I went and saw the movie American Gangster the other night and I have to say I was not impressed. I heard from a bunch of people before I saw the movie how great it was and even “It’s better than the Departed”! Therefore going into the movie I had high expectations which couldve been one of the reasons I was disappointed by the movie.
Here’s a list of the five major things that irritated me the most in the movie:
1.) Denzel Washington is not as great as everyone says he is. Yes, he’s a good actor but damn! How many times can he say the words “Huh, YEAH!” in every Effing movie he acts in. in American Gangster it’s over bored!
2.) This movie is based in the 70′s, so why the hell would you cast RZA from the Wu-tang clan and allow he to wear a sleeveless shirt exposing his RZA Wu-tang tattoo? I’m not going to lie though, RZA did a good job in the movie but the tattoo just annoyed me.
3.) The movie was waaaay to long. If they would have shortened the film I may have enjoyed it more. It seemed like they rushed a lot of scenes and by taking them out it would have made the movie better.
4.) Cuba Gooding Jr. is a douche bag in this movie. His performance was horrible.
5.) Russell Crowe who plays Richie Roberts in the movie annoyed the crap out of me with his accent. He’s supposed to have a Jersey accent but keeps switching between that and a Boston accent. Get your damn accent straight!
Although I didn’t enjoy the movie that much I still suggest seeing it for yourself. However, below are some recommend thing you can do to enlighten your American Gangster movie experience in case you also find yourself bored and disappointed with the flick.
1.) Bring a flask filled with whiskey or Rum and buy a soda making a spiked drink.
2.) Everytime Denzel say’s “Huh, Yeah!” you drink once.
3.) Everytime Denzel say’s “My Man” you drink twice.
4.) Anytime T.I. says “Uncle Frank” you drink three times.
5.) And anytime Lymari Nadal (Denzel’s wife in the movie) says something you can’t effing understand, you finish your drink!
Bring a BIG flask…or the whole damn bottle! I think you’ll need it.
