10th & Wolf (2006)
3/10
Pittsburgh? Philadelphia? Huh?
2 October 2014
The movie, mediocre at best. What a disappointment. Some great actors in not so great roles. I really think I started to lose interest every time I was reminded that the movie was NOT shot in Philadelphia. My mind would wander and take time to try to get back to the story. I really feel the movie lost its authenticity by not being filmed in Philly. I couldn't agree more with Sunee161. C'mon. Philly is one of the cheapest places to film ANYWHERE! Pittsburgh is a great city, but it's no Philly. The filmmakers had to keep reminding us of that with shots of mountains in the background, the Bud billboard with the Steelers logo on it, a route 837 North sign outside the Antique Gallery. REALLY??? Even the street signs didn't look like Philly. Ever hear of SECOND UNIT??? Couldn't you have used some stock Philly footage or some b-footage. How hard would the 5 1/2 hour DRIVE have been to get some real Philly footage? World War Z was shot in Glasgow, Scottland and looked more like Philly because at least they brought in newspaper honor boxes, parking signs, street signs and streetlights. Admittedly, the taxis were New York, not Philly. And jeffca from Ardmore, considering Philly was having it's "city wide government shutdown" I don't blame Knight for shooting Devil in Canada. He really wanted to shoot it in Philly like all the rest of his movies, but how long should he have waited, losing money, for Philly to get its act together. I agree, the film council has to be more aggressive and lure more film production to this city. I have a great idea for the producers of 10th & Wolf, how 'bout filming a movie that takes place in LA and shoot it in Paris. That should look convincing!
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