Urban talk
My quote of the week:-
"My soul is more fried up than a KFC variety bucket."
Kentucky Mothafuckin' Fried Chicken!
Movies Update
Saw some movies over the weekend, which is basically what people with no life like me does. You plonk your fat ass down on a comfy chair, stub in your speaker phones, put in some DVDs, and that's how you waste your boring weekends at home away.
Ok, I'm pretty much dead for words today, so I won't even pretend that I'm trying to type up a coherent review.
Average movie in its own right. It's not trying to be philosophical, nor is it trying to be stylish(its based in the late 80s early 90s era). The storyline is pretty much cliches after cliches, but Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby's character well enough that you can't hate on him even when he's acting like a spoiled asshole going against his father and brother. I like his interaction with Eva Mendes' Amada, cute, cuddly and funny during the first half of the movie and spiraling towards the end in the second half. Like Edward Norton and Rosario Dawson in 25th Hour, its easy to warm up to a more real life couple like them compare to the usual damsel-in-distress characters and plotlines Hollywood tend to favor. And Eva Mendes is one hot bitch. She has a case of the Hot Bitch, which sees her being hot all the time, 24/7, 365 days, 52 weeks, fucking forever.
It's a popcorn movie, all and all. They scale down from the sprawling plotlines of Ocean 12 and refrained themselves to just one major one this time. The cheeky bastards are still the cheeky bastards, the bumbling genius is still the bumbling genius, the lay back technicians are still the lay back technicians, the gangs' still going well. Don't go watch it expecting some smart sleuth comedy thief heist, cause you'll be disappointed, but it's entertaining enough to keep me from hitting the fast forward button.
Like Ocean 13, Smokin' Aces also boasts a huge clusterfuck of movie stars that will make you so busy trying to identify who's who than actually pay attention to the movie, which I think, seems to be a better option here seeing that the movie has no idea what it wants to present. It tries to be funny in one minute and flips to melodramatic in the next, while bullets are spraying across the screen and body parts being hack off. It spends so much time dragging up to the important stance off that when it happens, it just falls flat with the soul being sucked out of it. The twist of the plot came out of nowhere, with no indication during the movie, it felt ridiculous and unbelievable, as if the writer just need an out-of-the-world ending to tie up the whole thing. Watch it when you have nothing to do or need some filler entertainment. Grab a cold one and enjoy.
