just saw I am Sam

Brian (aka Zod)

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Jan 27, 2002, 3:00:14 AM1/27/02

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kinda long an streched out... then again I wasn't a monster fan of dead
man walking either. Not a horrible movie though it had its moments.
And it always cool to here eddie singing in a new movie these days :)

but one of my highlights has got to be seeing Data play a shoe salesman
:) Brent Spiner really does know how stretch out the boundries of his
acting profession :) j/k but it was cool.

i guess thats all i've got to say about that.

- Brian

C-Dawg in the Hizouze

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Jan 27, 2002, 10:49:55 AM1/27/02

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Michelle Pfeiffer has a best supporting actress nomination type performance. I
don't think Sean Penn did a great job, but he was good. Overall i just felt
like the movie was missing something but i can't yet put my finger on it. Also
i understood the use of the quick cut / tight shot camera work to convey when
Sam was confused, but it was overdone throughout the movie and annoying. His
freinds were great.
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Matt Aucoin

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Jan 27, 2002, 12:14:35 PM1/27/02

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>Overall i just felt
>like the movie was missing something but i can't yet put my finger on it.

haven't seen it yet, but most critics seem put off by the stereotypical lawyer
character Pfieffer plays and the fact that they think Penn's character is too
reminiscent of Harrison Ford's Henry in Regarding Henry

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JettKarma

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Jan 28, 2002, 7:26:10 PM1/28/02

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mat...@aol.com (Matt Aucoin) did proclaim:

>>Overall i just felt
>>like the movie was missing something but i can't yet put my finger on it.
>
>haven't seen it yet, but most critics seem put off by the stereotypical lawyer
>character Pfieffer plays and the fact that they think Penn's character is too
>reminiscent of Harrison Ford's Henry in Regarding Henry

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Salon.com was absolutely brutal in its review saying that Sean Penn
had "disgraced himself" in this "hideously manipulative" film. Wow.
I mean....wow. That's one terrible review. I can hardly believe the
film's that bad.

--Jett

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Jan 28, 2002, 9:16:30 PM1/28/02

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jett:

<<<Salon.com was absolutely brutal in its review saying that Sean Penn had
"disgraced himself" in this "hideously manipulative" film. Wow. I mean....wow.
That's one terrible review. I can hardly believe the film's that bad.>>>

I wouldnt go THAT far. I found his performance to be inconsistent with the DD
people i have worked with while in college.
I just don't think he did much of a good job.
Other critics say he was wonderful.

mariann

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Jan 29, 2002, 12:04:52 AM1/29/02

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i haven't seen it yet. but today one of my friends at work (we work in
special ed at a high school) just raved about it. best movie she has
ever seen....but us 'special ed' people are a bit bias at times.

i haven't decided if i want to see it or not.

mariann
"war is terrorism, magnified a hundred times" Zinn

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