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HUFFINGTON
01.20.13

25 QUESTIONS

18

So, then, will I like Gangster
Squad? Well, that depends
entirely on your subjective taste
in movies. But it’s almost as if director Ruben Fleischer — who directed the wonderful Zombieland
— is going for a L.A. Confidential
meets Oceans Eleven vibe here.
Unfortunately, if you go into this
movie expecting the quality of either one of those movies, you will
leave disappointed.

19

If I must combine two movie that I’ve
seen before I’ll see a new movie, what two
titles am I better off combining instead of
L.A. Confidential and Oceans 11? Maybe
Escape From L.A. and Oceans 12?.

WILSON WEBB/ ©2013 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.

20

So should I expect something like
Zombieland? Gangster Squad
certainly has the stylized visuals of
Zombieland — at least in comparison to Fleischer’s sophomore effort,
30 Minutes or Less — which take
a little time to get used to this go
around as compared to Zombieland.
What does that mean? A: The first
20 minutes of Gangster Squad
are pretty bad. The visuals and
the quick edits tend to present
the film in something that feels
more like parody — which really
isn’t what’s being attempted here.

22

But, once Brolin starts putting his
team together, things, mercifully,
settle down into something that is
at least interesting.
During a fistfight between Josh Brolin
and Sean Penn’s characters, will I find
myself rooting for Sean Penn for what
Brolin did to him in Milk? It’s possible.

23

How many times did you accidentally type Gangster “Squid” while
writing this fake Q&A? Twice.

24

So far, is Gangster Squad the
best wide release movie of
2013? Of the grand total of three
wide release movies so far this
year, yes, so far, Gangster Squad
is the best movie of 2013 that I
have seen.
If you’re going to be blurbed in this weekend’s commercials for Gangster Squad,
what quote do you assume will be used?
“The best movie!” Mike
Ryan, The Huffington Post

Josh Brolin
as Sgt. John
O’Mara.