This movie is so very well choreographed. It has a terrific soundtrack, perfect graffiti to go along with the music, and a fantastic cast. The beginning gets 10 stars from me.
On minute 10, it starts to go into cliche territory; I let it slide. While it is entertaining and has some good humor, the dialogue deteriorates into cheesier territory when the character of The Butcher is introduced. Paul Williams (the Butcher) is a great actor, by the way, I love and respect his work, so again, I let it slide; but I'm having trouble with the movie.
Until we reach the 1:35 hr mark, and that's when I say... "Are you kidding me?! There's funny/cool absurdity, and then there's just absurdity. Are we lowering the bar yet again, now that we're so close to the finish line in a movie that lasts 1:43 hr?" And that's my main issue with this film, it could have coasted at a nice, solid 7 stars, but it ends at a 5.5 stars for me.
I found it entertaining, but it seems the writing team lost a couple of writers due to a violent stomach flue just at the time the studio moved up the deadline, and well, this is what we got.
On minute 10, it starts to go into cliche territory; I let it slide. While it is entertaining and has some good humor, the dialogue deteriorates into cheesier territory when the character of The Butcher is introduced. Paul Williams (the Butcher) is a great actor, by the way, I love and respect his work, so again, I let it slide; but I'm having trouble with the movie.
Until we reach the 1:35 hr mark, and that's when I say... "Are you kidding me?! There's funny/cool absurdity, and then there's just absurdity. Are we lowering the bar yet again, now that we're so close to the finish line in a movie that lasts 1:43 hr?" And that's my main issue with this film, it could have coasted at a nice, solid 7 stars, but it ends at a 5.5 stars for me.
I found it entertaining, but it seems the writing team lost a couple of writers due to a violent stomach flue just at the time the studio moved up the deadline, and well, this is what we got.