Smoking Aces

Ok this is one of the most disapointing moves that I have seen for years.  I finally got run to seeing it the other night.  After all the hip that srounder the move I was expecting big big things.  But instead I got a totally over hiped Hollywood shiny happy excuse of a gritty shooter move.

Where do I begin, the cast read like a hows how of the good and greate of hollywood ganster movies, with a few up and comming actors in it. 

Andy Garcia was as usual came, collect and clinical in his delverance of the FBI agent incharge of the case, Ray Liotta was nothing special, to be honist this was probably not the gratest role for remembering him in, he’s ability to be a cocky agent was good but he didn’t bring any urgency to the part when it was required, but was able to pull of the shoot out seen well.

Ryan Reynolds was ok, he tried to act the part and tryed to get it going during the big shoot out scene but was less then interesting in the role. 

Ben Affleck has only a shot but utterly pointless role, it was as if someone had decied that they him in a move and wrote in the 10 minutes of scines and at them end he get shot in the back and is dead.

Alicia Keys was a interesting as wet news paper, and acted like one as well. Although Mathew Fox was only a 3 minute cameo it was three minutes of wooden acting and a Weard Ail-Wankavitich look alike.  In lost he is good a the action doctor but my good he was crap in this movie.

As for the Shoot outs, they last about 2 shoots be shoot out except for the main one which was mostly the FBI getting wested but a sniper in a nother building wit a 50cal arm snipper riffle, being use like and machine gun.

The twists at the end of the move where ok and one of the only saving graces of movie, along with Andy Garcia. 

This is deffinatly one of the movies I’m glad that I barrowed of my Bro and didn’t buy or see in the cinema or I would be demaing my money back.  Even as a big action and gangster movie fan I think this was just an excuse to get lots of guns in a move, it could have been so much better, if only they have of thought about what the plot was and not so much about pointless characters.  I’m not missing the point of the movie, I realize that is was about to mob members totally getting the wrong message and trying to Smoke Buddy Aces.  It was just a shit movie and shouldn’t have made.

DOOM

OK I remember the original game, and at age 13 it scared the crap out of me.  But now its dated, funny and the standard that all FPS should achieve in user base and originality.  Fast forward 12 years, DOOM 3.

Graphics have moved on and my god ID did it again.  DOOM 3 was mind blowing, not as fast paced as the original, but the plot in the game was great.  Bytey cant play it without anyone in the room which is an achievement for a hardcore gamer, (it’s the babies apparently) I think he’s just a big softy really.
Ok on the success of the game some decied to make it into a movie. How do you make a movie about a mindless violent computer game. Well they did, the gave it a plot, the devil is replaced by a 24th gene that hunts the evil in people. OK ID did have a soul thing in the game that killed everything on screen,nearly the same thing.
So from this comes the mindless senseless violence and my god how good did the BFG look. The First Person Shoot scene is great and a major nod to the adrenalin bust when you get the demon power up.
Its not the greatest movie ever but as far as game to movies go its not the worst (SuperMario Brothers) but its no tomb raider.
If you consider yourself a gamer or just loved the original get the movie out or buy it on DVD.