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Christ in a nutshell! I can't believe no one's started a thread on this film (at least, I couldn't find one).
This is the Cohen brothers latest. As usual, they are in top form, delivering a film that is many things: funny, evil, deep, shallow, quasi-mystical, and horribly, depressingly mundane. It is about American life, bureaucracy, and stereotypes. The actors are incredible: Frances Mcdormand (or whatever her name is) is excellent as usual, George Clooney is well, George Clooney, Brad Pitt is hilarious, and for the first time I have actually enjoyed watching John Malkovich. I found his weird mix of fagginess and masculine rage actually ver fitting for this film. Each actor almost plays a part that fits well with their "personality", which is how casting should be done, and it's excellent. The script is typically awesomely Cohen bros.
What can I say, this movie is great, and Thou Shalt Viewit. Now!!!! Think of it is a spy thriller with absolutely no real intrigue, except a bunch of real-life idiots pretending they are important. A thriller where the thrill is watching morons think they are living in a movie, when really they are living in America.
("What?? the Russians? Why would they take it to the Russians?"..."What have we learned... absolutely nothing.")
This is the Cohen brothers latest. As usual, they are in top form, delivering a film that is many things: funny, evil, deep, shallow, quasi-mystical, and horribly, depressingly mundane. It is about American life, bureaucracy, and stereotypes. The actors are incredible: Frances Mcdormand (or whatever her name is) is excellent as usual, George Clooney is well, George Clooney, Brad Pitt is hilarious, and for the first time I have actually enjoyed watching John Malkovich. I found his weird mix of fagginess and masculine rage actually ver fitting for this film. Each actor almost plays a part that fits well with their "personality", which is how casting should be done, and it's excellent. The script is typically awesomely Cohen bros.
What can I say, this movie is great, and Thou Shalt Viewit. Now!!!! Think of it is a spy thriller with absolutely no real intrigue, except a bunch of real-life idiots pretending they are important. A thriller where the thrill is watching morons think they are living in a movie, when really they are living in America.
("What?? the Russians? Why would they take it to the Russians?"..."What have we learned... absolutely nothing.")
