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re: Alpha Dog is a sad movie.

Posted on 4/28/20 at 7:04 am to
Posted by LuckyTiger
Someone's Alter
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 4/28/20 at 7:04 am to
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Well he went to jail for strangling a female Paramount exec, so I imagine that didn’t help his career a ton.


Posted by adavis
North of I-10
Member since Aug 2007
5820 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 8:50 am to
Yeah, definitely a tough one. I think it's an extremely overrated movie though.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14244 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 9:17 am to
Surprisingly nearly every scene is a pretty close depiction to the true story. Years ago, I got really wrapped up in all the court cases and followed Hollywood’s (Truelove) very closely after he was captured.

Rugge (Timberlake’s character) got parolled a couple of years ago and has some interviews out there. Doesn’t speak much about the movie tho as Hollywood is still involved in appeals.

Interesting story to follow.





This post was edited on 4/28/20 at 9:23 am
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50313 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 8:12 pm to
Wow how did I miss this story
Sounds like a bunch of Eminem wannabes
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
39257 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 8:17 pm to
Holy shite I had no idea Emile did that, wow.

Does this movie have the most “underrated actors” of all time?
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14244 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 9:11 pm to
I think the story captivated me because of that reason. These were a bunch of white wanna be kids just trying to act tough. Typical Louisiana. Granted, these weren’t the typical suburban kids the story made it out to be, but as a whole that’s what it was and shite got carried away really fast.

I am still shocked it really came down to killing a kid. You’d think someone along the train would’ve woke up. The Jesse James Hollywood story is a very interesting one. I got really wrapped up in it.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
175449 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 9:46 pm to
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Typical Louisiana.


Wut? This happened in SoCal
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38015 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 10:10 pm to
It has to be up there for the dumbest and most senseless murders.

He's afraid of a kidnapping charge where the kid eventually went along with it and then goes for murder to avoid the kidnapping charge?

BTW, I thought Bully was a better movie.

Alpha Dog is a sad movie because the entire story makes no sense.
Posted by ClampClampington
Nebraska
Member since Jun 2017
4010 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 10:21 pm to
Say goodbye, say goodbye to Hollywood
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
11767 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 10:22 pm to
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I thought Bully was a better movie.



The initial stabbing when Brad Renfro just comes up behind Nick Stahl, stabs him in the back of neck, and Stahl just turns around surprised and says "owww" has always stuck with me for some reason. It wasn't the typical Hollywood stabbing, it seemed like it was actually happening
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38015 posts
Posted on 4/28/20 at 10:30 pm to
Bully and Razor's Edge seemed raw (going along with this teen/YA theme of senseless murder.)
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