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 Post subject: The American
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:21 pm 
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Highly recommended.

Good story. Good acting. Good scenery (filmed in Italy). Surprisingly delightful amount of nudity (even bush!!!!!).

Beware the matinee, though. Instead of the usual smattering of geriatrics in the theater on a Thursday afternoon, the place was packed. Apparently, they all love Clooney. It smelled like a Ben Gay factory in there.


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 Post subject: Re: The American
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:53 pm 
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I saw this movie,also. If you just like to look at the screen without the dialogue intruding,this is your movie. It's dialogue is at the bare minimum. Clooney plays a hitman who starts to suspect the man he get's his work from might want him dead. He holes up in a small Italian village and meets an elderly preist along the way who I guess plays the part of the Clooney charactar's consience. It is a very SLOW movie which takes it's time going nowhere fast. There are many scenes where tension fills the air though when Clooney walks the alleyways of the small village. I think the movie was good at building tension and it reminded me of the kind of B grade films made in the 60's-80's. Overall I would give it 2 stars out of 5. Not a must see,that's for sure.

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 Post subject: Re: The American
PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:03 pm 
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This movie reminded me of why I hate Clooney, he has no screen presence at all. It was like watching paint dry.

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