Comments on: Crowning 'Three Kings' Ten Years Later

By: dragonrower

dragonrower — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:34:14 +0000

i really liked three kings when this was released 10 years ago. i remember vividly that this was pulled out of the philippine marketing cinema after about 5 days because of poor revenue to theater owners. not many people in my country knows about this movie, good thing i was one of the few who saw it on the opening day. most of the comments i heard was that they were expecting hard core iraqi-war action. but david o russell captured more than that & that is why i really like it. there is a hidden message to the american people that others wont understand. sarcasm may be one of the traits in messaging it. but it all worked out in the end.

By: zyzygy

zyzygy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:17:55 +0000

I remember this one and the original Matrix being my top picks for 99!

By: Charles Carmichael

Charles Carmichael — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:04:09 +0000

Screened this two nights before release with my buddy who was a manager at AMC. Loved it then, still love it! My favorite Clooney film and a Mark Wahlberg was excellent!

By: Aly

Aly — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:52:54 +0000

And not a mention of Kelly's Heroes(1970), Hmmm? Why not? Im not trying to take anything away from Three Kings, its a good movie, but you cant deny the influence of Kelly's Heroes on Three Kings.

By: Just Myself

Just Myself — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:49:15 +0000

This is in my top 100 favorite films and my 2nd favorite from 1999. The film shoots in several different directions and manages not only to hit all of its targets, but hit them dead-center. It's unfortunate that it hasn't ridden the slow-burn wave of fame so many other underperforming films have taken from that year (Fight Club is probably the best example of this), but those of us who still remember it and watch it regularly enough know this is truly a masterpiece.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:38:07 +0000

i was only 14 when i saw this movie in theatres…on a date. bad move. she was crying and closing her eyes the entire time.
as a result i never really fully appreciated the film and i hadnt really paid it much attention until i caught it on Bravo last month. i have to say, david, you are right on about this movie. complex, relevant and extremely underrated. in fact there are alot of clooney films that i love that bombed at the box office and seem to have been forgotten; the good german, oh brother, peacemaker, burn after reading.

By: southard

southard — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:03:10 +0000

I literally just watched this yesterday for the first time, so I'm ecstatic to see you wrote this piece on it today. It was excellent in so many ways, and one thought that came to mind while watching this was that George Clooney should play Captain America. Captain America needs to be a brash leader and after watching this I immediately thought, George Clooney is the man to do it.
Awesome film though, there's so many great moments in it.

By: dre

dre — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:54:39 +0000

One of my favorite films of 1999 and that's saying something.