Everything bad about this movie was directly caused by one of the most awful directing by Nicolas Cage. He directs the actors to overact too often (as Cage does way too often himself)and it makes those scenes ridiculous when they should/could have been poignant instead. Also he tries too many have "artsy" shots lighting and instead it looks amateurish and goofy. The scene with Acid Yellow is one of the worse directed scene in the hostory of cinema. It could have been a great scene but the goofy lighting/camera angles/fuzz that Cage used to try to show off just made the scene cartoonish and ridiculous.
NOt all actors can direct. Obviously Cage had no clue what he was doing, unlike his talented uncle and cousin, and should stick to his annoying over-acting roles.
Franco is a stud but Cage took so much out what this movie could have been that even Franco's performance gets buried in Cage's mess. I bet the talented 3 lead actors are embarrassed when they watch their performances in this movie but they can blame Cage who had them act in the same way he does. And that is definitely NOT a good thing...
OH one thing that is also awful and is apparently not Cage's fault: the script.
I still gave this movie a generous 3/10, but one of those marks is for Franco acting (when not too Cage-d) and the other one is cuz we got to see his body and ass a lot, which is pretty much the only thing that kept me watching. I commend Cage at least for that.
NOt all actors can direct. Obviously Cage had no clue what he was doing, unlike his talented uncle and cousin, and should stick to his annoying over-acting roles.
Franco is a stud but Cage took so much out what this movie could have been that even Franco's performance gets buried in Cage's mess. I bet the talented 3 lead actors are embarrassed when they watch their performances in this movie but they can blame Cage who had them act in the same way he does. And that is definitely NOT a good thing...
OH one thing that is also awful and is apparently not Cage's fault: the script.
I still gave this movie a generous 3/10, but one of those marks is for Franco acting (when not too Cage-d) and the other one is cuz we got to see his body and ass a lot, which is pretty much the only thing that kept me watching. I commend Cage at least for that.