Citizen Rules...Cinemaesque Chat-n-Review

That's what I'm thinking of watching, but the DVD I'm getting from my library has both versions. Maybe Captain knows?

This is just too funny I swear it could be a skit on SNL.

You must be familiar with the song it inspired-

Ha! Yup, that song popped into my mind during the hooker scene, which made it even more funny

Oops! You are correct, Rules. The Thin Red Line (1998) is WWII - my mistake. I should've known better since it's probably the most recent war film I've watched. It was strange when I discovered it because I thought it was "The Big Red One" which I saw a long time ago, but when I started watching it I realized I'd never seen nor heard of this movie from 1998. I thought it was great, btw. Different, but great.

We Were Soldiers is a very solid film. It's about the very first American troops to participate in the Viet Nam war.

I put Hamburger Hill just one notch below Platoon. It doesn't have the plot of Berenger vs. DaFoe, but it's got the excessive violence and great characters. But don't get too attached to any of them because... you know... it's war.

I'm not sure what to say about Apocalypse Now - it's a head trip! Definitely worth seeing. Impressive cast... and Lawrence Fishburne looks so young you may not recognize him.

Thanks Captain....I didn't know Lawrence Fishburne was in Apocalypses Now...Kind of funny, I just seen a young Larry Fishburne (that was the name he used) in Cherry 2000.

Yeah, Fishburne was only 18 when Apocalypse Now (1979) was made and he looks like a teenager in it.
He's billed as "Larry" in Apocalypse Now credits also.

Am I the only one who hates Laurence Fishburne? When he was on "CSI", I kept hoping they would kill his character off every week.

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I never seen CSI, so can't say. He only had a little part in Cherry 2000. I did see a really young Johnny Depp in Platoon.

It's not just "CSI". I hate Laurence Fishburne in everything that I've seen him in, including The Matrix movies, the TV series "Hannibal", and even just his voice as the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. There's just something about him that I can't stand, but I can't seem to figure out what it is.

Don't forget guys that Larry Fishburne was "Cowboy Curtis" on the Pee Wee Herman show! (So, gbg, with that info do you hate him less... or much much more?)

I think there was a scene in Platoon where it's Johnny Depp carrying a little Vietnamese child as they walk away from the burning village? One of the unforgettable visuals from that movie. For some reason I kept thinking Depp was Val Kilmer in that scene (but Kilmer's not even in the movie).

Fortunately, I've never seen even one episode of the Pee Wee Herman show, and if my luck holds out, I never will.

Gosh! I didn't even know he was in FF-2! I looked it up because I didn't remember seeing him in it and find he was the voice of the Silver Surfer... I did not know that! And I thought the Surfer was probably the most well done part of that movie.

GBG, have you scene Akeelah and the Bee (2006)? I just saw it recently.
You might like Fishburne in that - he's a "Mr. Miyagi" type character - a seemingly stern and detached teacher, but with a hidden pain and a heart of gold.

No, I haven't seen Akeelah and the Bee, but I've heard that it's a good movie. It's one of those movies that I plan to watch if I see it listed in the TV Guide, but I'm not really going out of my way to find it.

Fishburne was actually only 14 when he was cast for Apocalypse Now. He lied about his age to get the role, telling him he was 16. He was 17 when the movie was completed.

I'll forever think of less of Fishburne for that. His character was the movie equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.

Wow! No wonder he looked so young.

I don't care what anyone says, I loved him in Boyz in the Hood, Whats' Love Got to Do with It?, and he is currently killing it as Anthony Anderson's dad on the ABC sitcom Black-ish.

I liked him as Morpheus in The Matrix, I haven't seen him in much else.

BTW...I just hit 400 Movie Reviews on MoFo, yahoo!

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YEAH!! That's what I'm talking about Citizen...our time is coming...