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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby optimus on Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:19 pm

Just seen this.
Sad, he seemed like a nice bloke as well.

True Romance is one of my all time favourite films.
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby James A on Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:25 pm

Very sad news

True Romance, Crimson Tide and Top Gun :D
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby jdanddiet on Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:32 pm

RIP Tony

I wrote a little tribute

http://jdanddiet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/tony-scott-tribute.html
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby resident paul on Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:33 pm

Just found out why he killed himself because of inoperable brain cancer! :(

Link: http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/scott-had-ino ... n-cancer-1

Edit: Now they saying it's not brain cancer! :?

Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ton ... DNxPKBY6Wk
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby resident paul on Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:34 pm

jdanddiet wrote:RIP Tony

I wrote a little tribute

http://jdanddiet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/tony-scott-tribute.html


Great tribute jd!
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby Rinoa on Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:48 pm

Sad news. True Romance is one of my favourite films of all time.
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby SoupDragon on Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:46 pm

Tony Scott was reportedly eager to direct the Gears of War movie.
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby Megamixer on Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:01 pm

Enemy of the State is one of my favourite films and slightly underrated so this is sad news. Couldn't recall which movies he'd been involved in at first and then remembered his name from the EotS DVD.

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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby felgekarp on Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:33 pm

Megamixer wrote:Enemy of the State is one of my favourite films and slightly underrated so this is sad news. Couldn't recall which movies he'd been involved in at first and then remembered his name from the EotS DVD.

R.I.P


I would put Enemy Of The State in my top 10 list of films.
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby pratty on Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:51 pm

I liked a lot of his films, especially Crimson Tide, Enemy Of The State, Man On FIre and Spy Game, which we're thoughtful action-thriller that dealt with conscience and morality. I'm pretty sure I enjoyed True Romance aswell but I've only seen it once and that was pretty soon after it came out.

I was never was a fan of Top Gun though, I actually read somewhere that Tony Scott himself regreted how much it glorified war. Perhaps films like Crimson Tide were his way of adressing that?
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby resident paul on Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:47 pm

Quite like a lot of his films ie: crimson tide, true romance & behind enemy lines.
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby Negative Creep on Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:21 am

resident paul wrote:Quite like a lot of his films ie: crimson tide, true romance & behind enemy lines.


He had nothing to do with Behind Enemy Lines (which is rather underrated film nonetheless)
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Re: RIP Tony Scott

Postby samhain81 on Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:47 am

his films did have a resounding motif of vehicles and transportation.
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