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8/10
Dripping with 'cool' and machismo!
18 December 2010
I guess you need to be Sly's vintage, or close to it, like myself, to really get this movie. Awesome job, Sly!! Very entertaining. It drips with things guys our age would think are very, very cool. The cast selection alone made it entertaining as all you guys portray the epitome of tough guys like nobody else can. Tough, even in real life i.e. Randy Couture and Mickey Rourke.

Mickey did an outstanding job. He really carried off everything I think you must have wanted from his character, and a great bit of acting that showed the human side of tough guys like only Mickey could do.

Great movie!! I want your airplane (Grumman Goose/with the old radial engines. nice choice!.)I want your pick-up truck. Great sounding pipes and sleeper looks!! I want a bike and a pipe like Tool's. Amazing how the perfect sound was captured. Everything about this movie was dripping with cool and machismo. At least through this old guys eyes. Thanks, Sly. Keep it comin'! When is the sequel coming?
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9/10
Nice surprise
13 November 2009
I don't care about the accuracy. It's closer than 90 percent of what we see out of Hollywood. Having said, kudos to Canadian director Kari Skogland on a terrifically entertaining film. Great performances by all actors. Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess were especially great. They obviously had good chemistry which played out on the screen. Jim Sturgess is a talented young actor. The soundtrack was exactly right, helping to create a sense that I had just had a glimpse into what their lives must've been like. I measure films based on how they made me feel. This one was a "Wow!"

Look forward to seeing more from all!
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Shane (1953)
10/10
Somebody bring us more Shane.
6 April 2009
In the wake of this epic film lies a great opportunity for a film maker to show us more Shane and where Shane came from. What set Shane on his course to reconciliation with his past? The possibilities are endless. If it can be done for the likes of Batman, Spiderman, and StarTrek In this day and age of remakes and copies, what a chance to make a prequel or sequel for everyone to enjoy! A challenge to equal Stevenson's product before us. The character of Shane is too powerful to ignore and not delve deeper into. Imagine that we're taken back to witness the events that led to Shane living as a gunfighter. We need more wholesomeness in our lives in this day day and age and more Shane is the perfect venue.
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