Be Cool - Rob
Wow. At the time of this writing, it is one hour six minutes into Be Cool. Patti is asleep, and I have decided to write this review - the first review I've done in months - NOW, at one hour seven minutes into the movie.
"Get Shorty" was a near-great film. It was lacking the magic of "Pulp Fiction," but still had cleverness and a pretty high "cool" factor. The sequel, however, is about as cool as a heavy episode of "Eight Is Enough" or, maybe an ABC After School Special.
Former shylock Chili Palmer (John Travolta) has decided the 'movie biz' is too phony, and he wants to 'git real' by taking up with the bad-boy record industry (Harvey Keitel's character says, "this is the record industry - we're all 'wise guys'").
A stomach-churning performance by The Rock as a gay bodyguard... who... wants to be an... actor; a limp effort by Uma Thurman; more musician-wanna-be-actors (Andre 3000, Steven Tyler, Christina Milian) than you can shake a stick at; a definitely-getting-too-old-for-this Travolta - all add up to a huge disappointment.
If you've seen "Get Shorty" you'll think I couldn't possibly be talking about the sequel when I use words like, "syrupy-sweet dialogue," "musical numbers" "excessive and obvious product placement," "we have to save the recording studio and launch the careers of these talented but undiscovered treasures," oh, could I go on.
It's one hour 24 minutes in now... thank God, it must be almost over.
VERDICT
WHO FELL ASLEEP: Patti
WHO RECOMMENDS IT: no one on Earth
BUY/RENT/SKIP: avoid at all cost
ps. Ok, I'm back to report the old "hang 'em upside-down over the side of the building to scare 'em" trick. I knew I should have waited to write this until it was over.
"Get Shorty" was a near-great film. It was lacking the magic of "Pulp Fiction," but still had cleverness and a pretty high "cool" factor. The sequel, however, is about as cool as a heavy episode of "Eight Is Enough" or, maybe an ABC After School Special.
Former shylock Chili Palmer (John Travolta) has decided the 'movie biz' is too phony, and he wants to 'git real' by taking up with the bad-boy record industry (Harvey Keitel's character says, "this is the record industry - we're all 'wise guys'").
A stomach-churning performance by The Rock as a gay bodyguard... who... wants to be an... actor; a limp effort by Uma Thurman; more musician-wanna-be-actors (Andre 3000, Steven Tyler, Christina Milian) than you can shake a stick at; a definitely-getting-too-old-for-this Travolta - all add up to a huge disappointment.
If you've seen "Get Shorty" you'll think I couldn't possibly be talking about the sequel when I use words like, "syrupy-sweet dialogue," "musical numbers" "excessive and obvious product placement," "we have to save the recording studio and launch the careers of these talented but undiscovered treasures," oh, could I go on.
It's one hour 24 minutes in now... thank God, it must be almost over.
VERDICT
WHO FELL ASLEEP: Patti
WHO RECOMMENDS IT: no one on Earth
BUY/RENT/SKIP: avoid at all cost
ps. Ok, I'm back to report the old "hang 'em upside-down over the side of the building to scare 'em" trick. I knew I should have waited to write this until it was over.
posted by Rob W. at 11:12 PM
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