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Random stuff I have to say about this movie

posted 22 years ago by Kahzarella
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To the people who saw this movie in the theatres: How much people were there? I went to a 10:25 (P.M) showing of this on opening night (meaning yesterday) and I made a count of people other than me: 9 . If this is any indication of how this movie is doing (which I suspect it is: this theatre is always jam-packed on movies that are in their first few weeks of their run), it's going to bomb terribly. It is sad that the producers whole "get massive amounts of black people to come to this movie by overadvertising the fact that the plot revovles around rap music" failed. But then again, Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett aren't exactly black-culture icons.

The first maybe 30 minutes of this movie were some of the most boring minutes of my life. My brother turned to me and asked "Who writes this stuff?" during the scene in which Ford accuses Hartnett of being gay. It, of course, put a big grin on my face when Ford said the same line in the scene where Harnett is making him read "A Streetcar Named Desire."

After the 30 minute mark, the movie had me in stitches. The interrogation scene as well as the chase seen were both hilarious. Of course, the movie also relied on too many cliches: black guy (Kurupt) saying that he is going to get Johnny Cochrane on them; black guy (Kurupt) complaining of police brutality when Ford catches him. I thank G-d that this movie did not involve either of the main characters acting black for comedic effect. I couldn't have taken that.

The movies slow start can, fortunately, be forgiven by me.

[–] HotnettLuv8 22 years ago

Thanks for you review! I'm so worried that it's gonna suck at the box office. :(

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[–] pshukis 22 years ago

I had pretty much the same take. the first two scenes had about as much chemistry between Ford and Hartnett as a kindergarten science project. I actually said under my breath "this is horrible!!" and the guy in front of me halfway looked back and nodded. I loved the rest though-- very fun. i think my disappointment in the beginning actually helped the movie, because all the good parts were very unexpected by then. The chase scene through the canals was a top 5 chase scene!! Also funny was the fact that the aformentioned guy in front of me came with his wife and 4 kids (all under 10 i think). One of the youngest came back from the bathroom right in the middle of Lena Olin's striptease. He just stood there in the aisle staring and his dad had to pull him to his seat!! it was pretty funny...

[–] matban 22 years ago

I must say overall I did like this movie. The first half an hour thier wasn't much going on, but I was never bored. When it picked up it got good! Not a great movie, won't be remembered long, but it was a good waste of two hours. I really enjoyed the last 45 minutes or so. When Ford steals the kids bike I laghed my ass off!

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[–] dollface007 22 years ago

I'll tell you what -- 6 people were in the showing at 7:45 pm last night and two of them were late. That should have been my first clue. I do agree that the interrogation scene was funny as was the chase scene. Other than that, though, I thought it was junk myself.

[–] zacky902 22 years ago

I'd say there were 9 or 10 when I saw it at a 7pm showing. Sorta pathetic for a Harrison Ford-starrer. I'd give this movie a 6/10 . . . it had its funny moments, but some of the scenes were too over-the-top and borderline cheesy (Harrison Ford on a girl's bike was just silly, not funny).

[–] jerwalke 22 years ago

We went to a 2:00pm opening day show. There were about 80 people in the theatre and I really enjoyed this movie.

Some disclaimers. 38 the people were required to go by our Crime in Film Professor. Imagine a Prof w/ a sense of humor to pay for a class to see this thing, then reading a bunch of reviews!

I went expecting nothing. Harrison Ford hasn't impressed me lately and I doubt Josh H ever will. I am not a movie person, and generally reserve my movie time for stuff with great reviews.

I laughed a lot in the latter half of the movie, but this movie doesn't require a big screen to get the humor.

Overall rating, a great rental, but not worth the 5.50 matinee cost.

[–] JCMoney316 22 years ago

It wasn't just the black guy complaining of police brutality, it was like, 5 characters throughout the movie. It was a running gag. I didn't even mind the start, I liked the movie a lot, and I usually don't like this stuff.

[–] TheDoobster 22 years ago

When I went to the 1:50 one, I'd say there were about 15 people or so in the theater. I was really worried at first because in the beginning me and my friend were the only one's in there. But later on it started filling up. I thought this was a good movie. Yes, it had it's boring parts, but all movies do. Overall, I thought this movie was very funny and Josh H. was a DEFINITE cutie. :-p Good way to spend 2 hours.

We ignore the ones who adore us, and adore the ones who ignore us.

[–] Akizzle 22 years ago

Whats sad is the parts that i liked most were the cliches...like Kurupt (the black guy who got caught in the water chase scene) saying that he was gonna call Johnnie Cochran or that being beaten to the floor by Harrison Ford was police brutality.

I didn't mind the last 30 minutes, when HF is chasing the Record Label CEO two things didn't pan out:
1) the CEO got on a subway...HF jacked a cab and drove to the train station. How did he know that the guy was going to be there? (Ok maybe he got lucky)
2) When the CEO takes the elevator, HF jumps in another elevator and he knows which floor to go to. How did he figure this out? Or did he pick up some of that Pyschic juice from his girl?

[–] badkitty109 22 years ago

>1) the CEO got on a subway...HF jacked a cab and drove to the train station. >How did he know that the guy was going to be there? (Ok maybe he got lucky)

Harrison ford is playing a LA police detective, I think he can figure out from the direction the subway is going what the next stop is going to be...although I'm not sure I belive he could have made it there in time to catch the train on surface streets in LA

>2) When the CEO takes the elevator, HF jumps in another elevator and he knows >which floor to go to. How did he figure this out? Or did he pick up some of >that Pyschic juice from his girl?

If you had been paying attention, you would have seen that the CEO got onto an express elevator going (if I remember correctly) to the 12th floor only. These are common in tall buildings, or buildings with a popular floor (i.e. restaurant on top of a hotel) and multiple elevators. Also, if you noticed, the elevator that Ford got onto only went to the 9th floor (or maybe 8th, I can't remember) and he had to get out and run the rest of the way up the stairs.

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