naturallyrockin

First of all, I've been an Agatha Christie fan since high school, so I absolutely love good 'whodunit' movies. This movie was very cleverly crafted and well-written from a plot and character standpoint, so for a mystery lover/fan, it was an extremely good movie. But the language was so bad throughout the movie, that it ruined the experience for me and the person who invited me -- they were disgusted. I am so disappointed that Rian Johnson would make the choice to degrade an excellent film by throwing in gratuitous word-vomit. It was completely unnecessary -- one or two words would have been sufficient, along with the theme and bloody image, to get a PG-13 rating. Because of that, I won't buy the dvd, nor will I recommend the movie to my friends. This movie would have been a '10' in my book, if the language didn't exist.

Daniel Craig's accent seemed forced through most of the movie, so it took me awhile to adjust, but I did love his role.

Lastly, I just want to say that Ana de Armas was a new face to me, and she was phenomenal in her role. Great actress -- I was extremely impressed. The fact that she is stunningly beautiful in a sweet, natural way, didn't hurt either.

I've really enjoyed the F&F franchise, for the most part, so I was excited to see how the story continued. I personally like Duane Johnson a lot, and have fond memories of chatting in baggage claim after a flight, prior to his acting career. But, I was not prepared for this movie. It was graphic overload - in your face. Way overdone foul language and crude verbal jabs (the writers seem far too enamored with male genitalia - once reference in a movie is more than plenty); they plastered it on, so disgusting, and not suitable for a PG-13. I definitely don't want my teenagers seeing this movie, but they'll want to see it because of F&F/Hobbs&Shaw -- so it's maddening that the producer/director/writers know that teenagers are going to want to go, and then they vomit filth all over them in the movie.

As far as storyline/plot - it was great -- a perfect advancement for the franchise. Acting and casting was great too. So, what could have been a nice addition to my library will never be on my shelf because of so much graphic content.

Lastly, this movie just beat out Skyscraper as the most unrealistic Duane Johnson movie ever. (But I liked Skyscraper because the values in the movie were so good) Was this supposed to be a drama or a farce? It was so unrealistic, that it was ludicrous. It seems Hollywood is so taken with special effects and the ability to make the "unimaginable possible" through film technologies, that they just want to show off, instead of providing a real story that could actually happen.

So happy with this kickoff episode of the auditions -- I wasn't even sure I was going to watch this year after last year's miserable audition episodes. It looks like "the crazy" is gone and we're back to real judging and real dancing. If the rest of the auditions go this well, it's going to be an amazing season!