http://commentarytrack.com/2008/02/19/dvd-of-the-week-american-gangster/ movie reviews, news and discussion Sun, 20 May 2012 05:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://commentarytrack.com/2008/02/19/dvd-of-the-week-american-gangster/#comment-382 patrick Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:20:54 +0000 http://commentarytrack.com/?p=615#comment-382 American Gangster reminds me yet again what a versatile actor Russel Crowe is… plus Ridley Scott deftly leads us into loving the bad guy and disliking the good guy only to subtly flip that around by the end of the movie. American Gangster reminds me yet again what a versatile actor Russel Crowe is… plus Ridley Scott deftly leads us into loving the bad guy and disliking the good guy only to subtly flip that around by the end of the movie.

]]> http://commentarytrack.com/2008/02/19/dvd-of-the-week-american-gangster/#comment-381 Miriam Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:21:21 +0000 http://commentarytrack.com/?p=615#comment-381 I thought this move had just the opposite problem, that it was too short or, rather, that it tried to tell too much story in the time it had. I think the mini-series treatment might have been more satisfying. The main characters and their world were fascinating and I really wanted to know more about them and more about many of the side characters we met only briefly. I thought this move had just the opposite problem, that it was too short or, rather, that it tried to tell too much story in the time it had. I think the mini-series treatment might have been more satisfying. The main characters and their world were fascinating and I really wanted to know more about them and more about many of the side characters we met only briefly.

]]> http://commentarytrack.com/2008/02/19/dvd-of-the-week-american-gangster/#comment-380 Helen Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:27:04 +0000 http://commentarytrack.com/?p=615#comment-380 I can certainly agree that this is not a movie crying out for an extended version (one of the DVD features). I can certainly agree that this is not a movie crying out for an extended version (one of the DVD features).

]]> http://commentarytrack.com/2008/02/19/dvd-of-the-week-american-gangster/#comment-379 Rishi Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:20:27 +0000 http://commentarytrack.com/?p=615#comment-379 Completely agree with you here. This is a good film and definitely worth checking out. It could have been trimmed a little. It started to wear out its welcome towards the end, but I think people should check this out if they haven't yet. Completely agree with you here. This is a good film and definitely worth checking out. It could have been trimmed a little. It started to wear out its welcome towards the end, but I think people should check this out if they haven’t yet.

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