Fairly enjoyable to watch, but basically a stupid movie.

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 2004)

I don't understand how so many people could give this movie positive reviews. It was basically a stupid movie. I'll break it down into pros and cons (Caution: possibly some spoilers, not that it matters -- you can see where this movie is going from Pluto):
Pros
* Good music (I agree with some of the other reviewers on that one)
* Charlize is hot.
* Some funny bits, especially with Seth Green.
* Some neat-o, whiz-bang tricky/clever james-bondian heist stuff
* Slightly less stupid than the last James Bond movie, Die Another Day.

Cons
* Good music does not a good movie make.
* A hot chick does not a good movie make (but it doesn't hurt)
* The funny bits were actually tiresome and stupid after a while (e.g. the epilogue where Seth's character finally gets the stereo he wants. Just plain stupid scene).
* Some *semblance* of reality would be nice, here! I mean, I realize that this is a hollywood movie, but at least please don't act like the audience is a bunch of idiots! (although judging from how many people liked this movie...well...you never know).
Examples of stupid stuff:
-- There is no way Charlize could have opened that safe with the "glass panel" lock the way she tried to open it (by "touch"). Especially after the glass panel was broken! I mean they *explained* how hard this thing was to open because of that glass panel and then she breaks it and then she can open it anyways???
-- The motorcyclists chasing them in the subway. How on earth could they possibly have known (A) where they were, (B) that they escaped through the passage that they did and (3) how could they have gotten there in the first place? The traffic was all backed up!
-- There is no way that the *entire* team would have survived being in ice water for as long as they did, wether or not they had a scuba tank.
-- $37 Million is not nearly enough money, the way Ed Norton appeared to be spending it! That Aston Martin alone is over a quarter million!
Etc. etc.
Practically every scene had some major departure from reality, which, in my opinion, makes a movie stupid. And a stupid movie is a bad movie.
However, since this particular group of actors are enjoyable and charismatic, and since it did have a pretty cool chase with a bunch of Minis, a car with which I am particularly obsessed, this movie gets a
C-
or
**** (4 Stars out of ten)
If Charlize had appeared nude in any scene (See Reindeer Games (another stupid movie) or The Cider House Rules (a decent movie)), I would have added one star automatically.