jtfbiddle My parents made me watch this movie and I pretty much hated everything about it. The characters were all very bland and are very forgettable. The performances go from pretty bad to just fine, which makes for a very uninteresting movie. The plot was predictable and it didn't feel like the director was really passionate about this story and wanted it to be told. The music is either something you could find on a royalty free website or just some pop song. The cinematography nearly all of time was very dull with only a few interesting shots and some with good shot composition. The dialogue is just very tame and like most things in this movie, unforgettable. But the main problem with this film is probably the comedy. I only chuckled about twice during this movie as most of the jokes were predictable or obnoxious with most of them just being " ha old people shouldn't being doing those things but they are." Overall this movie is pretty bad, boring and bland and I would not recommend. 2/10 with some interesting shots every twenty minutes and a good moral sprinkled in there.

Python Hyena Last Vegas (2013): Dir: Jon Turteltaub / Cast: Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen: An elderly version of The Hangover only it totally lacks the laughs and clever writing of that great comedy. Title regards the conclusion of youth and innocence. Michael Douglas stars as the centre piece of four friends that go back to childhood. He is getting married to a woman thirty years his junior and he contacts his friends for a weekend bachelor party in Vegas. Robert De Niro plays an estrange friend who resents Douglas because he failed to attend his wife's funeral. This resentment runs deeper before the conclusion reveals deeper pain. Morgan Freeman is on pills is monitored by his son so he must sneak out undetected. Kevin Kline plays the fourth wheel whose wife gives him an envelop that contains a Viagra pill and a condom. While he does have an uncomfortable encounter with men in drag, it is obvious that he will not cheat on his wife even when the opportunity presents itself. The female roles are unfortunately underwritten and placed as props for romantic clichés. The cast is wonderful but the screenplay is as bland as the lights going out in Vegas. The Hangover is brilliant but here it doesn't quite hit the laugh factor. Director Jon Turteltaub has done better films such as While You Were Sleeping and National Treasure: Book of Secrets. He doesn't totally miss here thanks to a great cast and a theme of age and friendship. Big fans of the actors will be curious but Vegas is always better with the Wolf Pack in the dawn of the boozing. Score: 5 ½ / 10

luke-a-mcgowan The phrase "turn off your brain" gets some well-deserved flack when its used by idiots like Michael Bay to suggest their plot-hole filled CGI noisefests still have some credibility as cinematic art pieces. However, for films like Last Vegas, I consider it okay to suggest that its great viewing for someone who doesn't want anything profound or deep, just a good old- fashioned fun time. A movie like Last Vegas should be watched and enjoyed without looking and analysing the direction or cinematography.Starting with the cast - holy crap, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman AND Robert DeNiro? Last Vegas has a very simple premise that lets these cinema gods just wander around and have fun, and its an execution that works. You can tell that the guys on screen are having a ball making this film. Each man has his own little arc and each one wraps up nicely, but for the most part Last Vegas' entertainment value comes in watching these four old dudes razz on each other, make jokes and party down in Vegas. Jon Turteltaub (whose overall direction could've been done by anyone) and his screenwriters touch on serious themes like health and gambling but wisely never delve into the depressing stories there. He keeps the mood light and fun.The film focuses on DeNiro and Douglas and their unresolved issues regarding love lives. It was a nice plot that had just the right amount of seriousness in it. Whilst their chemistry was never quite as good as say Freeman and Kline (who have a ball and are absolutely hilarious to watch) the story unfolds very nicely and I was happy it was there. The rest of the movie is conventional, but who cares - where else can you see Morgan Freeman carving up the dance floor?Last Vegas is fun in the way that Pacific Rim is fun - it doesn't try to be anything that its not, and what it does it does really well. I smiled and laughed most of the way through, and that's all I could want from it.

phoenix 2 Four old friends meet in Las Vegas to throw a bachelor party for one of them. So, the theme and the main idea behind the movie is quite interesting, even though the jokes are few and depth non existence. The story has many layers with the wedding in the middle to feature as the trigger for parties but for revelations as well. There are some twists here and there that keep the movie fresh and the interest high, but Last Vegas is not The hangover, even though sometimes it seems like it tries to be. It is more about friendship and old age that can be misunderstood (the hotel clerk makes that quite obvious). Nice performances for the four (five) main characters and nice shots from the city. So, 3 out of 10 for Last Vegas.