What the heck was Denzel & Scott thinking...

Rating: 2/10 (7 November 2007)

This movie was horrible, I wrote an online blog about it and sent it to over 300 of my friends and colleagues I don't know what Ridley Scott was thinking nor Denzel Washington for that matter. There were too many insignificant stories going on...the plot was weak, there was an extreme over saturation of actor/entertainers that no one cared about (ie: Common, and TI and the horrible actress that played Denzel's wife- my God her performance made Mariah Carey's in the movie Glitter seem Oscar worthy).
There were also too many camera panning debacles, hair, makeup and wardrobe was horrible- the scenery at times didn't match the period in time in which the story was being told (hence the 1 train coming out of the subway -then a panning over to 8th avenue and 135th street)Come on guys- New Yorkers, notice everything about our city-just like I noticed that they shot the Williamsburg Bridge in a scene that was supposed to represent New Jersey. What the hell was that? This was a horrible waste of film and casting and an insult to intellectual movie viewers with half a braincell. Can someone tell me what's really going on in Hollywood -no wonder Tyler Perry opened at #1 with his over saturated - cinematic mess - I expected more from Scott and Mr. Washingon- tell me is everyone in movie-land on "blue magic?" I literally struggled to give this movie 2 stars.