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Why will people never give movies like this a chance?

posted 19 years ago by CptHowdy87
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It just p1sses me off how critical most movie fans are of any direct to video releases, the only movies that rank well or generally get good praise are movies that had a cinema release, it's as if people just disreguard a direct to video movie as if it "must" be bad considering it wasn't at the cinema.

Moving on to my next point, a 5.3 rating for this movie? what expectations to people honestly have that they could give a good movie like this a 1? 120 morons have comin and given this film a 1? that's just pathetic.

I'd like for people to give a legit reason why this film was no good, I' just watched it and I couldn't see anything wrong with it, the lead actors all played there roles well and all the roles of the characters were multi-dimensional and had propper character development, the story was a realistic portrayal of what street gangs were like in the 50s, the clothes, the music, the streets, the cars all looked like the 50s, I didn't see any one dressed modernly, I didn't see any modern day cars, there was nothing that was not accurate to the 50s.

This film may not have had your ideal cast or a cinema release but it was a good solid film and people need to get out of there slumber of always putting down direct to video release movies because plenty of them are very good just as plenty of cinema releases are very bad!

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[–] Trigger41 19 years ago

I actually just recently purchased this movie on VHS for $3.00 from a second hand store. I must admit that i feel that it was worth much more. I loved it. It has timeless elegance that movies like Pirates of the Carribean and such just don't give. I'd give the movie at least an 8.
It used actors that weren't widely known (and some still not widely known) and actually put them in good, non-selfish roles. The actors in the movie acted like people back then acted and it provided a good comparison to the story line.
People all say that it was a bad movie, but it's much better compared to some of the loads of rubbish people watch today.

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[–] belial-8 18 years ago

This wasn't a direct to video release. It was a totally fu+ked up theatrical release by the studio MGM/UNITED ARTISTS. They decided to release this movie on 1200 screens the same day as SPIDER MAN!!!! They claimed it was counter programming. My ass. How do you counterprogram an "R" rated film with a "PG" tentpole picture? Moronic. Also still doing well in theatres at that time was THE SCORPION KING. So when kids couldn't get into SPIDER MAN due to it being sold out, the obviously couldn't get into an "R" rated film, so they went to see SCORPION KING. Dumb ass distributors.... The proper release window would have been in late August, or early September, or in February. NOT AGAINST SPIDER MAN!!!!

[–] lamerteev 18 years ago

In my opinion this is one of my favorite movies

i was watching it on the way to florida from new york in the car and i must say this movie was just fabulous.

10/10

[–] WeponX 18 years ago

I saw this movie in the theatre. Me and my friends loved it. Then, after seeing it, because we were dumb 14 year old kids at the time, we went and got in a fight. I have to admit that might be a huge part of why it is one of my favourite movies, but regardless, it is good.

[–] FairCritic 18 years ago

This movie is even better than The Outsiders in my opinion. It deserves to be an instant classic. And what the hell happened? Damn it, man. This movie should even top off The Outsiders plot. I liked everything about this movie.

[–] ooinertoo 18 years ago

i read the outsiders and renteded the movie, the outsiders was plain dumb. i watched Deuces Wild on a bootleg while it was in theaters when i was like 13 and back then i thought it was badass i rewatched it recently i liked it but it was dumb how leon can just come in and beat the crap out of like 10 gangsters.

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[–] xFAM0USx 18 years ago

This movie isn't a masterpiece,but doesn't deserve the bad reviews at all,I like it very much,maybe because I'm biased towards 50's style movies,but it was good,this movie didn't have to have a complicated 1,000 page script,it was simple and entertaining,it's fun,it's not going to have the huge twists and cinematic effects of movies like Crash,The Departed,Babel etc. it's a simple 50s street gang movie were these gentlemen protected their turf.I think Dorff dilvered great performance,as the leader and mature guy of the bunch,trying to keep the street clean...all star cast doesn't hurt either.

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[–] JOW2471 18 years ago

Yeah i saw this after spiderman. It a good movie and i wish to buy it.

[–] mattyxl 17 years ago

I saw this movie and while it was watchable, calling it an instant classic is a bit far fetched. The main problem with the movie to me was the grandiose Over acting and ridiculous over the top accents. This is your basic run of the mill we got to get out of this place type of movie. To compare it to a classic like the Outsiders is really not giving the book and the film any credit, its like comparing The Godfather to Mobsters

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[–] theirc0ming 17 years ago

Whoever said the Outsiders is dumb is dumb themselves. And don't know a good movie when they see one.

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[–] marveliar 17 years ago

alright...

personnally, i hadn't heard of this movie at all until, by chance, i fell on Matt Dillon's filmography and was attracted by the title and storyline.

when i found out there were also Norman Reedus, Drea deMatteo and Frankie Muniz i was really curious (and getting curious often got me excited) to watch it.

so i really watched it with no bad expectations at all! i love this kind of stories, i love the 50's, i love brother stories...damn! this movie had everything i love!

so what happened? how did i find myself laughing so hard at the tragic moments?

well, basically, i think it's because it was a sort of mafia movie shot as an actio movie! lol come on! yeah someone noticed how dumb it was when Leon came at the first fight...the music, the slow motion and that jumps he makes! lol geez, i was rolling on floor!

the lead actors all played there roles well and all the roles of the characters were multi-dimensional and had propper character development,

oh yeah...Reedus and Dillon are very developped...are you kidding? they are just Villains! no heart, no feelings, just villains...
and on the opposite, Dorff is just so kind you gotta wonder how it is that he's running a gang!
he's just the Hero...i mean, what did the writers think? that losing his brother wasn't enough to make us take his side? of course it was! why didn't they show us a bit of his bad side!

well, and about the actors, i had never heard of Brad Renfro at all (he's not famous in France so, please don't take me for a dumbsh!t if he's famous in the US) and it seemed that he couldn't do anything else that just...what do you say..."pucker his mouth" (i saw it on a thread under, i guess that's the word i need). i mean, he only does that throughout the whole movie!

and...well, Dorff wasn't that amazing to me either though i kind like him usually, i actually felt like he wasn't concerned at all and was forcing himself all the time...

well, to be honest, i ended up thinking it would have been nice to reverse roles. Dillon should have had Dorff's role and Reedus have Renfro's one...
Frankie and the girls did good, though that West Side Story was nothing new and that she's not really developped either...and it's too bad, 'cause there would have been something great to dig between her and her brother...

anyway, there still was a shot i liked, 'cause it was short enough to make me watch it 'til the end, it's a lab dissolve. when Drea deMatteo gave her last kiss and left, she disappeared in that blue streetlight, my eyes felt attracted by it as it was the only spot of colour in the image, and when that blue spot became dark i realised that the shot was different. i actually found that a pretty "effect".

anyway, yeah the 50's were respected but the story is just known by basically anyone who has ever watched mob movies.

i never watched the Outsiders but i've always been looking for it. as a fan of Coppola, Rusty James is one of my favourite movies.

still, i gotta admit it's less terrible than a lot of things my friends force me to watch...

oops, sorry for that long post and sorry if my english ain't perfect, i'm french but i made a lot of efforts though.

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