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Title: Burn After Reading Post by: Viin on September 23, 2008, 10:05:30 PM Coen Bro's Film starring:
George Clooney Brad Pitt John Malkovich Some Other People http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/burnafterreading/ Surely someone's seen it .. Any good? Title: Re: Burn After Reading Post by: Bandit on September 24, 2008, 08:15:43 AM I thought this movie was excellent. Brad Pitt plays his character a little too dumb, but John Malkovich is genius. Not your typical formulaic movie. Avoid all spoilers before watching.
Title: Re: Burn After Reading Post by: Mazakiel on September 24, 2008, 02:04:25 PM I enjoyed the hell out of it. I can see it as being a love it or hate it type movie though.
Title: Re: Burn After Reading Post by: Chenghiz on September 24, 2008, 02:49:32 PM The NY Times put it best, I think. "The Coens in turn have made their careers with impeccable technique and an exaggerated visual style — they sure love their low-angle shots and traveling cameras — but it’s a wonder they keep making films about a subject for which they often evince so little regard, namely other people."
I did enjoy it, though I don't think I would watch it again. Title: Re: Burn After Reading Post by: Hoax on September 28, 2008, 06:48:45 PM Wasn't what I expected, had a smattering of very very funny lines. It was almost a movie to prove that actors matter. Nothing about it was that interesting if not for most of the cast doing such a good job. Ditto Malkovich being fantastic. Some people will hate this. I enjoyed, but there is no reason to watch this in a theater, save your $$$ and add to netflix imo. Avoid the fuck out of spoilers though for sure.
Title: Re: Burn After Reading Post by: Azazel on July 06, 2010, 01:48:07 AM Necro!
Just watched this last night, after only having heard of it recently. Really enjoyed it. Pitt worked well as a doofus. Sure he was hamming it up, but it worked for the character he was playing. Clooney worked well as a douche, and Malkovich was fantastic as well. There were a few unexpected turns, which is also good. Most American comedies don't work well for me, as they're generally too stupid, (there are some exceptions, of course) but I liked this a lot. |