Posted on Thursday, August 10th, 2006 at 10:18 pm by Philip Devitt
Was enticed by the lovely Angela to watch Miami Vice yesterday, I believe her main reason for wanting to see the film was based entirely on Colin Farrell taking one of the lead roles. I do have a vague memory of the TV show from the 80’s; fast cars, flash suits, highly tanned female forms and the cool synthesised music — but don’t ask me if I can remember the plot of any single episode.
When it comes to the 2006 remake they’ve still got the cars, they’ve still got the suits and they’ve retained the tanned babes, even the music, albeit different, isn’t too bad. Remarkably they’ve also developed a plotline which, rather like the original series, is entirely unmemorable, presumably this is so “Miami Vice 2: Bigger Boats for the Buoys” can share not only the same cast but also the same story.
The main element of the film which leaves a “no friggin’ way” doubt in your mind is the presence of Farrell’s facial hair; when the film started my first thought was that the director had made the extremely bold move of making a gay Crockett — sure, it would have given the film a marginally wider audience, but it feels out of character with the 80’s original. I almost expected Don Johnson to jump out of the scenery with a razor in an effort to diminish the mockery of a character that made him a household name. Farrell definately got the dodgier ‘tache but at least he got the most shagging; although I imagine Farrell probably insisted on so much hetro action after seeing the facial fuzz that he’d be forced to wear.
If you’ve got money burning a hole in your pocket and absolutely nothing to do then go and see the film, but don’t expect too much from it. There were several moments in the film where dialogue between the main characters didn’t seem to make sense; they used English words but I didn’t have any grasp of the semantics or context, presumably this is because I’m not an undercover member of the vice squad. The plot was extremely predictable and I just got the feeling that I’d seen the film before.
Wait to rent the DVD or watch it when it hits satellite/cable.
Posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 at 11:04 pm by Mike Irvine
It’s been a while since I last posted on here - no broadband access whilst moving to a new home. Now I’m back online so let the good times roll (again)…
I don’t know about you but I loved the 80’s, and as a teenager I got my hands on something that I played with and it made me feel happy - ahhh, many an hour spent playing, stick in hand, getting hot and sweaty (Daley Thompson made me waggle it like crazy!).
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