Miami Vice

[realitybug]

pennygwoods said:

I'm one of like...four people living who can't stand Naomie Harris (or Jamie Foxx), so between this and PotC (Tia Dalma!?), I hope we can finally put that fugly, no-talent broad out to sea.

No talent?? She was fantastic in POTC2. Don't get where youre coming from, sorry.

As for this movie, I won't be seeing it. I am opting to see POTC2. Again.

[Binky]

This is awful.

I should have gone to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2 again. My friend and I wanted to see an action movie, which is what Miami Vice is being marketed as. False advertising. This movie is about people talking for long times about stuff that is vaguely confusing and could have used some fucking exposition. Then, Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrel each have sex (not with each other), and then some people are shot.

Colin Farrel is hideous, with a mullet and a pornstache. Gong Li can barely speak English, and she still provided the most interesting moments in the film.

I have never seen actors in an action/drama movie look so god damned bored. All the dialogue seemed to follow the follow trend, with no emotion or inflection, suspense or intensity.

Foxx: There are drug dealers.
Farrell: Yes, there are .
Foxx: Let's do stuff.
Farrell: Okay.

I seriously hope this isn't number one at the box office, dethroning PotC. It's awful.

[twodollars]

binky said:

This is awful.

I should have gone to see Pirates of the Caribbean 2 again. My friend and I wanted to see an action movie, which is what Miami Vice is being marketed as. False advertising. This movie is about people talking for long times about stuff that is vaguely confusing and could have used some fucking exposition. Then, Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrel each have sex (not with each other), and then some people are shot.

Colin Farrel is hideous, with a mullet and a pornstache. Gong Li can barely speak English, and she still provided the most interesting moments in the film.

I have never seen actors in an action/drama movie look so god damned bored. All the dialogue seemed to follow the follow trend, with no emotion or inflection, suspense or intensity.

Foxx: There are drug dealers.
Farrell: Yes, there are .
Foxx: Let's do stuff.
Farrell: Okay.

I seriously hope this isn't number one at the box office, dethroning PotC. It's awful.

That is a perfect summary of this piece of shit movie. People started walking out about 1/2 hour before it ended. Sadly, I stayed to the unsatisfying end.

Jamie sleep-walked through the whole movie. Colin was greasy. And Gong Li shouldn't be cast in anymore movies where understanding her is necessary to understanding the plot. Her English is awful.

On an unrelated note, I really want the tile in the shower during Foxx's sex scene. It was so cool.

[Maddiemoo]

Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrel each have sex (not with each other)

That certainly would have made the movie more interesting, however.

[jazz]

Colin Farrel and Jamie Foxx both look repulsive in the trailers and in the ads. I can't even start on my dislike of Foxx - there is no way I am seeing this movie not even on DVD.

[Binky]

Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrel each have sex (not with each other)

That certainly would have made the movie more interesting, however.

Yes indeedy.

The movie gods made amends by putting Bad Boys 2 on TV last night. It was so similar to Miami Vice (Miami, Drug Dealers, Havana, Cops), except, you know, not mind-numbingly painful.

So if you have the need for an action movie about the drug war in Miami, go rent Bad Boys 2.

[Britty]

The movie gods made amends by putting Bad Boys 2 on TV last night. It was so similar to Miami Vice (Miami, Drug Dealers, Havana, Cops), except, you know, not mind-numbingly painful.

The Miami drug movies have been done to death. Hell, Nip/Tuck does Miami better than most of the movies out there. Last weekend when NBC showed the original Miami Vice pilot there was a special sneak peek at the movie. I couldn't believe how awful it was and how bad Farrel looked. There's no way I could sit through the full movie.

[slashgirl]

The movie gods made amends by putting Bad Boys 2 on TV last night. It was so similar to Miami Vice (Miami, Drug Dealers, Havana, Cops), except, you know, not mind-numbingly painful.

Except to those who hate Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Michael Bay with the fire of ten thousand suns.

On-topic, the movie looks great, but a little humor wouldn't have hurt. >>For example, there could have been a toy alligator named Elvis on Crockett's boat, which would've been a shout-out to the original<<

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The movie gods made amends by putting Bad Boys 2 on TV last night. It was so similar to Miami Vice (Miami, Drug Dealers, Havana, Cops), except, you know, not mind-numbingly painful.

Oh wow. I thought Bad Boys 2 WAS a mind-numbingly painful film. I don't know if I will survive Miami Vice! Still, I plan on seeing it tonight. Oh dear...

I will say that I have only seen maybe two episodes of the television show (one featured Chris Cooper as a bad guy so I had to watch - I love him!) so I don't think I will be negatively influenced by my desire to see some pastel suits and loafers on the screen. That said, I sort of wish that Mann and the actors had just done another cop movie so that Mann wouldn't have been burdened with getting away from the whole original Miami Vice thing. Reading the reviews, it seems like Mann wanted to make Miami Vice but have it be so different from the original concept (aside from the location and black/white partnership) that the whole thing just got mired down in uber-seriousness and that makes what is basically a very long and eventually boring cops and drugs movie. Such a shame with the talent involved.

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My friend at work said her husband really wants to see this. She so does not want to go! She said everytime she sees Colin Farrell she just has an irresistable urge to SLAP him. lol! So for her there is not even the hotness factor to get her through this movie. (We didn't even talk about Jamie Foxx, so I would say that's not an issue.)

As for me, I think Colin is cute enough but I can't get past his caterpillar eyebrows. They are always like moving around his face and stuff. Ha! It makes me laugh. Sorry!! I am so immature..

(Edited because besides being immature, I also can't spell)