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January 26, 2007
You Had Me at Cockfight
In my early morning (9 a.m.) rush to avoid work, I have been perusing the movie reviews from the Washington Post. One immediately caught my eye:
Checking in on the entertainment spectrum somewhere between a cockfight and a really fine tractor pull, "Smokin' Aces" offers scabrous, bloody and bloody-minded fun for reptiles and reptile wannabes.
Well, well, here is a movie that clearly asks for more attention from such a refined eye as Ms. Write Again Soon!
Seek in its confines neither wisdom nor insight, beauty nor refinement, grace nor poetry, but rather enjoy a movie that most resembles a guided tour of the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, where the year's new-model toys are introduced. Although the stars include Jeremy Piven, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck and Ryan Reynolds, the truly commanding performance is handed in by a mean-as-sin Barrett .50 semiautomatic sniper rifle.
My, my, my. (In case it's not clear, this is actually a flattering review, as reviewer Stephen Hunter seems to appreciate that sometimes a movie that's just fun (in a cockfight sort of way) deserves a "critics pick". My interest has definitely been whetted, an much more so than the terrible review of Catch-and-Release, starring my "secret celebrity wife if I was a lesbian" Jennifer Garner. I wonder if she feels bad that her husband's movie, released on the same weekend, is getting such better reviews.
Perhaps I spend some time on the internet research such information. For the good of all mankind, of course.
Comments
So I went and saw Smokin' Aces yesterday, largely on the basis of Mssr. Hunter's review. And I have to say that he was spot-on. The slight twist of an ending irked me but other than that it was a lot of mindless, violent fun with witty banter, a dash of T&A, bizzare character sketches, and an over-the-top performance from Jeremy Piven.
Yadda, yadda, yadda, it's worth the cost of a matinee ticket.
Posted by: jason at January 29, 2007 07:45 AM
