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As I expected. But isn't Robin Hood "already good" always depicted as a young man?! Scott and Crowe often risk hitting rock bottom, don't you think?

As I expected. But isn't Robin Hood "already good" always depicted as a young man?! Scott and Crowe often risk hitting rock bottom, don't you think?

@Boyintheocean: Auf Der Maur has just released "Out Of Our Minds," an album to listen to and listen to again, in my personal opinion. More generally: I find Pausini to music what Berlusconi is to Martin Luther King. In short, things that just don't match.

OH! What a beautiful review! I’m listening to the album over and over, it truly deserves it.

Gentlemen, I watched "Serpico" today, FANTASTIC! Someone please step up and review it properly, I really don't have the time or the means (or maybe I'll change my mind?). By the way, Tomas Milian stated that he got inspiration from this character to create Inspector Nico Giraldi!!! While watching the film, I was asking myself the same thing, I SWEAR!, if it could be like that and given the evidence, I truly believe it ;-)

I promise myself to watch it in the original language. Honestly, I was surprised to see Pitt so immersed in such a role :-) At the end of the screening, I was even more stunned to read the name of the director °__°

Oscar for direction, for the supporting role Del Toro, for the screenplay and editing: well deserved. Everything is true, the film deserves to be followed from beginning to end without distraction. Curious is the original version in which in the red lands of Mexico the protagonists really speak in Mexican: this makes everything even more realistic, plus Milian as General Salazar knows how to handle it! The final scenes express three very simple concepts: Del Toro will obviously have a career, pushed without really wanting it by the dirty powerful, Douglas will first think about recovering his daughter (think back to the ball-discourse that he himself interrupts live), Quaid has no future, Zeta-Jones and husband will in fact still be followed, even more closely, thanks to the unexpected intrusion into Cheadle's home. In summary, everything will go on its own way but the fight against drugs will NEVER be won, in some cases (the investigations) it will continue in endless cycles. Just this evening "Le Iene" showed a report in which they were searching for drugs among students and just outside the school there seemed to be a market in "highest bidder" style...

I completely agree with those who argue that the subject in the hands of a TRUE director could have been truly much more. However, getting used to watching films in their original language, I can't help but admit the exceptional performance of Douglas, who, by bringing his character to life, is worth alone 4/5 of the film.

I apologize to everyone if I am going against the grain, but I find that this is absolutely not the way to write a review. I can fully understand how the richness of the themes touched upon can indeed make someone eager to talk about it heatedly, but that does not justify presenting the facts in an almost sequential manner. Certainly, one should aim to address each theme raised in the best possible way, as has been done, but one should not list all the events in a nearly summary fashion; instead, it should entice the reader to see the film and reflect on it: it would require the right amount of well-chosen and well-placed words. As for the film, sure, I liked it; it’s not a super masterpiece, but the cast is worth it, and so is his performance (shoutout to my favorite Tim Robbins, Oscar for Best Supporting Actor). I was interested to hear the words of the author of the book from which the film was adapted; he himself was very enthusiastic about Eastwood's adaptation, so if he’s happy, we’re all happy :-)

Review on the wings of enthusiasm, which I personally do not share. Do you believe me if I tell you that many things seemed obvious to me well before the famous "final 40 minutes" and Pavilion C? The attitude that the protagonist experienced from the staff, the other inmates, etc., was quite clear. However, Di Caprio didn't seem that bad to me, especially when compared to the truly PAINFUL photography at times; I was astonished °_° Some scenes really showed cuts and edits (I think of Di Caprio with the knife in hand, framed first from behind, then from above... the knife appeared, disappeared, MAH). Maybe it's better to read the book.