We should take a tally.

Everyone quote the tally and add their own.

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"Enjoyed it / Recommend it: I Did not enjoy it / would not recommend it: "

1/28/2007 7:47:45 PM

the ending sucked.

1/28/2007 8:27:10 PM

ending was the best part

1/28/2007 8:32:10 PM

Enjoyed it / Recommend it: 0
Did not enjoy it / would not recommend it: 577

1/28/2007 9:18:09 PM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/smokin_aces/

Mixed reviews I guess, but the overwhelming majority of the reviews are negative.

1/28/2007 9:20:56 PM

"One question hovers over the carnage, though: Whom the hell are we supposed to root for? The closest the movie comes to sympathetic assassins are its hit ladies, yet the payoff to their subplot is the weakest of the bunch."

pretty accurate

1/28/2007 9:27:07 PM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/smokin_aces/reviews_users.php

critics don't like it.

most people who watch it do like it.

if you want to go and experience a great action movie...you'll like it.

if you want to see an academy award winning movie...go see something else like pan's labyrinth or last king of scotland.

1/28/2007 9:35:08 PM

I wanted to experience a great action movie. I was preparedin the event that it was one of those "shitty" action movies that are entertaining like Transporter 2. but I still didn't like it. same for the 2 ppl with whom I saw it. the little bit of halfway decent action was not a big enough payoff for the shittiness of the rest.

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 9:42 PM. Reason : fdhs]

1/28/2007 9:37:52 PM

I really enjoyed the movie... I thought the "Crazies" or whatever they were called were hilarious.... the ending was kind of a let down though in my opinion

1/28/2007 9:52:00 PM

i just got back, it was sweet

the end

1/28/2007 10:01:48 PM

^^the tremors

1/28/2007 10:02:24 PM

It seems to me they should have made it over multiple movies, like kill bill. Just too rushed and underdeveloped. They spent more time on the ADD kid than some of the assasins. what gives?

1/28/2007 10:13:44 PM

haha the add kid is an example of the failed attempts at humor (?) I was talking about. along with Bateman.

1/28/2007 10:33:17 PM

was that the same pancakes/karate kid in cabin fever

1/28/2007 10:51:48 PM

i guess i live in a cave so i have never seen the add kid. I thoght that shit was funny. The movie wasnt anything special but i was entertained. If you are in the mood for action and not too much more then I would recommend.

Also: is it really a twist ending when they give it away with 45 mins left?

[Edited on January 28, 2007 at 11:28 PM. Reason : ending]

1/28/2007 11:27:35 PM

pretty good movie. enjoyed the clint mansell song at the end.

1/29/2007 12:11:20 AM

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"was that the same pancakes/karate kid in cabin fever"

i thought it might have been as well, but it isn't

1/29/2007 2:06:18 AM

i loved the movie


I didnt see the "twist revealed 45 minutes before the ending" as ^^^ said, but I did think the ending was a throwaway one

kinda left a bad aftertaste to an otherwise great flick, in the same vein as Skeleton Keys ending made up for the hour or so of crap you gotta suffer through, haha

1/29/2007 9:20:07 AM

yeah i pretty much put together the ending too, I can't remember when exactly i figured it out, maybe when Garcia got the classified envelope?

1/29/2007 6:52:24 PM

I knew when they started talking about the plastic surgery in the diner

1/29/2007 7:50:20 PM

This movie just wasnt very good.

What was the reasoning for the FBI agents at the hotel to not be informed of the change of plans?

2/4/2007 10:28:14 AM

BECAUSE IT CREATED DRAMA

2/4/2007 3:47:53 PM

yeah thats what i thought

sucks, i wanted this movie to be good

2/5/2007 10:07:19 AM

I thought it sucked.

The ending was predictable and the parts that weren't predictable were just stupid.

Way too many sideplots that had no purpose or reason to be in there.

I mean, why even have the bailbondsmen(Affleck), and why have them go to the hotel and meet the lawyer for 5 minutes?

Why have the guy who survived from the lake go to the cabin with the weird kid?

Why show the main character totally destroyed that his partner died, when we've only seen said partner for 30 seconds of screentime?

2/5/2007 11:33:21 AM

BECAUSE IT CREATED DRAMA...


















wait... no...

2/5/2007 3:29:12 PM

I thought it was great at keeping you interested, and had enough cool things going on to, overall, make you like it. But, yeah, the end was kinda lame.

2/5/2007 5:56:38 PM

saw it this weekend... thought it SUCKED ASS

about half way through i almost left the theater

2/5/2007 6:20:11 PM

Just saw it.

Critically it was shit.

But my penis and testicles say:

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"I just enjoyed all the fucking killing."

Plus the tremors reminded me of how I play in WoW.

2/23/2007 11:23:41 PM

plus one of the Tremors was "Tree" from "Mystery Alaska." A good movie that deserved more props than it received

2/23/2007 11:48:34 PM

DVD comes out on Tuesday.

4/16/2007 9:00:31 AM

not worth buying

4/16/2007 11:00:46 AM

not worth shitting on.

4/16/2007 7:50:34 PM

hd-dvd shipped today. this movie is fun.

4/16/2007 8:56:07 PM

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"i know i make a lot of new movie threads...most of which I get excited about and end up sucking, but once again I think this has serious potential."

so whats the verdict?

4/16/2007 9:25:54 PM

me, my friends, my gf, and my brother love it...others...not so much

4/16/2007 9:27:48 PM

horrible.

and i often enjoy mindless violence fun flicks

4/16/2007 9:27:55 PM

hadnt seen it prior to the dvd release but i bought it on hd dvd and thought it was good.

i would at least recommend renting it or something

4/18/2007 4:55:26 AM

Yea, for a rental it's not bad. But if you paid 7 bucks to see this in a theatre I can see how you were disappointed.

4/18/2007 7:33:56 AM

watched it the other day....walked away unimpressed. I was pumped up because of the cast too...oh well.

4/18/2007 8:58:03 AM

^^that was me

4/18/2007 12:24:37 PM

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"watched it the other day....walked away unimpressed. I was pumped up because of the cast too...oh well."

yep

4/19/2007 12:33:38 PM

I THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS GREAT.....WORTH BUYING THE DVD

4/20/2007 2:27:21 PM

One of the tremors was the goa'uld system lord in SG-1 that went around with the fruit basket on his head.

4/20/2007 2:41:48 PM

yeah, if you don't like money and you like bad movies

4/20/2007 2:42:55 PM

one of the tremors was a goon in walking tall and beat up the rock

4/22/2007 5:07:19 AM

finally saw it in witherspoon, I liked it a lot. Of course I did not know the cast and I had no expectations either.

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"Ending seemed rushed. Worth seeing once.. not twice. Leaves you feeling empty. It had great potential, but fell short in my opinion."

Actually I completely expected the ending and it was kind of fulfilling. All about the FBI 'big picture' screwing the little guys, giving anything, sacrificing anything for some ultimate goal, (reminds me of Spy Game's message) it was a very vindicating ending. Of course a lot of people walking out of the theater didn't 'get it' and they were confused and whining about it. I'm not saying it was really deep or anything, but I liked the way it played out. Take it for what it is, a nonstop gun ballet action movie, but I liked all of the elaborate hitman schemes and disguises. I'm also not much of a film snob, especially when I'm paying a buck fifty for it.

[Edited on April 28, 2007 at 12:10 AM. Reason : ]

4/28/2007 12:08:07 AM

Watching it now, and I am about 40min in and having a hard time finishing it. I was expecting a lot better.

4/28/2007 9:41:49 PM

shit sandwich

4/29/2007 8:45:58 PM

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"Of course a lot of people walking out of the theater didn't 'get it' and they were confused and whining about it."

haha

or maybe they just saw the true incredible shittiness of the movie.

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"shit sandwich"

4/29/2007 8:56:51 PM

On the Cast:

I can't believe that they casted Ryan Reynolds as this serious, up and coming agent who had the most demanding role in the film. At times he either looked like a kid with his headphones on or a brat sitting at the table next to the legend Liotta. In other scenes it was just obvious that he could not pull the drama out of him to save his life. At the ending it looked like he was getting ready to pop some smart comment rather than to convey the emotion that you would expect for the final showdown. I am not saying that he is a bad actor, because he has certainly performed well in different roles, but he just does not fit the needs at that position. At the very least the crew should have switched him and Affleck.

Piven- Wow, what an A+ performance. Nothing to take away from Reynolds, but Piven was his counterpart in this film and he clearly out-performed him in every aspect of the game. His lines were delivered better, quicker, and with more passion. Without a doubt, Buddy Isreal was the most entertaining character in the film.

Liotta - Disappointing, why was he in this film?

Common - Surprisingly good for such a late transition into acting. I wish that they would have had more of his character and less of that Bulgarian Hugo.

Garcia - Very good, but like Liotta, his full skill was not realized and they would have been better off hiring someone else to bring in a better guy for Reynolds' role.

[Edited on April 30, 2007 at 1:25 AM. Reason : r]

4/30/2007 1:18:52 AM