Wednesday, January 26, 2011

CASINO JACK

RYAN: Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey stars in this flick, based on the true story of Jack Abramoff who was a naughty lobbyist in Washington DC.CAROLINE: I haven't yet viewed the screener for this and I know you attended a screening a while ago. Now Kevin's up for a best actor Golden Globe. Did you like him in it?RYAN: You know, I found him equal parts annoying and enjoyable. I like him overall as an actor. He's usually very good and I walked away from this picture liking him but he was pretty cheesy in moments.CAROLINE: I'm sorry. Picture?RYAN: That's how fancy people in Hollywood used to refer to movies.CAROLINE: I know. But we're not fancy nor are we in Hollywood right now.RYAN: Here's the thing about Kevin in this movie - the very thing that most irritated me about his performance I ended up liking. And it's due to the screenplay. His character quotes movies a lot, which we and many of our friends do for fun but he quotes and does impressions and some just didn't' work.CAROLINE: That's fair. How was the movie overall?RYAN: It's okay. I didn't love it but I certainly didn't hate it. I don't want to give anything specific away but there was one point about halfway through where I thought about walking out because I was bored but then the story turns a corner and it get's almost Coen-Brothers-exciting and I was hooked from then on.CAROLINE: That's cool.RYAN: Yeah. It just takes a little too long to take off.CAROLINE: Who else is in it?RYAN: Well there's Jon Lovitz.CAROLINE: Where the hell has he been hiding out?RYAN: Exactly. But who better to play an out of shape, skeevy character. He's fine in this. And I don't mind him sparingly. And there's also Kelly Preston who I enjoy.CAROLINE: I wonder how she got in the business. So is this something I have to see?RYAN: Well I'd say it's not bad to watch on DVD at home. It's a little bit of that "I can't believe this actually happened" like I Love You Phillip Morris... but not as good and not with Ewan McGregor.CAROLINE: Fair enough.-- BOTTOM LINE --RYAN: It's just a pretty random but straightforward biopic about a somewhat despicable guy. If you like to see the GG nominated movies and you're a fan of K.Space, I'd say rent it.-- RATING --Cheeky & Fresh Movie Reviews

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