American Gangster

Saw American Gangster tonight with two out of three roommates. Denzel was Denzel and Russell Crowe was Russell. It was a pretty good movie all things considered. I was pretty impressed with how many relatively big name actors were in pretty small supporting, and I mean that concerning actors other than Common, T.I. and RZA.

Not to take anything away from those guys, they were good if in tiny, tiny parts. T.I. had more lines that both RZA and Common combined, so I thought it was pretty bogus that there was all this build up for the rap-movie cross over. Common was much better in Smokin' Aces which was a relatively inferior movie to American Gangster.

I kind of feel like Denzel has the same outburst in every movie. It's the same chest pounding, spit flying scene, delivered the same way, over and over and over again. I mean, if you have your thing, run with it...like Sam Jackson, screaming "Motherfucker" just works for him, he's embraced it. But Denzel stresses what a serious actor he is and it is starting to feel like the same character in every movie.

All in all, it was enjoyable and I don't particularly mind shelling out to see it on the big screen rather than DVD after everyone and their brother has seen it