Saw it last night.This was one of my most anticipated movies of 2013.So I had pretty high expectation.Mainly due to the storyline which I thought was quite interesting from the moment I heard it was gonna be based on the real burglary of "Hollywood hills " .Having read the story when it originally happened in 2009 and other reasons include director Sofia Coppola(Lost in Translation)and Emma Watson's transformation from Hermoine Granger to snobby LA teen burglar.
Now it didn't meet my high exception at all.Didn't even come close.The acting is average in my opinion.Direction is good most of the time but in some shots it took me out of the movie.Pacing wasn't accurate.The robbery scenes seemed all the same.Since there was a lot of robbery scenes ,they could've at least shot them in different style or could have added something different given the story isn't exactly 100% accurate anyway.Now I know a lot of people are going to see Emma Watson.Unfortunately they will be disappointed.She doesn't much screen time.the trailers and promotional interviews made it seem like she is the central character( marketing purpose for sure, as she is the biggest star in it),she is not even the ring leader, The audience that are more likely to be interested in enjoying this movie are teens,18-25 age group demographic.But this film is too artsy for most people of this group to like.One of the major plus points are the cinematography,some surprisingly accurate portrayal of footage(web cam).If you are the kind that usually like artsy movies more than you will most likely enjoy it.To compare it with the other movie with same storyline and same title,The Bling Ring (2011).I actually thought that portrayal was more interesting.Overall I give this film 6/10
Now it didn't meet my high exception at all.Didn't even come close.The acting is average in my opinion.Direction is good most of the time but in some shots it took me out of the movie.Pacing wasn't accurate.The robbery scenes seemed all the same.Since there was a lot of robbery scenes ,they could've at least shot them in different style or could have added something different given the story isn't exactly 100% accurate anyway.Now I know a lot of people are going to see Emma Watson.Unfortunately they will be disappointed.She doesn't much screen time.the trailers and promotional interviews made it seem like she is the central character( marketing purpose for sure, as she is the biggest star in it),she is not even the ring leader, The audience that are more likely to be interested in enjoying this movie are teens,18-25 age group demographic.But this film is too artsy for most people of this group to like.One of the major plus points are the cinematography,some surprisingly accurate portrayal of footage(web cam).If you are the kind that usually like artsy movies more than you will most likely enjoy it.To compare it with the other movie with same storyline and same title,The Bling Ring (2011).I actually thought that portrayal was more interesting.Overall I give this film 6/10