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ALPHA DOG!!

CannaExists

Paint Your DreamStrain
Veteran
This movie kicks ass man! I wanna get real fuckin high sativa blown and... w... wait a fucking movie... that minute?

I thought we were raving about this movie.

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Ganja D

That movie upset me in multiple ways, mainly because a friend told me to watch it because it reminded him of me and one of my best friends when we were younger. Don't know who he thought was like who. Very insulting. Sucks if it is a true story
 

Krull

Soul Feeder
Veteran
Nice plot but the movie is too "mtv" style, trying to looking cool all the time so weaking the characters.
All in all passable.

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cyberwax

I saw this movie some time ago and i too was sceptical about Justin Timberlake, but he actually carried the role pretty good, also it was a good watch. However if you want a good movie check out "the man from earth".
 
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danny karey

I think Justin Timberlake is a f'n homo for sure..........But it still doesn't change the fact that this is a GOOD movie!!!

JT wasn't that bad in it really..........He was pruning and trimming a bunch of huge pot bush's in the Movie, so i give him a bit (really little bit) of Respect for that alone...........and his over-all performence wasnt bad either. Im not gonna go buy an inync (sp) album or anything, his music f'n blow's donkey's but, this isn't about his music is it?

My .02 cents.


Danny
 

mjg132

Member
JT carried what was necessary for his character,no more,no less.
This film really hit when they killed that kid,the build up to his demise was heart breaking and it was tough to watch.
All the more poingnant because it is true,that family lives a day of regrets everyday.
Tragic. :(
 
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grow nerd

JT carried what was necessary for his character,no more,no less.
Agreed.

JT was supposed to be a "cool guy" that the victim respected, admired, looked up to, etc. Otherwise the story isn't really all that powerful and obviously would not make sense.

Excellent film all the way around IMO.
 

qwerty

Member
I agree, Alpha Dog is a good movie, and I would like to watch it again. I saw Public Enemies last nite, wowzers.
 

ArcticBlast

It's like a goddamned Buick Regal
Veteran
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_en_mo/us_jesse_james_hollywood

Jesse James Hollywood gets life in murder case
Fri Feb 5, 7:25 pm ET

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Jesse James Hollywood was sentenced to life in prison Friday for orchestrating the kidnap-murder of a teenager, ending a 10-year legal odyssey that included an international manhunt and a movie inspired by the high-profile crime.

Superior Court Judge Brian Hill sentenced Hollywood, 30, to life without the possibility of parole in a Santa Barbara courtroom after denying a defense motion for a new trial.

Hollywood had faced a possible death penalty, but jurors recommended life after finding him guilty in July of first-degree murder. Prosecutors said Prosecutors said Hollywood ordered the killing of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz in August 2000 over a $1,200 drug debt owed by the victim's half-brother.

The case drew national interest because of the brazen daylight kidnapping of Markowitz from a San Fernando Valley street, the details of his murder and Hollywood's notorious name.

It also captured the attention of producers who made the 2007 movie "Alpha Dog," with Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake and Emile Hirsch, who played "Johnny Truelove," a character based on Hollywood.

"I feel strongly that my client could not receive a fair trial because of the movie and the pretrial publicity," argued defense attorney James Blatt, who said Hollywood's case was the first ever in the U.S. depicted in a movie released prior to trial.

Four other defendants have been convicted in the killing, including the gunman, who was sentenced to death.

Hollywood fled after the slaying and testified at his trial he lived in Colorado, the Mojave Desert and various parts of Canada before he was captured in Brazil in 2005. He claimed he didn't order the murder and was not present when Nicholas was shot and buried in a shallow grave in the hills above Santa Barbara.

The case stalled for years after it was learned that Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen had turned over probation reports, police files and other documents to "Alpha Dog" director Nick Cassavetes.

Zonen said in court documents that he gave the files to Cassavetes to help publicize the hunt for Hollywood. An appeals court removed Zonen from the case, but the state's highest court and the U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled that he and the district attorney's office could stay on the case.

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