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Gradstudent
Member
07-10-2005
| Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 4:07 pm
I enjoyed this movie. It wasn't so much about Bobby himself as much as those around him at the hotel who were affected by his shooting - but it was good. I also appreciated the fact that when "Bobby" was part of the scene, they used real footage of him, and not some actor that they wanted me to pretend was him. Not the best movie I've seen, but I liked it.
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Hughs
Member
10-03-2005
| Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 3:54 am
I am really looking 4ward to this reaching the UK... incredible cast and just how often is Martin Sheen gonna have Kennedy-esque connections lol
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 10:56 am
Sharon Stone, god help me, is incredible in it. The film itself is just OK though.
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 8:18 pm
I was disappointed. Just an average movie. Very slow. The characters seemed so sad, depressing. They could have used a Sandra Bullock character to brighten things up a bit. I'm a huge baseball fan and wasn't aware of the Don Drysdale connection to that day in history. I also didn't like the emphasis on the Latino problem in LA at that time. I was 18 then, and very non-political. I do recall all the assassinations of course. After MLK Jr was killed, didn't Watts erupt, the black area of LA? Instead Emilio Estevez was trying to describe a Hispanic tension, which certainly exists now, but I certainly wasn't aware of it back in l968.
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Bbfanatic
Member
08-14-2000
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 12:57 pm
There are so many actors in this movie that I dislike I dont think I could sit through it. Sounds like I am not missing anything.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 5:56 pm
Watched this last night. I thought the movie was good. I also enjoyed hearing from actual people that were there that night...the extra on the DVD.
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Racinrach
Member
11-16-2006
| Friday, May 04, 2007 - 8:42 am
I got to see it was so looking forward to it. As one of the younger ones on the board not being alive when this took place I found it to be a great movie. I know enough about that day thanks to my mom and to take this new look at those around the hotel and what else could have been going on was great in my mind. There were a lot of people in that cast and Im not a lohan lover but she was OK... I am glad they showed the footage of the real Bobby and when he is giving his speach and I knew it was coming I got chills because he flashed that peace sign and that was it... Our life could have been something different and we will never know but this movie opened me up to get more into what is going on in this election because of that.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 3:06 pm
I remember the time very well. I enjoyed getting a handle of what the situation was and the the layout of the hotel. When he was a boy my deceased DH late at night with his friends used to climb over the wall and go swimming in the Ambassador's pool.
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Wednesday, December 05, 2007 - 10:03 am
I just saw this movie on Movie Central channel and I had to speed up to its climax when Bobby gets shot and then rewinded a couple of times, more to listen to that beautiful song (sound of silence) and instantly I was again a 17 yr old who heard of Robert Kennedy's shooting on my Birthday, he died on my birthday!! I was in school in a little town of Tuscany, and yet the news arrived to me on that June 6th, 1968. I think they did a great job in recreating those times and you can now see how much we have changed... no one would even think of letting that crowd go unchecked, security has become our obsession... and with good reason, I guess.
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