{"id":8396,"date":"2004-12-30T18:35:57","date_gmt":"2004-12-30T16:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/30\/straight-shooter\/"},"modified":"2005-04-18T06:29:14","modified_gmt":"2005-04-18T03:29:14","slug":"straight-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/30\/straight-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"\/I’ve just watched the “Straigth Shooter<\/a>” on DVD. There is something strange about this film. It looks and feels like something of mid-70s. Picture quality, sound, choice of music compositions, photography, camera work, lights, and everything. Even the story and character development are very 70-ish. Never-the-less, the film was done in 1999.<\/p>\n

And that puts me in the situation where I have to decide if I liked it or not. For the measures of 70-ies this film is very good. It is dynamic, interesting, and has good special effects. On the other hand, as a movie made in 1999 it sucks big time. It was supposed to be an action and a war crime with special ops and stuff, but according to today’s standards it is very slow and boring without much to look at.<\/p>\n

Until someone will prove to me that it is a really old film or explain to me what was so great about making a movie that was 30 years late, I’ll give it a 5 out of 10.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve just watched the “Straigth Shooter” on DVD. There is something strange about this film. It looks and feels like something of mid-70s. Picture quality, sound, choice of music compositions, photography, camera work, lights, and everything. Even the story and character development are very 70-ish. Never-the-less, the film was done in 1999. 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