OK, let's start with the "dream crew." Written by Cormac McCarthy, author of "No Country For Old Men" and "The Road." Directed by Ridley Scott. The cast of actors he's directing include Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Bruno Ganz, Rosie Perez, Ruben Blades, Natalie Dormer, Dean Norris, John Leguizamo, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. What can go wrong?
Well, a lot, actually. I came to this film having skimmed a few...uh...less than positive reviews, but I like Ridley Scott sometimes, so I thought I'd give it a shot. And it was an interesting enough way to pass a couple of hours, but to be honest all the glitz and fascination with the uber-rich lifestyle of drug dealers felt more to me like a movie by Ridley's brother Tony (whose death during the filming probably influenced things). And there's the dialog, which possibly reads well on a page, but can be more than a little stilted and unreal when spoken by actors, even actors of this quality. And then it gets worse, and becomes so pompous and so world-weary pseudo-philosophical that you think it *can't* get any worse. And then it does. It's one thing to make a film with a low budget and unknown actors and have it fail horribly. It's quite another to do that with a "dream crew" like this, and all of it seemingly to show off a new way of killing people that hasn't been seen onscreen before, and to show Cameron Diaz fucking a Ferrari. What a waste.
