In response to A.O. "Tony" Scott's, er, less than favorable review of Smokin' Aces, director Joe Carnahan has posted a love letter to the Times critic on his blog.
THE NEW 'BLAM BLAM' SPOT 01/30/2007 at 04:20 PM Guys:
The most brilliant, majorly pregnant woman in the biz, Maria Pekurovskaya at Universal, just came up with the most inspired TV spot I have ever seen. The fact that she took some critic's douchebag dismissal of 'Smokin' Aces' and turned it into something so supremely hip and NEVER BEFORE SEEN is a minor marketing miracle.
CHECK IT OUT NOW, CLICK ON THE TOP LEFT VIDEO COLUMN.
And my thanks to that pasty, pretentious little egghead known as A.O. (Tony) Scott, for providing us with that ad copy. By the way, using A.O. as a kind of necessary nom de plume was wise, since using 'Tony' would render you not only anonymous but COMPLETELY irrelevant.
We all know and love the real Tony Scott...and you ain't him.
Enjoy A.O.'s contribution though. You know when you say his name,
it sounds curiously like A-Hole. Intentional? Probably
not. Karmic? You bet your ass.JC
Talk about making lemons into citric acid! Watch the clip here.
Thanks to the keen-eyed Cinephiliac for the tip.
