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This is by Jerry Zgoda, or J-Z as I'm not going to start calling him.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/83505067.html

"Instead, popcorn, pizza and the critically acclaimed independent film 'The Hurt Locker' awaited them. Al Jefferson, after screening the film about a U.S. Army bomb-squad unit in Iraq, was not impressed. 'It was terrible,' Jefferson said then. 'It was a war movie, but there wasn't enough killing in it. The pizza and the food were good, but the movie. ... It got our minds off basketball, but I would never watch it again.' On Tuesday, the movie received nine Oscar nominations, tying it with James Cameron's big-budget 'Avatar' for most nominations. Included were nominations for best picture, director, screenplay and best actor. ... Wolves coach Kurt Rambis chose the movie for his players because it illustrates teamwork, and he thought it might remind them that, despite a 3-21 record at the time, they don't have things so bad. The next night, the Wolves went out and beat Utah at EnergySolutions Arena, one of the league's most forbidding arenas, for their fourth victory. 'He's Al Jefferson,' Rambis said. 'He's not Siskel or Ebert.' "


I also like hearing bout them cowering from the cold.

lol. I remember there was some article with a Craig Smith interview a while back where he praises Michael Bay's ability.

Yea Al's movie taste is questionable at best. Although I have not seen it and heard mixed reviews, he kind of slammed the Blindside as well. If people aren't getting blown up he probably doesn't like it.

I can't hold it in any longer. Avatar was overrated.

cpfsf wrote:I can't hold it in any longer. Avatar was overrated.

Talk about a hackneyed plot. I enjoyed it, but it was way over-hyped. Like most of Allen Iverson's career.

I liked Baron Davis' movie reviews for nba.com, he wasn't bad. Definitely better than Al.

big3_8_19_21 wrote:

cpfsf wrote:I can't hold it in any longer. Avatar was overrated.

Talk about a hackneyed plot. I enjoyed it, but it was way over-hyped. Like most of Allen Iverson's career.

My biggest complaint is that I think the director assumes I'm a ******* idiot. They have to make who the villain/hero is so obvious. I'm a villain because I'm the villain MUAHAHAHA YOU DIE NOW!!!!

Dialogue at times made me want to vomit, but maybe that was because I ate Taco Bell before.

My last issue with the movie was it seemed so predictable.

Haven't seen Avatar. Don't plan on seeing Avatar.

I saw Avatar and it was fantastic in spite of the cliches. But I'm bummed out because I thought the evil company man was the same guy as the "are you guys on MySpace?" guy on Superbad, but I guess its a different guy

2 thumbs up to Big Al for trashing a critically acclaimed movie. Another one of those "hey don't say anything bad about this movie unless you're an unpatriotic commie" american war movies. Nuts to that

I'm shocked that he really believes war movies are only explosions and backflips and such. If you showed him The Manchurian Candidate he'd probably put his popcorn box on his head, grab the edges of his chair, and start thrash bouncing, sayin "who the f are these guys, when are they gonna do something?" ., It's okay though Al, we love you anyways..

Devilzsidewalk wrote:I saw Avatar and it was fantastic in spite of the cliches. But I'm bummed out because I thought the evil company man was the same guy as the "are you guys on MySpace?" guy on Superbad, but I guess its a different guy

Rahm emmanuel got in a lot of trouble recently for exclaiming that that movie is "Totally Avatarded"

*rimshot*