Comments on: Mark Wahlberg to Star as Cocaine Cowboy for Peter Berg

By: angeline

angeline — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:27:47 +0000

Like some people already said, it’s only for entertainment, these drug movies. However, it was kind of annoying in “Cocaine Cowboys” how that Jon Roberts guy kept going on and on about all the millions he made and that he had to stash money in the backyard and in the horse feed to hide it. Gimme a f-ing break! That money was seized and he lost years of his life in prison./ Nothing is worth that. I live in Florida and I refuse to even visit Miami. No one I know even wants to go there. Hell, you can’t even get a job in Miami unless you are bi-lingual. That you tell you something about that city. Stay away.

By: Carlito

Carlito — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:05:40 +0000

U sound a little bitter man. These are movies based on real people and real events. This so called glorification of these dudes in movies adds all to the experience of going to the movies and watching movies. Its the allure of breaking the law and making millions of dollars, the positive angle with making these movies is all to add to the experience. I don’t want to leave the movies depressed, I wanna leave the movies saying damn he almost got away or maybe if he would have did this or that. Plus as in all of these real life stories, the guys either go to jail or end up dead. No one who was ever big time has left the game early enough to survive. Which in turns shows that this is not the life to lead. To put it short, its just like Jay-Z said “ITS ONLY ENTERTAINMENT!”

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By: Hunter Stephenson

Hunter Stephenson — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:58:23 +0000

@RedandJonny

Well, I’d argue that American Gangster ended happily ever after. Frank Lucas is now immortalized in a $100 million film that will be watched for the next 50 years at least. We all know that films often take precedent over history books. He also has a house purchased by Denzel Washington and no doubt received a fair-to-large payment for his life story, which will be milked for book deals and TV specials and whatever else he can do on the internet. He also had an album made in his honor by the biggest recording artist this side of the Beatles, Eagles and Elvis: Jay-Z.

The unhappy ending occurred for the DEA agents who actually took Lucas down, who had their reps tarnished in what almost amounts to libel. Meanwhile, Crowe’s character, Richard Roberts, is argued by the very same officers to not have played close to a major role in Lucas’s bust. And what does Lucas have to say about Roberts in the movie: “They [the producers] wanted a white boy.” That’s from the news today.

And if you’ve seen Cocaine Cowboys, you’ll see the Jon Roberts is living comfortably and healthily. Soon, he’ll be a star in his on right on a worldwide scale. He’ll prob come close to attaining the lifestyle he once had. Sucks for him, I know. I mean, I wouldn’t want my life story highly romanticized and played by Mark Wahlberg and directed by Peter Berg. Hah.

By: dan

dan — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:01:09 +0000

Cocaine Cowboy? is this the George W. Bush biopic?

By: RedandJonny

RedandJonny — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:12:26 +0000

My favorite Drug movie is SPUN… watched it at least 20 times… Micky Rourkes best film in years.

I don’t mind most of these drug films… Sure it glamorizes them…but while it lasts IT IS glamorous.. but like all drugs…theres the inevitable come down. Fact is drugs will make you a lot of money and you will have a lot of fun doing and dealing them…..but you will also get caught eventually and go to jail for a long time or be killed.
So I don’t see that as a bad thing making a movie about them since I’ve yet to see one that ended happily ever after.

By: Heni

Heni — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:33:37 +0000

I dont really care. Movies are movies and theyre meant to be enjoyed. If dealing drugs does so then thats fine. who cares.

By: Orange cinema

Orange cinema — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:15:37 +0000

I agree that these movies paint a somewhat heroic picture of some pretty bad people. And in the case of American Gangster: 1 the movie is ok, but certainly not worthy of the awards and acclaim it is recieving 2 the only reason that guy cooperated w the cops is because he got caught. There is nothing noble or heroic about him at all. Yes it was rare for a black man to rise to that type of power back then, but no matter the race - a violent drug dealer is a violent drug dealer…

By: tone

tone — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:27:21 +0000

definately a fun trend. drugs shouldn’t/can’t be illegal. the war was lost before it begun. I wonder why the USA has more percentage incarcerated then any other country (even more then iran or china). war on drugs buddy.

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By: Lenny

Lenny — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:45:49 +0000

Like George said in Blow ” it’s just some plants crossing an imaginary line”
What can I say the big ones lead “Rock star” like lives, so it makes for good entertainment.

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