I had a free ticket and the timing was right, so I saw "Shooter" this afternoon. It was far fetched in many ways but I enjoyed it, until the end when things became just too much to believe. I'm sure the gunnies on the board would have many criticisms. It was uncomplicated fun, which I will probably forget in a day or two.
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Maggers Wrote:I had a free ticket and the timing was right, so I saw "Shooter" this afternoon. It was far fetched in many ways but I enjoyed it, until the end when things became just too much to believe. I'm sure the gunnies on the board would have many criticisms. It was uncomplicated fun, which I will probably forget in a day or two.
I found it enjoyable in exactly the same way.
Scott
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Levon Helm's character was the best part of the film. He seemed like a real person rather than just an actor playing a part.
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Sam Wrote:Levon Helm's character was the best part of the film. He seemed like a real person rather than just an actor playing a part.
=Levon= was in the flick, Sam? Yow!
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:=Levon= was in the flick, Sam? Yow!
I think the last film I seen him in was The Right Stuff. There was just something about his character in Shooter that caught my attention. He played the gunsmith that Wahlberg and the FBI agent visited to get info on how to duplicate a round fired from someone's rifle.
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AsMoral Wrote:What a misleading title for a film. It was good...but NOT AT ALL the movie I was expecting.
And what type of movie were you excepting? Or should I be afraid to ask that question?
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sigokat Wrote:And what type of movie were you excepting? Or should I be afraid to ask that question?
It's probably best to not ask follow-up questions to those kind of posts.
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sigokat Wrote:And what type of movie were you excepting? Or should I be afraid to ask that question?
I believe he was thinking of "Money Shooter: The Peter North Story" He is somewhat of a sniper when you think about it.
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"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." - Agent K