie does it ever get slow or get boring, also what would you rate it?
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it's a long and articulated story, the runtime is absolutely necessary.
but there's no bombastic action, shaky cam scenes or epileptic editing. It's an adult movie, made for adults and not 15 years old with the attention span of a cockroach
denzel washington stinks the joint out.plays himself in ALL movies
shareI saw this in the theater, and I was completely sucked in. The music, sound, visuals, all screamed class. And it's frickin Denzel Washington.
Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.
The music, sound, visuals, all screamed class.
It's frickin Ridley Scott share
I think I saw this in the theaters. But just watched the extended DVD cut with 19 more minutes. Its one of those real stories that takes time to build up to the big finale.
FWIW: you have direction, an all star cast and compelling characters to watch. The cop who became a lawyer and prosecuted his own case, how f'ing cool is that.
Another way to look at it... it's very comparable to Scarface from 1983. Another great director and cast. Although there's more of a happier ending to the drug kingpin here.
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I love slow-paced long films and gangster movies but for some reason, I couldn't really get into American Gangster. It's unnecessarily long without enough character developement and relationships. It's easy to lose interest and get distracted from time to time, the story doesn't give you enough to justify it's length and slow pace.
American Gangster is not a bad movie, just aims too high without having the potential for it. It tries hard to be like The Godfather; unfortunantly it doesn't work.
Personaly it's my all time favorite Gangster movie.
No, it doesn't get slow.
Just to give a factual example: "There were 360 scenes filmed in over 180 different locations."
And whne you see it, you'll see.
I loooved it. I saw it many times.
Now, I have a 17 nephew, and I showed her "goodfellas", "Godfahter" and "Amercian Gangster"
She likes "goodfellas"
She thought the GODFATHER was boring..
as... for American Gangster, she like it very much, but was dissapointed there wasn't as much Violence as "goodfellas". That's the only thing.
It's violent, btw.
But it's more about the Story.
I highly advise it.
It's rousing how well made this movie is. Ridley Scott at the top of his game, great script, all-star cast, you can't wish for more.
Top 4
1. Raging Bull
2. Mononoke Hime
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. Pan's Labyrinth
Great movie and better acting I watch it at least three or four times a year!
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