Friday

Why did I see Smokin' Aces tonight? Well, For Your Consideration has only just come out, so I wanted to save it for next week. Otherwise, I couldn't find much else. The title is terrible, and it in someway prepares you for what you're going to see. So much of this film is puerile rubbish, but underneath it all there is some potential. This could have been a good movie. I was involved in the tension as all the assassins gathered for a great showdown in a hotel, but it all fell apart. The great showdown never really happened. There were moments of good movement and music, but they didn't hold the thing together. The characters were just too infantile to take seriously. If you stripped the film down, what you'd have is a good idea that could've made a pretty interesting hour and a half. As it as, it gets messy and breaks down towards the end. The plot twists unnecessarily - they should've just kept it as simple as possible - and all the tension that was collated disperses in an anti-climax. Ryan Reynolds is good, but you're never really sure if he's the main character or not, as in the end he turns out to be. The film needs some focus and some clarity, and I would've been thoroughly recommending it to you.