Reply With QuoteSaw it tonight, and really enjoyed it. I laughed everytime Ozzie said "what the fuck?" Just great acting all around. Smart, fun movie.
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Look, I have no problem sitting through a 3+ hour movie. It's just nice to have a bite sized one every now and then.Originally Posted by Revoltor
Some movies try to fill bigger britches when they don't need to.
That's right.
Britches.
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Saw it tonight, and really enjoyed it. I laughed everytime Ozzie said "what the fuck?" Just great acting all around. Smart, fun movie.
I'm not sure that matters? It's a comedy, not a drama. It seems like it's trying to play at being serious, but it's not. Like he says at the end, "What have we learned from this? Fuck if I know."
I'll tell you what, there were a few funny moments scattered throughout a fairly slow-moving movie, but it was all really one big set up for the last scene, in which I was laughing my ass off. It's not MEANT to go anywhere, or say anything. I don't think it'd ever be worth watching again though.
And I disagree that they "didn't know where to end it." They absolutely meant for that scene to happen. I'm pretty sure they started with the ending and wrote their way backwards. That's what it seemed like.
Last edited by Cowutopia; 14 Sep 2008 at 01:07 AM.
More than a sex machine
A movie's running time should be determined by what the narrative requires, not by the false "event" prestige a longer running time gives it. Fanny and Alexander has a reason to be over five hours long, but fuck if I can figure out why each of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies were two and a half hours for what were supposed to be lighthearted, fluffy adventures. I mean, Jesus, even the Sex and the City movie was well over two hours long.
This sums up about half of the Coen Brothers' careers, though. All of their movies are about stupid people getting in over their heads with harebrained schemes, and half of them never amount to anything beyond wacky antics broken up with sudden violence, and this is no different. The only reason this feels more pointless is because it doesn't have a main character who anchors the whole thing, but the utter insignificance of everyone involved is pretty much what every joke in the movie revolves around.
For some reason I have the feeling this'll only get funnier with repeat viewings. The first time through you're waiting to see where everything is going (which is why the finale is as funny as it is), but without the pesky distraction of trying to follow the plot I think the actual jokes will be much funnier. Kind of like The Big Lebowski, really.
Last edited by sethsez; 14 Sep 2008 at 04:34 PM.
"Pitt also said when he was shown the script, he told the Coens he did not know how to play the part because the character was such an idiot: "There was a pause and then Joel goes...'You'll be fine.'""
Very interested.... maybe on DVD.
I agree with this. The movie is pointless, but that's the point.
I certainly don't regret seeing it. And I can understand the Coen's wanting to do something like this after No Country For Old Men.
I think the acting is really what made the film though. Everybody seemed to be having such a good time and that came across to the audience.
Loved it.
I have nothing against a three hour movie if it's a true epic, but with the myth that audiences won't tolerate it shattered, movies that should be 1:45 are running an hour too long because editing is seen as unnecessary.
Sausage King
Just caught this the other night and I loved it. Everyone had a superb performance, even the few minutes that Richard Jenkins had on screen. They filmed it so well and caught all of the little nuances in the faces of Malkovich and Clooney. God, that scene where he unveils the invention is great. Also, of course, the legendary J.K. Simmons:
CIA Superior: What did we learn?
CIA Officer: Uh...
CIA Superior: Not to do it again.
[pause]
CIA Superior: I don't know what the fuck it is we *did*, but...
Man, he's perfect. I'm buying this on DVD day one.
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