Just saw Good Sheperd. (sat through it twice) Anyone else see it?....

[zonkers]

I just loved it. Found it fascinating. What a well made film. I'd like to know others' thoughts.

[calimary]

1. Not yet, but I want to.

[zonkers]

2. It was so solid. And I liked that it wasn't all spoon fed to you. You really had

to pay attention. Jumped around a lot time wise. Tons of details. Gorgeously shot. Bobby DeNiro really is a monster director.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Haven't seen it yet, but it's definitely on my list.

:hi:

[Skittles]

4. it's very long, right?

so I have heard

[zonkers]

8. Long but never boring. Paced wonderfully. A very sophisticated film

[Radio_Lady]

5. We didn't make it to the previews, but saw De Niro and Damon on

"Hardball" on tour last week.

Sounds like a must-see! We'll probably get to it this week.

In peace,

Radio Lady

(These pretty Asian ladies share my screen name!)

[wildhorses]

6. i wish i could have sat through it twice...

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[NewJeffCT]

7. I hope to see it soon

But, I'm not holding my breath.

[Yavin4]

9. It's A Very Well Done Movie

It's fictional, but it's well done. With that said, why fictionalize the birth of the CIA. The real story is far more compelling in my mind.

[zonkers]

10. I think know why.

Writing a book about the subject is one thing -- much easier to tell the real story accurately and in its entirety. But how do you weave and condense a hundred story elements into 2-3 hour film? You can't. You must choose to capture the emotional truth, the moral truth. There are only so many characters and plots you can spin in a film that an audience can still keep track of. That is why you often create composite characters. And once you create one composite charcter, you probalby say, what the heck, lets just make a good movie and keep the spirit of the real story.

A good example of this "telling lies to tell the truth" would be... something like that movie about "Larry Flynt" by Milos Foreman that came out a wile back. Flynt really had about 12 lawyers and was in about five different trials (appeals, appellat, etc.) but for the sake of making it a two hour film, they combined all the lawyers into one lawyer (Ed Norton). Like they say... "you have to kill your children"

Also, I imagine that a lot of the events in the movie have details that still may be classified... And so there probably was lot of guessing and assumptions that had to be made. And some of the characters that would be in the film of the real story might still be alive -- Bay of Pigs was less that 50 years ago.

[stanwyck]

11. I love Joe Pesci's little speech

don't want to give it away for those who haven't seen the movie, but that little conversation alone is worth the price of the movie. And it's a perfect summary of the entitled WASP Skull and Bones mentality in just a few short sentences.