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Re: Hoffa
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04/25/05 11:22 AM
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goombah
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Pros: It's Jack Nicholson, so it has some merit. Not a classic, but entertaining. His portrayal of Hoffa is outstanding.
Cons: It paints Robert Kennedy as a real dumb-ass, which is insulting to anyone who knows history. Without giving too much away, Danny DeVito's character is also questionable.
The speculation of how Hoffa died is interesting - since we'll never know, it's certainly plausible how they killed him in the film.
Worth a rental, definitely. It's on tv often enough so don't buy it.
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Re: Hoffa
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05/03/05 05:38 PM
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whats with all the movies about gangsters having a title with the guys last name? "Hoffa", "Gotti"
You go in alive and you come out dead
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Re: Hoffa
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05/08/05 01:35 PM
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Well, for one thing, it lets you know who the main character is. It also gives a general idea of who the movie centers around.
Bart, Is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family? No. Well suppose you got a large starving family, is it wrong to steal a truckload of bread to feed them? Uh-uh. And what if your family don't like bread, they like cigarettes? I guess thats ok. Now what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price that was practically giving them away. Would that be a crime Bart?
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Re: Hoffa
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05/08/05 02:30 PM
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TheSicilian123
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Originally posted by SlimTrashman: whats with all the movies about gangsters having a title with the guys last name? "Hoffa", "Gotti" Jimmy Hoffa and John Gotti were both famous gangsters.
If you had any fucking heart at all you'd be out stealin'! Joe Pecsi Turn that thing off! You should be out stealing! Lefty You put up and shut up, you hear nothing you say nothing! Just like you did for Bugsy! -Noodles
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Re: Hoffa
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06/26/05 04:34 PM
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Excellent film, although so heavily fictionalized it made me wince a few times... in particular, the ending is about as realistic as having Hoffa abducted by aliens. (Amusingly enough, if old Frankie's recent deathbed confession is true, the film should have ended with, more or less, Ciaro betraying and shooting Hoffa, since that would reflect the true events pretty closely, considering that Ciaro is heavily based on Frank...)
Additionally, though the DVD is packed with extras, they are from laserdisc, so there isn't much truly new material there. I missed any documentary on the real Hoffa as an extra, too...
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Re: Hoffa
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07/11/05 07:02 PM
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Originally posted by goombah: Anybody see a Hoffa movie (forgot the name as I only caught a few minutes of it) where Robert Blake played Hoffa? It was just on within the last week. The movie you are talking about is " Blood Fued." Not a bad movie, but not really an accurate portrayal of Hoffa. Blake made Hoffa look a bit too paranoid in that movie and Hoffa was far from being paranoid. Don Cardi
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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