Focus Review (Warning: Spoilers) - Never Drop the Munch
Will Smith and Margot Robbie steam up the big screen in this twisty romance set in the thrilling world of con artists.
(Editor’s Note: I’ve done my best to recreate the … “eccentricities” at the beginning of this review. Things get off to a weird start, to say the least. Must’ve been something in the water.)
Sloppy: I want more American films to have Australian characters.
Spud: *laughs* “Yah fahk! You’re bloody six-inches taller yah fahk!”
Sloppy: “Get the fahk outta here, mate. Nah, I love yah. But get the fahk outta here!”
Spud: “YAH FAHK!!” That’s what it’s like down here.
Sloppy: That’s every day.
Spud: Wait, are you recording?
Sloppy: Sneakin’ up on ya.
Spud: So what did you think????
Sloppy: OOOH!! Well I thought it was mighty—
Spud: Did you fffffocus? HA HAAAAA HA HAH!!
*both snigger like idiots*
Spud: Okay, we gotta calm down.
Sloppy: Yeah, I will….. Smith. WAAH!!
Spud: Don’t you MARGOT THERE!!
Sloppy & Spud: WAAAAAGHHHH!!! AAHH-AHHH-AHHH!!!
Sloppy: YOU’RE ROBBIE-ING ME OF MY JOKES! OOOOHHH!!!
Sloppy & Spud: WAAGHGHHAHAAAGHHHAGGHHH!!!!
Spud: PSYCH! I’M ACTUALLY YOUR FATHER!!!!
*both laugh for way too long*
*I think they’ve lost it*
Sloppy: *wiping tears* Christ…
Spud: It’s nice having Will Smith back, all charming. Even when he does that thing with his face – scrunching it all up. The mega-pout.
Sloppy: Like when he’s about to say something serious.
Spud: “Alright, ya’ll. I’mma tell you how it is. Holler down, holler down.”
Sloppy: I thought the chemistry between the leads was great.
Spud: Margot Robbie… Wooh.
Sloppy: She’s awesome. She’s a lot of fun.
Spud: It’s great that she’s getting this recognition. Just a few years ago, on our Neighbours.
Sloppy: I also liked how unpredictable the movie was. I really didn’t know how it was going to play out.
Spud: I thought the 3-years jump was a bit jarring. It seemed like the movie was split in half. My favourite sequence, in my humble Spuddy opinion, was the hitman going shopping, then getting in the car… He’s buckling up and “AAAGHHH!!!”
Sloppy: *laughs* That was a really cool sequence. I thought the directing in general was—god, it was just a damn sexy movie.
Spud: It was a sexy movie! It was steamin’!
Sloppy: A knockout. If I’d been sitting in Row A I’d have fogged up the whole screen. I’m guessing you liked the first half a lot more than the second.
Spud: I still enjoyed the second half, but yeah, everything with the group of con-men was fun as hell. They talked about how doing that one big con was just a fantasy, but I really wanted it to become that movie. I was loving it.
Sloppy: I was along for the ride, going wherever the writer wanted to go. Great chemistry, clever sequences, and the soundtrack was INCREDIBLE! But I couldn’t keep up with the last ten minutes. C’mon guys, one twist at a time!
Spud: It got ridiculous. They just didn’t care. Plot twist every minute. It just stopped making sense.
Sloppy: BD Wong pops up at the end, “And I was the one behind all the—“ NO! Cut to credits! CUT TO CREDITS!
Spud: I half-expected him to jump out of the trunk of the car at the end, “It all went according to plan!”