Comments on: 21 Movie Review http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/21-movie-review/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:56:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Stan-Lee http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/21-movie-review/#comment-1369 Stan-Lee Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:07:24 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/2008/03/28/21-movie-review/#comment-1369 This film was mediocre at best. the person above me said it best. It is a great story, but doesn't know what it wants to be as a movie. This film was mediocre at best. the person above me said it best. It is a great story, but doesn’t know what it wants to be as a movie.

]]> By: Plus 1 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/21-movie-review/#comment-1292 Plus 1 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:49:11 +0000 http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/2008/03/28/21-movie-review/#comment-1292 I actually thought it was a fair movie that never knew what kind of movie it wanted to be. Yeah it was based on the novel which was based on real life facts. But the way the story played out on screen made me want to scratch my head and figure out what the director was aiming for. Was it a Teen College flick? Seemed that way with Ben and his friends at the gym and at the bar. Was it a heist flick? Seemed that way with all the money they were winning at the various hotels. Was it a buddy picture? Seemed that way with Lawarence Fishburn's character and his assistant. Was it a drama? Seemed that way with Ben's delema of getting enough money to go to Harvard Medical. All in all they never gave us a clear enough picture to figure out what was the main goal of the story telling. Now for the movie. The acting was mediocre. Spacey and Bosworth were the only two that knew how to act. The rest were just wooden and plain or playing sterotype characters that were easy to play. The subplot of Mickey's past and how it connected to Cole's past seemed forced, almost as if it was an afterthought and a way to connect the two characters. I will say the Las Vegas scenes did capture the "fast-time high-rolling flavor of the city that never sleeps cause it's hopped up on caffine pills and beer all the time" vibe to it. Anything outside of Vegas, to me, was a Lifetime movie of the week. Bottom line...rent it on DVD or wait till TNT airs it one weekend. I give it 2.5 out of 5 stars. -Plus 1 I actually thought it was a fair movie that never knew what kind of movie it wanted to be. Yeah it was based on the novel which was based on real life facts. But the way the story played out on screen made me want to scratch my head and figure out what the director was aiming for. Was it a Teen College flick? Seemed that way with Ben and his friends at the gym and at the bar. Was it a heist flick? Seemed that way with all the money they were winning at the various hotels. Was it a buddy picture? Seemed that way with Lawarence Fishburn’s character and his assistant. Was it a drama? Seemed that way with Ben’s delema of getting enough money to go to Harvard Medical. All in all they never gave us a clear enough picture to figure out what was the main goal of the story telling.

Now for the movie. The acting was mediocre. Spacey and Bosworth were the only two that knew how to act. The rest were just wooden and plain or playing sterotype characters that were easy to play. The subplot of Mickey’s past and how it connected to Cole’s past seemed forced, almost as if it was an afterthought and a way to connect the two characters.

I will say the Las Vegas scenes did capture the “fast-time high-rolling flavor of the city that never sleeps cause it’s hopped up on caffine pills and beer all the time” vibe to it. Anything outside of Vegas, to me, was a Lifetime movie of the week.

Bottom line…rent it on DVD or wait till TNT airs it one weekend. I give it 2.5 out of 5 stars.

-Plus 1

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