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October Sky (1999)
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Gosh-darn small-town melodrama...
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"Fire in the Sky was a frustrating film in that it had such promise and wasted about 3/4 of its runtime on an uninteresting and poorly acted/scripted human story. The story really is amazing...I've never been a sceptic of these things, and if there's a convincing case presented, I'll be the first to defend its better aspects. This movie definitely presented some kick-ass evidence and a really cool story. However, it was difficult to sit through and downright laughable during its drawn out interrogation and small-town angst sequences. There is nothing interesting about small-town ethics and stigma. And yet it continues to ruin promising movies, and it's making me sick. I first noticed this with the equally interesting yet stupidly crafted October Sky, and also the not-half-bad Rudy. It ran rampant in this movie, and I'm coming to the conclusion that this sort of tediousness in movies was really just a stamp of 90s cinema, and going back and watching all of my childhood favorite ... "
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"Sky" was truelly won ...
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"i just saw this movie, like two days ago, for the first time since it came out on video. that was almost ten years ago. i was only 12. and back then i thought it was a good film, but actually now that i see it again i think it is by far one of Jake Gyllenhaal's best films. i fell in love with this movie all over again. it reminded me of my younger years and all the weird things i tried to do after school. it's an inspiration to me sort of like it was with Billy Elliot. this is a feel good movie. it will leave you feeling good. it is not excelent in all of it's elements but it still works. i read the book and usually after reading the book i hate the movie; not with October Sky. this film truelly captures the imagination that one day those four boys of Coalwood had. "
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