So yes, this is late.
I never made it to the actual screening, thanks to a flurry of unexplainable incidents. Or maybe they’re explainable, I just sort of don’t remember them. I have amnesia.
Anyway, I finally got to watch 21, the movie that stars my beloved boytoy-to-be, Jim Sturgess, and the perpetual villain, Kevin Spacey.
Not that I care about Kevin Spacey at all. Yes, he was in Superman. Yes, he’s gay. Boooring.
I’m only watching 21 because of my darling Jim.
Honestly, the movie is barely watchable, considering the ginormous gaps in story-telling. Kate Bosworth’s character is particularly unmoving; I have no idea why she even agreed to do the film with such a flimsy part. Oh wait, I know. It was probably the promise of hot kisses and a steamy love scene with the aforementioned Mr. Sturgess that had her sign the dotted line.
But seriously, I was disappointed because I really thought it would be a good movie. The premise was interesting: kid joins card counters in their Vegas exploits to earn enough money for Harvard Med, gets screwed over by his mentor, takes revenge, gets screwed over by someone else and bangs token hot girl. The end.
Unfortunately, everyone in the movie had cookie-cutter roles. Even Kevin Spacey did little more than snarl and act smarmy throughout the film. Hard to do anything more than that, really, given the constricted space his cardboard bad guy is given.
Jim’s still good with the wide-eyed nice guy schtick, but his transformation to vindictive bad boy seemed a little force. The transition was far from smooth, and viewers are left scratching their heads. His performance was still engaging, though, because he is Jim Sturgess, and I will watch nearly anything that has him in it.
Yes, even porn.
As long as it has Jim, I’ll watch it. I might not like it, but I’ll drool over him predictably. I might slip on my own saliva and die, but at least the last thing I see is Jim.
So should you watch 21? I don’t know. I don’t care.
I want Jiiim.
June 27th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
hallo..
your blog theme is very cool..
btw, have you watch kungfu panda movie?
that’s my recommended movie.. it’s very funny..
June 28th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Hmmm.. I feel exactly the same way, in fact I have the exact same review posted in a forum somewhere.. Almost word for word.. .. Of course, read “Kate” instead of “Jim”..
Ok I’m kidding, I’m too lazy to write a review.. I’m just making myself feel better about buying a pirated copy of the film..And now that I do, thanks and bye ^_^
June 28th, 2008 at 6:54 am
@virtue - I missed Kungfu Panda. Got horribly sick.
@ark - kate’s so pretty. anyway, yeah 21’s worth a watch. it’s not exactly horrible, and if you’re like me (except for the substitute kate for jim part), you’ll love it.
June 28th, 2008 at 9:07 am
When a movie comes out I subconsciously classify it as either theatre-worthy or dvd-standard, meaning explosions and eye candies = cinema; sappy love story = dvd (… I’m naturally shallow
). Movies which is neither but have interesting premise = coin-toss. This movie fell in the dvd-bucket so I guess I’ll wait for the block-buster release across the road (I’m too lazy to look for a pirate copy… maybe I do need that wii-fit-thingy).
June 28th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
@marman - I would’ve watched it in the cinema. unfortunately i didn’t get to. I got a downloaded copy from my officemate. that’s how i get most of my films.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 am
i so love jim too!
looking back, i never really noticed the details you mentioned in your entry… guess i was too busy drooling that i didn’t care much about the film’s substance.
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 am
hello lenggai! oh well, that’s how it goes i’d probably watch it again despite the poor plot. at least it has jim hehehe