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Old 04-02-2018 | 07:44 AM
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Just watched this movie. Tom Cruise did such a great job.
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Old 04-02-2018 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboWill
Just watched this movie. Tom Cruise did such a great job.
To be accurate he would have to gain 100#. Great place, Mena.
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Old 04-02-2018 | 06:56 PM
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Just watched this movie. Tom Cruise did such a great job.
It’s a pretty fun movie. Side not check out Narcos if you haven’t. They devote an episode to him in season 1 I believe
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Old 04-02-2018 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by badflaps
To be accurate he would have to gain 100#. Great place, Mena.
correct x 2
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Old 04-02-2018 | 09:20 PM
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I liked the story but I thought the film could have told the story in a much better way. It seemed kind of thin. I enjoyed it, but wish it had been deeper.
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Old 04-02-2018 | 10:34 PM
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They play up Barry Seal like a hero, and portray him as intelligent, resourceful. He was nothing of the kind. More of a dirtbag that got what was inevitably coming his way. Glorifying him was extreme poetic license, and very misplaced. The man was an idiot.
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Old 04-03-2018 | 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
The man was an idiot.
The whole quitting TWA thing made me wonder... had to be more to that.
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Old 04-04-2018 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The whole quitting TWA thing made me wonder... had to be more to that.
Exactly! why risk it when you have that job and a hot wife lol
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Movie was VERY inaccurate. Decent movie if you didn't know the story but typical of a Tom Cruise movie.....more about him than the character.
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Old 04-07-2018 | 08:12 AM
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Haven't seen it yet. 20 something CFI's throwing parties from wrap-around balconied, oceanfront condos is one of the things I recall.

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