Three Kings

Pros: Brilliant satire.
Cons: Overly moralistic on occasions. Just a few though.

Three Kings deserving of new classic status? That's a question many people may ask, seeing as the movie is only 5 years old, yet it's being filed in the new classic column by the good folks at TNT who have been re-running the movie quite a bit lately. I ...

Pros: Satire and antiwar message make this wickedly fun yet thought-provoking.
Cons: None.

I've seen many movies about war; despite the grim reality that armed conflict is humanity's most destructive and, in the end, mostly futile endeavor, I seem to be drawn to war films like a moth to a flame. It's not that I'm an inherently violent or ...

Pros: This movie is so energetic, it's like having shock treatment while sucking down a double-shot of espresso
Cons: That tremendous ball of cynical energy ends on an oddly happy note

When I first saw the previews for Three Kings, I thought, “Yawn. Another desert-combat-action flick on the order of Van Damme or Dolph Lundgren.”

Despite the fact that it had the appealing George Clooney at the head of the cast, I...

Pros: Great action movie
Cons: I did not see it in the theater

There is no way not to compare Kelly's Heroes to this movie. It is just an updated version, and a good one at that.

The story starts out at the end of Desert Storm. The Americans are just going into Iraq and taking prisoners then going back to...

Pros: dark humor, well-written
Cons: not appropriate for young children

March 1991: the Gulf War is over.

Special Forces Sgt. Major Archie Gates (George Clooney), has 2 weeks left
before retirement. He is assigned to chaperon reporter Adrianna Cruz (Nora
Dunn). Instead, he's having sex with her younger...

Pros: A great visual style
Cons: Very OTT approach from Russell, which many will find uncomfortable.

There are just some things that are so obvious you feel stupid pointing them out. Why is it called 'football' when the dominant limbs used are the hands? Why isn't the word phonetically spelt the way it sounds? And why hasn't Adam Sandler been dragged...

Pros: fantastic acting, incredibly realistic
Cons: somewhat graphic

There's something that we have to understand about the Gulf War - something that we were never really told. In fact, there are a few things - and this movie tells you these things in an incredible, surrealistic way. Mind that this is not another...

Pros: There are a number of scenes that try admirably to be funny.
Cons: They aren't.

I have no problem with the assertion that spoonfeeding is the only way to get the truth to the American public. I become a little antsy, however, around anyone who volunteers to do that spoonfeeding.

In writing Three Kings, David O....

Pros: strong characters, tight script, emotionally engaging, visually striking, imaginative fantasy sequences
Cons: gory; some unbelievable plot twists; some situations rather predictable; Hollywood ending

What was the Gulf War really about? Three Kings makes a definitive statement that's hard to argue with, but the movie itself is not about the Gulf War.

On the surface, it's the story of four (yes, four) American soldiers in the...

Pros: highly dramatic, politically educating
Cons: not the typical USA patriotic movie

This movie is well worth to see it. See it in a movie theater and buy the tape later. I saw James Bond 'The world is not enough' immediately afterwards and found Bond boring compared to 'Three Kings'. 'Three Kings' is _very dramatic_.

Why?
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Pros: New War Story
Cons: A lot of Characters and too hard to identify with everyone

Action Packed. Twists and Turns. First he's bad and then he's good. You really get a presentation of how people react in different situations with this movie. It's a "war" movie like you have never seen before.

The movie begins...

Pros: A daring and expertly crafted film.
Cons: Can be a tad too heavy on the morality and also drags towards the end.

When first viewing David O. Russell's gripping announcement of auteurism, Three Kings, it's not easy to classify what you're seeing. Yes, it is a war movie in many ways, all the action happening in the deserts of Iraq and Kuwait at the tail end of the ...

Pros: Darkly funny, smart
Cons: overtly didactic, a bit slow

Great, a movie about the Gulf War. I feel old. Does this mean that we are running out of creative ways to retell the past that we, as a culture, are cannibalizing our recent past so soon? If Three Kings is any indication, the answer is a...

Pros: The script, tone, performances, music and photography.
Cons: I'm drawing a blank.

A wonderfully entertaining movie that almost defies description, Three Kings respects and thrills its audience at the same time. It's a great example of how to make a movie with a message, and how to properly get it across successfully. Simultaneously...

Pros: 20 minutes of "decent" story line
Cons: No great acting here, long drawn out and plotless for well over an hour, a waste of my $3.49

First let me begin by saying my forte is not movie reviews. If I choose to write about a movie it is because I really LOVE it or HATE it. If you haven't already got a clue by the title this one is on my hate it list.

I watched this film a few...