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Author Topic: 21 Grams Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 12-24-2003 10:12 AM                     Very good, but very somber. This is not a feel good movie and is actually quite depressing. It starts out a little confusing becasue it skips around in time and between characters a lot, but it all comes together in the end. 4 of 5  |  IP: Logged Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 12-26-2003 01:46 PM                        It wasn't confusing at all. It reminded me of Momento(another great movie). Sean Penn was great in this movie and so was the other actors. I liked the character development and the style was awesome. Reality is depressing, which makes this movie so great. 4.5/5  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 12-30-2003 08:29 AM                     Princeton Garden Theatre, 12/28, 4:45 PM matinee. Hall #1, attendance ~25. As Chris said, 21 Grams has a tendency to jump around. That's why it won't break out of the arthouse ghetto. Methinks the critics were too riveted by the individual performances to figure it out. I will say Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn were good -- but why didn't the father (Penn) off the preacher (Del Toro) in the desert by the cheap motel? Dad was eager to squeeze off but not too eager to aim carefully. Presentation: Image good to excellent -- random blotches and negative dirt. CRAP Code between the cue marks at the end of R5! Sound was excellent in Dolby Digital.  |  IP: Logged

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