Bugsy: Was It Overated??
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Bugsy: Was It Overated??
Just picked up Bugsy (Warren Beatty, Annette Benning) dvd fm Virgin Megastore since it was freakin' cheap at $8.00.
I remember liking the movie because Barry Levinson did a great job with the look of the film plus I have always been fascinated by gangsters such as Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, etc. (Gangsters starring Christian Slater don't count...I thought that was a dumb movie).
I also recall everyone predicting the film at that time of its release to be a shoo-in for Best Picture (of which Silence of the Lambs won).
Did anyone else like the movie?
I remember liking the movie because Barry Levinson did a great job with the look of the film plus I have always been fascinated by gangsters such as Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, etc. (Gangsters starring Christian Slater don't count...I thought that was a dumb movie).
I also recall everyone predicting the film at that time of its release to be a shoo-in for Best Picture (of which Silence of the Lambs won).
Did anyone else like the movie?
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I loved it. And think it's one of Levinson's best films.
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I remember going to see this just a day or so before the Academy Awards, because it was the only major nominee that I hadn't seen yet, and I walked out of the theater wondering why it was so widely praised and popular. Very decent movie, but nothing extraordinary in any way.
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I think it was as well. I haven't seen it in years but when it did land on cable the only things I particularly liked was when Henry Thomas got thrown through the window and Annette Benning was 'bugging' out. That gave me the LOL.