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Post by mizhowlinmad on Aug 19, 2010 17:38:14 GMT -5
This made me laugh so hard that it hurt where my incisions from surgery are. I love this video and it's Murdocks best part besides when he knocks BA out with the drugs. Agreed. His Swahili-speaking Rabbi was priceless as well. If the entire movie had been more like that scene, I'd have gone for it a lot more.
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Post by docroesgirl555 on Aug 19, 2010 17:48:13 GMT -5
I love how they're both like all unsure about it for a bit and then all of a sudden Murdock starts the Swahili speaking... I loved it when Face asks Murdock: You know how to speak Swahili? and Murdock replies: Don't you?
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Post by 80sguy on Aug 19, 2010 20:07:59 GMT -5
I almost forgot about that part but the scene goes like this: The soldier guy: What are they doing? Girl(can't remember the name): They're trying to land a tank. It was like this; Solider: Are they trying to shoot down that drone? Sousa: No, they're trying to fly that tank. I can remember dialog pretty closely lol. I liked most of the new things they did with B.A. and Murdock.
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Oct 21, 2010 21:42:47 GMT -5
Finally, a release date for the US, for those of you who were curious: December 14. Just in time for Christmas and Hanukkah. ;D
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Post by amyk on Dec 21, 2010 13:40:05 GMT -5
I just read this comment from quite a while ago on the A SMALL AND DEADLY WAR thread and thought it may be fun to post it on here. It was from Miz, by the way.
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Dec 21, 2010 14:24:31 GMT -5
That's interesting, Amy...that was probably way back from '08, when I first joined the forum? I still don't think they got the movie quite right. I'd have been much more satisfied with them going the STAR TREK route and casting the guys as younger versions of themselves in Nam.
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Post by docroesgirl555 on Dec 21, 2010 14:28:26 GMT -5
I liked the movie but I agree Miz... it wasn't the same without the Nam part. I do still want the movie to own but it could have been done better. There are some things that should have never be made into a movie like Eragon or My Sister's Keeper or The Brady Bunch. Certain books and tv shows shouldn't be movie done.
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Dec 24, 2010 10:29:57 GMT -5
I liked the movie, don't get me wrong...it just seemed interchangeable with all the action/buddy movies being churned out by Hollywood these days. It wasn't TAT enough for me. Those guys truly made magic with their chemistry and I don't think it could ever be duplicated.
Agreed that most books (and TV shows) should NOT be turned into movies. The only movies I've ever seen based on novels that truly captured the spirit are, for example, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST and THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, both of which won Best Picture. It's hard to do. There's a thousand MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA or THE KITE RUNNER type movies for every good one, unfortunately. Just because a book is a bestseller doesn't mean it has to be made into a movie.
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Post by amyk on Dec 24, 2010 11:31:43 GMT -5
The truly outstanding movie which is a re-make of an earlier movie which is in itself a movie made from a book is BEN-HUR. And if you understand that sentence, you may be hangin' out with Murdock a bit too much.
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Post by jopierce on Mar 6, 2011 22:34:22 GMT -5
I finally saw this movie last night.
In general, it was enjoyable. But I really have to separate it from the series. I think they are too different to be compared. I didn't find the characters as good (partly because it's harder to develop characters in action movies). But since the best part of the A-Team for me was the interaction of the team, I think that made a world of difference in the film.
I am ok with it being set in a different time frame. That doesn't bother me. But what did bother me were things like BA turning to violence more than he would, or speeding through a town in Mexico and almost hitting some kid. Or Hannibal not really being on the jazz and just missing things.
I also understand that the movie set up why they were fugitives, and left it open for other adventures in sequels. But a whole movie that ignored the whole premise of the tv show - that they were helping Average People, and soldiers of fortune who sometimes never made a dime... well, that to me made it less of the A-Team.
And honestly, I had a real hard time with the actors playing Murdock and Face. They were too similar for me to be able to easily distinguish them. On more than one occasion, I had to stop and say "Wait, is that Murdock or Face?" Too distracting.
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Mar 7, 2011 17:07:34 GMT -5
I think a lot of both fans and casual viewers would agree with you, Jo. It's pretty much a generic action movie, only the characters just happen to have the names of the A-Team. Just out of curiousity, whom would you have wanted to play Face and Murdock to make them more different?
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Post by celine on Mar 7, 2011 23:17:36 GMT -5
That's odd, Jo. I'm REALLY bad with faces, but I don't think Copley and Cooper look much alike?
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Mar 10, 2011 23:22:55 GMT -5
Miz would want me to play Face. ;D
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Post by corkyduke on Jul 13, 2011 20:31:03 GMT -5
It's nice to be back here, it's been a while. I decided to watch the movie last week, I didnt bother when it first came out as I had seen what Hollywood had done in previous attempts at remakes of tv series.
Anyway got myself a couple of beers and sat down and watched it, and I have to say I was surprised and did enjoy it.
There are differences and there is always going to be, this was just a film of a very popular TV series.
Nobody can take the place of the originals, but I think this was a good attempt at it and because Cannell was involved in it is the reason why.
It was good to see how the team got together, the plotline was easy to follow and you could at times second guess what was going to happen next.
I was a little disapointed that the cameo of Dwight and Dirk was tagged on the end of the credits, think they deserved more than that.
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Post by thatkliqkid on Jul 14, 2011 0:11:47 GMT -5
In the Blu Ray/Extended version Dwight and Dirk are in the movie. And Dwight's cameo is different.
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