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fund razor 07-27-2006 01:41 PM

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Did someone say Tom Cruise?

No thanks. I'll pass.

rainmn 07-27-2006 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pantera1
Bummer ..it sounds like the director wasnt a true Vice fan ..

The director is Michael Mann....hard to imagine he isn't a "true Vice fan" considering he created and produced the original series.

Pantera1 07-27-2006 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by rainmn
The director is Michael Mann....hard to imagine he isn't a "true Vice fan" considering he created and produced the original series.

To be honest i havnt seen the movie , so i cant honestly say

100-Plus 07-27-2006 03:10 PM

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Guys,

Being a newbie, I don't want to offend. I'm disappointed, too, that the boat racing was cut. But to borrow from Michael Corleone, "It's business. Just business."

If the studio thought it could put butts in movie seats with boat racing, they'd dedicate three hours to it. End of story. Studious are alll about making money, nothing wrong with that I guess, and they'll do anything they can to maximize their profits.

As for the "waste" involved, that's Hollywood. All will be forgotten if the movie grosses a few hundred million in domestic and overseas revenue. And even if the movie flops financially, it's not as if Mann won't work again.

As for Mann not being a "Vice" fan, two things come to mind. First, if I'm not mistaken, I think he directed and produced the original series. Second, the original show was pretty lame. Not sure that "staying true" to any of it would have been an improvement.

But it sure would have been nice to see race boats on the big screen.

Neverfastenuf 07-27-2006 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 100-Plus
Guys,

Being a newbie, I don't want to offend. I'm disappointed, too, that the boat racing was cut. But to borrow from Michael Corleone, "It's business. Just business."

If the studio thought it could put butts in movie seats with boat racing, they'd dedicate three hours to it. End of story. Studious are alll about making money, nothing wrong with that I guess, and they'll do anything they can to maximize their profits.

As for the "waste" involved, that's Hollywood. All will be forgotten if the movie grosses a few hundred million in domestic and overseas revenue. And even if the movie flops financially, it's not as if Mann won't work again.

As for Mann not being a "Vice" fan, two things come to mind. First, if I'm not mistaken, I think he directed and produced the original series. Second, the original show was pretty lame. Not sure that "staying true" to any of it would have been an improvement.

But it sure would have been nice to see race boats on the big screen.

Pretty much sums it up. It really would have been awesome to see more offshore footage, but the percentage of those going to see the movie just for the "boats" is nil.

Sam

ActiveThunder 07-27-2006 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BY U BOY
I'LL PASS MAYBE I'LL WATCH SOME OLD BAYWATCH RERUNS AT LEAST THE HAVE BOATS. :drink:

If you're watching Baywatch and looking at the boats, we need to talk......

Cash Bar 07-28-2006 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ActiveThunder
If you're watching Baywatch and looking at the boats, we need to talk......

What he said......... :eek:

LubeJobs42 07-28-2006 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Donzi38ZR
I can't believe this many people would take someone's word who is pissed off because his boat did not make the cut ! the statement..... " The only race boat scene in the whole movie is Jamie fox getting into the MTI and taking the girl to Cuba for lunch. Thats it!.".....is far from the thruth ! All of the Donzi scenes made the cut and MTI has some gorgeous footage too.

The entire race scenes were cut, As for being pissed off because my old boat did not make the cut ! My boat was not a canopied boat and may have been shown for 3 seconds max. I disapointed that we don't have a "Boat race movie" too look forward to. We were expecting a movie with a race boat theme.
Many racers expically JT spent weeks standing in 100 degree heat, pouring rain waiting for filming to start. To have all of the race cut is a shame and a disapointment.
Michal Mann stood up and appoloized to all the boat racers for working so hard and having the movie changed at the last minute. He didn't do that for his health! He did it because he knew the disapointment there would be.

mama tryed 07-28-2006 06:07 AM

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We don't care if there's only 60seconds of Boat footage in the whole Movie,, thats 60 seconds more than any other movie has had in years!!! Were going!!

Does the Movie have the same"intro Music" as the series did??

Mitch & Tracey

jayboat 07-28-2006 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by fountainbleu
And what about the actual movie itself? It's visually beautiful, but doesn't it pale in comparison to the series anyway? Sometimes you just can't top the original.

History will be the judge! :drink:


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