Miami Vice
One thing you will notice if you watch this film (unless you watch it with biscuits taped over your eyes in an attempt to find out if digestives are see-through) is that Michael Mann really likes filming clouds. And I think clouds sum up the whole enterprise. On the credit side, they are fluffy, but on the debit side, they are nebulous and meaningless. They sum up the film in one of those peculiar kind of metaphor things that my dad is always on about. Because while it all looks amazing, with the exception of the bits with Colin Farrell in them, or Jamie Foxx's astroturf "Action Man" barnet (haircut as pictured), it is a big pile of Miami Schiess. I couldn't understand a word they were saying, it was like they all had marshmallows in their mouths. It is a bit of a shame because there are a few cracking action sequences, but apart from that you can't work out what is going on. And Colin Farrell is in it. I think this is best appreciated as an art film, where you enjoy the thrusting aesthetics of it all. In this case it just about scrapes into the good category. If, however, you'd like something a little less infested with Colin "Mojito Fiend" Farrell, you may not enjoy it quite so much....
posted by Chairman Peyote @ 10:49 AM
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