bobsticks
12-10-2006, 05:35 PM
Um, okay, I know there's a level of personal responsibility involved in everything and I am the one that made the decision to devote two hours of my life to this, but still I must scream foul. It's hard to put into words how much this movie sucked. Suffice it to say that the overall slide in the quality of movies that has been much lamented around here continues with this one. Just godawful,really.
I liked Miami Vice when it was on television. I mean, I was a kid and it was flashy and hip and sometimes funny. Nothing that was good about the show transfers over to the movie.
First and foremost the script is horrible. Jamie Fox, who I regard as a pretty solid actor, has nothing to say that sounds even remotely intelligent. Any attempt at acting on his part must surely have been undercut by the choppy and vague storyline. Colin Farrell sounds like a pro-wrestler with tourette's syndrome. Justin Theroux, one of tinsel town's best character-actors, is credited for appearing in this--and I think I saw him once--but doesn't even have any dialogue.
The cinematography is acceptable in that "its Michael Mann/Collateral sort of way". It could be argued that this was a "modern" take on the show. It could also be argued that it sucked. Frankly, this seemed like a rushed project compared to Collateral.
I wish I could comment on the sound, but I was too busy yelling at the screen to notice. My guess is that it was fairly unremarkable as nothing grabbed me.
Much like the Bourne Identity, Miami Vice is really a marketing vehicle. Other than using a known commodity to enhance name-recognition there was no reason to make this a Miami Vice film. The characters in no way resembled any of the original characters and could just as easily been attributed to any action/adventure vehicle. Replace Farrell with any African-American male and you could have had Bad Boys 3: The Unfunny Years.
Unlike The Bourne Identity you don't have a decent movie that could stand on it's own outside the franchise name.
Honestly, I've already devoted too much of life to this film. Learn from my mistakes. Go on without me...and avoid at all costs.
I liked Miami Vice when it was on television. I mean, I was a kid and it was flashy and hip and sometimes funny. Nothing that was good about the show transfers over to the movie.
First and foremost the script is horrible. Jamie Fox, who I regard as a pretty solid actor, has nothing to say that sounds even remotely intelligent. Any attempt at acting on his part must surely have been undercut by the choppy and vague storyline. Colin Farrell sounds like a pro-wrestler with tourette's syndrome. Justin Theroux, one of tinsel town's best character-actors, is credited for appearing in this--and I think I saw him once--but doesn't even have any dialogue.
The cinematography is acceptable in that "its Michael Mann/Collateral sort of way". It could be argued that this was a "modern" take on the show. It could also be argued that it sucked. Frankly, this seemed like a rushed project compared to Collateral.
I wish I could comment on the sound, but I was too busy yelling at the screen to notice. My guess is that it was fairly unremarkable as nothing grabbed me.
Much like the Bourne Identity, Miami Vice is really a marketing vehicle. Other than using a known commodity to enhance name-recognition there was no reason to make this a Miami Vice film. The characters in no way resembled any of the original characters and could just as easily been attributed to any action/adventure vehicle. Replace Farrell with any African-American male and you could have had Bad Boys 3: The Unfunny Years.
Unlike The Bourne Identity you don't have a decent movie that could stand on it's own outside the franchise name.
Honestly, I've already devoted too much of life to this film. Learn from my mistakes. Go on without me...and avoid at all costs.