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A test screening review of the Mike Nichols' directed, Aaron Sorkin scripted Tom Hanks starrer CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR comes in!!!

first by arrangedletters	Sep 7th, 2007 01:01:58 AM
or not
Oh yeah by arrangedletters	Sep 7th, 2007 01:02:39 AM
I love Sorkin and wish him all the blow.
Gee whiz by Geekiller	Sep 7th, 2007 01:30:24 AM
It's amazing this guy got to go to this "special screening" and was able to remember exact (and pretty long) lines of dialogue. Please, give everyone a break. If you're going to post tripe like this, at least make sure it isn't tripe sent to you from some studio hack. It makes the credibility of this site... not credible.
So Geekiller... by stereochad	Sep 7th, 2007 02:58:25 AM
you think this reviewer isn't on the up & up, simply because he posted a coherent (and verbose) review? You think that because he remembered long lines of dialogue at a screening, that he had no preparation for, this makes him a plant? Well, I agree. P-L-A-N-T so say we.
need to see more of phillip seymour hoffman... by couP	Sep 7th, 2007 03:04:48 AM
in that non-sexual way that is.
I'm there by newkie brown	Sep 7th, 2007 03:14:17 AM
When's the release date (I'm guessing Christmas Day oscar contention)?
GeeKiller and stereochad are absolutely correct by prunkhaft	Sep 7th, 2007 03:43:11 AM
I usually ignore the PLANT accusations, but this one stinks. Coherent and verbose reviews mean only one thing on this site.
"You can't teach her to grow tits" by polyh3dron	Sep 7th, 2007 03:43:26 AM
I'm sold.
Plant? Who knows? Still... by Horace Cox	Sep 7th, 2007 03:46:32 AM
You gotta love the phrase "tit soup".
Note to aspiring plants: by polyh3dron	Sep 7th, 2007 03:46:47 AM
Apparently being coherent and verbose makes you stick out. Also, if you're not a plant, dumb your review down so you don't look like a plant. Simple vocabulary, a few grammatical errors, superlatives galore and a couple of fucks and shits for good measure. Coherence and verbosity are what plants CRAVE.
"A little bit darker" for Tom Hanks?!?!?!? by Mullah Omar	Sep 7th, 2007 03:49:43 AM
"Charlie Wilson is a great character for Hanks...a little bit darker than his usual roles. We first meet him in a Caesar’s Palace hot tub with a crew of cocaine snorting strippers." That's such an understatement you've entered the earth's core.
A Myth by MarkWhittington	Sep 7th, 2007 06:11:10 AM
Actually the canard that "We created the Taliban" is a myth. Our Afghan allies became the anti Taliban Northern Alliance who proved to be such good help during the 2001 campaign.
You had me at "tit soup." by Pound Sand	Sep 7th, 2007 06:51:07 AM

Interview w/ "Charlie Wilson's" co-star Spencer Garrett by pacino33	Sep 7th, 2007 07:05:53 AM
You can hear an interview with one of the co-stars of this film by visiting: http://blogtalkradio.com/hostp age.aspx?show_id=37843
Excellent review by indiebum	Sep 7th, 2007 07:30:36 AM
I love reading REAL reviews on this site. Sometimes Harry's blinding love of film can obstruct real problems with films and he sort of rationalizes bad aspects so that he won't have to admit he hated a movie (he is being paid to write the reviews by advertisers of films on his page). Great review though, I read it from beginning to end. It was brief but it took a movie that I wasn't too interested in and now I am very interested in seeing it.
If you actually read... by HokieSeas	Sep 7th, 2007 07:37:36 AM
...check out the book the movie is based on. Very good read if you are interested in recent history and politics in general. The book kept my interest so I hope the movie at least lives up to that. http://tinyurl.com/2xmvnx
Wow, should I PAY to see the Sorkin-Effect(tm)? by biggles2_22	Sep 7th, 2007 07:39:58 AM
Hmmmm a couple hours of being preached to by Sorkin? Sign me up.
Aaron Sorkin is the worst writer by JackIsLost	Sep 7th, 2007 08:17:22 AM
alive. Period.
The book is really good. by Drozo5	Sep 7th, 2007 08:44:40 AM
Although we purposely trying to rip them (The Rebels) off as they had no way of paying for the weapons. Everything came from countries from China, Egypt and even Saudi Arabia. We did not want to get to heavily involved and put too much of an American stamp (literally) on the conflict as the Iran Contra scandal was just heating up during Reagan years of this war.
Is this going to confuse me by CherryValance	Sep 7th, 2007 08:57:36 AM
like Syriana did?
Hanks shouldn't have been cast in this... by Osmosis Jones	Sep 7th, 2007 09:09:10 AM
...for the sole reason that I'll be expecting him to yell "WILSON!" constantly.
Yesterday the reviews were 'awful, gay and illiterate" by martianalien	Sep 7th, 2007 09:37:31 AM
...today they are too verbose and coherent? GEE WHIZ is A.Noy.YING. And needs to get laid. Who wouldn't remember a line like "You can't reach a girl to grow tits." Come on! I remember HALF of PRIMARY COLORS ("You had me stuck out here talking about fly fishing for 5 hours. Have you ever made it to 5 minutes about fly fishing?? Yes, THAT was my day!") SO THERE. This sounds pretty freakin' great to me. I'm there.
This just in... by jimmy rabbitte	Sep 7th, 2007 10:17:30 AM
Charlie Wilson's War has been pulled; and any further development or production has been cancelled, because Aaron Sorkin doesn't know how to make things funny.
Sorkin rules. This sounds great. by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Sep 7th, 2007 10:58:00 AM
I have no idea what the Daily Kos is but I will be watching this. My sort of film :)
Tom Hanks and Strippers by Midol Boy	Sep 7th, 2007 11:07:22 AM
I really get sick of actors and their fetishes. Tits. (.)(.)
BrownCoat Jedi by Blue Meanie 1138	Sep 7th, 2007 11:37:23 AM
To say any movies about the U.S. involvement in the MidEast is "2 Years Too Late" is like saying movies like APOCALYPSE NOW and DEER HUNTER and FULL METAL JACKET are "2 Years Too Late" because the Vietnam War ended in the mid 70's. The best time to examine history with movies is from a remove, although I think any movie about what this country has done to the MidEast, whether past or recent past, is completely timely and relevant.
"2 years too late"? by Mullah Omar	Sep 7th, 2007 11:48:20 AM
This story takes place about 25 years ago. The Afghan-Soviet conflict is a fertile ground for good films, but off the top of my head, the only ones I can think of are stuff like "Rambo 3" and "Spies Like Us," so there is still a lot of room to work with. To write this off and not see the potential for drama is to basically admit your ignorance of what was going on in Afghanistan during the 80s.
:::Mullah Omar::: The Living Daylights had Bond... by The Dum Guy	Sep 7th, 2007 11:58:42 AM
Fighting the Reds in Afghanistan. I think at the end he says he knows a good place to eat in Karachi. I guess there aren't alot of films that deal with this period in history with realism, so I hope this one is good.
I'm glad Sorkin is still here... by TheNothing	Sep 7th, 2007 04:58:01 PM
...to tell me what to think. Honestly, I would be lost in this world without his machine-gun style sermons to light the way.
Sorkin is the biggest hack next to Paul Haggis. by azmodien	Sep 7th, 2007 09:16:06 PM
I am having trouble even getting through Sports Night. He can write a decent monologue, but Sorkin-scripted shows contain some of the most contrived, inauthentic dialogue I have heard since "CRASH". I haven't seen the West Wing, but Studio 60 had some cringe-inducing blowhardy speeches. Sports Night is horribly overrated, even though it had a few sporadic moments of greatness. It is just way outclassed by Larry Sanders.
anyone comparing Sorkin to Haggis.. by BadMrWonka	Sep 8th, 2007 12:52:38 PM
is not firing all their brain cyllinders... you're basically saying West Wing is on par with Walker, Texas Ranger...and A Few Good Men is on par with Crash... Sorkin has larger than life characters, and often very grandiose dialogue and situations. the difference is, he EARNS IT, rather than cooking it up as a contrivance like Haggis. and no offense, azmodien, but anyone who has never seen the West Wing, but stll feels compelled to offer up their opinion on Sorkin, is...shit, how can I put it...an idiot? an asshole? how about an idiot-hole? yes, that's good. you're an idiot-hole. how's that for inauthentic dialogue, you peabrain? sorkin and haggis, indeed...hmph
Agreed about the West Wing comment. by azmodien	Sep 9th, 2007 10:41:58 PM
I guess I shouldn't criticize without seeing his best work, but I still think he is a hack. I wasn't really equating him to Haggis when I said he was the biggest hack NEXT to Haggis. Like, next in line. They are similar in that they both have written good stuff in the past ie. (EZ Streets) but have since made some horrible shit (ie. Studio 60).

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