Movie Review: Be Cool
What's this? This blog's dying? No, don't stop.
Anyway, managed to catch a midnite screening of Be Cool last Thursday. It turned out to be not so cool after all. It's either the timing that made the story seems long and draggy or the story IS long and draggy.
Chili Palmer (John Travolta, looking his usual cool-self) made it to the big time in Hollywood in the prequel to this show, Get Shorty when he produced a blockbuster movie that propelled Danny De Vito to stardom. Danny De Vito only appeared briefly in this sequel and I don't even remember now what was he doing in the movie. So, the story went about how Chili got himself in the music industry, hooking up with the delicious Uma Thurman, promoting budding singer Christian Milian, getting mixed up with some gangster rappers led by Cedric the Entertainer, seeking revenge against the Russian Mafia and a ruthless record executive (Harvey Keitel).
The story itself seems to go round and round, without ever going anywhere... throw in some nice cameos by the Aerosmith (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry), Wycelf Jean, Fred Durst and some other music celebrities, you have Be Cool.
Be Cool? Ain't so cool. No point watching it on the big screen.
Overall ratings: 2.5 out of 5
posted by kennyg at 6:27 PM
2 Comments:
dudes...
i watched Be cool yesterday on DVD.. it was not bad. i liked the part where steve tyler was talking abt how he cannot appear in a movie about a girl who rises to be a successful singer.. farny shit.
plus, the fred durst cameo is supposed to be making fun of the Eminem song i think .. the part where he goes he rather be sitting beside fred durst in a award show... need to check this out..
what other references to other movies can u spot?
Maybe it's because I was watching it late at night... wasn't paying to much attention to the references... Oh, and I forgot the Rock (yes, the wrestler Rock) is in it... you probably can't recognise him if you didn't see him raise his eyebrows.
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