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Ah, the out of context Clarkism. Actually, David Denby dedicates an

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In Reply to: To the lowbrow EW's dissing of Syriana one may add the highbrow New Yorker. posted by clarkjohnsen on December 27, 2005 at 13:46:03:

almost unprecedented THREE pages to his review.
You must have skipped to the last sentence and missed the full review. Here's the first sentence for you: "Syriana," Stephen Gaghan's tense, outrageously complicated thriller about oil, the C.I.A., and the Middle East, is a major film without being a great film."
I hope you're a bit more honest in your business dealings, Mr. J, than you are on this forum.

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Gee- it says "NOT A GREAT FILM..." can't YOU read? - EdM 06:44:54 12/28/05 (3)
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- In your universe, like Clark's, there is nothing between gold and shit? nt - tinear 16:22:12 12/28/05 (0)
  Read Denby's review, clown.
- Exactly! But it was also a "major film" because some idiots said, "It made me think". Actually... - clarkjohnsen 07:39:32 12/28/05 (1)
  ...I read that line about Crash in the Globe this morning and filed it away for later use. One has to wonder what goes through their brains regularly, if that movie made them think.
  As for that pathetic swipe at me about business honesty, it indicates a mentality that projects its own crudeness onto others, besides straying off the topic.
  clark
  - Which begs the question, of course, when - tinear 16:23:08 12/28/05 (0)
    something will make you strain yourself to thought.

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