Last night I re-watched Heat; tonight I thought I'd give Miami Vice another go.
I saw Miami Vice when it was first released and was underwhelmed. But I thought, hell, let's give it another shot and see if my opinion has changed.
Bros, this fucking movie is not good. I got about 40 minutes in and was like, holy shit, I can't do it. I can't keep going with this thing.
The story is uninteresting and, at times, borderlined incoherent. The cinematography is ugly and excessively digital-looking. And the performances are often surprisingly bad, considering the talent involved.
It's just not good. I tried to give it another chance and that was a waste of time. My initial instincts were correct.
And it also got me to thinking about Michael Mann's career. Let's just look at his run during the 90s and early 00s:
The Last of the Mohicans
Heat
The Insider
Ali
Collateral
The only weak link there is Ali and even it was a pretty good film, even if it couldn't hang with the rest in that list.
So just how in the fuck do you go from those films to making Miami Vice, Public Enemies and Blackhat? Not sure about you guys, but I don't consider ANY of those three to be good movies. And it's amazing that the same guy who made movies like Thief and Heat and The Insider also made these fucking things.
What's the deal? Why did Michael Mann become a shitty director? Anyone have theories on this?
