Public Enemies Review!

I had high hopes for this film. You would have thought that a film with such a high calibar cast with the likes of Christian Bale, Morian Cotillard, and the always great Johnny Depp as the famous John Dillinger, with direction by Heat director: Michael Mann would surely be a sure fire and a definite hit. I am sad to say that as a fan of Michael Mann's, Christian Bale's, and Johnny Depp's work and the legacy of the outlaw that was John Dillinger that this movie is just ok.

To start off with some of the positive aspects about this film. The acting is definitely good. Christian Bale did a suitable job as Pervis, and so did Marion Cotillard as Billie, but the standout of this film is definitely Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Johnny was definitely the right person for the role of Dillinger. Depp captured the sagger and he definitely was the most well defined of all the characters. Depp is radiating charisma on-screen that you just can't help but cheer for him. He has such a scene stealing presence that you really want this guy to win. Depp was good as Dillinger, but not fantastic. The film also captured the vibe of the 1940's very well. I thought that it was represented onscreen and I believed the world that was presented. The shoot outs were cool, but flawed with the shakey camera. The sound is awesome in these sequences. The intensity is definitely there and is vivid in these sequences! The opening sequence definitely well establishes the mood for the film and it's definitely there at different points in the film.

Now onto the negatives...

First off, much of the blame for why this film just doesn't work for me has to go to the Director Michael Mann. I know Mann is capable of doing great things with a story, but here, he just feels very amateur and the film feels very anti-climatic because of it. The action scenes have no real payoff at the end of them. The Bank Robbery sequences almost feel secondary. My problem with the film has nothing to do with the talent at all, my problem is what Michael Mann decided to focus on in the story. What he chooses to focus on is the romanticized love story between Depp and Marion. Which can be fine, but Mann doesn't make it interesting for the characters or to the audience. The script for the film just isn't all that interesting. The love story to me, just didn't work here. It feels very underdeveloped by the climax of the picture and you have no sense of feelings for these two to be together. They miss certain aspects about John Dillinger that would have told a much more fascinating story. John Dillinger got into robbing banks for one reason: The People. He wanted to in some way show the rest of the country that they didn't have to take shit from the upper class and that everybody deserves a slice of that pie. He was there for the granduer. They briefly only hint at it at scenes, but that was the essence of Dillenger. Dillenger was a bad guy to begin with and Depp captures that well, but not to the full extent that it could have. The conclusion in which this character comes to feels out of character and not Dillinger. And what they decide to focus on in thr film in place of that just doesn't seem all that interesting. The dialogue has no real pop to it and the rest of the cast is just a bit underused.

One of my major gripes with the film is that just looks like crap and looks very amatuerish. This is not steming from the fact that it was shot on digital, its just the all the hand held stuff in the film becomes too much at a point and you just want Michael to stop fuckin shake the camera during a quiet 2 way conversation. I have no problem with shooting digital. One of my favorite films of last year (Slumdog Millionaire) was shot with sequences in digital, but those sequences were very climatic and definitely worked for that film well, and it looked gorgeous! The shakey camera sticks out like a sore thumb in a lot of this film and it becomes a distraction. Keep in mind, I loved Cloverfield, but the handheld stuff doesn't complement the narrative in this film. The editing choices in the film are also sometimes downright horrible. The editing is very amateurish at times. The cuts feel very unmotivated at times and pull you out of the experience of the film altogether. The looks of the film is very compromised due to the excessive use of the hand held altogether to where you really noticed the technical obstacles that this film just doesn't overcome. The pacing of the film is all over the place. It starts off strong, then it becomes very slow to a tortoise pace. Although I was able to stay awake through the film, I was only halfass engaged with the film at these slow points. I was more encompassed by Depp in this film than anything. Overall, much of the flaws this film has is stemmed from Mann's direction with the film.

Overall, Much of the film feels like a missed opportunity. This film could have been amazing, but it is hendered by a lot of the problems inherent in Mann's Collateral(2004) and Miami Vice(2006). I wanted to love this film. I wanted to say that this was the Mann that we were waiting for since 1995's HEAT. But it is unfair to comprare this to Heat because this is a radically different animal than that film was. Overall it was just ok, but definitely a missed opportunity that could have been fantastic. I'd give it a RENTAL at best. I know I am biased to a certain extent because I am very familiar with Dillinger and what the great depression did to lower class folks to push them to these limits. Not a total mis-fire. Sorry guys, but John Dillinger definitely deserved better.

Till next time, keep the films rolling!

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Hey guys. Sorry I am late with this, but I have been real busy prepping for a few things (new job and Editing the short film.) I thought I'd chime in on this event that occured on thursday the 25 of June. Michael Jackson had died from cardiac arrest. He was only 50 years old. The first thought that occured to me was: "No way!" It was shock because growing up to this very day, I thought Michael Jackson would have been able to live a lot more longer. He was always around when I was a kid and he was such in influencial part in my growing taste for music. He was there from the start before I had even gotten into any type of music.

What most people tend to forget in this situation was that Michael Jackson was one of the few artists to transcend his status as a entertainer to being a icon for what pop music would become. He was influencial as far back as his early days in the Jackson 5. You could say that he kicked off the tend in boy bands as everything now-a-days since then has had some type of influence by the Jackson 5. (5 members etc.) There was always something different about Michael even in those days. You can see it clearly in all of the old footage of him in the Jackson 5 that it was almost as if he was an adult stuck in a child's body.

Also, another one of the sad things about Michael's life was the fact that he never had control of his life, even well into his adulthood. Growing up, raised, and shaped into this entertainer by his abusive father was one of the start off points for this trend. Despite firing his father as soon as his name was getting bigger as a solo artist, he still didn't have control of his life media-wise. The tabloids especially didn't leave him alone. His name was always popping up. He was public enemy #1 to the tabloids. I felt that these publications were simply trying to cut him down to shreds because of the massive success he has had as an entertainer. That is incredibly douchey of them and none of our business. I dare for them to ask themselves: "How does someone not go to extreme lengths with massive amounts of money?" It also made this horrible that he had a past family history that was horrible and may have contributed to his need to change.

But whether or not Michael Jackson had done all that he was accused of doing all these years, the bottom line is: The Guy was Great. He had a talent for the stage that just made him shine in whatever he had. There isn't one single song that anyone can consider to be a terrible Michael Jackson song. Maybe only a okay song, but never a terrible one. It can be argued that Michael was perhaps the greatest entertainer of all-time because nobody brought as much enegry and originality to their moves onstage and onscreen. James Brown may have introduced this kinetic dancing style, but Michael Jackson perfected it.

You can't talk about Michael Jackson without talking about his music videos. Thriller is perhaps his greatest music video, if not the best music video of all time period. His music videos were more concerned with giving the music a context to the images that were presented and they engrossed us even further. His music videos, despite whatever we all thought of them, were events when they came out. The world all stoped and at one united voice said "Awesome Michael" He even went to great lengths to get them made. Thriller was made, and was under attack from Christian groups. He even left his religon to allow Thriller to be presented to the masses; and godbless him for it ironically enough.

Overall, Michael was a great entertainer. His life may have danced in the bizzare at times, but we are all human. Michael has grown into something nobody in his childhood could have predicted he'd become: an icon. Michael Jackson the icon has transcended the boundaries of color, culture, religon, or class and united them all, and that was the overall message I feel his music definitely encompassed. Michael's starpower has far surpassed any in popluar culture today. I guarrantee you take the cross and a picture of Michael into the jungle and you will have 50:50 recognition. He was just an amazingly talented human being that just got screwed over in his personal life, and he lived his life the best that he could. You never heard him complain about any of all of these horrible things that occured in his childhood. So let's celebrate his talent and enjoy the legacy that he left behind for all of us to enjoy.

R.I.P. Michael! 

You will be forever missed. 

You have earned the peace that you couldn't have in life. 

Long live the true King of Pop.

MICHAEL JACKSON

August 29, 1959 - June 25, 2009

Till next time, Keep those Michael Jackson tracks going forever more!

See ya later guys!

TRANSFORMERS 2 REVIEW

Loud and even louder. This sequel is a mixed bag for myself. First off, I did like the first Transformers film a lot. There was definitely a lot to love about the original and I had a lot of entertainment from it. Which brings us to this sequel. This sequel has a lot of trade offs in which some aspects are better and some aspects are worse. 

On the positive side, the action sequences are much more better and bigger than the previous film. Michael bay definitely proves that he is a master with shooting action sequences and he definitely shows his talent in each frame of the big set pieces. Each action sequence eclipses what the previous action scene had in it's previous set piece. the biggest improvement is the ROBOTS! The CGI is as masterful and better looking than the previous film's CGI. The Robots are so highly detailed that you are just going to be amazed by the film. The robots covered a wide range and they get more and more crowd pleasing. They provide for some fantastic action sequences and are huge crowd pleasers! For those who were disappointed with Megatron in the first film, you won't be disappointed in this film. He has a much bigger role in this film. The editing of the film also is more improved than the last film. Bay has heard our prayers for a more cohesive editing style for a transformers and he delivered. 

Onto the negatives. These all stem from story-line and the script. I didn't really connect to the film as I did the last time. There are some moments in this story line where you just have to kind of take big leaps of faith, even for this material. The plot makes no sense whatsoever! You can smell the fact that Michael Bay wrote this film and had the writers (Kurtzman, Orci, and Kruger: The same team who gave us the great STAR TREK film this film!) try to connect his shitty script to make some sense. Another improvement is that the film was seem-lying focusing on was Sam and the transformers relationship and then they dump it out the window! There is a twist that had me question where are the boundaries in the Decepticon's "transformations?" It becomes too much at one point and it becomes almost comedic to where it pulled me out of the film. The film could have done without this "human" transformation, it was just weird and juvenile.

The other compliant with this film is from the actors and the story. I couldn't connect to the emotions and the characters in the film. One problem stems from the new villain of the film "The Fallen." The backstory behind how these transformers are on Earth seemed a bit shoe-horned to buy it. What I didn't like with the edition of The Fallen was the fact that they turned Megatron into Darth Vadar with their master and apprentice relationship. I also thought that some of the humor didn't belong in this film and it seemed real out of place. Another big problem is that the Transformers are not interesting at the least! They are boring me! Character development (if you can call it that) was horrible and sacrificed for the great action sequences. 

One of the biggest complaints I have about this film, is that is it downright overly offensive at times. With the transformers that play radical racial stereotypes that just don't fit in the film and you get the sense that Bay let his ego get to his head and just put whatever he felt was funny into the film. It was something that I just thought the film definitely didn't need and it was just out of place. This film just feels as if the bad jokes from Michael Bay's other films (Bad Boys, Armageddon, and Pearl Harbor) have made their way into this film, 10 fold!

Overall, I'd place this film right next to the original. Some improvements, but it is very flawed. It's as entertaining and awesome as it can be expected. Overall, I'd say this is a MATINEE to see it on a big screen. This is definitely meant for the big screen. It's a summer action film, but it is very flawed. definitely not Bay's masterpiece, but I liked it fine as dumb summer entertainment and it was ok. Check it out on the big screen because this definitely dumb summer entertainment, but don't try to take this movie seriously at all. A supervisor from work was angry that the whole theater laughed at the screening, and there is no way you can go through the whole film without laughing your ass off! Go see it, and just turn your brain off. For those of you who are going to pay to see this film in IMAX, there is some sequences shot for IMAX, but MICHAEL FUCKIN BAY IS NOT A CHRISTOPHER NOLAN!!!! The IMAX sequences are weird for the shots that Bay decided to choose to shoot on IMAX. THE DARK KNIGHT was a fucking technical achievement in IMAX, but Bay seems to have only a case of "IMAX-envy" from DARK KNIGHT's record breaking numbers at imax, that he wanted to try the same thing. When the film comes out on BLU-RAY, it's going to be a near schizophrenic transfer that will drive people nuts! I wouldn't say it's really bad, but I'd say it's everything I thought it was going to be, only worse. Check it out once in the summer and you'll never see it again.

Disapointed by Transformers...(sigh)

See ya next time guys!

My SPOILER-FREE Top 12 Favorite Endings

Hey guys! I just thought I'd post up what some of my favorite film endings of all time were: and this will be somewhat spoiler-free! Note this is based solely on Opinion and that I am not claiming these to be the pinnacle of cinema because there are plenty of great endings that are note worthy and worthing mentioning!

Enjoy!

12. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

11. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

10. Sunshine (2007)

9. The Butterfly Effect (2003)

8. Blade Runner (1982)

7. Se7en (1995) (Oddly Enough LOL)

6. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

5. Let The Right One In (2008)

4. The Terminator (1984)

3. Fight Club (1999)

2. The Dark Knight (2008)

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Hope ya enjoyed that! If ya haven't seen any of these films, then do yourself a favor a rent a couple of them! They are great! Well, till next time guys!

YEAR ONE REVIEW!

Hey guys! Just got back from a pre-screening of Harold Ramis' YEAR ONE starring Jack Black and Michael Cera, produced by Judd Apatow.

Bottom line? The movie was ok. I found myself laughing at seeing the usual Apatow crew and noticing where they were scattered. The story didn't really cut it out for me, as much as the message behind the film was strong enough, but everything else was kind of flat.

The Positive aspects about this film as with any Apatow film is the casting. Peppered throughout the entire film are cameos from Apatow regulars in unexpected roles (Bill Hader, McLovin, Hank Azeria, Paul Rudd, and Kyle Gass to name a few) Jack Black and Michael Cera work surprisingly well for this type of film. I am personally always annoyed by Michael Cera doing his whole "I am uncomfortable in my own skin with members of the opposite sex" act that I thought I was going to hate him, but I actually did like him in the film. Faring as well was Jack Black. He pulled his whole Jack Blackism as he does in every film, but had fun watching him in this. I thought the one character that stole the show a lot of the time he was onscreen was Oliver Platt as the High Priest. He was hilarious and the conclusion his character comes to just has you laughing all through. The low points of this film is the storyline. The storyline is very cheesey and predictable and seems to just shoehorn biblical elements for the sake of parodying them. The scenes that worked the best for Me was in the first act and 3rd act and beyond. I wasn't really bored, but that second act was real weak and it was leaving me a bit bored at times. Overall, the movie was ok and it was entertaining. However, I can't quite recommend this one to everybody. This film seems like a misstep for the guy who wrote classics such as Caddyshack and Ghostbusters. It definitely is one of the weaker of the Apatow films to come out. I can't say it's horrible, but I can definitely say that it's a solid RENTAL. Don't pay to see it one the big screen, you'll have a much better time being able to have a few drinks and watch this film (as I was able to for this screening :D) but it's an ok film, just be sure to rent it at best if you really want to see it.

There ya go, Disapointed by Judd and crew. Maybe this will be their slight start of a downfall or will this be Judd's Drillbit Taylor and will he redeem himself with Funny People this summer? Time will tell! Till next time guys!

The First QuadCast by AFG PRODUCTIONS

Hey guys! My buddies Marcello, Jahkeem, and Vinnie and I all decided to record a podcast or a "QUADcast"

Check it out and we'll try to post more podcasts!

Click HERE to download our QUADCAST!

and be sure to click FREE DOWNLOAD at the bottom of the page to download! 

ENJOY!!!

we cover a bunch of ground heres the highlights

00.00.00 - Intros

00.01.54 - "The McGangbang" and pizza eating habits

00.05.40- Andres' Experience with Podcasts/ The King of Douchebags/New Guitar Hero game at Target

00.09.00- TeeFury.com

00.14.00 - What we been up to lately

00.16.25- Harold and Kumar Escape to Guantanamo Bay/ Becoming friends with Ryan Plotsky and the 7/11 story

00.23.44- Marijuana

00.27.30- Deathproof Bitches

00.29.50- 2 Breaking news story No More Sean Pean in 3 Stooges Biopic and..

00.30.50- No Batman 3 for Christopher Nolan? :(

00.33.00- Halloween Costumes and Nailin Paylin

00.36.00- Nostalgic movies and why Wolverine fucking sucked balls

00.41.00- Watchmen and sneaking into the press screening!

00.48.50- Facebook Vs. MySpace

00.52.55- Stupid IQ Tests

00.58.00- How they could have hyped up to a Venom movie instead of Spider-Man 3

01.00.00- Bruno HERES THE PAGE IF YA WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE SCROLLING and seeing the hot Isla Fisher <3/>

01.06.30- The crazy Video on Youtube if you want to follow along.

01.09.00- Prince of Persia

01.10.00- Mark Twain

01.12.00- Signoffs

Till next time folks! Hope ya had fun!

MICKEY ROURKE as Whiplash from IRON MAN 2 is REVEALED!

Hey guys! Big News today...especially for Comic book geeks like myself. A new Pic from IRON MAN 2!

Without further ado...MICKEY ROURKE as IVAN VANKO AKA "Whiplash"

Ok so my first reaction to this was "That looks awesome! I can't wait" 

I know a lot of people are going "This just looks ok." I am a big fan of Mickey Rourke and his recent work in SIN CITY and THE WRESTLER (for which I believe he should have won the oscar because as much as I did love Sean Penn in MILK, it was a character that yelled into a megaphone for most of the film and it was a touching story, but THE WRESTLER was a heartbreaking experience) I am looking forward to Mickey and John Faverau's take on Whiplash. This to me shows a lot about his character. Granted nobody knows what is being shot in this scene ( rumored to be a prison breakout scene) but this is cool because it shows this character is putting himself against the IRON MAN and he is barely covered up and he doesn't have a suit, he just has these awesome ass whips! I can't wait to see a fight scene between these 2 actors whom I believe were the two best actor career comebacks of 2008 with Robert Downey, Jr.'s performance as Tony Stark in IRON MAN and Mickey's great performance from THE WRESTLER, I can't wait to see these two heavyweights go at it next summer! The suit doesn't bother me at all. I mean look at the artwork below where the character has seriously be reinvented.

Here's the comic incarnations

  

and here's the incarnation from the new Nickelodeon series of IRON MAN

and here's the PRE-PRODUCTION ARTWORK for the FINAL VERSION of the WHIPLASH SUIT. 

Overall, I love the direction with Whiplash that this is heading in. IRON MAN is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated movies of next year's summer season and it's sure to be good with the talent behind it. I can't wait to see Mickey and Downey go at it like a couple of badasses!

Till Next Time! Here's my 2 cents!

Still laughing and still on about THE HANGOVER! ;D

I enjoyed the hell out of this film! This is about a solid of a comedy as I have seen in a while. This is definitely the Todd Phillips we have been craving for since he did Old School. Like that film as well this is pretty much about guys who decide to have a guy's ramp, and that goes horribly wrong. This film is hilariously paced to where as each revelation is uncovered, you get the sense that these guys went through too much too quickly. Although highly implausible, it's a comedy and this very much plays to the points where the plot becomes nearly impossible, but its pretty damn hilarious. What this film also does is create characters that we can easily relate to or know from our lives. 

The plot is very much a mystery/comedy. They are trying to find that one member of the group that is getting married and they are busting their balls trying to find this guy. That is the whole point to this film is that by the beginning of the last act, all bets are off and you don't know how this could possibly end. It was enjoyable to have these moments play out for the laughs. The actors are all perfectly cast as well. I liked Bradley Cooper's character in the film, Ed Helms is pretty naive and hilarious at that too, but the real standout of the film has to be Zack Galifianakis. It's funny because last year Zack was in a little film called WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS (2008) and the only laugh I got out of that piece of FOX mediocrity was when Zack Galifianakis appeared on screen for those 2 minutes, and this film is definitely his calling card because he just steals every scene he is in and makes everything that much more uncomfortable and hilarious! He's such a great comedian and it's definitely good to see him shine in a film like this because he rightly deserves so. This is definitely a Todd Phillips film. Peppered throughout the film is some great comedians and cameos that you'll just love. 

Overall, this is definitely going to be a classic in every sense! This is very much a film by people who have clearly been on this type of night out and they are willing to bring you along on this crazy ass trip, and if you take it you'll have a great time. This film as any great night out ends with a few horrific revelations and laughs with your buddies!

With that said...

HIGH FULL PRICE!!! GO SEE IT NOW AND SEE IT WITH SOME BUDDIES...

and a few drinks on top of that won't hurt neither!...Until...

The hangover starts up. Ha ha ha ha

Enjoy the Flick guys!

Till next time, here's another two cents!

R.I.P. David Carradine 1936-2009 (UPDATED)

Hey guys! Today a tragic event has happened. Legendary "Kung Fu" and "Kill Bill" actor David Carradine was found dead in his Thailand Hotel room in Bangkok. Details from the Bangkok police confirm that he was found hung by his neck in the hotel room and police have ruled this case as a suicide. It's sad to know this happened. The nostalgic connection he has given me with the Kung Fu series and the Kill Bill movies makes this tragedy even worse. I remember growing up watching the Kung Fu series every weekeday after school. I would only be able to catch the badass ending to each show and I tuned in on a regular basis. He was awesome. The Kill Bill movies (particularly part II) brought that sense of childhood back and it was great to see him again in all his badass-ittude. It's a sad day today because as I was talking to a friend today he mentioned that it was worse to find out he committed suicide. I then told him that it seemed random because of all the celebrities we would have never guessed that he would have committed suicide. There are a lot of people out there that will say we shouldn't feel sorry for him because it was a suicide, but the fact that it was a suicide only makes it worse. The bottom line is a tragedy is a tragedy and a loss of human life is still a life lost. There are a lot of weird theories going on about why he did it, but I don't want to go into those. Lets just celebrate his talent and wish him the best wherever he's at now.

David Carradine R.I.P. and thanks for all the entertainment and memories you have given to all of us and your fans! You will be missed.

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UPDATE

As of early this evening, it was confrimed by the Bangkok police department that David Carradine was found hung dead with a rope around his neck for sure, but without going into anymore details it was a sex act gone wrong where the person axifixates themselves to make the sexual experience that much more vivid. Looking back at this event a few hours later it has shown me several things. I didn't go parading this bit of news to everyone I knew because it wasn't my place to go around telling the world about this, but I did feel the need to want to express myself (via the blog) and thats about it. I found so many people that are trying to be overly sensitive to this whole death. A writer once said that "it only takes a celebrity death to see how phoney some people are" and it only really came to me today as to what he meant by that. This is an actor I watched since I was a kid and it was sad seeing him go, and most people i talked to, really had no sense of who this guy was. None of them knew this was a real talented actor who was up for an oscar at one point and he wasn't simply just "Bill" To me. But enough with talking about the death of this actor. He was an actor I enjoyed watching in anything he did (His cameo in Crank 2 was hilarous!) and he is going to be missed, but he left a large body of work we can all watch. So, I'd say celebrate his talent and enjoy the work he has put in and he's had a long and great career.

David Carradine, ya havent even been gone for 24 hours, but wish ya the best wherever ya are!

Drag Me To Hell Mr. Riami!!!!

Dear Mr. Sam Riami:

Thank You for giving us yet another great hard nipple in the rain sequence!

With that said...

Thanks for coming back to your horror roots for another fun time at the movies! 

This film is just a really fun time at the movies! This film is meant to be over the top and a thrill ride and Riami delivers, and beat for beat this works as well as his older forays into the horror genre. There is a nice blend of obesity and comedy with some truly scary imagery in this film. The film is essentially Riami's love letter to his Evil Dead and horror fans and it works to where you don't have to be a lover of those films to appreciate the film he's given us here. Even anybody who is a fan of the Spider-Man films can love this film (as I was, because I got fish-hooked into the Evil Dead series after seeing the Spider-Man films) but Sam is back in the best way. Say what you will about Spider-Man 3 (2007) and as much as I actually enjoyed the film, you can tell Riami's heart was definitely into this film every step of the way. The basic premise is a young girl that gets cursed by an ol' ass hag of a gypsy and she needs to find a way to break the curse. Simple, but effectively hilarious and over the top. I really dug what Riami was going for in this film as he does provide some gag inducing moments in the film (I say it in the best possible way) with good horror moments. Alison Lohman does a suitable job in this picture and I did like her arc as a character and the ultimate conclusion that this film comes to is suitable and it does fit. I remember hearing about how Ellen Page was cast in the role Alison ended up playing, and was really excited because I do like Ellen Page's work, but Alison Lohman really does work well in the picture. I liked Lohman in the role. You can't not talk about the cast without mentioning Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush as she is freakin creepy as all hell and the moment she appears onscreen she does give the sense that you don't want to mess with this ol' woman! She does a fantastic job in the role and she makes it her own. The scenes between her and Alison in the very beginning is sure to draw applause, laughs, and gags! Its all so deliciously good! The plot has a lot to love about it. It is not being serious in the least. It is simply going to tell a story and just deal with it. I know some people gagged at the fact this was PG-13, it makes no difference whatsoever! This is Riami, and he is doing what he loves and if you're willing to go for the ride, you'll have a lot of fun with this film! I enjoyed the "hell" out of this film! I'd say a definite FULL-PRICE!!! Go see it with a couple of friends and with some alcoholic beverages in hand because I can't morally endorse drug use. Fun time at the movies! Go see it!!! 

Till next time! Here's my two cents!