Out of Sight (1998)

Great Caper Flick

What great fun this movie is. If you like humor mixed in with your dramas you appreciate this. The chemistry between characters is wonderful. June 3, 2008

A really good movie

This is a well done movie with Jennifer Lopez when she used to be hot, before she became a self-proclaimed diva. George Clooney is a smoothe character as usual and playing the bad guy you can't help but like. Although a lot of the dialogue feels like they're reading right off the script, it's a good plot and has some good roles, with actors that have come up since this movie was made. February 8, 2008

Video trouble

It's really tough to distinguish the quality of the movie from the fact that the video is so blurred that it's like having double vision. What is Amazon thinking? Rent this on a real DVD so you don't give yourself a headache. February 3, 2008

Where have all the great couples gone?

This is a great movie, period.

Steven Soderberg does a wonderful, and inventive adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel. The characters feel real, but the funkiness of the character interaction of a Leonard novel is preserved too.

The real star of this show is the chemistry between Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney. Their "opposites attract" routine (started in the trunk of a car) matches Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers at their best (in movies like Top Hat) and creates a sense of empathy and urgency to the movie.

The supporting cast is excellent. Dennis Farina, Michael Keaton, Samuel Jackson, Ving Rhames, etc... Did I mention there is no bad acting in this film?

If you have not watched it before, enjoy and have fun. Old timers like me have already bought a copy for their "desert island" trip

November 24, 2007

Clooney's Head and Jenn's Body

I'll start with the pans. That Soderbergh nonlinear storytelling is annoying. If I thought jumbling the time line of the story would make a big difference, okay, but instead, I got a migraine.

George Clooney is a handsome face and big heads work on TV screens. You need the rest of the body at the megaplex. I couldn't help but notice that the fellow is kind of squatty when he walks. Bogart was short too, but I knew he was gonna explode on a punk for laughs. Clooney just delivers lines. His body is quiet.

Now for the good: Jennifer Lopez is flat out sexy and sultry in this role. I guess every female cop on TV is based on Jenn's late 90's tough chick wearing a mini with a badge. No, it makes no sense, but the guys don't mind.

Elmore Leonard's books transfer to the big screen fine. Ya can't beat a good Florida caper flick.
November 20, 2007

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