Smokin' Aces

[quote]PGA wrote:
David Barr wrote:
This movie was even better than I expected (expectations kill). Very Guy Ritchie.

Ryan Renolds was great and Jason Bateman is just a stud. Excellent flick overall.

It actually exceeded your expectations?!? I may have set mine way to high. Thats what I get though from going nuts from a trailer. DAMN TRAILERS!

The cast was great and they all gave solid performances and the action was top notch.

Whats all the hating on Affleck all about (not saying you are Barr)? He’s one of the guys in Hollywood who doesn’t take himself seriously. He’s not an egotistical prick like most of Hollywood. He’s a very good actor and quite funny.

Why the hatin’?[/quote]

No hatin’. But that scene with Ben Affleck and the other dude and the Sergio Leone western music playing in the background… that was hilarious. I wonder how many takes were spoiled by somebody cracking up.

The Ritalin Kid had me rollin’.

All that being said, I disagree with the guy saying that movie tried too hard to be funny. I think much of the stuff in there was just meant to be absurd and/or surreal — and succeeded.

“That’s not yours. Get your dickbeaters off that.”

I went and saw it opening night. Really liked it, but didn’t think the ending was that great. Not that is was bad, just felt forced.

Ooh, another one of the most test filled scenes was when Ryan Reynolds asks Liotta how bad his wounds were and Liotta replies, “Mortal.” Fucking badass.

I thought it was pretty crap to be honest. The style was heavily borrowed from Lock Stock and Snatch but not done as well.

I found the middle where they have all the emotional shit didn’t suit the tone of the film at all.

The ending was really bad too.

Watchable but not great.

[quote]PGA wrote:
BTW!!! Alicia Key’s legs are PHENOMENAL![/quote]

I was thinking that too. I never noticed before this movie because she doesn’t normally show them off.

I thought the movie was great. I’m kind of surprised that a lot of you were disappointed.