Miami Vice

[june]

Hello All,

I'll give it a C+. I don't remember the show, but my friends that was fans of the show really hated the film.

[Chris D]

Ah... I grew up when it was on TV, but we lived in a place at that time where we didn't get TV reception, so I hardly saw any of the actual show.

The tiny little ads I've seen for this movie look really good, actually, and really dark. Sorry to hear that people aren't liking it, though. I'll go take a look at Rotten Tomatoes.

[George Bellefontaine]

Probably those who don't like it are hardcore fans of the tv series. Mann does a different take on the film version. Rather than the bright pastel colors and daytime scenes of Miami in the series, the movie apparently is darker, with more action happening at night. Also, tv series fans seem to have a hard time accepting Farrell and Foxx over Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas.
I'm going to wait for the dvd. I will definitely buy it because anything Michael Mann does is okay with me.

[Daryl Furkalo]

Michael Mann does movies a certain way. If you aren't a fan of Heat or Collateral, this probably won't be your kind of movie. Fortunately I am, and I liked it quite a lot. The movie is definitely darker and grainier.

[Chris D]

Ah, I didn't know he did those movies. Collateral wasn't bad, and Heat was really good.

I still think Heat sets the example of best urban warfare scene.

[George Bellefontaine]

Other films directed by Mann include:

The Keep
Thief
Ali
The Insider
The Last Of The Mohicans
Manhunter

The last two of the above are real favorites of mine. He also wrote the screenplay for some of the above.

[Chris D]

Interesting. Yeah, I really liked "Last of the Mohicans" too. I was a kid when it came out, and bought the soundtrack. Can't remember who wrote the music, but it was some good stuff.

[George Bellefontaine]

Interesting. Yeah, I really liked "Last of the Mohicans" too. I was a kid when it came out, and bought the soundtrack. Can't remember who wrote the music, but it was some good stuff.

I don't know the writer either, but I really get into it during the chase scenes near the conclusion when the music has that driving fiddle ( and I don't usually like fiddles). Ahhh, Mann really knew how to meld music with his tv and film works.

[Race Car Driver]

I will end up buying the DVD and may get out to the theater, but that doesnt happen often.

Currently in the middle of season two box set.

[David Meek]

The Last Of The Mohicans soundtrack was a collaberation between Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman.

[Gump]

Other films directed by Mann include:

The Keep
Thief
Ali
The Insider
The Last Of The Mohicans
Manhunter

The last two of the above are real favorites of mine. He also wrote the screenplay for some of the above.

Trivia question for you, George: What well known actor today played a small part as a bartender in Thief?

(Probably should've put this in the movie trivia thread but since this has kinda turned into the Michael Mann thread, what the heck!)

[George Bellefontaine]

Been a long time since I watched Thief. Can't recall the bartender.

[Audiophiliac]

I liked Vice.....it wasnt the best i have seen, but well done. The final gunfight was pretty good.

[Gump]

Been a long time since I watched Thief. Can't recall the bartender.

William Peterson of CSI fame. Also the star of Michael Mann's "Manhunter".

[George Bellefontaine]

William Peterson of CSI fame. Also the star of Michael Mann's "Manhunter".

Really ? I must watch Thief again and look for that.

[spirited]

Apart from the opening scene, it was a horrible movie. I saw it in the theatre and the sound sucked; you could hardly hear the dialogue. If your thinking of taking a trip down memory lane, all of you will be greatly disapointed.