Miami Vice the movie

have you seen it?

[Essex_boy]

And what did you think?

Wasnt overly impressed.

[rocknbil]

Nope. Will wait for the video. I never even liked the series.

Personally I think Hollywood has run out of ideas, evidenced by the cheap rehash of even more trivial television series'. Brady Bunch, Dukes of Spazzard, Bewitched (which was almost amusing as a movie,) the Honeymooners, the Shaggy Dog, all of them regurgitations of poorly digested television bubble gum. The most entertaining part of it is comparing how badly they've revived it.

I can't wait to see what they do with Mr. Ed when they get around to it. :-)

[martinibuster]

I would like to see it. NYTimes gave it a good review. I never watched the series, but the reviews I've read said that, apart from the bland acting by Colin Farrell, it's a movie with lots of great visuals courtesy of the excellent understanding and use of digital photography.

It's been described as a movie for people into experimental movies who also like action flicks, and vice-versa. It's not supposed to be mindless or silly like Mission Impossible.

I haven't seen it yet, so I can't vouch for it, but I'm going to try to see it soon.

[Essex_boy]

It would have had a better 'feel' to if theyd have used classic views of Miami as per the series just to give it a real bite, I loved the series.

[PixelCrayons]

I saw it, It wasnt great but it wasnt bad either. It was alright, but you should just wait for the dvd

[TravelSite]

Yeah - "alright" sums it up nicely.

It wasn't anywhere near as stylish as I'd expected it to have been.

It started okay, but quickly become a bit flat.

So long as you don't expect to much from it, you'll probably enjoy it.

The same day that I saw it I went back and watched an an episode of the old Miami Vice (first time I've seen it in years) - it had Bruce Willis in it playing the baddie.

It had a much better story than the film, and managed to come across as quite stylish!

I thought the film would be more like Leathal Weapon movies - or even bad boys - but there wasn't a drop of humour/fun to be found.

[edited by: TravelSite at 9:37 am (utc) on Aug. 21, 2006]

[Visit Thailand]

Agree, was alright but nothing to rush out for.

Great visuals, graphics etc but as for a movie it was very similar to Bad Boys just without any laughs. Way too serious and intensely predictable / unrealistic etc.

I also find that many movie reviews are apalling. I love Pirates of the Caribean but when that came out most reviews were very negative. I do not read the reviews any more.

[edited by: Visit_Thailand at 9:47 am (utc) on Aug. 21, 2006]