Saturday, January 16, 2016

Three Kings (1999)

This Day in History !!

Operation Desert Storm began on this day in 1991.  Today's film takes place during the 1991 Iraqi Uprisings that happened in the months after Desert Storm .......  

Wikipedia.org Article for The Gulf War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War
























So, watch Three Kings (1999)........

Run Time:  114 mins
Genre:  War, Drama
Format:  Widescreen Format, Color
Director:  David O. Russell 
Starring:  George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze

IMDB.com Entry for the film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120188/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Wikipedia.org Article for the film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kings_(1999_film)

Wikipedia.org Article for George Clooney:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney

Wikipedia.org Article on Mark Wahlberg:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg

Wikipedia.org Article for Ice Cube:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube

Wikipedia.org Article for Spike Jonze:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze

Wikipedia.org Article for Director David O. Russell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Russell

Trailer for the Film on YouTube:



I wasn’t a big fan of this film the first time I saw it. I think I was still mad at Clooney for destroying the Batman series, but all is forgiven now. One of the few big-budget mainstream films set during the first Persian Gulf War, this one, kind-of, follows the same story-line as Kelly’s Heroes about our heroes trying to liberate a stolen treasure of gold from the enemy. This film has some fantastic cinematography going on, as well as great flashbacks. What the Matrix movie did for CGI this one did for Cinematography. It’s a gritty, lack-of-color, approach. They also use a device that is prevalent today on TV shows like CSI or House, where they recreate what is happening inside the human body when a bullet tears through skin and bone or when a tube is stuck inside to release pressure on a wound. It helps with the impact and also the anxiety felt by our characters. 

The most interesting part of the film is when our three heroes (Clooney, Wahlberg and Cube), go into a building or bunker and leave the fourth King (Jonze), outside. It actually gives the viewer two different stories happening at once. There is an action scene going on inside and a social-political drama happening on the outside. It is very interesting and I had forgotten how funny this film is. Some details in the film are a bit off, but it is a dark comedy-drama, so the overall product is very entertaining and in some ways a learning experience. - Phil

Click the link below at GoWatchIt.com to see where you can stream or watch Three Kings (1999) online or on TV right now:
http://gowatchit.com/movies/three-kings-29252

Or check out TVGuide.com to see if this film is playing on TV/Cable in your area:
http://www.tvguide.com/movies/three-kings/134210/

CHECK IN TOMORROW ...... 
for our next film of the day .......

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