Was it perfect? No, but it was entertaining. It was stylized but without allowing the stylization to become more important than the storylines which were decently complex and intertwined. I liked the fact that in the beginning, the storylines are set up and continued by different “narrators”, each giving their own perspective.

Jason Bateman’s character was wonderfully weird. The creepy grandmother with the Ritalin dependent nutty kid were both extremely off-putting, but I think it served to underscore the cowardice of the ex-cop in that situation.

All in all, I thought it was a good movie - and everyone should feel free to make up their own mind about it.

-k

I don’t usually let others dictate whether a movie is good or not. If I want to see it I will see it, unless there is an overwhelming majority of all people watching the movie, all reviewers, etc. saying it absolutely sucked. Still, I would wait until it came out on DVD and form my own opinion.

I’ve learned the saying….opinions are like assholes is the absolute truth. I also believe Hollywood no longer makes movies like it used to, and the standards Americans hold for movies is poor, liking the crap that is monotonous and the same as everything else and bashing originality in movies. Everything has to be compared to something else because apparently we’ve run out of original thought in this world.

I guess not every movie can be Casablanca eh?

Until we as Americans remember what good cinema is, remember what actors & actresses stood for, and remember that trashy is usually a sign of pathetic not a “future hero for my daughter or son” then no movie is going to please every person.

Get more Godfathers, Gone with the Winds, Psychos and To Kill a Mockingbirds. Otherwise, the crap will never go away. No movie in this recent era, not even Pulp Fiction can compare to movies made in the hey day of Hollywood. Unfortunately, it seems those Golden Days are gone so we are all going to have to agree to disagree with what is now a “good film” and what “sucks”.

You just have to realize that

Mardav,

All of this genius you are reading into this film is unwarranted. We’re talking about the man responsible for Buffy The Vampire Slayer. This stylization intentional nor is it original. It’s Cheap crap and a waste of both time and money.

Veee and Skeletor have the right idea. If you want to see a film worth your time go see The Fountain or Pans Labyrinth.

As for the Tremors they were shown to be a reckless lot of unprofessional hitmen and their take down was not surprising in the least bit…heck their earlier hit showed one of them accidentally shot the other and had a gun blow up in his face and ect. They were just pure chaos throwing themselves around and primed to implode upon themselves.

I do not get rhe SNATCH comparisons you make…movie is not like Snatch and I also do not get the Quentin Tarintino comparisions critics make of the film…sure there was violence loads of characters, and quirkiness, but Quentin did not invent those nor did Guy Ritchie and it is a shame anytime someone does something violent and like this they automaticaly get compared to those as if they are trying to rip them off…I gues people should just quit writing violent movies because Q.T. has already done it and is the master and only he allowed to…ha ha that’s just silly.

Smokin Aces was not perfect, but it was loads of movie fun regardless.

SKELETOR WAS HERE!