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post #31 of 403
12/14/05 at 8:08am
tossed on this one. Not sure what I think of the trailer, but Ferrel? I just can't see liking that.
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post #32 of 403
12/15/05 at 2:58pm
I cannot stand Collin Ferrel. I hate the guy. All 4 foot 3 inches of him. But MM writing and directing means I have see the film.

I just hope and pray this film is not PG-13.
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post #33 of 403
12/15/05 at 7:56pm
Thread Starter 
All films thus far in Michael Mann's career are rated R. So no worries there, I hope.
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post #34 of 403
12/16/05 at 6:41am
I knew Sonny Crockett, Sonny Crockett was a friend of mine and Colin Ferrel is no Sonny Crockett.
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post #35 of 403
12/16/05 at 11:24am
Actually Im a bit disappointed with Tubbs.I was hoping JF would be sporting a cooler look - short dreads or something less "plain"
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post #36 of 403
12/16/05 at 1:20pm
everyone in the theater I was in laughed and scoffed at the idea and some booed.

I don't think this will do well. It is just too.....cheesey. And I loved Miami Vice growing up.
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post #37 of 403
12/16/05 at 2:47pm
The official poster...

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post #38 of 403
12/16/05 at 3:14pm
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Everyone in the theater I was in laughed and scoffed at the idea and some booed.


I understand why the idea of a Miami Vice film might get some responses like this. I mean, it sounds like something that would appear as a joke in another movie (like the T.J. Hooker: The Movie gag that was in Charlie's Angels). However, Michael Mann's name attached as writer and director has lifted this above the ranks of SWAT and The Dukes of Hazzard movies to something that could be pretty damn good. I have yet to be disappointed in one of his films so far, and even the somewhat questionable casting could be forgotten if Vice is half as enentertaining and well made as his other films.
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post #39 of 403
12/16/05 at 3:16pm
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Everyone in the theater I was in laughed and scoffed at the idea and some booed.


I understand why the idea of a Miami Vice film might get some responses like this. I mean, it sounds like something that would appear as a joke in another movie (like the T.J. Hooker: The Movie gag that was in Charlie's Angels). However, Michael Mann's name attached as writer and director has lifted this above the ranks of SWAT and The Dukes of Hazzard movies to something that could be pretty damn good. I have yet to be disappointed in one of his films so far, and even the somewhat questionable casting could be forgotten if Vice is half as entertaining and well made as his other films.
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post #40 of 403
12/16/05 at 3:58pm
I don't know what the booing was about, but the laughing is understandable. My friend laughed when I told him the Miami Vice trailer had me excited. As awareness goes up I don't think that attitude will stick around. Some of it could have been affectionate, too.
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post #41 of 403
12/16/05 at 4:14pm
As a massive fan of Heat and Collateral, I already know I'll love this film. Saw the trailer in front of King Kong.
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post #42 of 403
12/16/05 at 4:34pm
[rant]"Come see these two faces!"[/rant]



I just love these face only covers. This isn't even the dvd, yet!

Oh yeah, there is a little Miami Vice mixed in with Farrell and Foxx.
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post #43 of 403
12/17/05 at 3:45am
The shot of them in the car would have made an awesome poster. But I'm a fan of the show and will definitely see this. The synopsis actually makes it sound intriguing and I want to see how it plays out. Gong Li as Cuban-Chinese? Interesting.
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post #44 of 403
12/17/05 at 7:45am
That poster sucks. I am flat out sick and tired of FACE posters. They tell me nothing about the movie at all.
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post #45 of 403
12/17/05 at 8:57am
Its Miami Vice, if you have seen the show, you know it is about drugs, women, fast cars and a partnership, what else do you need to know about the movie? Those two faces will help sell the movie to people who aren't fans of the series. I think the die hards they know they already have so its a good way to draw in new people.
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post #46 of 403
12/17/05 at 1:14pm
It's just a teaser poster anyway.
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post #47 of 403
12/17/05 at 9:40pm
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Jason, as I'm sure you know, Michael Mann is most definitely NOT Michael Bay. There won't be rat-screwing jokes or embalmed bodies flying around in the streets.


I most certanly am aware of that. Granted those two things were very OTT, but I've always thought that Michael Bay always got a bum rap. He fills the niche of loud dumb enjoyable action movies...I don't think he should be killed for that.

I'm sure that Miami Vice will be great, but I'm not quite a fan of the video-ey look of Collateral...I much like the crispness of the Star Wars Episode 3 videography.
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post #48 of 403
12/17/05 at 10:27pm
Mann isn't well served by the vertical poster format. If it were me, I'd get some skyscrapers and palm trees in there.
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post #49 of 403
12/17/05 at 10:48pm
I beg to differ, while some of Miami Vice was upbeat the majority of the show was about as downbeat as you can get. It was the first show I remember that almost always ended negatively.


Exactly. The word Don Johnson used to describe Vice was "Nihilism".
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post #50 of 403
12/18/05 at 1:57pm
Thread Starter 
Jason, thanks for clarifying your position. I'm glad you don't mind Michael Bay. He is a great guilty pleasure of mine. Although in my mind he does not approach Michael Mann (esp in terms of content), he can sure as hell frame a shot. The Island is a beautiful, beautiful film to look at.

As a side note, Mann is one of Bay's biggest heroes.

Regards,
Nathan
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post #51 of 403
12/19/05 at 1:47pm
Michael Mann is a blind buy at the theaters for me.

I have yet to be disappointed, even with subject matter I am not all that interested in (Ali), he is a gifted director and forces his audience to be attentive. I would say "rewards" his audience for being attentive.
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post #52 of 403
12/19/05 at 3:25pm
Yet another big screen rehash of a TV series. Many people (including me) are tired of it, but judging from this thread, Hollywood has reason to think it's fine to keep doing it.
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post #53 of 403
12/19/05 at 3:48pm
Well, Robert, it was a Michael Mann TV show, and now it's a Michael Mann movie. So, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.

I'll gladly take the blame for another Michael Mann film,
Chuck
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post #54 of 403
12/19/05 at 3:53pm
Exactly. If this was a 'Dukes of Hazzard' type rehash (and lets face it, material as dated as 'Miami Vice' is ripe for it) then I'd see RobertR's point. But an update to the series from the guy who not only created it but has since gone on to have an incredible track record with this type of material? Count me in.
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post #55 of 403
12/19/05 at 4:01pm
"Yet another big screen rehash of a TV series. Many people (including me) are tired of it, but judging from this thread, Hollywood has reason to think it's fine to keep doing it."

Yea I wouldnt lump this in with other stuff like Dukes,Bewitched,Starsky & Hutch or whatever.

Im hoping its great.
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post #56 of 403
12/19/05 at 9:02pm
All I gotta say is that they better be driving a Ferrari any other car would be just wrong.
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post #57 of 403
12/20/05 at 8:08am
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Yet another big screen rehash of a TV series.

It is interesting that this, or the idea that Miami Vice will be some sort of camp remake of the TV series, seems to be a knee-jerk reaction of a lot of people. (Not so much at HTF, but out in "John Q. Public")

I know that I'm mostly preaching to the choir, but this is a Michael Mann picture, people.

If you think it will some lousy, remake, camp-fest, may I suggest you immediatly watch:

>Heat
>Collateral

Then, for good measure, watch:

>The Insider
>Ali
>Last of the Mohicans
>Manhunter

Like others, I'm a HUGE Michael Mann fan... his visual style and storytelling technique, especially when it comes to gritty, urban tales (see, of course, Heat and Collateral) is truly unique.

Can't wait for Miami Vice!
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post #58 of 403
12/22/05 at 10:52am
When I first saw the trailer, I rolled my eyes at the idea of another remake.

But with such quality names attached to the product, I can't help but be intrigued.

Will also be nice to see many of the landmarks from the town I'm next to when at school .
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post #59 of 403
12/22/05 at 12:00pm
I don't think of this as another in the long line of crappy remakes from Hollywood, since Mann is elite and this was always his baby.

But, the nightmares on the shoot certainly have me worried.
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post #60 of 403
12/22/05 at 1:35pm
Here's what I'm saying: I

Is Michael Mann a great director...yes.

Did he create the original series and direct that...yes.

Will he get the mood and tone right....yes.

But none of that is the point. Miami vice is Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs fighting crime in the seedy yet glamorous Miami of the early 80's. While this project has a lot of things going for it, it is not set in this Miami with actors who fit the characters that did it first and in my opinion best. Sometimes lightning strikes only once and you can't catch in a bottle as Hollywood is wont to do. Lots of remakes are good movies, some even great and I think Michael Mann will make a good movie but it won't be Miami Vice to me.
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