Michael Clayton

After all the Oscar hype my g/f and I decided to give this movie a shot the other night. It was, like almost all the other nominated movies this year, a partial birth abortion. I understand that it's hip and trendy nowadays to make movies about evil corporations getting boned but come on, there's got to be at least a little meat on the bones. I was hoping Michael Clayton himself was going to be a slick fixer in the tradition of the Wolf from Pulp Fiction but, alas, he's more a fixer in the tradition of Kevin Pollack from Hostage (i.e. a flaming yeast infection on legs). I imagine Clooney spent a weekend watching a John Grisham movie marathon on Starz and said "There's my next vanity project!" Did anyone not hate this movie?

i was about to check this movie out today but opted for The Assassination of Jesse James instead. Good decision?

a buddy of mine at work who has an incredibly short attention span said he was stuck to this movie the whole way through, so take that as you will.

That really doesn't tell us anything because we know nothing about your friend. Describe him and what kind of lover you think he would make if you were passionately in love with him.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Drewbacca

i was about to check this movie out today but opted for The Assassination of Jesse James instead. Good decision?

---

Great decision. It's not a perfect movie but it's interesting throughout and Casey Affleck was born to play a sniveling coward (he really does nail the role and deserves to win Best Supporting Actor for it). It's a little overlong but it's a good movie with some great scenes and great performances.

I liked this movie. Definitely wouldn't say it's my movie of the year, but it's a good watch. Spodaddy automatically loses credibility for calling all the other oscar nominees shit. Sorry No Country for Old Men doesn't end with Hannibal saying "I love it when a plan comes together." Go fuck your mother.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SpoDaddy

It was, like almost all the other nominated movies this year, a partial birth abortion.

---

Opinion = negated.

Brokeback Mountain got a lot of awards didn't it? When I finally got around to watching it I thought it was a pretty poorly done movie that only got rep because of its subject matter.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Gohron

Brokeback Mountain got a lot of awards didn't it? When I finally got around to watching it I thought it was a pretty poorly done movie that only got rep because of its subject matter.

---

I haven't seen Brokeback, so I'm going to pretend you just said "Titanic" and made the same point.

No one said the Academy is always right about these sorts of things, though they're probably more right than the box office, at least, and to write off all of the movies that are being recognized by other filmmakers is ridiculous.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

I liked this movie. Definitely wouldn't say it's my movie of the year, but it's a good watch.

---

For what the movie is billed as (one of the best movies of the year) it's utter shit. It was a John Grisham movie without the sex. Also, John Grisham movies only need 2 or 3 contrivances to get to their predictable endings; Michael Clayton needed 5 or 6.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Spodaddy automatically loses credibility for calling all the other oscar nominees shit.

---

I didn't say all, I said almost all. Juno and The Assassination of Jesse James were good and I haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet. 3:10 to Yuma should have been nominated for all the major awards but wasn't and The Brave One should have gotten at least one nod. It was the first old-school vigilante movie we've gotten in years; now they're all PG-13 or come packed with relativist anti-violence bullshit.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Sorry No Country for Old Men doesn't end with Hannibal saying "I love it when a plan comes together." Go fuck your mother.

---

Don't be one of those pretentious dorks that fronts like they loved that ending. I'm all for a subtle ending that doesn't spell everything out but come on, cutting to black in lieu of a third act is not subtle or artistic, it's just lame. I guess I'm just not as enlightened as you, let's sip some lattes and write poetry about that fade to black Frog. Maybe that will help me understand it's brilliance.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Gohron

Brokeback Mountain got a lot of awards didn't it? When I finally got around to watching it I thought it was a pretty poorly done movie that only got rep because of its subject matter.

---

You homophobic motherfucker, those two men fucking was brilliant art.