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Anyone notice the opening of American Gangster is the lyrics

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Duilawyer

to "The Beat Goes On" by Sonny and Cher?

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WGAF? Glorifying Murder, Thuggery and Criminality - ArdRi 22:49:39 11/09/07 (8)
is nothing with which i care to be involved. Its just another resounding fuck you to the the gentle spirit of peaceable decency ... its viewers and producers can all go rot.
- you might want to see the movie before developing your opinions about it - Duilawyer 08:18:22 11/10/07 (7)
  Denzel made a point about not appearing in the movie unless it portrayed the consequences to both the residents of Harlem AND the drug dealer it portrayed. The drug dealer is now penniless and served years in prison, lost everything. The movie shows that, Denzel would not agree to be in it until it did.
  - I think "Training Day" was about as evil as Denzel has ever played....you? * - mr grits 10:46:59 11/10/07 (4)
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    Complicit Constapo Talibangelical since MMIII
    - agreed, 100%. And he WAS evil! nt - Duilawyer 19:14:31 11/10/07 (0)
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    - RE: I think "Training Day" was about as evil as Denzel has ever played....you? * - rico 14:14:45 11/10/07 (2)
      Oh, he's "worse" here.
      - I don't think oso, because he is pure gangster. - Duilawyer 20:43:00 11/10/07 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I think "Training Day" was about as evil as Denzel has ever played....you? * posted by rico on November 10, 2007 at 14:14:45
        
        The idea of the cop being the evil one, s in training Day is REALLY EVIL.
        
        In AG he even gave his momma a huge mansion! * - mr grits 09:33:35 11/12/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I don't think oso, because he is pure gangster. posted by Duilawyer on November 10, 2007 at 20:43:00
        
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  - Good enough. I was going on the TV Spots - ArdRi 08:28:14 11/10/07 (1)
    Those seemed to me to hyoe it as a bad ass kind of gangster epic looking far to much like a glorification of the spirit.. If its really just an honest story of a violent part of life I can accept that.
    - It's dangerous to extrapolate too much from trailers. - Harmonia 14:24:46 11/12/07 (0)
      I often couldn't even tell from the trailers whether I'd like some movies it turned out I loved.
      
      Trailers are put together by special marketing teams to hit the hot buttons of a certain target market to entice them into theaters, and if they think young male action fans are that target, don't expect much moral grandeur in the ads. You'll see the flashiest bits. They got 30 seconds to sell the sizzle.
      
      In fact, the movie takes an ironic and moral position on both Denzel and Russell's characters, and there are no free passes to either of them.

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