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Two Duds ~ 'Now You See Me' and 'The Great Gatsby'

Hello movie world! Today I have two movies that I think should be skipped entirely. This is for the people who are waiting for things to come out on DVD. I did that, too, and I wasted a few Netflix shipments on these mongrels.

Everyone you get to see bicker
for the entire film.
First, is 'Now You See Me'. This movie is bang-your-head-against the-wall boring, completely flat in character and plot development, and sadly filled with good actors shelling out cheap, hollow acting. It's not even exciting! You just watch, essentially, the same heist go down three times broken up by a boring monologue in between that explains things. It's like a puzzle for dummies! They don't even give you enough time to become confused before they show you all the answers. This, paired with the fact that any major twists are either seriously predictable, or such cop-outs that they are groan-worthy, makes 'Now You See Me' an obvious skip. Just don't waste your time!

Second is 'The Great Gatsby'. If you are a book purist, this movie will drive you so insane the Mad Hatter in Wonderland would back away slowly in your presence. If you are a casual observer, you might be impressed with flashy cinematography, but eventually get quite bored with the grating narrative by Toby Maguire as well as the painfully slow pace. It you are even a little discerning the historical inaccuracies, plot incongruencies (within the movie itself, even excluding the book), whiplash character changes, and extreme exaggeration of behavior and movement will have you sarcastically correcting the film every five minutes. It's that bad! Toby McGuire was flat out awful, DiCaprio was the wrong pick, and every other character was mediocre at best. If I were a director or producer, I would be ashamed to have put out this movie.

So there you have it! I have posted the massive red warning label! Talk to you all soon!
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  1. CherieNovember 7, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    You completely nailed the reasons these movies left me unsatisfied, to say the least. 'Now You See Me' literally put me to sleep for a few minutes. When I woke up, I hadn't missed anything. It was so boring; not what I expected from a heist/magic movie. I didn't care about any of the characters - and that included Morgan Freeman's, and Michael Caine's. Sir Michael Caine!! 'Gatsby' had me nearly frothing at the mouth, so outrageously bad was it. Fitzgerald is no doubt rolling over in his grave, and for the reasons you listed. I heard a friend sum it up perfectly, "It's like watching an ADD cartoon." Yep. I consider your reviews of these two movies as Public Service Announcements.

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