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It's movies like this that make me pretty sure i'm physic. Its about two cops relationship and how they deal with life and work. When I first looked at this movie I instantly went, yep one of them gonna die (probably the ethnic one). This movie is like beer in that I feel I should like the movie allot more than I actually do. Its not a bad movie just the problems with it is the plot is incredibly generic, boring and has some awful cinematography. Now here's the thing with me, I like character development. Good characters tend to be what makes or breaks a movie for me and I don't mind if the plots weaker than Greece's economy (high brow joke) if the characters are well realized. So this is the extent of the plot: Two cops try to take down a drug lord. Drug lord tries to kill them. That's all. The plot is basically a pile of shit in a shit sundae.
I'm going to talk about the parts I liked now because its boring and best to get out the way quickly. The two leading characters are actually pretty well written with some funny dialogue and a realistic friendship. They poke fun at each other and have running jokes that started before the movie and some casual racism, which is good to see in a film and makes you feel like they really are friends. And if you say I'm racist for saying that you're clearly a white guy with no black or Hispanic friends. I have some black friends and they make jokes about being black all the time. This is by far the strongest points of the film. When they're just sitting in their car joking around. I will also say that the film has some pretty good pacing, well at least at the start. The first scene in which there is any real violence actually has allot of impact. I really did feel tense and nervous. Did I say tense and nervous I meant mildly startled because I'm a man, and men don't get scared.
Now onto what sucks more than your mum in a blowjob competition competing with a hoover. The cinematography is a joke. Here is what you do, if you pick a style stick with it. It really does ruin the film for me when it starts off in the POV, found footage style, which isn't my favorite but lets roll with it. Then for random points in the movie its suddenly shot traditionally. I honestly don't know why they didn't keep it all found footage. There is one sex scene involving Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick that they wouldn't be able to make found footage that they could have very easily cut. Or just make Anna Kendrick really kinky if they were so desperate to have it. The other problem I have with the film is that it has some really weak acting. Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick are the two I'm most disappointed with in this. While they were not the worst I know they can do better. 'Donnie Darko' and 'Up in the Air' were both great, well acted films, but both actors let me down. Although anything Jake Gyllenhaal is in will always disappoint me because it would have to be the best film ever, and that would just be making Donnie Darko again and adding in some tits.
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It's movies like this that make me pretty sure i'm physic. Its about two cops relationship and how they deal with life and work. When I first looked at this movie I instantly went, yep one of them gonna die (probably the ethnic one). This movie is like beer in that I feel I should like the movie allot more than I actually do. Its not a bad movie just the problems with it is the plot is incredibly generic, boring and has some awful cinematography. Now here's the thing with me, I like character development. Good characters tend to be what makes or breaks a movie for me and I don't mind if the plots weaker than Greece's economy (high brow joke) if the characters are well realized. So this is the extent of the plot: Two cops try to take down a drug lord. Drug lord tries to kill them. That's all. The plot is basically a pile of shit in a shit sundae.
I'm going to talk about the parts I liked now because its boring and best to get out the way quickly. The two leading characters are actually pretty well written with some funny dialogue and a realistic friendship. They poke fun at each other and have running jokes that started before the movie and some casual racism, which is good to see in a film and makes you feel like they really are friends. And if you say I'm racist for saying that you're clearly a white guy with no black or Hispanic friends. I have some black friends and they make jokes about being black all the time. This is by far the strongest points of the film. When they're just sitting in their car joking around. I will also say that the film has some pretty good pacing, well at least at the start. The first scene in which there is any real violence actually has allot of impact. I really did feel tense and nervous. Did I say tense and nervous I meant mildly startled because I'm a man, and men don't get scared.
Now onto what sucks more than your mum in a blowjob competition competing with a hoover. The cinematography is a joke. Here is what you do, if you pick a style stick with it. It really does ruin the film for me when it starts off in the POV, found footage style, which isn't my favorite but lets roll with it. Then for random points in the movie its suddenly shot traditionally. I honestly don't know why they didn't keep it all found footage. There is one sex scene involving Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick that they wouldn't be able to make found footage that they could have very easily cut. Or just make Anna Kendrick really kinky if they were so desperate to have it. The other problem I have with the film is that it has some really weak acting. Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Kendrick are the two I'm most disappointed with in this. While they were not the worst I know they can do better. 'Donnie Darko' and 'Up in the Air' were both great, well acted films, but both actors let me down. Although anything Jake Gyllenhaal is in will always disappoint me because it would have to be the best film ever, and that would just be making Donnie Darko again and adding in some tits.
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