I have a confession to make:   
      
   I saw the 2011 version of "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" on Thursday evening.   
      
   (It was only a few minutes, though, I swear!)   
      
   The one thing that I noticed, are the overly dramatised sound effects.   
      
   For example, when they uncoupled the first car, the film editors added   
   such an effect, the type of which would never happen in reality.   
      
   The same happened when they cut the power to the trains, they added this   
   sound effect as if a very large generator was powering down. Just   
   ridiculous.   
      
   Command Center was also laughable as a high-tech centre, when in reality   
   it would not surprise me if very little has changed since the proper   
   film came out in 1974.   
      
   Lastly, what is it with Denzel Washington and bad railroad films?   
   Besides the above-described film, he was in "Unstoppable," another film   
   that was terrible and added a whole bunch of unnecessary effects and drama.   
      
   I respect Denzel Washington and a lot of his work, honestly I do, and I   
   understand that he is a good Shakespearean actor. But he and   
   railroad-themed films just don't go together -- kind of like sand and oil.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)