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Movie Reviews of Three Kings
Movie Review: Perhaps my favorite movie
Summary: 5 Stars
There is no movie that I recommend to friends more than Three Kings. It is a masterpiece. It's hard to pick an all time favorite movie, but this one could be mine.
"Major Gates, Major Gates, Major Gates!"
"We're taking more Iraqi prisoners tomorrow...TOMORROW!"
If your curious as to why Bush I wasn't re-elected, watch Three Kings. If you just want to watch an amazingly funny, sad, moving films of the late 90s, watch Three Kings.
My only suggestion is to be aware that a newer directors cut is on the near horizon, in fact it is currently mired in politics right now, due to the "extras" that apparently are very political. The movie was also suppoessed to be re-released in theatres but is on hold to similar issues.
Movie Review: A movie that has aged well; could've been made last week
Summary: 4 Stars
Back in 1998, who would've thought that the director of edgy family dramedies like "Spanking the Monkey" and "Flirting with Disaster" had such a sharp, innovative, prescient military satire/adventure waiting to spring out?
Though it's set in 1991, at the end of the first war with Iraq, "Three Kings" says a lot about current American foreign policy, military obligation, the media's coverage of combat, gung-ho-istry and the mid-East's perception of the United States. Though they don't appear on-screen, Saddam and George (H.W.) Bush haunt this movie, permeating the landscape just as much as the blue, Ecktochrome haze that the camera peers through for most of the movie.
Politics aside, though, "Three Kings" functions best as a good old wartime heist flick (ala "Kelly's Heroes"). As Operation Desert Storm packs up its tents, a band of military misfits (George Clooney, Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg and director Spike Jonze) get wind of a stash of stolen gold and go after it. Chaos ensues but Russell makes a conscious effort not to let the action devolve into guts 'n glory. There's a dramatic weight to practically every bullet fired in this yarn.
The movie loses a little momentum during the final act but that's intentional (note the sudden change of film stock), a conscious effort to play against dramatics.
This is also a movie filled with crackling scenes: Cube storming a bunker and getting distracted by footage of the then-brand-new Rodney King beating; a gruelling interrogation (complete with haunting dream sequence cut-aways); and a great sequence in which Wahlberg's captured soldier finds a cell phone and calls his wife in Detroit for help.
In addition to the film, there's also an engrossing extra feature on the DVD that shows David O. Russell's bizarre road to a green light for the movie, and a Spike Jonze-directed short on Ice Cube's method acting which never fails to crack me up.
Movie Review: The Greatest War Movie I've Ever Seen
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a big fan of war movies, and even though the Nicolas Cage movie "Windtalkers" was very good, I have found the best war movie to be "Three Kings"- a great movie that brings itself to life and that leaves you interested until the very end.
It is March 1991. The Gulf War has ended. And Archie Gates (George Clooney), Troy Barlow( Mark Wahlberg), Chief Elgin(Ice Cube), and Conrad Vig(Spike Jonze) are four soldiers who have served and are now ready to go home. So when President Bush makes all the armies and troops who served stay in Iraq to help innocent Iraqi citizens who have been executed by Saddam Hussein and are worthless by Hussein's power, Gates, Barlow, Elgin, and Vig decide to steal a secret stash of Kuwaiti gold. And once Gates, Barlow, Elgin, and Vig find themselves having to stick to Bush's plan, you'll be on the edge of your seat until the movie ends.
"Three Kings" was directed by David O. Russell( "Flirting With Disaster") and Russell has proved himself to be a good director. Clooney, Wahlberg, and Ice Cube were very good, and Jonze was a bit annoying at times, but he was very good also. And Clooney, Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Jonze, and Russell, along with a great story, make "Three Kings" one film you don't want to miss.
Movie Review: Original And Provoking Satire
Summary: 4 Stars
Writer-director David O. Russell's almost-remake of 'Kelly's Heroes' set during the Persian Gulf War. The film successfully combines drama, action, and comedy to create a provoking satire on the nature of war and the human condition.
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze, are weekend warriors who aren't happy about being in the desert risking their life for no money. Hearing about some Kuwaiti bullion (No, not the little cubes you make soup out of)located at a remote Iraqi outpost, they decide it's time to desert their posts to hit the jack pot. Once they have the gold, they must make a choice between their greed and humanity: or can they join these seemingly irreconcilable motives?
Fast-paced with shifting images and camera angles, the movie gives one the sense of the values of the high-tech 90s and war in general. Exploring materialism and greed from top to bottom, David O. Russell exposes the rationale of war and the Persian Gulf-War in particular. A great film for a wide audience. Whether you like war movies, political satires, comedy, drama, or action, this movie has something for everyone.
Movie Review: The First War Movie I Have Ever Liked
Summary: 4 Stars
I have never liked war movies, but this movie is so chock full of moral and political ambiguities that I enjoyed it very much. The actors were excellent, the camera work is dizzying and to the point and the soundtrack put everything into perspective. All in all, a movie to make you think about what's right and wrong in times of war.